Shing02 was one of the first lyricists who’ve I’ve taken the effort to comprehend at such a young age. His proses on the instrumentals of the late and venerable Nujabes compounded the musical quality with such grace and fluid projectivity.

The Luv Sic series was such a mesmerizing voyage that seamed the six narratives into a memorable lineage.

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Nujabes and Shing02 seemed like water and air, effortlessly coinciding, transformative, independent, and conducive with one another. Although, after the passing of Nujabes, Shing02 did not halt his hustling endeavors. Just as before, the multilingual lyricist was open to working with underground producers that now had the opportunity to shed a fraction of their talent through the name of the late-Nujabes collaborator.

Over a decade later and through years of growth and experimentation, the endeavors are still the same and strong as stone. This time, Shing02 formally named Shingo Annen, collaborated with Japanese Dance/Electronic producer Sauce81.

Sauce81’s sound is a haven amongst the extraterrestrial. There isn’t a niche sound that his hand cultivated, but instead, he’ll use groovy chords to give respect the homage of 1990’s Dance music.

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His technique is palpable enough to validify this collaboration as another auspicious feat for both of them.

The end result is a rambunctious and fun display of their extraterrestrial inspiration. S8102 holds onto two components creating the whole, unique, flavorful beats enveloped by on-point syllogisms, metaphors, and well-rounded literary content.