Stuts

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Summer Situation 00:00 Tools
夜を使いはたして feat. PUNPEE 04:54 Tools
Dream Away (feat. Phum Viphurit) 00:00 Tools
Sail Away feat. Alfred Beach Sandal 00:00 Tools
Changes (feat. JJJ) 00:00 Tools
マジックアワー 00:00 Tools
0℃の日曜 00:00 Tools
Ride (feat. G Yamazawa, 仙人掌 & Maya Hatch) 00:00 Tools
Renaissance Beat 00:00 Tools
Treasure Box 00:00 Tools
Pushin' 00:00 Tools
Poolside 00:00 Tools
Introduction -Pushin'- 00:00 Tools
Pursuit 00:00 Tools
5th Dimensional Trip 00:00 Tools
Cosmic Journey 00:00 Tools
Never Been 00:00 Tools
Special Day feat. CHIYORI 00:00 Tools
Shadow feat. JJJ, KID FRESINO & DJ Scratch Nice 00:00 Tools
Furious feat. Campanella & KID FRESINO 00:00 Tools
Called Game feat. K.Lee & 呂布カルマ 00:00 Tools
Eutopia Intro 00:00 Tools
Breeze (feat. Daichi Yamamoto) 03:18 Tools
Above the Clouds (feat. 長岡亮介, C.O.S.A. × KID FRESINO & asuka ando) 00:00 Tools
Paradise (Ever Green) 04:01 Tools
Rock The Bells feat. KMC 00:00 Tools
Circle Interlude 00:00 Tools
Sticky Step (feat. 鎮座DOPENESS & Campanella) 00:00 Tools
Voyager 00:00 Tools
Eternity 00:00 Tools
FANTASIA (feat. 一十三十一) 00:00 Tools
Eutopia 00:00 Tools
Yoru Wo Tsukaihatashite (feat. PUNPEE) 00:00 Tools
Sail Away (feat. Alfred Beach Sandal) 00:00 Tools
Dream Away feat. Phum Viphurit 00:00 Tools
Shadow (feat. JJJ, KID FRESINO & DJ Scratch Nice) 00:00 Tools
Keep Ya Head Up (Stay Positive) 04:18 Tools
Furious (feat. Campanella & KID FRESINO) 00:00 Tools
Called Game (feat. K.Lee & Ryofu Karuma) 00:00 Tools
Rock the Bells (feat. KMC) 00:00 Tools
Yoru wo Tsukaihatashite feat. PUNPEE (Exhaust the Night) 00:00 Tools
Changes feat. JJJ 00:00 Tools
Ride (feat. G Yamazawa, SENNINSHO & Maya Hatch) 00:00 Tools
Rustic Funk 00:00 Tools
Fantasia (feat. HITOMITOI) 00:00 Tools
Sticky Step Feat. 鎮座DOPENESS & Campanella 00:00 Tools
Sticky Step (feat. Chinza Dopeness & Campanella) 00:00 Tools
Santa Monica 00:00 Tools
Ryohu 00:00 Tools
夜を使いはたして 00:00 Tools
Above the Clouds (feat. Ryosuke Nagaoka, C.O.S.A. × KID FRESINO & asuka ando) 00:00 Tools
Feel like... 00:00 Tools
twilight insanity 00:00 Tools
Special Day (feat. CHIYORI) 00:00 Tools
Yoru Wo Tsukaihatashite feat. PUNPEE 00:00 Tools
Meditative Trip 5 00:00 Tools
Sail Away 00:00 Tools
Dawn of New York 00:00 Tools
Fantasia Feat. 一十三十一 00:00 Tools
Touch of Pathos 00:00 Tools
Soar 00:00 Tools
On Fire 00:00 Tools
Breeze Feat. Daichi Yamamoto 00:00 Tools
Furious 00:00 Tools
Ride feat. G Yamazawa, 仙人掌 & Maya Hatch 00:00 Tools
Free 00:00 Tools
Into the Greenness 00:00 Tools
struggletomaintain 00:00 Tools
Deep Concentration 00:00 Tools
夜を使いはたして (feat. PUNPEE) 04:55 Tools
Called Game 00:00 Tools
Shadow 00:00 Tools
Theme of STUTS -The 8th Wonder Experience- 00:00 Tools
Introduction - Pushin' 00:00 Tools
Special Day Featuring CHIYORI 00:00 Tools
Snowy Boston 00:00 Tools
Sunset 00:00 Tools
Flippin' Old School Joints -Saturday- 00:00 Tools
Special Day 00:00 Tools
Rock The Bells 00:00 Tools
Flow 00:00 Tools
Tidal 00:00 Tools
Renaissance Beat (Performed with MPC1000) 00:00 Tools
Furious (feat. Campanella & KID FRESNO) 00:00 Tools
Fantasia 00:00 Tools
Yuya Kita 00:00 Tools
Above the Clouds feat. 長岡亮介, C.O.S.A. x KID FRESINO & asuka ando 00:00 Tools
flippin' the human groove with MPC 1000(live cut) 00:00 Tools
Shadow (Featuring JJJ, KID FRESINO & DJ Scratch Nice) 00:00 Tools
Chocolate Mountains 00:00 Tools
LA Metro Night 00:00 Tools
Caltrain 00:00 Tools
Bproom 00:00 Tools
Taxi Driver (Rainy) 00:00 Tools
light your fire 00:00 Tools
Finale 00:00 Tools
Keep on Banggin' Part 1 00:00 Tools
Emotional Conflict 00:00 Tools
Flippin' Old School Joints Part 1 00:00 Tools
Step 00:00 Tools
Keep on Banggin' Part 2 00:00 Tools
Called Game (Feat. K.Lee & 呂布カルマ) 00:00 Tools
Dream Away 00:00 Tools
Myself (STUTS x KID FRESINO) 00:00 Tools
894 00:00 Tools
Freestyle Session@Washington Square Park (2015.3.8) 00:00 Tools
Summer Chillin 00:00 Tools
Stay 00:00 Tools
so tight set it on remix 00:00 Tools
Future Stage 00:00 Tools
Suffering 00:00 Tools
Called Game feat. K.Lee & Ryofu Karuma 00:00 Tools
Summer Chillin' 00:00 Tools
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STUTS—who never reveals his name—shows that the beats rappers rhyme over can be compelling on their own. He’s become an in-demand producer and remixer for some of the nation’s best rappers, thanks to a sample-heavy approach in the same vein as American trackmakers such as Pete Rock and J Dilla—favorites of STUTS. And he’s just as interested in letting the music shine by itself. Last spring, he released his first full-length album, Pushin’, which featured a few guest vocalists and MCs but was built primarily around a wide array of dusty samples and drum machine beats. It is an inviting and warm nod to the genre’s history that also shows how much depth beats can have on their own. “With the album, it was my first chance to really make a body of work that totally satisfied myself, completely,” STUTS says from his label’s Shibuya office. “I learned how to make an album flow, and how to match everything with the artwork to make a total work.” STUTS’ entry into hip-hop was thanks to Japanese outfit Rip Slyme and Detroit’s Eminem. Intrigued by the style, he dug deeper, falling for the likes of American cornerstones De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest along with domestic beatmakers such as DJ Mitsu The Beats. “The first year of high school, I bought an MPC player,” he recalls. “At first I wanted to make beats that I could rap over myself. But I realized creating the beats was the actual fun part for me, not rapping over them.” Furthering his foray into rap, STUTS traveled to the United States on two occasions, stopping in Los Angeles and New York to soak up the musical atmosphere (he also studied computer science at university, so stays in San Francisco and Boston, for MIT, were also part of the trip). “I played my MPC on the street in New York,” he recalls. “Seeing people react to the beats I made, seeing them get excited about them…that was really exciting.” Following his stateside stay, STUTS returned to Japan and started making beats for rappers, catching attention for his bouncy, sample-based creations. At the same time, he was uploading music online, slowly getting attention for his work. That led to Pushin’. Rappers make appearances on his debut, and for those unfamiliar with the nation’s new generation of MCs, Pushin’ does offer a nice snapshot of the scene. Notable names such as Punpee, Kid Fresino and Campanella have verses. However, it also features appearances by singer Chiyori and indie-pop act Alfred Beach Sandal, a reflection of how STUTS sees music is changing. “I also think the boundaries between genres are vanishing, and I only think genres are going to continue to influence one another in new ways.” Still, the focus lately falls on STUTS himself. Since Pushin’ came out, he’s popped up on bills across the country, racked up YouTube views and gotten shout-outs from big-time J-Pop stars such as Gen Hoshino. The draw is his beatmaking. He reimagines all sorts of genres, plucking sounds from old records. “I like things that connect with me emotionally. Samples that are the essence of rap music—so jazz, soul, funk.” This isn’t new. Sampling has been a central element of rap ever since it bubbled up decades ago. Yet in Japan, STUTS’ digging habits offer an interesting new wrinkle during the current hip-hop boom. Alongside more obscure finds, he samples many of his favorite rap artists, sometimes as intentional homages and other times as happy accidents. On Pushin’, for example, the familiar voice of A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip pops up, as do echoes of songs constructed by J Dilla. One direct nod to the past comes via a snippet of drummer George Marsh talking about his instrument, which pops up across the album. It’s the same sample that appears early on in Bay Area producer DJ Shadow’s landmark album Endtroducing….., one of the most celebrated albums built from samples. STUTS’ music connects the dots of hip-hop history, and offers a catchy gateway into the style for younger listeners who might just be getting interested in rap. With its funky horn stabs and boom-bap pace, it definitely sounds good—by itself or backing up a rhymer. But the music also shows the depth beneath. Right now, STUTS is working on a new EP and, after that, an album, alongside a few live shows. And most likely a lot of digging for more sounds to share with a new generation of listeners. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.