Release Date: 11/06/2024
Specification: Cassette
Catalog Number: VTTL-3

"Samurai Champloo" was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of "Cowboy Bebop" and "The Animatrix" fame.

Sampling a wide range of factors—period drama and hip-hop, Ryukyuans and mainlanders, samurai and modern people—to create a fresh champloo (mix): a samurai action road trip movie. All four installments of the legendary 2004 "samurai champloo music record" CD series that collected the tracks by Nujabes, Fat Jon and more is getting a cassette tape release to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Samurai Champloo!

Samurai Champloo is a TV anime series that originally aired on Fuji TV from 2004 to 2005. The never-before-seen style, which blended historical action/drama with modern hip-hop culture and featured a hip-hop exclusive soundtrack, made waves all over the world. The director Shinichiro Watanabe was well known for creating anime with a perfect sense of music, from "Cowboy Bebop" to "Macross Plus."

The music is brought to you by four trackmakers: Nujabes, fat jon, FORCE OF NATURE and Tsutchie. Each of their styles come together to create something like an original album. Every single track still shines brightly even now. It's a masterpiece that hip-hop artists in particular to this day share wholeheartedly with the next generation. In 2022, the series' vinyl reissue became a runaway hit, selling over 30,000 copies total.

The 3rd music record is brought to you by Nujabes, FORCE OF NATURE and fat jon. It also includes "Who's Theme" with vocals by MINMI.

≪Content≫
(Side A)
01. just forget / FORCE OF NATURE
02. nightshift / FORCE OF NATURE
03. 日出ズルSTYLE / FORCE OF NATURE
04. the stroll / FORCE OF NATURE
05. death wish / FORCE OF NATURE
06. set it off / FORCE OF NATURE
07. the million way of drum / FORCE OF NATURE
08. bracelet / fat jon
09. in position / fat jon
10. night out / fat jon
11. not quite seleah / fat jon
12. labyrinth statistic / fat jon
13. here and there / fat jon

(Side B)
01. a space in air in space in air [interlude]
02. sanctuary ship / Nujabes
03. haiku [interlude] / Nujabes
04. tsurugi no mai / Nujabes
05. dead season / Nujabes
06. decade [interlude] / Nujabes
07. world without words / Nujabes
08. kodama [interlude] / Nujabes
09. silver morning / Nujabes
10. who's Theme / MINMI