Naohirock & Suzukismooth - Keep Rock On

It took me a while to warm up to the idea of Japanese rap. I had seen bits of Samurai Champloo and was aware of artists like Nujabes . I’d also played games like Sonic Rush and Jet Set Radio , whose soundtracks were composed by Hideki Naganuma (長沼英樹) . So I already knew there was some great hip-hop and hip-hop-inspired music coming out of Japan. But actual Japanese rappers breaking it down on the…