How Deep Is Anime's Influence In Hip Hop? | The Report | All Def Music

[@XFry333X]

From Anime's side: Samurai Champloo is a love letter to Japanese hip-hop and Nujabes's (RIP) soundtrack put a lot of fans on, from hip-hop to anime and vice-versa. The culture wouldn't be where it is today without Samurai Champloo and Nujabes.

[@geoffbrown5621]

ybro so well put

[@datdamnkez]

Faxxs

[@DCyph3r.]

'til this day i get goosebumps when i ear "Battlecry"

[@madskills84]

Also, Samurai Champloo was based on a real Black Samurai called Yasuke, who was of African Origin.

[@Luv7free]

Wait nujabes died?

[@Jshenron]

Anime and rap; my two favorite things in one video I like it 😁

[@joeysan]

All the Adult Swim bumps/promos for the shows like dbz, samurai champloo, cowboy bebop, big o, inuyasha, etc. are considered legendary for us who grew up with it. The smooth, straightforward hip hop they used was incredible. We’ll hold that forever.

[@shawnvaughn91]

I would say the influence of anime on black music in America is a two-way street. Yeah, there are a lot of references to anime that you could find in a lot of hip hop songs, but there's also a lot of inspiration from various music styles that make an appearance in anime. As a matter of fact the Cowboy Bebop example that you guys pulled up was inspired by bebop music in the United States it was inspired by jazz. If you listen to a lot of the opening or closing themes for a good chunk of the popular anime you'll find there are some hip hop music themes that find their way in there. Since the 70s there's been this kind of back-and-forth of inspiration between the two and it's great.

[@davy209]

Don’t forget about Samurai Champloo!

[@GodfreyOkafor]

Y’all seriously lacking you forgot the fact that Xxxtentacion embraces the fact that he blew up from Anime music videos (AMV) made by his fans that were posted on KZbin as he did not make any music videos.

[@MarinoSesh420]

Sorry not sorry but this was already a thing WAY BEFORE X came up. People doing AMVs and whatnot. So why mention X specially other than he's one of the popular rappers for this new generation.

[@communityEsc]

Didn’t know that tbh.

[@stryde_]

AMV's arent neccesarily anime music vids they could be called animated music vids

[@devante_topdawg491]

Only real ones watch anime

[@bulldawgs456]

Devant Smith d.a

[@thetommyali]

Devant Smith facts

[@tfaox8762]

FR

[@xenobell2475]

Devant Smith facts

[@RazeDee]

All fax no printer

[@MrHayada]

Lil B sampled Hunter X Hunter. yall lacking

[@Rei-xz2uk]

oh damn, i love hunter x hunter.Based god for the culture

[@MrHayada]

Praying 4 A Brick

[@jameswhite6056]

MrHayada killua?

[@MrHayada]

You know it :ok_hand:

[@SKULLKR3W]

so xavier wulf made a whole mixed tape based on initial d with every song using a sample from the anime to set the tone and context of the song he spent the whole album rapping like he was just another member of the akina speedstars

[@sapphireblue6]

Japanese culture has had a huge impact on hip-hop since the beginning in the 70's

[@davy209]

Also vice-versa to, hip hop culture has definitely influenced modern day Japanese culture especially the growth of the popularity in breakdancing or boy type dancing among the Japanese youth in recent memory.

[@-S-zo1dv]

33 seconds in and I love the video already, Jay Taj you a real one

[@BroccLeeAV]

Anime warms my heart. Wanna watch a top tier philosophical anime? Watch the anime movie Tekkonkinkreet.

[@IllMatic97]

Anarcho Vegan anime is for weebs dragon Ball is a man's toon

[@xviinaichi3793]

RajOfColumbus dbz is trash

[@ntuk0035]

RajOfColumbus u realize dbz is anime right

[@bigyoshi4782]

X referenced way better bars about anime than a beyblade reference there were so many other references even in off the wall u could have used

[@y0simbah]

''Im a Soul eater like Black Star Uh''

[@bigyoshi4782]

“She gon ride my dragon balls and make one wish”

[@styl1ssttt]

Inuyasha too

[@edwinoppong3111]

Anime made hip hop Hip hop made anime *They need each other*

[@Rei-xz2uk]

racism made hip hop, love anime tho

[@seraphiim444]

Terrance *anime made hip hop fye

[@Rei-xz2uk]

ayy

[@z.a.m.5131]

Oel hakai fax

[@abou3189]

Anime made hip hop? Gtfo

[@KaimanBitAi]

ANIME IS LIFE

[@mricecream5194]

Gabriel Juarez its oxygen

[@KaimanBitAi]

Mr ice cream 😂😂😂 on me

[@goflexx6029]

Anime is life

[@phar0ahad3]

XXX was a huge one piece fan...any one piece fan gets my respect bcause only real anime fans have seen all of one piece and are up to date.....

[@keonfrisco7471]

LLJ

[@ianhenry6874]

Dope asf 🔥🔥🔥. Much love to All Def Music

[@communityEsc]

I’m glad people are starting to notice. It’s been here. And I mean that in multiple ways.

[@SAGEISKAMI]

time to watch Akira for hundredth time.

[@longjohns7087]

It's been about a year since I first watched Akira and damn kind of want to do it again now. Really the only anime that ever gave me the same feeling was Evangelion.

[@matthewkatigbak]

I got the Akira manga at home, bouta start reading it

[@mtj8870]

Hip hop's influence on jojo (kanye is literally a character in part 7)

[@jameswhite6056]

Jaxon Moreno oh shit really? He not pucci

[@mattpet7913]

Jesus is also a character in jojo tho

[@rackadactal3044]

First saw AkirA in the student lounge in Newark’s Essex county college following was the story of Ricky

[@fgcdomo7775]

Db paved the way for future Anime

[@williejones6446]

Akira wasnt my first anime but when I showed to my grandma and my mom (and im black) they started watching anime like berserk and shit like that. While I was a fan of DragonBall im not so much now I havent even seen the newer one cause XYZ but as far as the struggle of the black man to DBZ Akira Toriyama was poor and from something like the inner city so I see how one relates regardless. Also! Where all the damn Xavier Wulf and Ramierez fans out here?

[@williejones6446]

One more thing. Theres an anime called Mitchiko and Hatchin, about somesort of afrocentric latin woman whose some sort of ex gangster and, her baby Hatchin. Action drama. Another anime black lagoon: A japanese business man, a chinese gunfighter, an american hacker, and a black boat captain (And he runs the whole shit) run a shady/ black market delivery company. Sexy gunfights dumb jokes and crime drama.

[@majestymxnt7384]

I love RZA and Wu Tang Clan, but DBZ was definitely not about the journey of the black man in America 😂

[@Jimsock3y3]

K!NG MXNT 😂😂😂

[@fgcdomo7775]

No shit 😂😂

[@DaJuiceisLoose11]

K!NG MXNT naw but the similarities he pointed out are pretty cool

[@willemakit]

First Anime I saw was Vampire Hunter D. Changed the way i looked at cartoons as a child.

[@mysterykingCCC]

No Robb Bank$ or Xavier Wulf???

[@squeddle]

CB Young lmao check robb bank$ twitter

[@mysterykingCCC]

christian what c3? Lol

[@Mvvp2290]

Ayyy Jay Taj he is our cities best rapper from OC🔥

[@CodDBZ534]

does Kingdom Hearts count as anime cause that French Montana 'Sanctuary' instrumental is fire!

[@deeppatel7496]

kingdom hearts is a video game(one of the best) , not a show so no it cant be considered an anime

[@noirpine]

Just look at 2013 UG Souncloud. A lot of us found our favourite artists thru AMV’s.

[@fulufhelomasutha1840]

sheol shyne Lol now that you mention i can say even 60% of people found out of XXXTentacion music through amv.

[@FRANCO-cm7ol]

"Or comic?" There is no or comic here bro...its just manga

[@tonyspicer6691]

dope vid

[@faistt5846]

Robb Bank$ started this new wave of anime rap

[@xviinaichi3793]

2:24 did someone understand this?

[@chrisfizer3430]

Yeah

[@xviinaichi3793]

Juice Guy From Icarly what did he say T bone

[@drew7008]

I get the joke and it's funny and all but you got scarlxd as a profile pic and you know damn well we dont know what hes saying

[@xviinaichi3793]

X 234 💀

[@SKULLKR3W]

tetsuo wasnt an anti hero he was a straight up villian

[@julianmcphaul3040]

Anime and hip hop are a match made in heaven

[@munchwuzhere408]

Wonder what RZA thinks about Berserk?

[@nothingiseverperfect]

YEYSS YESS YESSSSS THIS NEEDS MORE VIEEEEEEEEWS YAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS

[@Supremefreshman]

0:26 what is the anime name

[@TheTribalFreshie]

Akira...

[@Supremefreshman]

thanks bro

[@xviinaichi3793]

YoBoiipixel how do you not know that it's been said for like 2 min 💀💀

[@4eyes4life]

How do I get this kind of job

[@surayaa5680]

So they mention RZA but not Afro Samurai?

[@PurplePandaClock]

Del the Funky Homosapien been had anime references since the 90's

[@GREYDE2]

What is akita?

[@sonole3]

No mention on how there is literally a rapper named Kid Trunks

[@canti997]

Akira weirded me out when I was little especially when his organs came out of his stomach.

[@teshtesh7526]

Dope

[@lava_masq4432]

That's the part u mention about X, not the time when he directly referenced One Piece in his #PROUDCATOWNER track?

[@AlexCole272]

i won't say the rappers are influenced by it, it's mainly the producers

[@victoriaappiagei1482]

Dope music awesome Cool good Listen wow

[@bluespartan6325]

Childish gambino telegraph ave music video? Tokyo goul

[@camarijaybooth]

Lil yachty actually had nothing to do with it KZbin producer Byou$ producer the track he samples literally everything

[@jarrenlumpkin5178]

Wow 😮👍😮

[@alecohanesian578]

Why does he keep saying Akita

[@WINOFFICIAL]

Jeffrey Almonte goes way deep on this subject on a podcast

[@crackcobaine]

"lil tracy x lil peep - Gods" samples Code Geass

[@blackcomicbookguy4320]

This song has anime references, I just wish it was longer. soundcloud.com/awgelax/tsukuyomi-flow

[@OZZOZZ]

Why the host look like curtiss king

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

Akida?

[@midnighteye2737]

There's trap music in Parasyte The Maxim.

[@김가람-k6h]

Interesting

[@Edwardrabbit]

Really hurts how he says Akita, not Akira

[@m_winewood]

Its how Japanese pronounce "r". Its not the same as ours cuz it sounds like a mix of "t" and "r"

[@Edwardrabbit]

Brookes Gafeney that’s really not the case.. but ok

[@m_winewood]

Edward Rabbit i mean its like rolling the r but with just one roll. Hes not saying akita

[@MarinoSesh420]

Honestly it's like no shit they're gonna mention anime in the lyrics at some point, it was BOUND to happen. Most of these rappers talking about anime most likely were born around the 80s -2000. Like DUUUUH.

[@NA-ju4vq]

Akira and the matrix? Nah that was Ghost in the shell, Megazone 23 and Mospeda. Pacific Rim ripped off mech anime throughout the film. No one is going to mention Denzel Curry's anime references? Wow..

[@MarinoSesh420]

No one gives the og soundcloud rappers any shine SMH. Xavier wulf too, i mean he was in this video but still underrated asf...

[@squeddle]

we gonna forget about xavier wulf

[@GenJeweler]

Yup Anime has influence for sure

[@cascurrie8192]

Hi

[@macmanjr100]

You can tell which artist actually watch anime but I feel like a lot of ppl just jumping on the wave.

[@edgargoncas7]

Man, that's ok, in the end, it brings more money to the animation studios, which leads to those studios making risky projects, like "Akira", "Neon Genesis Evangelion" or the more light hearted "Monogatari Series"

[@creathechiboi]

I wonder.

[@-S-zo1dv]

Once the Logic part came in I immediately skipped over that BS. Adding him was so unnecessary..

[@sahibwr10]

Denzel curry - ultimate song bar- turn into broly.dragon ball z bar

[@Regalman]

How deep is anime referenced in Hip Hop.

[@trapperdagoat7580]

Gucci gang Gucci gang

[@danielhall1226]

Just watch old grindtime battles if you want to see how anime influences hip hop

[@nopaljuan]

OG azizi was dope

[@Chironofolympus]

All of juice wrlds tour posters are based on akira

[@lushbIood]

If you want a classic to hit you with the nostalgia of late 90s and early 2000s hip hop. Make Samurai Champloo priority numero uno. Nujabes CANNOT be slept on.

[@deeppatel7496]

why would u recommend samurai champloo as a first anime to watch, id say go watch naruto, hunter x hunter or attack on titan

[@unclesam530]

akira this akira that, i keyed a whip & now u mad...y u mad?

[@yamuna6154]

In terms of the most influential. It’s Dragon Ball I’ve seen references since 1998 till now and still going never heard of Akira.

[@tpsam]

Big Lenny tetsuo and youth? Kanye is a massive fan of akira Not that he has ever mentioned akira in his lyrics But stronger music video is one huge homage to that movie

[@storyspice974]

Samurai Champloo album influence Music Producers in Hip Hop.

[@70cuevas]

dbz aint that deep

[@peruvianmaro4542]

akira is a materpiece

[@KaiserUnique]

Most weebs don’t even pronounce Akira right but how do you manage to call it Akida when there’s an R right there?

[@ReggieMoo]

boy how you gonna say "harder better faster." the disrespect smh

[@superdukeftw6888]

Do juice wrld

[@bboymac84]

Nicki referenced vegeta

[@ahmedmaklad6527]

nicki who

[@bboymac84]

ahmed maklad nicki Minaj

[@AsianKid619]

Us otakus are amazing

[@Rei-xz2uk]

dbz is the shit, fav anime growing up

[@tpsam]

Akira Stronger kenye video Testuo and youth Lupe fiasco album

[@JibHatesBall]

ANIME GANG

[@jacobiw9055]

More of this shit

[@tonycarranza2616]

Robb bank$

[@dariusclemmons6235]

Forget hip hop. Akira changed my life.

[@Jimsock3y3]

Talks about anine and rap, but doesnt mention Xavier Wulf. How does that work?

[@aidantolbert933]

I hate how nobody talks about how Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo basically created the aesthetic for lofi hip hop.

[@raiseanothermanskidsforlov4920]

Cause lofi hip hop is garbage

[@kkgd3230]

DBZ kills all prove me wrong only other is close is Naruto Shippuden and yu yu

[@yamuna6154]

Kk Gd Naruto is wack

[@meplusyouisdeath]

watch the whole season of Steins;Gate then come back to me Kk

[@brandontucker7460]

Kk Gd I like all three of them and they're great but to say they kill all anime shows you don't know that much about anime

[@Zer-mz4rw]

HunterxHunter is better.

[@weaboochanweaboochan]

Kk Gd Y'all niggas never heard of boku no hero academia or steins gate

[@athiestfiron665]

Thank you for ruining Death note for me

[@lex2k1]

Athiest Firon fuck off0

[@izf4660]

He needs to fix his hair

[@iDewThis4Yu]

….yeah dude black people like anime. I never understand videos like this

[@mooredylan1999]

There are way better

[@PcUsingdork]

Diversity ruined the quality of anime

[@vloneavdan5571]

9 like

[@keonfrisco7471]

LLJ