Release Date: 06/26/2024
Catalog Number: VTCL-60640

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

Sampling a wide range of factorsperiod drama and hip-hop, Ryukyuans and mainlanders, samurai and modern peopleto 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 paper jacket reissue 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.

Tracklist
01. sanctuary ship / Nujabes
02. haiku[interlude] / Nujabes
03. tsurugi no mai / Nujabes
04. dead season / Nujabes
05. decade[interlude] / Nujabes
06. world without words / Nujabes
07. kodama[interlude] / Nujabes
08. silver morning / Nujabes
09. who's Theme / MINMI
10. just forget / FORCE OF NATURE
11. nightshift / FORCE OF NATURE
12. Hiji Zuru STYLE / FORCE OF NATURE
13. the stroll / FORCE OF NATURE
14. death wish / FORCE OF NATURE
15. set it off / FORCE OF NATURE
16. the million way of drum / FORCE OF NATURE
17. bracelet / fat jon
18. in position / fat jon
19. night out / fat jon
20. not quite seleah / fat jon
21. labyrinth statistic / fat jon
22. here and there / fat jon