Nujabes

Nujabes was a music artist from Japan, active from 1998 to 2010, also known by the names Jun Seba, Jun Yamada, ヌジャベス, and 山田淳. Work associated with this artist has been described using the genre terms boom bap and jazz rap. Release examples include Sweet Sticky Thing (Reload All Good Music From Old to the New) (1998), Sweet Sticky Thing (1998), and Spiritual State (2011).

Nujabes is associated with the genres of boom bap and jazz rap. Boom bap, as a genre, is generally described in terms of prominent drum breaks, often sampled, with emphasis on kick and snare patterns typically produced using drum machines and sampling equipment. Jazz rap, as a genre, is generally described as incorporating material drawn from jazz recordings, such as sampled chord progressions, horns, piano, or double bass, set

Nujabes released Sweet Sticky Thing (Reload All Good Music From Old to the New) in 1998, along with Sweet Sticky Thing, also in 1998. In 2003, both Tribe and Metaphorical Music were released. Modal Soul was released in 2005. Spiritual State was released in 2011.