1994 studio album by DJ Krush
Krush Released January 21, 1994 (1994-01-21 ) Studio Show-On (Tokyo ) Fastforward (Tokyo) Genre Trip hop Length 52 :29 Label Producer DJ Krush
"Big City Lover" [ 1]
Krush studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush . It was released on January 21, 1994 in Japan by Triad – an imprint of Nippon Columbia – and Chance Records.[ 2] [ 3] Shadow Records released the album in the United States in 1995.[ 4]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 5] RapReviews 10/10[ 6]
Ned Raggett of AllMusic found DJ Krush's production "spare but effective, launching grooves that unfold just enough over the course of his tracks, edgy and slightly unnerving."[ 5] [ 5] Trouser Press Mark Kemp dubbed Krush "a milestone, a dizzying collision of genres."[ 7] Peter Shapiro , writing in Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide [ 8] Krush was ranked at number 19 on Slant Magazine ' s list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[ 9]
Track listing
All music is composed by DJ Krush, except where noted
Title Lyrics Music 1. "AM 300 Tag" 0:52 2. "B-Boy Mastamind" Guru 4:17 3. "Mixed Nuts" 1:11 4. "Roll & Tumble" 5:08 5. "Murder of Soul" Ez' 5:37 6. "E.A.R.T.H./SOS" 0:52 7. "On the Dub-ble" 5:43 8. "Another Day" 0:21 9. "Underneath the System" 0:52 10. "Edge of Blue" 4:12 11. "Big City Lover" Sonya Vallet 5:58 12. "Down the Drain" 0:49 13. "Into the Water" 4:48 14. "Ruff-Neck Jam" 5:12 15. "Keeping the Motion" Monday Michiru 6:37 Total length: 52:29
Notes
The US edition (total length: 48:12) omits "B-Boy Mastamind" and moves "Keeping the Motion" to track two. Sample credits [ 3]
"Ruff-Neck Jam" contains samples of "La Nevada", performed by The Gil Evans Orchestra .
"Keeping the Motion" contains samples of "Our Generation", performed by Ernie Hines .
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[ 3]
Musicians
DJ Krush – beats , scratching
DJ Hide – beats on "Mixed Nuts" and "Another Day"
DJ Red – scratching and pitch control on "Mixed Nuts", beats on "Another Day"
Guru – vocals on "B-Boy Mastamind"Takeharu Hayakawa – wood bass on "Roll & Tumble"
Akihiro Ishiwatari – guitar on "Into the Water"
Kazufumi Kodama – trumpet on "On the Dub-ble"
Nobutaka Kuwabara – trumpet on "Edge of Blue"
Osamu Marumoto – bass on "Edge of Blue"
Monday Michiru – vocals on "Keeping the Motion"Midnight City Dwellers (Matsui, Oda, Shingo, DJ Red and DJ Hide) – performance on "AM 300 Tag"
Koichiro Samukawa – alto saxophone and flute on "Ruff-Neck Jam"
Ken Shima – piano on "Roll & Tumble"
Carla Vallet – vocals on "Murder of Soul"
Sonya Vallet – vocals on "Big City Lover"
Production
Design
Bruno Dayan – photography
Sakaguchi Ken Factory – art direction , design
References
^ "BIG CITY LOVER(Remix) | DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved May 21, 2021 .^ "KRUSH | DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved May 21, 2021 .^ a b c Krush (liner notes). DJ Krush . Triad / Chance Records. 1994. COCA-11420.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )^ Flick, Larry (April 8, 1995). "5-Year-Old Powerhouse Strictly Rhythm Forges On" . Billboard . Retrieved May 21, 2021 .^ a b c Raggett, Ned. "Krush – DJ Krush" . AllMusic . Retrieved May 16, 2017 . ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (February 13, 2024). "DJ Krush :: Krush – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved February 14, 2024 . ^ Kemp, Mark . "DJ Krush" . Trouser Press . Retrieved July 2, 2020 .^ Shapiro, Peter (1999). "DJ Krush" . Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide . Rough Guides . pp. 298– 300. ISBN 9-781858-284330 . Retrieved July 2, 2020 .^ "The 20 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved May 21, 2021 .
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