
Label: Basis Records/Rambling Records
Released: February 2009
re:Common marks the third release in as many months from Osaka-based indigo jam unit, and this time they have embarked on a slightly different project, providing live instrument remixes of tracks made famous by hip-hop artist Common.
The album consists of seven tracks taken from different stages in the rapper's career. The opening track, Communism, simply features drum backing from Takehiro "Shimi" Shimizu, though from then on the full band add their backing to the tracks. The collaboration works well throughout resulting in a superb jazzy hip-hop album, with indigo jam unit proving more than capable of naturally moulding their club jazz sound to the hip-hop beats of Common.
The album can roughly be divided into two halves: a predominantly jazzy side and a predominantly hip-hop side. The former groups consists of Dooinit, Come Close, I Used To Love H.E.R. and a fantastic extended instrumental version of Be, with Communism, The Light and I Got A Right Ta comprising the latter.
A great project that shows another side to this already prolific band's repertoire, and one that, given the right exposure, could well raise their profile outside Japan.
Labels: common, indigo jam unit, Jazz

Labels: boys before flowers, kkotboda namja

Tracks:
01 Click Click Click
02 Single [NKOTB And Ne-Yo]
03 Big Girl Now [Ft. Lady Gaga]
04 Summertime
05 2 In The Morning
06 Grown Man [Ft. The Pussycat Dolls And Teddy Riley]
07 Dirty Dancing
08 Sexify My Love
09 Twisted
10 Full Service [Ft. New Edition]
11 Lights, Camera, Action
12 Put It On My Tab [Ft. Akon]
13 Stare At You
14 One Song
15 Don't Cry
16 Officially Over
17 Looking Like Danger
More..
Labels: Deluxe Edition, New Kids on the Block, NKOTB, the Block

1. RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA)
2. BEAUTIFUL (feat. Colby O’Donis)
3. KEEP YOU MUCH LONGER
4. TROUBLEMAKER (feat. Sweet Rush)
5. WE DON’T CARE
6. I’M SO PAID (feat. Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy)
7. HOLLA HOLLA (feat. T -Pain)
8. AGAINST THE GRAIN (feat. Ray Lavender)
9. BE WITH YOU
10. SUNNY DAY (feat. Wyclef)
11. BIRTHMARK
12. OVER THE EDGE
13. FREEDOM
*Bonus*
14. Clap Again
more..

Track Listing
Labels: evolver, john legend, r and b

1 Beyond The Sunshine (Live Drum Mix Featuring Peter Erskine)
2 Verao No Ar (Da Lata Remix)
3 Rise Me Up(Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix)
4 Keep It Movin' (Domu Remix)
5 Sweet Way (Dj Kawasaki Remix)
6 Believe Again(Kyoto Jazz Massive Peaktime Edit)
7 Arpegio In The Forest (Interlude Mix)
8 Waltz For Jason(Full Nine Yardes Reedit)
9 Crescent Moon (Interlude Mix)
10 The Room (Calm Remix)
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Labels: acid jazz, hajime yoshizawa, Jazz, kyoto jazz music

1 Haiku D'Etat
2 Non Compos Mentis
3 Studio Street Stage
4 Los Dangerous 5 Pro Tool Robots
6 Wants vs. Needs
7 S.O.S.
8 Firecracker
9 Still Rappin'
10 Other MC's
11 Slower Traffic To The Right
12 Kaya
13 Wo Wo Wo Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Labels: haiku d'etat, hiphop, underground