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Okinato Black II

by BLKrKRT (Blacker Karat)

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Ya's Enka 00:53
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Kyogen 01:25
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Kyudo 01:26
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Nanbanji 02:08
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Tanto 02:47
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Sessho 03:46

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"Okinato Black is a reference to Yasuke, or Sakanouye no Tamaramuro, the legendary African shogun of Early Japanese civilization.

He was known to be the paragon of military virtues, and regarded as one of the most distinguished Black warriors of antiquity, yet still he is only now becoming known.

The project is a response to the use of experimental hip-hop as score, inspired by works such as Boondocks, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Technotise: Edit & I, also traditional anime titles like Libera Me From Hell, & others. The intention was to never limit the source, or genre of samples, but through the usage, obtain a cohesion in sound.

The entire tape was made in a months span, three weeks collecting sample material, and one week creating each landscape completely in box.

The entire exercise was abt celebrating hip-hop, anime, and kung-fu film through a chamber rap, experimental hip-hop lens. All the nostalgia of my childhood inspired me to go on a journey of making a soundtrack depiction of Yasuke's life, an imaginary score, a la Dan Nakamura.

I look affectionately on the works of the past, with reverence... but it is the future that most informs the muscle-memory of becoming.

Mad love to all the fellow sample-based artist out there creating new sounds... this tape is dedicated to you, and the memory of Yasuke. In attempting to create a new persona, I reinvented an older one.

I used an even more simple set-up this time... the iPhone to FL Studio.

Thanks & respect to the entire UDDTBA family, associates, affiliates... namely Darko the Super."

- BLKrKRT

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released August 7, 2020

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