Why is Substantial so big in Japan?

[starfalco13]

I can't believe the closest thing ever heard from Nujabes himself was from Substantial.

[Ukiki27]

"Think Different" is the best song ever written

Is the glass half full or half empty it's based on your perspective, quite simply.

Thank you for creating such good music ! And RIP Nujabes I wish I could meet him before he died,

[HipHopSTK]

ive always wondered how you pronounce Nujabes. i always said New-jah-beez

[midocrimsonfate]

I've been saying Nujabeees

[kenshin80012]

sphere is dope. thats the homie.

[lwil2]

aigh't this real takn' a sit down and just talkn'

[myv168]

Your work is awesome, and that's mos def an understatement. I got into Jazz Hop b/c of your work with Nujabes and Deckstream. Love Think Different and Precious Love. Great stuff !

[kievon]

Man! what were you thinkin' when you wrote Think Different?

That song is truly bangin from the music to the lyrics bruh. I love Hip Hop With a positive message

[KarateKonqueror]

lol'd so much at the Nujabes impression bit. cool guy. awesome rapper.

[Ablethe7]

RIP NUJABES 

[DjHazey82]

Glad to see your recovering well. You're one of the best emcees man. In this interview you said you recorded 25 songs with Nujabes and 13 were used on "To This Union A Sun Was Born". Have any of those other tracks been released? I would love to hear them. "Think Different" is one of my favorite tracks from you, also "Blessing It remix". Were either of these tracks created on that same trip? Thanks for keeping it real-see you at the QN5 Megashow!

[BombingPhoenix]

I love you, man.

Your music fuels my creativity. Seriously, you are dope.

[kejorafall]

why is he so big in japan..

cause asian man usually have a small size..

[DVJOO]

@kejorafall woah man. imma korean. i aint small

[supaflyz88]

where can i find this substantial/nujabes albu?

[SubstantialMusic]

@supaflyz88 substantial.bandcamp.com/album­/to-this-union-a-sun-was-born-­deluxe-edition

[blacktiePRESENTS]

Your ill. and your like my idol for rapping over nujabes. One day i wanna be big over smoe of nujabes beats he left us.

[KHaskins23]

What's up Substan? Kenny H from Bmore Maryland. Just wanna say I'm a big fan your music man and wanna thank you and the great late Nujabes for bringing real hip hop back to the forefront. Good luck and take care dude.

[methreebeats]

man i've been pronouncing it nuja-bees for days.

[Zitos21]

man hood hope!!!! is the shit

[drmad21]

What kind of question is this?

Answer is sample: Japan loves good MUSIC.

[itstrikE]

Your possibly the coolest guy on the planet.

[pflu1991]

@SubstantialMusic who's idea was it to make that collab wit you and samurai champloo that was mad genius and mad props for the songs wit Kenichiro Nishihara and Marcus D much love 

[SubstantialMusic]

@pflu1991 Mine and thanks.

[classicwastheday]

Why is Substantial  so big in Japan? that's what she said...

[TonyStress360]

B-MORE 4 LiFE. im proud to say you are from B-More. R.I.P. Nujabes The World Misses You

[dearangel111]

Sphere of Influence love his music

[Brandon77727]

keep it up my brother love your tracks man!

[yuhkai]

substantial's new bop alloy album is AMAZING!!!!! substantial, i just want u to know that ima support u and buy that shit :D

[tinfoilandy]

Your Uncle is keepin' it real!

[daveparkk]

there is a video of him talking!!

/watch?v=RBv2P1HQpII

[SubstantialMusic]

@daveparkk Awesome find. Thanks for sharing this man. This is the first time I've heard his voice since this month (August) 2007. Meant a lot to me to see it. I was just breaking breaking bread with Uyama Hiroto a few hours ago. Good times.

[TEAMxEPICxSPACE]

I want he's hair

[roosterm16]

Love and respect from Germany/Russia. Keep it up.

[Jakuzadoc93]

Like the way your voice rolls over the beats, you got a nice flow and good lyrics as well, are you still making music?

cos it would be a damn shame if you wouldn't.

[djteq9]

omfgosh substantial i blast think different in my car on my way to work! ur awesome much love from the D.M.V.!

[MrHiberto]

your stuffs awesome mr substantial

[Ablethe7]

RIP nujabes

[astrovandel]

yo, substantial... i'm so glad you met nujabes!, i would of paid all the money in the world to see you and jun make hikari. i still think it's awsome how he was such a private person, but i wish I could of known alittle more about him. nonetheless keep it my dude!

[pretzelpimp]

W:DDPOWJWNDWIYOWI)@UDKJWN, I don't even know what words to use, you're such an amazing rapper

[ravycham4beats]

must of been great to meet a legend...

[undisputed805]

Yo Substantial.. keep it up man ..u inspire us young poets from the projects to keep writing..thanx man!!

[jablanowski]

Substantial is my favorite rapper in the world right now, he kills it on like every track, keep up the good work man and stay real, ur one of the many but uknown rappers with actual substance, not that ur unknown, haha

[AnimatedSimDesigns]

I've never heard Nujabes speak - gotta find a video of him speaking

[SubstantialMusic]

@AnimatedSimDesigns There are none that I know of. I filmed in a studio session back in 2007 recording "Hikari" and he made me delete it. He was a very private person.

[AnimatedSimDesigns]

@SubstantialMusic am I speaking to substantial right now lol?

[SubstantialMusic]

@AnimatedSimDesigns Yes you are.

[AnimatedSimDesigns]

@SubstantialMusic sweet ya music's i'll man - mind if i get a pick with ya when i go america - might be a while off thou

[SubstantialMusic]

@AnimatedSimDesigns Thanks. Shouldn't be a problem. Take care

[STCyco25]

yea it is "New juh bes" this vid, a vid of Shing02 says RIP nujabes, and in the beginning of the song People Dont Stray they say new juh bes. keep it up substantial! RIP nujabes

[seowan]

RIP Nujabes..

[xXxXFoolehCoolehXxXx]

Sub has gotta be so bummed about Jun... ):

[clevo090]

RIP Nujabes

[ShawnHeEnjoi]

substantial still makin it big!

[rickylascaze001]

this story is inspirational, i never thought nujabes could speak english

[nuujahbes]

@rickylascaze001

watch?v=RBv2P1HQpII

7:10

[S0ulcreat1ve]

Substantial & Nujabes FTW!

Some of the best music i ever heard from hip hop, no joke! Positivemusic for the world!

Keep them coming man!

[CrimsonBeauty111]

d*mn there were some hatin retarted motha f*ckerz on THIS site. Anywayz, I love substantial an nujabes, I listen to them all the time now. It would have been nice to have known about them sooner!!! I want all their cd's. :-D

[nemesis700]

i liked this interview..it was eye opening...the first album is a classic btw

[nemesis700]

hes jokin around...lighten up...and go fuck ya self

[Roccyscirocco]

first off ima big fan of nujabes and substantial....i never heard nujabes aka Jun Seba talk....its cool to hear what his accent might sound like ....stop being childish....

[jenikins]

new jah beeze sounds better

[MrFigglez]

hahahahahaahaha everyone says nujabes differently

[Creepo85]

Haha I feel like a dumb ass because I've been saying it like "New Ja beeze" all this time

[rickylascaze001]

i pronounce it New Job Ezz

[butterscotchcookie]

same here

[eurikuti]

I'm just an ordinary 13 year old Korean girl. Yet I love Substantial's stuff. It's so random how I came across him.

[SON0KONG]

you all remember back in the day when a mcs could mc and djs could cut and producers could produce i think those days is comin back

[blackpowerkid87]

i really hope so my friend

[thirdartist22]

I really had no idea. that's something :D

[thirdartist22]

Nujabes talks???

[kitsuneswordsman]

wish there could be some video that showed him talkin'.

[Koldatt]

@thirdartist22 Ahahahhaa! i know eh?

[MasterDusk]

This guy is a true MC. Hip-hop lives

[shincyriades]

Hey bro, your stuff is hot...Keep it up. Hip hop needs more guys like you. You got a great flow and lyrics. 5 stars, much love

[FutabaUploader]

Hip-hop needs more people like you. A lot more.

[kitsuneswordsman]

That's right. Guys like these make the world more livelier, they bring people together with their great music.

[heysafilikefruits2XD]

Substantial, and Nujabes... Please stay underground never go mainstream. Love everything you two aver put out there, just keep going please.

[phatboyjj]

i second that...but i got mad confidence that neither of them will ever be tainted by the game and fall to the hype like kanye west an others so i wish them well and if they do go mainstream keep putting out quality music...because we will still support it

[KEIxxAYExxARxxEHL]

Kanye just sucks. He wants to be Asian.

Examples: Stronger music video, TerryaKingz song.

That's just my opinoin don't go "Oh hell naw how many awards does he have?"

[xXxXFoolehCoolehXxXx]

That's wanting to Asian? Maybe he was just embracing another culture? I still think he sucks, though. He's a real fuckwad.

[TEAMxEPICxSPACE]

kanye cool wtf u want him to act like a nigga or something rock gold in his mouth

[TEAMxEPICxSPACE]

why a shot at kanye, and u sais he wants to be asian thats make no sense if u go to japan they do lots of american like things kanye just likes japan and asian way of life

[Empha84]

Yes my boy Stan and Uncle George

[smoyzil]

WAS HAPPIN UNCLE GEORGE

[toone787]

OMG IM IN BMORE =D

[acmoc]

I love you all. you're music inspires my photography.

Some day, I hope to have a gallery rented out and have your music in the background

[trigun52]

good luck with that my dude..I always imagined having a huge mansion and everday I'd take a walk around the house with some nujabes track playing very quietly in the background..ahhh the life lol..good luck man.

[IndigoR]

That's a pretty chill dream to have.

[apexdna]

Ah fo sho ...

[IndigoR]

lol For me, it'd have to be Transcendence.

[robs70986987]

I LOVE the song think different!

substantial you kick ass

[redbigdaddy1]

i want to meet you someday substantial...me u and nujabes...god damn i just really gotta tlak to you 2. you guys just make the best music ive ever heard...i really gotta see you

[its2bad]

Substantial plus Nujabes is unstoppable. I caught on to their music five years ago here in the states and I'm glad to see that people are really taking notice.

[animechic25]

this dude is cute! but he kinda looks like penny from goodtimes!

[kimkyok]

As much as I hate to agree with you he does kinda look like her. He still cute!

[babymilk]

lol uncle george

[1privilege]

"hey folks ,whats happenin" that cracked me up ! ;)) thats cool

[batboy9]

so yea does anyone know where we dudes could buy these cds cuz i really want a cd man i've been lookin for this type of music since laffy taffy came out

[rreggiebryant1]

hahaha im wit u on dat

[localstuu]

man where i live there are no cds of nujabes i have to download and shit

[batboy9]

for real, are there any cds in the U.S. for them

[Wafflezrgud]

If you want to support these guys and their music the worst thing you can do is get it on limewire or torrents.

[FreshPrinceJazzSoul]

Think different is one of my favourite songs

[wannabethief]

taxi cab confessions ish lol

[drifting36]

Always thought it was New jah bays

[soffer]

it's extremely difficult to find anything by nujabes... they need to put it up on itunes or ebay or amazon

[infamousmfox]

look for torrents if you want to download any of his music, Shing02 is also a good artist.

[xXReMiX818Xx]

Their is a god!

[tihcahappa]

Real Talent Substantial.

I love eclipse. Its one of my utmost favorite songs of all time.

[marcusd206]

and your uncle pokin his head out is classic

[marcusd206]

dopest japanese impression i've heard in a while.

i like how the music stops too hahaha

[xSkighx]

thanks for uploading this. substantial is one of my favorite rappers. :D

[soffer]

new jah bess. so that's how u say it. u know nujabes would get 1.5x more exposure if he had a more obvious name to pronounce

[lurakukawaii]

lol i don't think his name is hard to pronounce

[SubstantialMusic]

Neither do I but you would be surprised. It has been my experience that 9 out of 10 people I encounter usually mispronounce his name.

[scat4u]

yeah i was just corrected. good vid, thanks.

[loraemon]

noo. juh.bes.

whats so hard about that? lol

its just SEBA JUN backwards.

i love substantial!

[nujabe101]

sick i got to see a god

[sinnersrwinners]

Metaphorical Music was a great album.

Y'all need to hurry up and drop another Extended F@mm album!!!

[ivanzhaginov]

cant wait 4 november 20th man

imma be the first 1 to pick that up

[SubstantialMusic]

Thanks bro.  Let the people know. :)

[QN5]

ooooooohhhhh.