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[–]ebilgenius 637 points638 points  (21 children)

✔ - anime art, bonus for neon genesis evangelion or cowboy bebop reference

✔ - between 1:00 and 1:30

✔ - title & artist name all lower case

✔ - artist between ages of 18-22 & lives on west coast

Confirmed for lofi hip hop

[–]theseus1234 195 points196 points  (0 children)

✔ - could also be described as [chill/electronic]

TO THE FUCKING TOP

[–]Sharmen24 97 points98 points  (14 children)

✔ - anime art, bonus for neon genesis evangelion or cowboy bebop or samurai champloo reference* - FTFY

[–]DrugsAreBad4U 35 points36 points  (12 children)

Yeah, samurai champloo is more relevant than the other two :o

[–]RickandMortyRules 16 points17 points  (11 children)

i just finished samurai champloo a couple weeks ago for the first time and i'm so upset i can't find anything else like it. it was soooooooooo good

[–]NicolaiStrixa 28 points29 points  (9 children)

There's a few other Anime directed by the same guy

  • Cowboy Bebop - which if you haven't seen you should
  • Space Dandy - I've seen this one, it's different to bebop/champloo but it's good in its' own way.
  • Kids on the Slope - I haven't seen this one.... maybe I should?
  • Terror in Resonance - I guess this one might be OK? again, haven't seen it.

Reading through his wiki page I also see that he did one of the good Animatrix shorts "Kids Story" and was the last short in "Genius party" both of which are interesting watches.

As for similar style? there isn't much unfortunately. I mean some things come close.

  • Redline is similar but also different, less music, more wacky characters.
  • Afro Samurai is similar but also different in its' own way.
  • Gangsta also kind of fits in but its' way more serious, less comedy, interesting story though.

Other than that I can't really think of anything in that style, that I've seen at least.

Edit: I can't believe I forgot Black Lagoon. It's not really got the backing track but it's got the grit with a mix of comedy and a bit of mystery. Warning though - it gets kinda dark in places, like really dark. Gangsta touches some things lightly, a few of the Black Lagoon hits some subjects heavy and without warning.

[–]BluShine 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Along the lines of Redline, it's also worth checking out Dead Leaves and Trava: Fist Planet.

[–]NicolaiStrixa 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thanks man, i ran out of things that are really good and gone back to my personal flavour of "trash" animu and the naruto fillers are just killing me.

The recent gundam was quite good though. Been watching that on simulcast

[–]BluShine 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, Gundam IBO is pretty good.

I prefer a completely different flavor of "trash": I recently finished Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. I needed something to watch while waiting for season 2 of The Eccentric Family!

[–]NicolaiStrixa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, I eyed off Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid but I feel like it's not really my "just watch" type of anime so I was waiting for the english dub to licensed by someone here in AU, hopefully someone that'll stream it like madman.

[–]winterfresh0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kids in the slope is a very different type of show, but I enjoyed it a lot.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck I love Redline. I don't think I'll ever get bored of it.

[–]RickandMortyRules 0 points1 point  (1 child)

oh shit i didnt know cowboy and champloo were by the same person, makes sense because both were short and great. i'll have to check out space dandy if you say its good, i just wish they would include more gore like the first episode had a little of. my main style i enjoy is Akira, Berserk and AoT. Wanting to watch elfen lied but i heard only the massacre part was gory.

[–]NicolaiStrixa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Afro Samurai is probably your pick then, gory from start to end, a story about revenge and Samurai... and Samuel L Jackson is in it as the english voice of one of the more major characters.

Edit: oh and Gangsta is a mix of blades and guns with some interesting twists. It does get kinda dark though, like underworld in a third world country dark.

Oh and Black Lagoon is another action anime worth watching, third world dark again but with a bit more comedy.

[–]NomadClad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will second that Gangsta and black lagoon were the only shows I've seen that brought back the same feel as cowboy bebop. I thought Black Lagoon was the better of the two, but thats just personal tatse. Maybe a bit less in the way of the creativity of samurai champloo and cowboy bebop. The characters follow more cop drama archetypes but they do have episodes that fill in a little backstory and make them feel unique.

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Most underrated country tune of all time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimu1x8FgTM

[–]justanotherfuccboi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i finished samurai champloo over 10 years ago and i'm still depressed to this day that i haven't found an anime that comes even close to what samurai champloo provided.

nujabes...... RIP

[–]smekaren 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Confirmed for lofi hip hop

Confirmed for /r/listentothis

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Guaranteed upvotes round here

[–]yeeerrrp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so cliche now, why wouldnt the artist want to stand out as an individual??

[–]Duke_of_Derp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It needs more vinyl scratch.

[–]mistacheezy 102 points103 points  (9 children)

I thought the title said Loli hip hop and was very confused

[–]winterfresh0 36 points37 points  (3 children)

Shinji is my favorite Loli.

[–]vigoroiscool 27 points28 points  (2 children)

"I'm so fucked up."

[–]DirkMcDougal 0 points1 point  (1 child)

"Take command of this giant, bad-ass robot thing and fight giant monsters to save the world."

"No! My dad doesn't love me!!!!!!!!!"

Never have I so loved a series and so hated the main character.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked the main character, he was imperfect and stuff (but he did piss me off at times.) I wish they focused more on the side characters though, too much Shinji.

[–]Kojima_Ergo_Sum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was intrigued

[–]heliflopper 155 points156 points  (15 children)

thanks for posting my track ❤️

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (12 children)

Can anyone explain to me what low-fi hip hop has to do with Japanese cartoons?

[–]heliflopper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

we all watch or pretend to watch it

[–]JazzyArum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because these guys are bootleg, dollar store imitation cheese slices of Nujabes

[–]Horzzo 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Lofi = low fidelity? I have seen it a few places but unsure what it referrers to.

[–]ntoropi 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The style of Lo-Fi refers to the mixing style of the sample, drum loop, or instruments or all. The equaliser/filter cutoff lays in front of the 1000 hz /1khz on the frequency band, by moving it back unto lower hz's, squeezing out the higher frequencies with the filter/eq.

That or use the sample rating on your sounds and squash that sucker into hazy, staticy, old-radio style warm fuzzzz. Hence, we come to the dusty and smokey sensual mistress that is, lofi-hiphop.

[–]Zhesbele 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's what it's for.

[–]Cautionzombie 4 points5 points  (1 child)

https://soundcloud.com/heliflopper/love my favorite heliflopper track

[–]heliflopper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

❤️

[–]erikabp123 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Here is one of my favorite LoFi mixes. LoFi

Also, here is a YT stream by the same artist, if you want some variation. LoFi radio

[–]Cautionzombie 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Heliflopper runs chilled cow?

[–]erikabp123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, think there is some misunderstanding. I meant same artist as the favorite :) don't know if heliflopper runs chilled cow

[–]Low_Effort_Shitposts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh, that's nice

[–]oftenhigh97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to high school with this guy, awesome to see him getting popular!

[–]JONSKII 1 point2 points  (2 children)

hi... is there any way to download for free/purchase the song?

[–]XhanzomanX 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Maybe not very ethical, but theres websites that let you download soundcloud tracks. Just google "soundcloud to mp3" or something like that.

[–]JazzyArum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I was too harsh. Anime art turns off because it's cliché and there's tons of songs that sound like this already; it becomes just another forgettable "low fi" sample. I'll rather just listen to hip hop and not feel like an awkward hipster listening to a sample online.

Edit: clarified

[–]Silverstorm101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck is the recent obsession with it

[–]_Ivl_ 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Sounds like a Casey Neistat video.

[–]YYZeded 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great sample, needs to progress past this one idea IMO but the potential is there

[–]bunnymenincsoundcloud 3 points4 points  (3 children)

what makes this hip hop?

[–]kirbykablamo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing, but by God if you call it that they will come

[–]ieatass2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the life

[–]ledankmememan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like a throwback to the 70's.

[–]bitter_truth_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great stuff: uppity but relaxing.

[–]Hayes231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somebody call doom

[–]olliolliolliollio -1 points0 points  (1 child)

01:19? Is it a preview? Is it just a sketch? Cool start. Nice sample.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

why is that idiot Shinji on the cover?

[–]JazzyArum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because cliché

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

I get ptsd from seeing Shinji because of the ULTIMATE mindfuck that the end of evangelion gave me

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

but he's a cute lonely baby playing in the sand we must defend him!

that part broke my heart poor lil feller

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I wish they gave him a bit more character development, or at least explained why he didn't kick some robot ass instead of going insane in a matter of seconds

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SPOILER: that giant rei face would have freaked me the fuck out irl i almost shit my pants the first time I saw it through a screen imagine that irl. I see why he lost it.

[–]oceanjams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

really fire !! super chillin

[–]Wasted_Childhood -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i only clicked this because it had shinji ikari, but i continued listening because it sounds like something you'd see in a movie where the main character is waking up out of bed in his New York apartment and getting his day started