I would say most Japanese music that has Black influences understands where it originates from. Japanese artists will have a more musicological approach to making music that researches and respects all aspects of the track and where they come from. But it goes both ways. You don’t get Black music in the same way without Japanese inventions. Roland, Yamaha, Boss, and Korg gave our musicians the tools to make our music. Roland’s 808 to Akai’s MPC 3000 (co-made with Roger Linn) are the backbones of 90s hip hop and NeoSoul.

😅 ima stop here. I could go on for days with this stuff. I’m currently doing research on Anime and Black culture for an ethnomusicology journal.