
BLKrKRT – Okinato Black [Beat Tape]
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01. Act Natural (Interlude)
02. Allegory of the Alley
03. Backmasking
04. Collateral
05. Consequences (Kamma)
06. The Mission
07. The Code
08. Ningyo
09. A Small Gambit
10. Program Indentification
11. When The Wind Speaks
12. S(words)
13. Rainy Days
14. Sakura
15. Azure Sky
16. Patterns
17. War Shoes
18. The Code of Love
19. Clandestine Meeting
20. The Jōmon Period
21. Poverty
22. OrganGrinder
23. Secret Knock
24. Severed Paths
25. Black Lotus
26. 3000 Worlds
27. The Bell Scene (Outro)
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BLKrKRT – Okinato Black
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 largely unknown.
The project is a response to the resurgence of chamber rap beats, popularized by Wu-Tang, the proliferation of experimental hip-hop producers using the legendary Roland SP-404, and my own fascination with the anime Samurai Champloo. The intention was to never limit the source, or genre of samples, but through the usage, obtain a cohesion in sound.