J-Pop Artist of the Week #59 [Pop/Rap/Hip-hop]: KREVA (Week of June 17th-23rd)

[Mandilinn]

The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!

 

June requests are still open! PM me or send me a DM on Twitter (@Mandilinn480) with an artist you'd like featured!

 

This Week's Artist:

KREVA

 

 

KREVA (whose real name is Hatakeyama Takahasi) is a rapper and record producer signed with Burger Inn Records and Pony Canyon's Knife Edge labels. He is a former member of hip-hop group KICK THE CAN CREW and is also part of the FUNKY GRAMMAR UNIT. His stage name comes from the English word clever.

 

 

Music

 

Strong Style

C'mon, Let's Go

Aggressive

Na Na Na

SPACE

THE SHOW

Tranquilizer

Ouja no Kyujitsu

BESHI

Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. -Uwaki na Vacance-

Shunkan Speechless

Seikou

 

Collaborations

 

Your Love - Daichi Miura (feat. KREVA)

Tooku Made - SONOMi (feat. KREVA)

I'm yours (Miu x KREVA)

Toshinobu Kubota meets KREVA - M☆A☆G☆I☆C

MIYAVI vs KREVA - STRONG

DABO, ANARCHY, KREVA - I REP

 

Recent Releases

 

[best Album] KX

Release Date: June 18th, 2014

Editions: CD-Only, CD+DVD

 

 

See the extremely long 4-CD tracklist here.

 

New Song "ZENSOKURYOKU FEAT.MIURA DAICHI" PV here: http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/KREVA---Zensokuryoku-feat-Daichi-Miura-/9a896797a6ebce07cf2178fca6330434

 

If you like KREVA's music, make sure to support him and purchase it legally from CD Japan, HMV, or Yesasia!

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Official Website

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[Mandilinn]

Previous Weeks

 

 

Female Soloists

 

 

Kana Nishino

Miliyah Kato

Yuka Masaki

Jasmine

MiChi

Seiko Matsuda

Lecca

AI

AISHA

MISIA

Akina Nakamori

JUJU

Mika Nakashima

alan

ALI PROJECT

Hitomi Shimatani

Kanon Wakeshima

Rihwa

hitomi

Shishido Kavka

 

 

Male Soloists

 

 

Daichi Miura

Yuya Matsushita

Tetsuya Komuro

Ken Hirai

Keisuke Kuwata

Naoto Inti Raymi

KOHH

 

 

Duos

 

 

CHEMISTRY

m-flo

BREATHE

 

 

Dance/Vocal Units

 

 

EXILE

E-Girls

w-inds.

BRIGHT

AAA

J Soul Brothers

TRF

LEAD

 

 

Non-Dance Groups

 

 

Kalafina

ROOT FIVE

 

 

Idols

 

 

Kanjani8

ARASHI

Fairies

Tokyo Girls Style

 

 

Bands

 

 

Sakanaction

SPYAIR

ONE OK ROCK

GIRL NEXT DOOR

BACK-ON

NEGOTO

YMO

Akai Koen

 

 

Special Weeks and Features

 

 

Zainichi Korean Artists

Top 3 Highest-Selling Japanese Rock Bands

The Queens of J-Pop

Artists Who Used to Be Idols

 

 

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Could not find half of the old threads, so I'll have to completely re-do some of these. Please be patient!

[Seultoria]

I love this song by Kreva. 

 

 

[Jayjayisinlove]

Like some of his tracks in Tranquilizer, but eversince I change devices I lost track of him.

[DocumentaLy]

Bops:

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IViueTs20II

 

 

[Midna]

SPACE is a nice video since it previews snippets of each song from his SPACE album.

 

i totally adore this song

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVaAywLGe1Q

 

^ vid is weird but the song is ther....with minor modifications i guess cuz copyright

 

other faves

 

 

 

[Psy]

It sounds like such a silly thing to say but I absolutely love Kreva even though I do not know anything about him or even his personality. All I know is his music.

[Twin<3333LovesMango]

KREVA was pretty much the first Japanese rapper I ever listened to to. He hold a special place in my music heart lol

[Randolph]

One of the greats.

 

Not only is he a successful commercial rapper who makes inventive music, he can also make good underground hip-hop like the rest of them.

 

You won't find another like him.

[Midnight~Circus]

Kreva is one of my favorite Japanese rappers along with some of his fellow members of  'FUNKY GRAMMAR UNIT'.

 

I've always admired Kreva and I applaud him for his creativity as a rapper and producer. His music is so unique and refreshing. His recent material is leagues better than anything his contemporaries have put out in recent years.

 

One of J-Hip-Hop's finest.

[Sana Muñequita Linda]

Yesterday I began listening to his tracks and so far he is my fave Japanese hip hop act, I like the use of music that he does (sorry for Dragon Ash, but they are not of my taste). His sound is the most similar thing to those Western rap acts that I like (f. ex. A Tribe Called Quest and Dipset).

 

It sounds like such a silly thing to say but I absolutely love Kreva even though I do not know anything about him or even his personality. All I know is his music.

 

That's alright!