Shin Sasakubo - Human Poetry-A Tribute to 2Pac - Japan Vinyl LP Record

Credits:

Shin Sasakubo

Description:

Chichibu guitarist Shin Sasakubo's 39th album is a tribute to legendary rapper 2Pac. Sasakubo lived in Peru from 2004 to 2008, where he studied Andean (Quechua-speaking) music. One day, he was surprised to discover that the name of the legendary American rapper "2Pac" (Tupac Amaru), whom he had heard as a child, was Quechua, the language of the indigenous Andean people. Tupac Amaru was the name of the last Inca emperor, and after his execution, Peru became a Spanish colony for 300 years. The name has so many meanings: the Andean world, Western colonialism, the history of African slavery in the Americas, revolution, music, and poetry. .... It evokes the endless history of mankind. Chichibu, the hometown of Shin Sasakubo, is the site of a popular revolution in Japan, known for the "Chichibu People's Party," a town where for a century the local god mountain, Mount Mukou, was blown up in the name of mining for the sake of urban economic development.This awareness of the problem of the "urban colonial environment" has become one of the creative identities of Shin Sasakubo. This work is a grand conceptual work that looks at society through the eyes of Chichibu, and is entirely conceived with guitars recorded in Chichibu. It is a hip-hop adventure with classical guitar, an endless journey through human history/human poetry. Liner notes are written by Akiyo Aminaka, Ken Awazu, and Shin Sasakubo.

Tracklisting:

1.A Tribute to Tupac Amaru
2.Old School
3.Dear Mama
4.International