''Modal Soul'' is the second full-length album by Japanese hip-hop artist Nujabes, released on November 11, 2005, on Nujabes' own record label Hydeout Productions. Like its predecessor, ''

Metaphorical Music ''Metaphorical Music'' is Nujabes' first solo album released in 2003. It offers a combination of hip hop and instrumental jazz, and features artists like Shing02, Substantial, Five Deez and Cise Starr (of CYNE). Despite the fact that the album ...

'', ''Modal Soul'' fuses jazzy, smooth rhythms and hip hop. The album features artists Cise Starr and Akin (of

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), Terry Callier,

Shing02 , better known by his stage name Shing02, is a Japanese hip hop recording artist, record producer, activist and investor who was described by Patrick Neate as one of the Japanese emcees who "has addressed important issues from Japanese ethnicity ...

, Substantial, Pase Rock, Apani B and

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. It was the final studio album released during Nujabes' lifetime.

Track listing

References

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