''Modal Soul Classics II'' is a

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dedicated to the Japanese music producer

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. It is produced by various artists including

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, Calm, Zack Austin, Specifics, and

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. It's the first album released by

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since Nujabes' death. It's a tribute album mainly from artists who worked with Nujabes on the previous albums. The album contains for the most part cover versions and remixes of Nujabes songs. The photograph on the cover is from Japanese photographer Ota Yoshiharu.

Track listing

# "Kamakura (Conversations with Jun)" (

) 4:54 # "Music is Ours (Saxmental Version)" (Calm) 6:35 # "No One Like You" ( Zack Austin) 4:22 # "Beach Of Life" ( Specifics) 4:24 # "Another Reflection (Seaside Dusk in Kamakura Rework)" (FK) 3:47 # "Modal Soul (Kenmochi Hidefumi Remix)" ( Kenmochi Hidefumi) 5:11 # "Latitude Tribute Mix" (

) 3:56 # "A Day by Atmosphere Eternal" ( Emancipator) 3:48 # "Faure" (

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feat.

) 4:49 # "Reflection Eternal" (Clammbon With Yamazaki, Mino, and Yamane from toe) 4:16 # "Homeward Journey" (

)Track listing at Hydeout Production's homepage (15 November 2010)
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Pointers to Nujabes

* "Kamakura (Conversations with Jun)" contains parts of a talk between Nujabes and the author ('Jun' is Nujabes' first name). * "Music is Ours" is a reference to Nujabes' song "Music is Mine" from the album

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. * "Beach Of Life" uses a

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in its refrain with two of Nujabes' co-production album titles: "Check me out on the beach of life. Mellow Beats, Friends and Lovers and many others, so many others. Try to exist in the beautiful. It's false, it's just Bullshit as Usual." * "Another Reflection" is a cover version of Nujabes' same-titled song released on

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. * "Modal Soul" is a remix of Nujabes' song "Modal Soul" released on the same-titled album

. * "Latitude Tribute Mix" uses music which is equal to its original version "Latitude" from the album

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 ...

, but the lyrics describe the author's memories about Nujabes (e.g. "I made a whole record one floor down from your home"). He often redirects to the original lyrics with a slightly different meaning ("You can call me on your mobile phone" in the original version and "I used to call you on your mobile phone" in the tribute mix). * "A Day by Atmosphere Eternal" is a cover of the similarly-titled song off the album

. * "Reflection Eternal" is a cover of the same-titled song off the album

References

{{Authority control Hip hop compilation albums 2010 compilation albums Albums produced by Nujabes