Teriyaki for everybody, please...

Teriyaki Boyz is a Jhip-hop (yeah, I warned you that such thing existed... ^_^) that is a sort of side project from members of other Jhip hop groups in Japan. It is composed of rappers Ilmari and Ryo-Z from Rip Slyme, Verbal from m-flo and Wise from Bathing Ape. Nigo, also from Bathing Ape, heads the group and is a fifth member of Teriyaki Boys, but he's rather in the background, handling production credits, in charge of the consoles and being the fashion guru of the group, leaving the spotlight to the four MCs. That is why you see only four faces on the cover of their album , and there is an aclaration in the form of a "4+1" sign that refers to Nigo's involvement in the group.

Their debut in the Japanese music scene is very recent: their first and only album up to now, "Beef or Chicken" was released last November and it created an instant hype thanks to the outstanding line of producers that graced the tracklisting. There was Daft Punk producing the track "Heartbreaker" (which is actually a new take on Daft Punk's hit "Human after all") and Beastie Boys' member Adrock producing four other tracks, including the title track. Additionally, Just Blaze, Cornelius, Automator, DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Cut Chemist and The Neptunes also contributed to the album producing a track each, with Pharrell being featured in the latter track... really an impressive list of people in the hip-hop and electronica scene. Obviously, the fact of being signed to DefJam Records was instrumental in getting such big names to collaborate in the project. Check them live in famous Japanese TV music show "Music Station", performing "Heartbreaker", courtesy of neptunes13 @ YouTube !

Their next release was only some weeks ago, contributing the songs "Tokyo Drift" (produced by The Neptunes as well) and "Cho large" to the soundtrack of the movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", the third and latest installment in the car-racing movie franchise. "Tokyo Drift" is a great club-banger, and here you have a music video made out of footage and trailers to the movie by chulitagurl247 @ YouTube, so that you can enjoy the great jam that is "Tokyo Drift" with some great chasing scenes:

Here is the track "Tokyo Drift". And right below is the album ! Thanks once again to CJC for uploading and sharing it. It was an ideal contribution to diversify the menu of this blog. I only knew "Heartbreaker" from them, but I'm really enjoying the full album...