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Ten years ago, I saw music fans and hip hop critics mocking Vocaloid rap, saying it wasn’t “real rap.” In that moment, I decided to someday create fake rap that would make those people furious.
At one point, I considered inviting a real rapper, but I gave up on the idea because it went against my belief in not following the rules of real rap. However, about a year and a half ago, after meeting a kind Korean Xinlisupreme fan, I decided to create rap performed by anime superheroes, and I reached out to various voice actors to record spoken lines.
I took inspiration from anime audio dramas I listened to as a kid and created rap. The essence of anime is stylization. Just as a thumbs up is instantly recognized around the world as meaning “Good!”, I inserted the phrase “Yo YoYo Hey men!” between spoken lines as a symbolic verbal gesture for rap. By doing so, I made sure the lines that followed were recognized as rap. That is, I turned rap into anime through stylization. This is not about following the rules of “real rap.” It’s just to be free.
My first anime character crush was Black. This may not be outright racism, but Black characters are still very rare in Japanese anime, and the single cover of Anime Hop was created with the hope that this will change. I also believe that a hip hop mindset that looks down on or labels white, Asian, or Vocaloid rappers as fake is wrong. That belief is why I chose to create a new form of hip hop myself.
This is Anime Hop.
At one point, I considered inviting a real rapper, but I gave up on the idea because it went against my belief in not following the rules of real rap. However, about a year and a half ago, after meeting a kind Korean Xinlisupreme fan, I decided to create rap performed by anime superheroes, and I reached out to various voice actors to record spoken lines.
I took inspiration from anime audio dramas I listened to as a kid and created rap. The essence of anime is stylization. Just as a thumbs up is instantly recognized around the world as meaning “Good!”, I inserted the phrase “Yo YoYo Hey men!” between spoken lines as a symbolic verbal gesture for rap. By doing so, I made sure the lines that followed were recognized as rap. That is, I turned rap into anime through stylization. This is not about following the rules of “real rap.” It’s just to be free.
My first anime character crush was Black. This may not be outright racism, but Black characters are still very rare in Japanese anime, and the single cover of Anime Hop was created with the hope that this will change. I also believe that a hip hop mindset that looks down on or labels white, Asian, or Vocaloid rappers as fake is wrong. That belief is why I chose to create a new form of hip hop myself.
This is Anime Hop.
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