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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Meiso |
| name = Meiso
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = studio
Artist = [[DJ Krush]] |
| artist = [[DJ Krush]]
Cover = |
| cover = Meiso DJ Krush.jpg
| alt =
Released = [[April 6]], [[1995]] |
| released = {{start date|1995|07|21}}
Recorded = ???|
| recorded =
Genre = East Coast Hip Hop |
| studio = {{hlist|Show-On ([[Tokyo]])|Platinum Island ([[New York City|New York]], New York)}}
Length = 40:52 |
| genre = {{hlist|[[Trip hop]]|[[hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
Label = Full Frequency / Pgd |
| length = {{duration|m=48|s=53}}
Producer = [[DJ Krush]] |
| label = [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony]]
Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dvp1z83aoyv3 link]
| producer = DJ Krush
|
Last album = ''[[Strictly Turntablized]]''<br />(1994) |
| prev_title = [[Strictly Turntablized]]
| prev_year = 1994
This album = '''''Meiso'''''<br />(1995) |
| next_title = [[Ki-Oku]]
Next album = ''[[MiLight]]''<br />(1997) |}}
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Meiso
| type = studio
| single1 = Meiso
| single1date = 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sus81.jp/djkrush/en/disco/disco.html|title=-DJ KRUSH- Works|publisher=sus81.jp|access-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406150050/http://www.sus81.jp/djkrush/en/disco/disco.html|archive-date=April 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| single2 = Only the Strong Survive
| single2date = September 30, 1996<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-09-28.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=September 28, 1996|access-date=May 20, 2021|page=57}}</ref>
}}
}}


{{Nihongo|'''''Meiso'''''|迷走|Meisō}} is the third [[studio album]] by Japanese [[hip hop music|hip hop]] producer [[DJ Krush]]. It was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan by [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Music Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/DJKRUSH/discography/SRCS-7752|title=ディスコグラフィ &#124; Sony Music|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|access-date=May 16, 2017|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/5054/products/234758/1/|title=迷走 &#124; DJ KRUSH|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=May 20, 2021|language=ja}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''Meiso'''''|迷走|Meisō}}, meaning “Straying”, is the third album released by [[DJ Krush]].

''Meiso'' was issued in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1995 by the label [[Mo' Wax]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=DJ Krush: Meiso|magazine=[[NME]]|date=November 4, 1995|page=20}}</ref> peaking at number 64 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK"/> It was released in the United States on April 9, 1996 by Mo' Wax and [[FFRR Records]].<ref>{{cite news|title=New CDs coming from Hootie, others|newspaper=[[The News & Observer]]|first=Jonathan|last=Takiff|date=April 3, 1996}}</ref> The album produced the singles "Meiso" and "Only the Strong Survive", which reached numbers 52 and 71 respectively on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32577/dj-krush/|title=DJ Krush|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref>

==Composition==
''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'' described ''Meiso'' as an album of [[sampling (music)|sample]]-based [[trip hop]] music.<ref name="Twells">{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/07/30/50-best-trip-hop-albums/|title=The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time|website=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first1=John|last1=Twells|author1-link=Xela (musician)|first2=Laurent|last2=Fintoni|date=July 30, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2017}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] critic Ned Raggett said that the music continued in the vein of DJ Krush's past work, incorporating "mid- to slow-tempo [[groove (music)|grooves]] and [[break (music)|breaks]]" and exploring "everything from [[jazz]] and [[funk]] to experimental [[ambient music|ambient]] production."<ref name="Raggett"/> The album features guest performances from several American rappers: [[CL Smooth]] on "Only the Strong Survive", [[The Roots|Roots]] members [[Black Thought]] and [[Malik B.]] on "Meiso", Deflon Sallahr on "Ground", and [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] and [[Big Shug]] on "Most Wanted Man".<ref name="Notes"/> "Make no mistake", ''[[Muzik]]''{{'}}s [[Will Ashon]] wrote of ''Meiso'', "this is a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] album".<ref name="Ashon"/>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Raggett">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/meiso-mw0000181608|title=Meiso – DJ Krush|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=Ned|last=Raggett|access-date=May 12, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Glaister">{{cite news|title=DJ Krush: Meiso (Mo' Wax)|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|first=Dan|last=Glaister|date=November 3, 1995}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev3score = 4.5/5<ref name="Ashon">{{cite magazine|title=DJ Krush: Meiso|magazine=[[Muzik]]|first=Will|last=Ashon|author-link=Will Ashon|issue=5|date=October 1995|page=76}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Source]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=DJ Krush: Meiso|magazine=[[The Source]]|first=Paul|last=Miller|author-link=DJ Spooky|issue=78|date=March 1996|pages=102, 110}}</ref>
}}

Dan Glaister of ''[[The Guardian]]'' found ''Meiso'' more accessible than DJ Krush's previous releases, attributing this partly to the more prominent rapping on the album.<ref name="Glaister"/> Glaister praised the record as an effective "blend of the upbeat with contemplative and downright mysterious instrumentals".<ref name="Glaister"/> Writing for ''[[Trouser Press]]'', [[Mark Kemp]] said that it pointed toward "further fascinating intercultural exploration of the space between foursquare hip-hop and floating [[ambient techno]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/dj-krush|title=DJ Krush|website=[[Trouser Press]]|first=Mark|last=Kemp|author-link=Mark Kemp|access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2015, ''Fact'' ranked ''Meiso'' at number 12 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.<ref name="Twells"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"Only the Strong Survive f. C.L Smooth"
| all_music = DJ Krush, except where noted
#"Anticipation"
| title1 = Only the Strong Survive
#"What's Behind Darkness?"
| note1 = with [[CL Smooth]]
#"Meiso" featuring Black Thought and Malik B. of [[The Roots]]
| lyrics1 = Smooth
#"Bypath 1"
| length1 = 4:14
#"Blank"
| title2 = Anticipation
#"Ground" featuring Deflon Sallahr of Hedrush
| length2 = 4:44
#"Bypath 2"
| title3 = What's Behind Darkness
#"Most Wanted Man" featuring Guru & Big Shug
| length3 = 3:05
#"Bypath 3"
| title4 = Meiso
#"Bypath 3e"
| note4 = with [[Black Thought]] and [[Malik B.]]
#"Oce 9504"
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Black Thought|Malik B.}}
#"Duality" with DJ Shadow
| length4 = 4:02
#"Bypath - Would You Take It"
| title5 = Bypath 1
| length5 = 0:37
| title6 = Blank
| length6 = 2:19
| title7 = Ground
| note7 = with Deflon Sallahr
| lyrics7 = Sallahr
| length7 = 5:57
| title8 = Bypath 2
| length8 = 0:45
| title9 = Most Wanted Man
| note9 = with [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] and [[Big Shug]]
| lyrics9 = Big Shug
| music9 = {{hlist|DJ Krush|Guru}}
| length9 = 4:00
| title10 = Bypath 3
| length10 = 1:13
| title11 = 3rd Eye
| length11 = 4:46
| title12 = Oce 9504
| length12 = 3:35
| title13 = Duality
| note13 = with [[DJ Shadow]]
| music13 = {{hlist|DJ Krush|DJ Shadow}}
| length13 = 8:48
| title14 = Bypath – Would You Take It?
| length14 = 0:48
| total_length = 48:53
}}

==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="Notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Meiso|others=[[DJ Krush]]|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|year=1995|id=SRCS 7752|type=liner notes}}</ref>

{{columns-start}}
'''Musicians'''
* DJ Krush – [[hip hop production|beats]], [[scratching]], drum [[programming (music)|programming]] on "Duality", abstract programming on "Bypath – Would You Take It?"
* [[Big Shug]] – vocals on "Most Wanted Man"
* [[Black Thought]] – vocals on "Meiso"
* DJ Hide – scratching on "Anticipation"
* [[DJ Shadow]] – beats, scratching, and drum programming on "Duality"
* [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] – vocals on "Most Wanted Man"
* [[Malik B.]] – vocals on "Meiso"
* Deflon Sallahr – vocals on "Ground"
* [[CL Smooth]] – vocals on "Only the Strong Survive"

{{column}}
'''Production'''
* DJ Krush – [[record producer|production]], [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Noriko Asano – [[executive producer|executive production]]
* Toshiya Horiuchi – [[mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* [[Ken Duro Ifill]] – [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
* Tetsuo Kato – executive production
* Koichi "Oppenheimer" Matsuki – recording
* Yoko Yamanaka – recording (assistant)


'''Design'''
==Samples==
* Mami Ikeda – [[translation]]
* Sachiko Kishi – translation
* [[Masato Nakamura]] – photography
* Sakaguchi Ken Factory – [[art director|art direction]], design
{{columns-end}}


==Charts==
'''Only The Strong Survive'''
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*"Prologue" by [[Hōzan Yamamoto]] from an album [[Ginkai]]
!scope="col"| Chart (1995)
*"Doggone" by [[Love (band)|Love]]
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|64|date=19951105|access-date=May 12, 2017|rowheader=true|refname="UK"}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK Dance Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-11-11.pdf|title=Dance Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=November 11, 1995|access-date=May 28, 2021|page=21}}</ref>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-11-18-I.pdf|title=Independent Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=November 18, 1995|access-date=May 28, 2021|page=28}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{Album chart|UKR&B|8|date=19951105|access-date=June 9, 2021|rowheader=true}}
|}


==References==
'''Meiso'''
{{reflist}}
*"Times Lie" by [[Joe Farrell]]


==External links==
'''Blank'''
* {{Discogs master|45613|Meiso}}
*"Sly" by [[Herbie Hancock]]


{{DJ Krush}}
'''Oce 9504'''
*"Prithvi (Earth)" by [[Paul Horn]]


{{Authority control}}
'''Duality'''
*"The Warning" by [[David Axelrod]]


[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:DJ Krush albums]]
[[Category:DJ Krush albums]]
[[Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan albums]]
[[Category:FFRR Records albums]]
[[Category:Mo' Wax albums]]

Latest revision as of 19:21, 20 September 2024

Meiso
Studio album by
DJ Krush
ReleasedJuly 21, 1995 (1995-07-21)
Studio
Genre
Length48:53
LabelSony
ProducerDJ Krush
DJ Krush chronology
Strictly Turntablized
(1994) 		Meiso
(1995) 		Ki-Oku
(1996)
Singles from Meiso
  1. "Meiso"
    Released: 1996[1]
  2. "Only the Strong Survive"
    Released: September 30, 1996[2]

Meiso (迷走, Meisō) is the third studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan by Sony Music Entertainment.[3][4]

Meiso was issued in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1995 by the label Mo' Wax,[5] peaking at number 64 on the UK Albums Chart.[6] It was released in the United States on April 9, 1996 by Mo' Wax and FFRR Records.[7] The album produced the singles "Meiso" and "Only the Strong Survive", which reached numbers 52 and 71 respectively on the UK Singles Chart.[8]

Composition

[edit]

Fact described Meiso as an album of sample-based trip hop music.[9] AllMusic critic Ned Raggett said that the music continued in the vein of DJ Krush's past work, incorporating "mid- to slow-tempo grooves and breaks" and exploring "everything from jazz and funk to experimental ambient production."[10] The album features guest performances from several American rappers: CL Smooth on "Only the Strong Survive", Roots members Black Thought and Malik B. on "Meiso", Deflon Sallahr on "Ground", and Guru and Big Shug on "Most Wanted Man".[11] "Make no mistake", Muzik's Will Ashon wrote of Meiso, "this is a hip hop album".[12]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The Guardian[13]
Muzik4.5/5[12]
The Source[14]

Dan Glaister of The Guardian found Meiso more accessible than DJ Krush's previous releases, attributing this partly to the more prominent rapping on the album.[13] Glaister praised the record as an effective "blend of the upbeat with contemplative and downright mysterious instrumentals".[13] Writing for Trouser Press, Mark Kemp said that it pointed toward "further fascinating intercultural exploration of the space between foursquare hip-hop and floating ambient techno."[15] In 2015, Fact ranked Meiso at number 12 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.[9]

Track listing

[edit]

All music is composed by DJ Krush, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Only the Strong Survive" (with CL Smooth)Smooth 4:14
2."Anticipation"  4:44
3."What's Behind Darkness"  3:05
4."Meiso" (with Black Thought and Malik B.)
  • Black Thought
  • Malik B.
 4:02
5."Bypath 1"  0:37
6."Blank"  2:19
7."Ground" (with Deflon Sallahr)Sallahr 5:57
8."Bypath 2"  0:45
9."Most Wanted Man" (with Guru and Big Shug)Big Shug
  • DJ Krush
  • Guru
4:00
10."Bypath 3"  1:13
11."3rd Eye"  4:46
12."Oce 9504"  3:35
13."Duality" (with DJ Shadow) 
  • DJ Krush
  • DJ Shadow
8:48
14."Bypath – Would You Take It?"  0:48
Total length:48:53

Personnel

[edit]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]

Musicians

  • DJ Krush – beats, scratching, drum programming on "Duality", abstract programming on "Bypath – Would You Take It?"
  • Big Shug – vocals on "Most Wanted Man"
  • Black Thought – vocals on "Meiso"
  • DJ Hide – scratching on "Anticipation"
  • DJ Shadow – beats, scratching, and drum programming on "Duality"
  • Guru – vocals on "Most Wanted Man"
  • Malik B. – vocals on "Meiso"
  • Deflon Sallahr – vocals on "Ground"
  • CL Smooth – vocals on "Only the Strong Survive"

Production

Design

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 64
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[16] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] 7
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[18] 8

References

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  1. ^ "-DJ KRUSH- Works". sus81.jp. Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. September 28, 1996. p. 57. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "ディスコグラフィ | Sony Music" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "迷走 | DJ KRUSH" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "DJ Krush: Meiso". NME. November 4, 1995. p. 20.
  6. ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Takiff, Jonathan (April 3, 1996). "New CDs coming from Hootie, others". The News & Observer.
  8. ^ "DJ Krush". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (July 30, 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". Fact. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Meiso – DJ Krush". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Meiso (liner notes). DJ Krush. Sony Music Entertainment Japan. 1995. SRCS 7752.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ a b Ashon, Will (October 1995). "DJ Krush: Meiso". Muzik. No. 5. p. 76.
  13. ^ a b c Glaister, Dan (November 3, 1995). "DJ Krush: Meiso (Mo' Wax)". The Guardian.
  14. ^ Miller, Paul (March 1996). "DJ Krush: Meiso". The Source. No. 78. pp. 102, 110.
  15. ^ Kemp, Mark. "DJ Krush". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  16. ^ "Dance Albums" (PDF). Music Week. November 11, 1995. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  17. ^ "Independent Albums" (PDF). Music Week. November 18, 1995. p. 28. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  18. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
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