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Stuts


STUTS—who never reveals his name—shows that the beats rappers rhyme over can be compelling on their own. He’s become an in-demand producer and remixer for some of the nation’s best rappers, thanks to a sample-heavy approach in the same vein as American trackmakers such as Pete Rock and J Dilla—favorites of STUTS. And he’s just as interested in letting the music shine by itself. Last spring, he released his first full-length album, Pushin’, which featured a few guest vocalists and MCs but was built primarily around a wide array of dusty samples and drum machine beats. It is an inviting and warm nod to the genre’s history that also shows how much depth beats can have on their own. “With the album, it was my first chance to really make a body of work that totally satisfied myself, completely,” STUTS says from his label’s Shibuya office. “I learned how to make an album flow, and how to match everything with the artwork to make a total work.” STUTS’ entry into hip-hop was thanks to Japanese outfit Rip Slyme and Detroit’s Eminem. Intrigued by the style, he dug deeper, falling for the likes of American cornerstones De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest along with domestic beatmakers such as DJ Mitsu The Beats. “The first year of high school, I bought an MPC player,” he recalls. “At first I wanted to make beats that I could rap over myself. But I realized creating the beats was the actual fun part for me, not rapping over them.” Furthering his...

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