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RedBull Music : 64 Bars Season 2

2019

00:02:38
RedBull Music : 64 Bars Season 2
Creative Director / Music Director
Bruce Ikeda

Producer
Kei Okazaki

Cast / Curator
Anarchy (1%)

Cast / Sound Engineer
Ryu Kawashima

DOPs
Nobutaka Shirahama
Masanori Matsuzawa
Atsunobu Yamamoto

Editor
Masanori Matsuzawa

Photographer
cherry chill will.
One MC, one microphone, and a simple beat. That’s all there is in the studio. In this stripped-down setting, what kind of words will be woven? JKD produced Season 2 of “64 Bars,” a content series from Red Bull Music’s special project that records 64 bars in a single take. With Anarchy as curator, the series features nine of today’s hottest rappers and nine trackmakers across generations, including Miles Word, Leon, and Chinza Dopeness.

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B Bruce Ikeda unverified Director / Music K Kei Okazaki unverified Producer A Anarchy (1%) unverified Curator R Ryu Kawashima unverified Sound Mixer N Nobutaka Shirahama unverified Cinematographer M Masanori Matsuzawa unverified Cinematographer / Editor A Atsunobu Yamamoto unverified Cinematographer c cherry chill will. unverified Photographer

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