Jun Seba (せば　じゅん, Seba Jun^?) is a Japanese hip-hop producer and DJ who records under the name Nujabes. The alias is his name spelled backwards. Alongside making music, Nujabes is also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions.

After Tsutchie, Nujabes was the second artist Shinichirō Watanabe chose to contribute to the background music and soundtracks of Samurai Champloo, an anime which blends a feudal Japan setting with modern anachronisms, especially in regards to hip hop culture.^[1] In addition to Japanese artists like Uyama Hiroto, Shing02 and Minmi, Nujabes has collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts CYNE, Cise Starr (as a solo apart from the hiphop collective CYNE), Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Terry Callier, as well as British rapper Funky DL and R&B singer Dwele. He is also a member of the production duo Urbanforest, an experimental collaboration with Nao T.

External links

• Hydeout Productions.
• Nujabes at MySpace.
• Nujabes on Last.fm.