Year : 2000/1999
Label : Reality Records/Def Jam Japan
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Funk/Soul, Hip-Hop Soul
Often compared to the "Wu-Tang Clan", Nitro Microphone Underground is a japanese Hip-Hop collective formed in 1997 featuring eight MCs including Bigzam, Dabo, Deli, Gore-Tex, Macka-Chin, S-Word, Suiken & XBS. S-Word & Suiken took part to the Samourai Champloo original soundtrack with "出ズル STYLE" supported by the DJs duo FORCE OF NATURE. Debut album "Nitro Microphone Underground" was originally released on the japanese label Reality Records before to be issued by Def Jam Japan, making of the crew the first japanese Hip-Hop band to sign on the label. The album brings together studio and live recordings including the singles "Bambu" & "Live '99".
