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.
Meiso was issued in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1995 by the label Mo' Wax, peaking at number 64 on the UK Albums Chart. The album produced the singles "Meiso" and "Only the Strong Survive", which reached numbers 52 and 71 respectively on the UK Singles Chart.
Composition
Fact described Meiso as an album of sample-based trip hop music. 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."
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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. In 2015, Fact ranked Meiso at number 12 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time.
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
- DJ Krush – production, mixing
- Noriko Asano – executive production
- Toshiya Horiuchi – mastering
- Ken Duro Ifill – recording
- Tetsuo Kato – executive production
- Koichi "Oppenheimer" Matsuki – recording
- Yoko Yamanaka – recording (assistant)
Design
- Mami Ikeda – translation
- Sachiko Kishi – translation
- Masato Nakamura – photography
- Sakaguchi Ken Factory – art direction, design
Charts
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!scope="col"| Chart (1995)
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!scope="row"| UK Dance Albums (OCC)
| 4
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!scope="row"| UK Independent Albums (OCC)
| 7
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