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jazz hop

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 22:31:18 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Jazz hop is a fusion genre blending hip-hop beats with live jazz instrumentation, including horns, keyboards, and upright bass. Emerging in the 1990s, it bridges the gap between jazz's improvisational heritage and hip-hop's rhythmic foundation. The style emphasizes musical sophistication while maintaining the groove and energy of contemporary urban music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
32		1990	A Tribe Called Quest	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	hip-hop
37		1990-03-12	A Tribe Called Quest	Peoples' Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm	hip-hop
34		1991-09-24	A Tribe Called Quest	The Low End Theory	hip-hop	east coast hip hop # 17 conscious hip hop # 21 hip-hop # 32 jazz rap # 59
62		1992-06-09	Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth	Mecca and the Soul Brother	hip-hop	spiritual # 41
96		1993-05-18	Guru	Jazzmatazz Volume 1	hip-hop jazz jazz hop
90		1993-09-27	Digable Planets	Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
38		1993-11-09	A Tribe Called Quest	Midnight Marauders	hip-hop	hip-hop # 2
54		1993-11-16	Us3	Hand On The Torch	acid jazz	acid jazz # 88
42		1994-03-22	Dred Scott	Breakin' Combs	jazz hop
99		1994-10-05	Digable Planets	Blowout Comb	jazz hop	jazz rap # 20
86		1994-12-16	Blackalicious	Melodica	jazz hop
6		1996-07-29	A Tribe Called Quest	Beats, Rhymes and Life
18		1996-07-30	A Tribe Called Quest	Beats Rhymes & Life	hip-hop
47		1997-06-03	Jungle Brothers	Raw Deluxe	hip-hop jazz hop
3		1998-11-10	Pete Rock	Soul Survivor	hip-hop
55		1999	J-Live	The Best Part
4		2000	InI	Center of Attention	hip-hop
78		2000	De La Soul	Art Official Intelligence	jazz hop rap
56		2000-03-05	J-88	Best Kept Secret	detroit jazz fusion jazz hop	detroit # 57
24		2000-04-01	Don Johnson Big Band	Support de Microphones	finnish jazz hop
26		2000-05-02	The Nextmen	Amongst the Madness	jazz hop
85		2000-10-17	Reflection Eternal	Train of Thought	jazz hop rap reggae
41		2001	Abstract Rude	Showtyme	alternative rap breakbeat chillout downtempo hip-hop jazz hop neo-soul nu-bluz singer-songwriter turntablism underground hip-hop	alternative rap # 43 turntablism # 55 nu-bluz # 94
92		2001	Yesterday's New Quintet	Angles Without Edges	jazz hop
64		2001-03-21	Us3	An Ordinary Day In An Unusual Place	jazz hop
88		2001-05-08	Hi-Tek	Hi-Teknology	east coast jazz hop rap turntablism underground hip-hop	underground hip-hop # 51 turntablism # 89 east coast # 93
20		2002-01-12	MF Grimm	The Downfall Of Ibliys	jazz hop
69		2002-04-02	J-Live	All of the Above	jazz hop
59		2002-06-14	Copywrite	The High Exhaulted	jazz hop
11		2003	Urbs & Cutex	Peace Talks!	acid jazz jazz hop
65		2003-05-25	Cyne	Time Being	hip-hop jazz hop southern rap underground hip-hop	southern rap # 75
15		2003-06-03	Daedelus	Rethinking the Weather	downtempo electronic
98		2003-06-24	Madlib	Shades of Blue	jazz hop jazz
82		2003-08-21	Nujabes	Metaphorical Music	chillout hip-hop japanese jazz rap	jazz rap # 73 japanese # 80 acid jazz # 85 chillout # 89
7		2004-05-03	Jazzkantine	Best of Jazzkantine	jazz hop
93		2004-08-24	The Foreign Exchange	Connected	jazz hop
13		2004-10-26	Typical Cats	Civil Service	chicago jazz hop midwest underground rap	chicago # 61 midwest # 85
48		2005	Pete Philly & Perquisite	Mindstate	hip-hop jazz jazz hop
53		2005-01-01	Digable Planets	Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles	jazz hop
23		2005-08-29	Cyne	Evolution Fight	hip-hop underground hip-hop
29		2005-09-13	Ohmega Watts	The Find	christian rap hip-hop jazz jazz hop rap	christian rap # 94
25		2005-10-25	Supastition	Chain Letters	jazz hop
5		2005-10	Lightheaded	Wrong Way	jazz hop
97		2005-11-11	Nujabes	Modal Soul	chillout hip-hop jazz rap	conscious hip hop # 44 deep house # 61 instrumental hip-hop # 69 acid jazz # 69 instrumental # 77 jazz rap # 94 chillout # 94
43		2006	Jay Dee	The Shining	hip-hop jazz hop
70		2006	Nickodemus	Endangered Species (Bonus Edition)	funk hip-hop jazz hop
83		2006	Strange Fruit Project	The Healing	jazz hop
33		2006	Guru	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
71		2006-03-21	Visioneers	Dirty Old Hip Hop	jazz hop
19		2006-07-05	ShinSight Trio	Shallow Nights Blurry Moon	jazz hop
8		2006-07-11	DJ Logic	Zen of Logic	jazz hop trip-hop turntablism	turntablism # 29
87		2006-08-06	Strange Fruit Project	Healing	jazz hop
30		2006-10-30	Onra & Quetzal	Tribute	chillout electronic hip-hop jazz hop soul
95		2007	Jazz Liberatorz	Clin d'oeil	jazz hop
46		2007-02-19	Sotu the Traveller	Daydreams	jazz hop
74		2007-07-12	Arts The Beatdoctor	Transitions	hip-hop jazz hop
81		2007-10-03	Nomak	Calm	hip-hop jazz hop
66		2007-10-08	Y Society	Travel At Your Own Pace	jazz hop
89		2007-10-08	Hocus Pocus	Place 54	jazz hop
2		2007-12-11	One Be Lo	The R.E.B.I.R.T.H.	detroit jazz hop michigan midwest underground rap	michigan # 54 midwest # 81
80		2008-03-01	Common Market	Tobacco Road	jazz hop seattle	seattle # 92
10		2008-04-02	ArtOfficial	Fist Fights and Foot Races	jazz hop
40		2008-09-03	Dela	Changes Of Atmosphere	jazz hop
36		2008-10-21	Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins	Clutch Of The Tiger	instrumental hip-hop jazz hop
22		2008-11-14	John Robinson	Who Is This Man?	hip-hop jazz hop new jersey	new jersey # 95
77		2009	The Q4	Sound Surroundings	jazz hop trip-hop
76		2009-05-02	Cyne	Water For Mars	hip-hop jazz hop
39		2009-05-05	Oddisee	Mental Liberation	boom bap hip-hop jazz hop	boom bap # 19
52		2009-05-19	Tanya Morgan	Brooklynati	hip-hop jazz hop
75		2009-10-13	People Under the Stairs	Carried Away	hip-hop jazz hop
68		2010-01-15	Kenichiro Nishihara	LIFE	jazz hop
12		2010-07-02	Bugseed	Bohemian Beatnik LP	instrumental hip-hop jazz hop
21		2010-07-02	Bugseed	Bohemian Beatnik	downtempo electronic instrumental hip-hop jazz hop
27		2011-11-09	ArtOfficial	Vitamins & Minerals	jazz hop
14		2011-11-30	Rafael Lechowski & Glaç	Donde duele, inspira (2007-2011)
61		2011-12-03	Nujabes	Spiritual State	downtempo hip-hop jazz japanese	jazz # 23 lounge # 38 japanese # 45 instrumental hip-hop # 64 downtempo # 66
44		2012-03-05	Big K.R.I.T.	Big K.R.I.T. - 4Eva N A Day	jazz hop rap
84		2012-04-25	DJ Mitsu the Beats	Beat Installments	jazz hop
51		2012-12-18	Long Arm	The Branches (Deluxe Edition)	electronic experimental hip hop jazz jazz hop nu jazz turntablism	turntablism # 65
57		2012-12-21	Kenichiro Nishihara	Illuminus	contemporary jazz hip-hop japanese jazz hop	contemporary jazz # 41
72		2013-01-09	Ta-ku	25 Nights For Nujabes	hip-hop instrumental jazz hop
58		2013-11-12	Blazo	Colors of Jazz 2	jazz hop
63		2015-05-04	Birocratic	beets 3	instrumental hip-hop jazz hop
67		2015-05-27	Kenichiro Nishihara	Jazzy Folklore	asian pop j-pop japanese jazz hop
49		2016-06-03	Funky DL	The 4th Quarter	jazz hop
94		2016-11-02	Uyama Hiroto	Freeform Jazz	asian instrumental japanese jazz jazz hop	asian # 58
9		2016-11-23	Wonk	Sphere	jazz jazz hop
50		2016-11-30	DJ Okawari	Yours	asian instrumental japanese jazz hop nu jazz
16		2017-01-13	Jaylib	Champion Sound (Deluxe Edition)	abstract hip hop boom bap instrumental jazz hop underground rap	underground rap # 94
45		2018-03-24	Freddie Joachim	Study Guide	downtempo jazz hop turntablism	turntablism # 59
79		2018-04-15	Moderator	Sinner's Syndrome	blues jazz jazz hop rockabilly	rockabilly # 37
60		2018-10-03	DJ Okawari	Perfect Blue	acid jazz asian downtempo japanese jazz hop lounge nu jazz	nu jazz # 16
28		2020-01-15	jazzinuf	Miracle of the Fishes	jazz hop
31		2021-01-28	Alchemist	Chemical Warfare	bay area dirty south east coast rap gangsta rap hip-hop jazz hop los angeles new york rap soul southern rap underground hip-hop west coast rap	west coast rap # 19 dirty south # 33 southern rap # 43 new york # 54 los angeles # 60 bay area # 72
35		2022	Blu	HerFavoriteColo(u)r.	jazz hop underground hip-hop
91		2022-04-29	Anomalie	Galerie	electronic funk future funk jazz jazz hop	future funk # 86
73		2022-05-19	Rob Araujo	Loading...	instrumental hip-hop jazz hop lo-fi	instrumental hip-hop # 11
1		2022-06-30	Mello Music Group	Self Sacrifice	hip-hop jazz hop soul
100		2023-06-30	Terrace Martin	Dinner Party	hip-hop jazz jazz hop
17			Surreal & The Sound Providers	Place To Be - Single	hip-hop jazz jazz hop

Related genres

• hip-hop
• jazz
• instrumental hip-hop
• underground hip-hop
• rap
• electronic
• funk
• downtempo
• nu jazz
• instrumental