According to Wikipedia, Nujabes was born Seba Jun on February 7th, 1974 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Working under the name Nujabes (an anagram of his real name) he made a name of himself as a hip-hop producer and DJ.

Nujabes was known for creating fusions of instrumental hip hop beats and jazz to create a very “mellow, nostalgic, and atmospheric sound.”

He said in an interview with Sound and Recording Magazine in 2003, “I started making tracks because I wanted to hear music that sampled the old soul and jazz I liked…I wasn’t thinking about making a song at first. It was more a case of, ‘If I loop a sample from this record, then put another sample on top, what will it sound like?’…When I made my first loop, it was all I listened to for an entire day.”

On February 26th in 2010, Nujabes was involved in a fatal car accident. His death prompted the creation of multiple tribute albums from many artists, continuing his legacy of unique and rich sounds and music.

Nujabes had a hand in a majority of the songs in Samurai Champloo, but the most popular example from the OST is "Battle Cry." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.