NIPPS

NIPPS is a Japanese hip hop artist. After spending several years in Brooklyn, New York, he returned to Japan in 1995 along with Dev Large and DJ Masterkey to form Buddha Brand. He later released a solo album and several singles, working with such artists as Jeru the Damaja. He later started up a fashion brand "NUTS & BONES" in 1999.

His name is usually written in capital letters, but can also be written in katakana as ニップス (nippusu). NIPPS is also known as Hibahihi (飛葉飛火), roughly meaning "flying leaf, flying fire," and uses both names simultaneously in his lyrics.

Rapper NIPPS from Buddha Brand in Shibuya.

Discography

Releases with Buddha Brand

Ningen Hatsudensho (Human Generator) (maxi-single) - May 22, 1996

Black Ship (maxi-single) - December 4, 1996

Budda no Kyujitsu (Buddha's Day Off) (maxi-single) - April 23, 1997

Tenun Ware ni Ari (Utsuyoi) (single) - November 12, 1997

Don't Test Da Master (single) - January 26, 2000

Yameru Mugen no Buddha no Sekai ~ Best of the Best (2-CD album) - March 15, 2000

Singles

• GALAXY PIMP 3000 feat. MURO（2001/5/23）

• God Bird feat. K-Bomb（2001/12/27）

Albums

HIBAHIHI + SILENTPOETS 001 （1999/5/21） - HIBAHIHI - 名義

MIDORINOGOHONYUBI presents MIDORINOGOHONYUBI MUSIC / ONE FOOT （2002/3/27）

TETRAD THE GANG OF FOUR - (2008)

Vinyl

ISLAND

PARTNERS IN CRIME

GOD BIRD

Features on

DEV LARGE, DEV LARGE PRESENTS MUSIC EVOLUTION α EP, （2001/4/25）

BEAT DOWN (LOST TAPE FROM '92 MIX) (feat. CQ, NIPPS a.k.a. ILLMATIC BUDDHA MC'S)

DJ MASTERKEY 『ONE LIFE(WON LIGHT)』 （2001/4/25）

ONE LIFE (WON LIGHT) feat. DEV LARGE / SUIKEN / NIPPS

MURO feat. NIPPS 『SPACE FUNK 2001』 （2001/5/23）

Shakkazombie 『GET ON DA TRACK』 （2001/6/27）

FIRST TOUR (featuring NIPPS)

FIRST TOUR (Kubota, Takeshi REMIX) (featuring NIPPS)

m-flo feat. Dev Large, Nipps & Vincent Galluo 『Dispatch』 （2001/7/25）

DELI 『口車 ～キミキミ注意キイロイドク～』 （2002/4/17）

PASS DA POPCORN (feat. NIPPS, K-B (THE HIMALAYA), Mr. NICE G13)

FUSION CORE『SEXAPPEAL』(2001/11/21)

リーサル・ウェポン, "Lethal weapon" (feat.パピー飛葉)

SWORD HEADS (刃頭) feat. Jeru the Damaja + NIPPS （2002/7/24）

SWORD HEADS II feat. Jeru the Damaja + NIPPS

YKZ feat. NIPPS & Dev Large 『御用牙 ～牙のテーマ～』 （2003/1/22）

御用牙~牙のテーマ featuring NIPPS&DEV LARGE

御用牙~牙のテーマ(SHADOW COMMITTEE MIX) featuring NIPPS&DEV LARGE

YOU THE ROCK☆『THE PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER』(2003/12/3）

THE PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER (The Living Legend) - featuring NIPPS,DEV LARGE

加藤ミリヤ 『Beautiful』 （2004/11/17）

AT THE FEVER feat. TWIGY, D.L, NIPPS, SHINNOSK8

DJ MASTERKEY 『ADVENTURE OF DADDY'S HOUSE』 （2006/6/7）

サイコロ52 (DICE 52) feat. CQ & NIPPS

サイコロ52 (DICE 52) pt.2 feat. CQ & NIPPS

ONE LIFE (WON LIGHT) feat. DEV LARGE / SUIKEN / NIPPS (DAYTONA 2001 MIX)

D.L『D.L presents THE ALBUM (ADMONITIONS)』

鋼鉄のBLACK ("Black Steel") feat. ミドリのBRUCE BURNER (PUNCHLINE B.B. & ミドリのBRUCE BURNER)

TETRAD THE GANG OF FOUR - (2008)

External links

• http://www.nutsandbones.com/ (Nipps Website, Japanese only)

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