The Up And Coming

As always Hip Hapa strives to stay on top of all the latest in hip hop music and culture. This week we introduce a young producer coming straight outta the NYC via Gifu, Japan. Yaz Higashiya, chief beatmaker and co-founder of Old Souls Entertainment, has been serving down-tempo and jazz-laced hip hop tracks for the past couple of years now. Straying from convention, Yaz pursues his craft with diligence and a tireless imagination constantly searching for that perfect melding of sounds from various genres of music. Today's featured track entitled Demo 2 can be found on Old Soul's MySpace page along three other recently produced tracks from Yaz and labelmate Brian Boyle. Take a listen, critique and most of all enjoy.