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2001 studio album by DJ Krush
Zen
Studio album by DJ Krush
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2001 (2001-01-24) (Japan)
August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07) (Overseas)
GenreHip hop, trip hop, downtempo, electronic
Length63:40
LabelSony Music Entertainment Japan, RED Ink Records
ProducerDJ Krush
DJ Krush chronology
Kakusei
(1998) 		Zen
(2001) 		The Message at the Depth
(2002)

Zen (漸, Zen) is the sixth solo studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released in 2001. It peaked at number 66 on the Oricon Albums Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Billboardfavorable
Creative Loafingmixed

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "DJ Krush works his way into a vision of sublime, downbeat hip-hop that's a snug fit with the title." Rashaun Hall of Billboard said, "Zen finds DJ Krush a true master of emotion".

At the 2002 AFIM Indie Awards, it won the award for Dance Album.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Song 1"5:18
2."Zen Approach" (featuring Black Thought)4:15
3."Danger of Love" (featuring Zap Mama)5:38
4."Sonic Traveler" (featuring Tunde Ayanyemi)5:59
5."Duck Chase" (featuring Phonosycographdisk)4:26
6."Vision of Art" (featuring Company Flow)4:10
7."Day's End" (featuring Kazufumi Kodama)4:45
8."With Grace" (featuring N'Dea Davenport)6:12
9."Candle Chant (A Tribute)" (featuring Boss the MC)6:26
10."Endless Railway" (featuring Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson)6:32
11."Whut'z da Solution" (featuring Kukoo Da Baga Bonez)4:23
12."Paradise Bird Theory" (featuring Sunja Lee)5:36

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) 136
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 66

References

  1. "ディスコグラフィ | Sony Music". Sony Music Entertainment (Japan). Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Zen - DJ Krush". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "DJ Krush". Oricon. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Hall, Rashaun (September 29, 2001). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard: 18.
  5. Ware, Tony (December 12, 2001). "Record Review". Creative Loafing. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  6. Morris, Chris (March 23, 2002). "Wainwright, Parton Take Indie Awards". Billboard: 10.
  7. "Lescharts.com – DJ Krush – Zen". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

Further reading

External links

DJ Krush
Solo albums
Collaborative albums
Mixtapes
Record labels
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