Parsons Playlists: Best of Joji

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a playlist of music by Japanese R&B/hip-hop artist Joji, curated by Music Library student manager Brianna (class of 2024).

George Kusunoki Miller, who goes by the musical pseudonym Joji, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and comedian. He began his career in entertainment on YouTube, releasing comedic rap songs under the name “Pink Guy”, and various other videos where he would often star in multiple roles. In 2015, he retired from his YouTube career and began making the music he had always wanted, now going by Joji. When asked how this was different from his previous musical career as Pink Guy, he said “I guess that’s the difference, Joji’s just me.” His debut album Ballads I made him the first Asain-born artist to reach #1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2018. His most recent release from 2020, titled Nectar, reached a peak of #3 on US Billboard 200. Here is a compilation of my favorite songs from Joji.

George Kusunoki Miller aka Joji

Run

Gimme Love

Afterthought

Daylight

SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK

YEAH RIGHT

TEST DRIVE

NO FUN

Will He

Here’s a link to the playlist on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexQP5Fg5DRH4g207vMYUkxF

and here is the playlist on Spotify:

New CDs added – January/February 2019

New CDs for January/February 2019

Symphonies, Concertos and Chamber Music

Sergey Prokofiev – Rostropovich Conducts Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
Christin Schillinger & Jed Moss – Bassoon Unbounded

Rostropovich Conducts Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies

Jazz

Eric Dolphy – Musical Prophet

Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet

Opera, Opera Excerpts and Art Songs

Rimsky-Korsakov – The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

Rimsky-Korsakov: Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

Popular Music

Bedouine – Bedouine
Explosions in the Sky – The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Bedouine

Andy Jenkins – Sweet Bunch
John Mayer – Born and Raised

Explosions in the Sky

World Music

Babymetal – Babymetal

Babymetal