Expo Expo

Expo Expo is the second studio album by Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. The thematic concept of the record is set at a virtual world expo, with Coldfeet of Lori Fine and narrator Mako Hattori participating in the interlude. Six singles were spawned off of the album, including "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again", which were both certified by the RIAJ in different categories. Remixes of songs from this album were released as Expo Bouei Robot Gran Sonik.

Expo Expo
Studio album by
M-Flo
ReleasedMarch 28, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
GenreJ-Urban
LabelRhythm Zone
ProducerM-Flo
M-Flo chronology
The Replacement Percussionists
(2000)		 Expo Expo
(2001)		 Expo Bōei Robot Gran Sonik
(2001)
Singles from Expo Expo
  1. "How You Like Me Now?"
    Released: September 6, 2000
  2. "Come Again"
    Released: January 17, 2001
  3. "Orbit-3"
    Released: March 14, 2001
  4. "Prism"
    Released: May 9, 2001
  5. "Dispatch"
    Released: July 25, 2001
  6. "Yours Only, / Lies"
    Released: October 31, 2001

Reception

Following its release, Expo Expo experienced commercial success in Japan. It peaked at number three on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming the group's first top-five entry. Within days of its release, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for having surpassed 400,000 units in physical shipments.[1] It sold 557,000 copies by the end of the year, and was ranked the 35th best-selling album in the country on the year-end Oricon chart.

Track listing
  1. "正門" (Seimon; Front Gate)
  2. "Prism"
  3. "東門" (Higashimon; East Gate)
  4. "Expo Expo" [feat. Towa Tei, Bahamadia & Chops]
  5. "What It Is"
  6. "Orbit-3"
  7. "南門" (Minamimon; South Gate)
  8. "Dispatch" [feat. Dev Large, Nipps & Vincent Galluo]
  9. "Magenta Rain"
  10. "中央タワー" (Chuo Tower; Central Tower)
  11. "Come Again"
  12. "西門" (Nishimon; West Gate)
  13. "Yours Only"
  14. "How You Like Me Now?"
  15. "アリガトウ" (Arigatou; Thank You)
  16. "The Bandwagon"

Charts and sales

Album

Singles
Release date Title Peak
position		 Sales/certifications Ref.
September 6, 2000 "How You Like Me Now?" 9 224,000 (gold) [3][4]
January 17, 2001 "Come Again" 4 390,000 (platinum)
March 14, 2001 "Orbit-3" 9 64,000
May 9, 2001 "Prism" 15 26,000
July 25, 2001 "Dispatch" 34 10,000
October 31, 2001 "Yours Only, / Lies" 25 20,000

Release history
Region Date Format Catalog number Label Ref.
Japan March 28, 2001 CD, digital download RZCD-45021 Rhythm Zone [2]

References
  1. "Japanese album certifications – M-Flo – Expo Expo" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved December 7, 2021. Select 2001年03月 on the drop-down menu
  2. "Cosmicolor | m-flo". Oricon News (in Japanese). March 28, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  3. オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  4. m-floのシングル作品 [m-flo singles list]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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