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.
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. 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 "正門" (Seimon; Front Gate) "Prism" "東門" (Higashimon; East Gate) "Expo Expo" "What It Is" "Orbit-3" "南門" (Minamimon; South Gate) "Dispatch" "Magenta Rain" "中央タワー" (Chuo Tower; Central Tower) "Come Again" "西門" (Nishimon; West Gate) "Yours Only" "How You Like Me Now?" "アリガトウ" (Arigatou; Thank You) "The Bandwagon"
Charts and sales Album
+Album chart positions Chart (2001) Peakposition Japanese Weekly Albums (Oricon) 3 Japanese Yearly Albums (Oricon) 35
Singles Release date Title Peakposition Sales/certifications September 6, 2000 "How You Like Me Now?" 9 224,000 (gold) 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
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