''Cosmicolor'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese hip-hop group
M-Flo. Two singles preceded the release of the album: "
Summer Time Love
"Summer Time Love" is M-Flo's 21st single under their Rhythm Zone label. Released on June 28, 2006; it made its debut presence at a #12 spot on the weekly Japanese Oricon charts selling 13,057 copies. It features Emi Hinouchi
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Emi Hinouchi
is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo.
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& Ryohei was released on June 28, 2006, and "
Love Song" featuring
Bonnie Pink was released on November 8, 2006. The full album was made available via
Rhythm Zone on March 28, 2007.
Commercially, ''Cosmicolor'' experienced success in Japan, peaking at number three on the weekly Oricon Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
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for physical shipments of over 250,000 units within a month of its release.
Background and release
According to the official website, the album is the last release in the "M-Flo Loves" series, which started in 2003 with "Reeewind! / M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay". As a response to that, the album includes a new collaboration with
Crystal Kay, symbolizing that the "Loves" series started and ends with her. To reflect the fact that this is the last release in the "Loves" series, every track on the album (excluding the interludes), has the word "love" in its title. It was not announced what direction the band would take after this release, though the band stated in an interview that it would not disband.
The album was released in CD and CD+DVD formats, a first for an M-Flo release and has 13 tracks, excluding interludes. The DVD contains the videos for the songs "Summer Time Love", "Lotta Love", "Love Song" and "She Loves the Cream", a DVJMIX by DJ Uppercut (a music video remix) and a feature titled "History of M-Flo", which is a mix of their previous works. The limited press edition of the CD+DVD format also has two performances by M-Flo member Verbal and past member, Lisa at Rhythm Nation: "Come Again" and "Been So Long".
Reception
In its opening week on the
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...
, ''Cosmicolor'' peaked at number three, selling 76,680 copies. The following week, it descended one position to number four with an additional 33,306 copies sold. In April 2007, the album was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for having surpassed 250,000 units in physical shipments.
On the year-end issue of the Oricon Album Chart, ''Cosmicolor'' ranked at number 72, having sold 172,217 copies throughout the year. On the Taiwan
G-Music J-pop Albums chart, the record achieved a peak position of number seven.
Track listing
#"Issue No. 5"
#"Love Don't Cry"
Crystal Kay">-Flo Loves Crystal Kay/small>
#"Luvotomy" -Flo Loves Namie Amuro">Namie_Amuro.html" ;"title="-Flo Loves Namie Amuro">-Flo Loves Namie Amuro/small>
#"Stuck in Your Love" [M-Flo Loves Melody.]
#"Current Affairs" [M-Flo Loves Valerie]
#"Summer Time Love" [M-Flo Loves Emi Hinouchi
is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo.
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& Ryohei]
#"Simple & Lovely" -Flo Loves Kumi Koda">Kumi_Koda.html" ;"title="-Flo Loves Kumi Koda">-Flo Loves Kumi Koda/small>
#"Picture Perfect Love" [M-Flo Loves Monkey Majik]
#"Music Monopoly"
#"She Loves the Cream" [M-Flo Loves Doping Panda]
#"Love Me After 12AM" [M-Flo Loves Alex Chu, Alex (Clazziquai, Clazziquai Project)]
#"Love Song" Bonnie Pink">-Flo Loves Bonnie Pink/small>
#"Love Long and Prosper" -Flo Loves Star Trek">Star_Trek.html" ;"title="-Flo Loves Star Trek">-Flo Loves Star Trek/small>
#"Love Me, Hate the Game" [M-Flo Loves Chan, Thaitanium, Edison Chen, Ryohei]
#"Lotta Love" [M-Flo Loves Minmi]
#"People of Cosmicolor"
#"Love to Live By" Chara">Chara_(singer).html" ;"title="-Flo Loves Chara (singer)">Chara/small>
Charts
Album
Singles
Sales and certifications
References
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2007 albums
M-Flo albums
Avex Group albums