''Expo Expo'' is the second studio album by Japanese hip-hop group
M-Flo
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. The thematic concept of the record is set at a virtual
world expo
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, 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
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in different categories. Remixes of songs from this album were released as ''
Expo Bouei Robot Gran Sonik
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''.
Reception
Following its release, ''Expo Expo'' experienced commercial success in Japan. It peaked at number three on the
Oricon Albums Chart
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, becoming the group's first top-five entry. Within days of its release, it was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of Japan
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(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"
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# "西門" (''Nishimon; West Gate'')
# "Yours Only"
# "How You Like Me Now?"
# "アリガトウ" (''Arigatou; Thank You'')
# "The Bandwagon"