''Feel the Vibes'' (stylized as ''"Feel The Vibes"'') is the fifth

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by Japanese hip hop group

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, released on March 5, 2008. It became their lowest charting studio album, reaching No. 44 on the weekly

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charts and remaining on the charts for two weeks. It was their first album in nearly two years, their previous being '' 4,'' which was released in July 2006. The album was preceded by three singles: "

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" (March 14, 2007), "

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" (July 18, 2007) and " Stand Up!" (February 6, 2008). While "Drive Alive" charted well at No. 14 on the Oricon Singles Chart, the other two singles failed to break the top twenty.

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''Feel the Vibes'' is the fifth

by Japanese hip-hop

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. It was released two years after their previous studio album, '' 4'', and five months before their first

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'' Lead Tracks ~listener's choice~'', released in August the same year. The album became their lowest charting studio album, peaking at No. 44 on the

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, remaining on the chart for two consecutive weeks. The album contained three preluding singles, "

", "

" and " Stand Up!". "Drive Alive" reached No. 14 on the

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, but the others failed to break the top twenty, peaking at No. 27 and No. 20 respectively. ''Feel the Vibes'' was released as a standard CD, not carrying a CD+DVD counterpart. However, the

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s for "Drive Alive", "Umi" and "Stand Up!" were later released on the compilation

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''Lead Movies 3'' (stylized as ''Lead MOVIES3'') on August 6 alongside ''Lead Tracks ~listener's choice~''. The album would also be given a limited edition release, which came with a

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. The album-exclusive tracks, "Baby What Turns You On", "Tokio Night" (''TOKIO NIGHT'') and "Wicked Wicked☆Summer Party" (''Wicked Wicked☆SUMMER PARTY'') were later chosen by fans to be placed on their album ''Lead Tracks ~listenere's choice~.'' The song "Tani☆RAP" (谷☆RAP) was written and composed by Lead's lead

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Shinya Tanuichi, while both he and member Akira Kagimoto wrote the lyrical portion. The music was performed by DJ TAKU. Shinya also wrote the raps for the songs "Wicked Wicked Summer☆Party," "Tasogare Gradation" and "Thanks for...". ''Feel the Vibes'' was their last studio album until the release of '' Now or Never'' on July 18, 2012.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

Lead Official Site
{{Authority control 2008 albums Lead (band) albums Pony Canyon albums