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, released in 1999. It is the first full-length album after Dragon Ash member DJ BOTS formally joined, creating the new hip hop/

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amalgamation sound for which they have since become known. It has been described as "the album where Kenji's

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has been expressed best." The song "Communication" is a new version of " I Love Hip Hop" with a different backing track and vocals to avoid

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Track listing

#"Intro" – 0:52 #"Communication" – 3:28 #"Rock the Beat" – 3:26 #"Humanity (Album Version)" – 2:58 #"Attention" – 3:30 #" Let Yourself Go, Let Myself Go" – 5:05 #"Dark Cherries" – 4:01 #"Drugs Can't Kill Teens" – 4:34 #"Just I'll Say" – 3:17 #"Fool Around" – 2:04 #"Freedom of Expression" – 4:07 #"Nouvelle Vague #2" – 2:35 #"Viva la Revolution" – 5:00 #"

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" – 4:49 #"Outro" – 1:04 #"Hot Cake" (hidden track) – 4:01

Samples

"Communication" *"Romeo and Juliet Break" & "Scratch Sentence One" from ''Super Duck Breaks'' by

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*"Flash It to the Beat" by Flash & Furious 5 *"I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by

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"Rock the Beat" *"I Can't Live Without My Radio" by

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*"Kick & Loud" by Geisha Girls "Attention" *"

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& The Groove Rubbers *"That's the Joint" by

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"Dark Cherries" *"Breakthrough" by

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"Viva la Revolution" *"Viva" by Tin Star "Grateful Days" *"

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References

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