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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.

Expo Expo
Studio album by M-Flo
Released	March 28, 2001
Recorded	2000–2001
Genre	J-Urban
Label	Rhythm Zone
Producer	M-Flo
M-Flo chronology
The Replacement Percussionists (2000) Expo Expo (2001) Expo Bōei Robot Gran Sonik (2001)
Singles from Expo Expo
"How You Like Me Now?" Released: September 6, 2000 "Come Again" Released: January 17, 2001 "Orbit-3" Released: March 14, 2001 "Prism" Released: May 9, 2001 "Dispatch" Released: July 25, 2001 "Yours Only, / Lies" Released: October 31, 2001

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.[1] 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

1. "正門" (Seimon; Front Gate)
2. "Prism"
3. "東門" (Higashimon; East Gate)
4. "Expo Expo" [feat. Towa Tei, Bahamadia & Chops]
5. "What It Is"
6. "Orbit-3"
7. "南門" (Minamimon; South Gate)
8. "Dispatch" [feat. Dev Large, Nipps & Vincent Galluo]
9. "Magenta Rain"
10. "中央タワー" (Chuo Tower; Central Tower)
11. "Come Again"
12. "西門" (Nishimon; West Gate)
13. "Yours Only"
14. "How You Like Me Now?"
15. "アリガトウ" (Arigatou; Thank You)
16. "The Bandwagon"

Charts and sales

Album

Singles

Release date	Title	Peak position	Sales/certifications	Ref.
September 6, 2000	"How You Like Me Now?"	9	224,000 (gold)	[3][4]
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	[2]

References

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