M-flo "Been So Long"

M-flo "Been So Long" [iTMS JP]
M-flo is a popular unit in Japan; a rapper Verbal and DJ Taku, now their new album is No.1 on the iTMS chart. This song "Been so long" was a first smash hit of M-flo in '99.
They were still in the indies scene at that time. I remember a rapping style of Verbal was striking when I heard that first.
As many Japanese "club-based" musicians do, a genre of m-flo's beats is mixed, then they succeed to expand into the pops market.
However, their stractures of compose and business are influenced by Hiphop method, actually.

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Around the way "Really Into You" [Amazon JP]
It has a same flava as "been so long". This song was NOT popular in US AT ALL. However, it got a heavy rotation for long time at FM stations in TOkyo. I think Japanese really likes a melodias track of "Just the two of us" [Amazon US].

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