| "Green Days/Strings" | ||||
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| Single by Lead | ||||
| from the album The Showcase | ||||
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| Released | September 18, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | J-Pop, hip-hop | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon PCCA-70386 (CD) PCCA-03905 (Type A, CD+DVD) PCCA-03906 (Type B, CD+DVD) PCCA-03907 (Type C, CD) | |||
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Green Days/strings (stylized as GREEN DAYS/strings) is the twenty-second single by the Japanese hip hop group Lead, released on September 18, 2013. The single continued their top-charting releases, taking #4 for the week and remaining on the charts for four weeks.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.
Hip hop or hip-hop, is a culture and art movement that began in the Bronx in New York City during the early 1970s. The origin of the word is often disputed. It is also argued as to whether hip hop started in the South or West Bronx. While the term hip hop is often used to refer exclusively to hip hop music, hip hop is characterized by nine elements, of which only four elements are considered essential to understand hip hop musically. The main elements of hip hop consist of four main pillars. Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of hip hop culture, coining the terms: "rapping", a rhythmic vocal rhyming style (orality); DJing, which is making music with record players and DJ mixers ; b-boying/b-girling/breakdancing (movement/dance); and graffiti. Other elements of hip hop subculture and arts movements beyond the main four are: hip hop culture and historical knowledge of the movement (intellectual/philosophical); beatboxing, a percussive vocal style; street entrepreneurship; hip hop language; and hip hop fashion and style, among others. The fifth element, although debated, is commonly considered either street knowledge, hip hop fashion, or beatboxing.
Lead is a Japanese hip-hop dance and vocal group, initially formed under the name remix in Osaka, Japan in March 2002. They went through two name changes before debuting as "Lead" in May 2002 under the Pony Canyon sub-label Flight Master. The group consists of Shinya Taniuichi, Keita Furuya, Akira Kagimoto and, formerly, Hiroki Nakadoi.
Contents
The single was released in four formats: a standard CD, two limited CD+DVD combo packs and a limited CD edition, each containing different content. Each edition contained different cover art. While every edition contained the track "strings", the limited editions harbored varying b-sides. The CD+DVD versions not only contained differing tracks on the CD, but also carried differing content on the DVD portion.
Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book, magazine, newspaper (tabloid), comic book, video game, DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, for instance to promote the product it is displayed on, but can also have an aesthetic function, and may be artistically connected to the product, such as with art by the creator of the product.
