Vivid (KM-MARKIT album)

Vivid
Studio album by KM-MARKIT
Released April 20, 2005
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre R&B, Hip-hop, rap
Label Pony Canyon
KM-MARKIT chronology
Vivid
(2005)
Mark Out
(2006)

Vivid (stylized as VIVID) is the debut studio album by Japanese hip-hop/rap artist Daisuke "KM-MARKIT" Kawai. The album failed to chart on Oricon, despite featuring an array of popular artists, including ZEEBRA, Koda Kumi, Miliyah Kato and UZI among others.[1]

The album was only released as a CD; however, when placed into a DVD player, the viewer could access the only music video on the album: Rainy Day, which featured R&B artist Koda Kumi.

Information

Vivid is rapper KM-MARKIT's debut studio album released under the Pony Canyon label. Prior to releasing his solo album, in 1998 he was part of the Japanese hip-hop group Urbarian Gym (UBG), which was founded by famous rapper ZEEBRA.[2] The album failed to chart on Oricon and Recochoku, despite being released during several other UBG artists' solo works.

The album was released only as a CD, never carrying a corresponding DVD. However, when placed into a DVD player, viewers could access the music video for Rainy Day, which featured singer-songwriter Koda Kumi.[3] KM-MARKIT had collaborated with Kumi prior for her song Hot Stuff, which was released a week prior to Vivid.[4]

Many of the artists featured on the album were his fellow members in UBG, including ZEEBRA, UZI and OJ FLOW.

Track listing

(Source[5])

CD

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Mr.Aabarian" (Mr.アーバリアン)
  3. "Dirty Talk"
  4. "Oudou" (王道 / Royal Road)
  5. "You're My..."
  6. "Do the Grind"
  7. "Sunshine feat. Miliyah Kato"
  8. "Snatch feat. OJ FLOW & Typewriter"
  9. "Mirai e no Kagi ~The Key~ feat. SPHERE of INFLUENCE" (未来への鍵 / Key to the Future)
  10. "Tokai no Yaban Hitofito feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST" (都会の野蛮人 / City of Barbarians)
  11. "U.B.Party"
  12. "Memory Lane"
  13. "Rainy Day" feat. Koda Kumi
  14. "Inner City Blues" (Bonus Track)
  15. "Rainy Day" feat. Koda Kumi" (music video)

References

  1. "VIVID / KM-MARKIT / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  2. ""VIVID"KM-MARKIT". Recochoku. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  3. "KM-MARKIT [PV] - RAINY DAY feat. Koda Kumi". Daily Motion. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  4. ""Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT"Koda Kumi". Recochoku. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  5. "KM-MARKIT "VIVID" / PCCA-80033". Billboard Japan. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
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