East End X Yuri was a short lived collaboration between the Japanese hip hop group East End and the singer Yuri. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

Members

East End members are Gaku the MC (Japanese: ガクエムシー, born October 10, 1970), ROCK-Tee a DJ (Japanese: ロックティー, born December 8, 1970), and Yoggy, another DJ (Japanese: ヨギー, born May 5, 1970). West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg performing for the US Navy For information on rap music, see hip hop music. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

History

Gaku and Yoggy were friends in high school, often entering rap contests when they could. Because they were interested in the same thing, they were acquainted with ROCK-Tee. Later, when entering college, Gaku ran into Rock-Tee. As a group, East End's first live performance was an event called "Peace Ball" (in 1990) many acts that are still famous in Japan today were in attendance, including DJ Honda, DJ Krush, Boy-Ken, DJ Yas, and others. East End continued to be strong as an independent act, but with little mainstream attention. Finally in 1994 the group broke strong into the mainstream with their pop-rap single da.yo.ne. (with guest artist YURI, thus "x" meaning "with" in the name East End x Yuri). Sales were slow at first, but in early 1995 East End x Yuri single broke the million sold record, the first in Japanese Hip Hop history. Essentially a mainstream one hit wonder the group continued to release singles trying to recapture the limelight, but were unable to do so. In 2003, after a short break, they released a full album with many "fore fathers" of Japanese hip hop and got some media attention, but failed to break into the mainstream once again. MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... DJ Honda (born in Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese hip hop DJ/turntablist. ... DJ Krush was born in 1962 in Tokyo. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• reference: http://www.eastend-web.net/story/index.html (in Japanese)

The Song Da.Yo.Ne.

The Da.Yo.Ne. mini-CD single, plus da.cha.ne and so.ya.na

Unarguably the group's biggest song, selling millions. The lyrics are often thought of as simple with no heavy social commentary. (Although this is similar to a lot of Japanese hip hop of the time.) The song's "chorus" contains the song's name sake: I took this myself, used it for a list of Japanese songs I made, and now offer it here for use on Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... I took this myself, used it for a list of Japanese songs I made, and now offer it here for use on Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Da yo ne da yo ne

Iukkyanai ka mo ne sonna toki nara ne

"Da yo ne" is informal Japanese, mainly used in Tokyo ("east" area of Japan). Because of this several other versions of this song were recorded as West End X Yuki, North End X Mai (and etc) which included local versions of the phrase turned into "so.ya.na" and "da.cha.ne" respectively. Although lasting only as a memory for most Japanese people, the song "Da.Yo.Ne" helped to spark the hip hop movement in Japan. The song contains a sample of "Turn Your Love Around" by George Benson. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...