Sugar Soul

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Sugar Soul is a female Japanese hip-hop group. They were commercially successful. They started in 1997 as a collaboration, with Hasebe (programming), Aiko Machida (vocals) and Kawabe (composer)[1]. They helped bring hip hop to the mainstream music scene in Japan, along with artists like Misia and Utada Hikaru. They were categorized as “new R & B.” The music of “new R & B” is bass heavy with a token DJ scratch solo and a general emphasis on rhythms[2]. In 1999 they appeared as #43 with Garden on the United World Chart[3].

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  1. ^ Sugar Soul (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  2. ^ Condry, Ian. Hip Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006
  3. ^ United World Chart - list by artists 1999 - 2007
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