
from ROOT IS THE NEW LEAF, released 13 January 2010 

produced by Omid 
written by Meiso and Kaigen 
cuts by DJ Miyabi 


(Meiso) 
えーそうです私がマンオブザイヤー 
どんだけ儲けても満足はしない 
それが我が社のポリシー 
私はブルドーザー　君らは小石 
自然は破壊　森林は伐採しても 
住宅地に花畑　え、プラマイはゼロ　 
人と人のつながりを応援する拝金 
主義グループの提供ですので　ご安心を 
危ないので白線の内側まで下がって 
黙って、指加えてご覧になってください 
いやいや、会長として当然の義務だ　 
実にいい気分だ 保護地区で油田を掘っているが 
保護団体に募金しているんだ 
からマンオブザイヤー わかりますか　 
満足はしない 本日は縦社会の都合上 
やむなくお集まりいただき誠にありがとうございます 

(Kaigen) 
当社並びにグループ各社は創業以来、徹底した 
利潤追求を最大の使命として掲げてきましたが、 
企業も社会の一員という風潮が高まる中、 
現在では良き企業市民を演じ、建前上、 
豊かな社会を実現するために福祉活動の 
偽装　地域･国際社会支援の 
捏造　文化･芸術･教育支援の 
改竄　環境保全及び見えないところでの 
汚染を軸とした様々な社会貢献活動を 
行っているかのように見せかけております。　 
相次ぐ不祥事や失態続きのイメージを 
払拭させるため、実態はどうあれこの手の偽善事業を積極的に 
取り組むことにより、不健全で不透明性の高い 
経営を継続し、全てのステークホルダーからの信頼を騙し取る 
自称良識ある企業として社会的責任を転嫁し、 
企業価値の水増しに邁進してまいります！ 

温暖化に端を発し 一段と切迫していく環境問題に 
企業として取り組むことは誠に面倒ではございますが、 
(失礼)今や極めて重大な社会的責任となっております。　 
弊社としても渋々ながら、(失礼)自然環境に配慮した 
製品開発･研究に努め持続可能な会社、(失礼) 
持続可能な社会の為に従来型からより省エネ、 
省資源化を実現した新モデルへ乗り換えて頂くよう 
販売促進に勤しんでおります。えっ？それは美名に 
身を包み単に浪費を煽っているだけじゃないかって？ 
ええ、仰る

Kaigen21Meiso - Man Ov The Year (prod. by Omid)

from IN THE CLUTCH / GIVE MY ALL, released 11 February 2011 
written by Orko Eloheim &amp;amp; Kaigen 
produced by Orko Eloheim 777beats / Mark Of The Beats (ASCAP) 
cuts by Paso Bionic 


(Orko Eloheim) 

(Kaigen) 
事の導火線は遡る事、1970年代 
持たざる者の開放への渇望と欠乏を補う創意 
工夫が結合しターンテーブルとマイクを行使した 
未曾有の革命を成し遂げた 
だがひとたび体制に取り込まれようものなら、その根底にある 
大義は置き去りにされ斬新な手法のみが奴隷のように利用 
されてきた　見返りにありついた甘い汁が麻酔となり気高き牙を 
抜歯した崇高な闘争は娯楽へと堕落していったが、辛くも 
致命傷を免れた俺はというと作品に付着した垢を 
落とし音源の尊厳を取り戻すため アンダーグラウンド 
と称する真摯な自主制作に根ざした頂き 
を目指した 以来 営利的検閲の息のかからぬこの聖域 
に忠誠を誓い志願兵として心眼による抜かりなき 
監視を推進　魂を取引するバイヤーの手招き 
もここから先は手をこまねき、じきに朽木となる幕引き 
全身全霊を貢ぎ次なる進化への疼きに応ずる時 

発想の転換を装填し、目覚しい発展を独占してきた音楽 
様式がいまや自らの名の元に創造力の両翼 
をへし折っている　芸術的良心を欺き、売れるレールに 
ただ乗り滑走　ままごとアートの陵辱行為 
掟破り　それは痛んだ異端ではなく原点の一端だ 
才能を食いつぶし枯渇するシーンの財源に渇を入れる新鮮な 
地下資源　無限の供給源はOrkoとCurse Ov The Kaigen 
が身を粉にして教鞭を取る不健全な同業者向けの体質改善 
セミナーの開演はまもなく ご来場の皆様にはもれなく 
禁じられた言葉遊びを韻字した金字塔をプレゼント 
業界の着せ替え人形に成り上がったエリート層 
思い出そう 最愛のヒップホップの産声の調べを 

全身全霊を貢ぎ次なる進化への疼きに応ずる時


Kaigen & Orko Eloheim - Give My All (prod. by Orko Eloheim)

Written By Ceschi &amp; Kaigen
Produced By Authentic

Mixed & Mastered by Dee Jay Doc at the Synergy Studio

(Ceschi)
Walking on tippy toes
Through rubble and debris
Towards a brighter light
I feel my grandmother calling me
Over to the window
We can go
Wherever the wind blows
In a moment
Any possibility can happen
In a moment
We can be forgotten or remembered
In a moment
Worlds can change
Those moments when hope remains
Are the precious porcelain pieces of power
That so many people crave
I am not afraid
To say
That i got a little bit of hope and
Ima stay this way
Whenever the happiness eventually
Fades away
I'll find my way to the top of the mountains peak
With a falcons beak on my face
Pecking away at the dark when life is bleak
These heartbeats can move so slow
Like rain droplets down car windows
And pockets are empty holes
Where stress only grows and grows
In a moment
Any possibility can happen
In a moment
We can be forgotten or remembered
In a moment
Worlds can change
But i'll love you til the grave
And i'll struggle to become a better person every minute every day
I don't play
This aint no fucking game
I'm saying
That the human race can overcome all this pain
Anyway
So as long hope remains
I'ma struggle to become a better person every minute every day

Between our shoulder blades
Between our shoulder blades
There's a power sprouting
Deeply
Between our shoulder blades

(Kaigen - Translation)
In an ark drifting among the past a child was conceived,
And was named hope
Spilt sorrow on a tomorrow saved as a draft,
Now we clean the stains out
A smiling bud, sharing pennies and swearing to bloom again
Toward a scar, each one’s “one more step”
Pushes together a day of celebration

Our birthplace turned to scorched earth
A terrible spectacle beyond imagination’s reach
Reality of our escape and the feeling of being kept alive are so heavy
On my incompetent shoulders it’s absurd, I’d give it back if I could
A group of survivors, stricken by a psychogenic disaster
Which opened eyes of debt on our foreheads
so we quest and create for atonement
Many scenes that do not travel on radio waves
If the rubble of information is cleaned out
Will only take one look to see where the over flowing goodwill will spread to
Not “better bigger than small” but both “big and small” united front repartee
Still trying to spread that organization chart
Responses delayed by detours caused of useless interests
They put people’s lives on the line
Just to keep alive conventions and the fruit it bears
The acts we took part in either consciously or not
Have exposed in its entirety like fuel rods
In addition, a structure was constructed to engulf our view
Only soon to explode
Every miller draws water to his own mill to cool down
If one takes pains in this then distrust will attach to those relentlessly
A meltdown of dependency well beyond its service life
Which was overestimated for convenience sake
Our decisions face a man-made disaster beyond expectations
Which could happen there is no problem if
Our actions push aside the expectations built on laziness
Crush the hierarchical heads just spinning wheels and never assuming
That the bond tied by shared scars could collapse
Retreat from reliance on authority in times of crisis
Compassion shared at soup kitchens
This connection is our firm stand

(Ceschi)
Between our shoulder blades
Between our shoulder blades
There's a power sprouting
Deeply
Between our shoulder blades

Gold Lining (ft. Ceschi) (prod.by Authentic)

Rebloom

written by Gonjasufi, Kaigen and Orko Eloheim 
produced by PSYCHOPOP 
remixed by Paso Bionic (Curse Ov Dialect / Audego) 

mixed and mastered by Dan Elleson 
design by Paso Bionic (Curse Ov Dialect / Audego)

Tachyon Ghetto Blaster - I Ching Strike (feat. Gonjasufi) [Paso Bionic Remix]

(Orko Eloheim) 


(Kaigen - Translation) 
Aiming for the mirage of evolution, hope launched from the desert of science 
Went round and round and crash landed on a planet where people were occupied by greed 
Even if human knowledge is further expanded 
Through, taking a chained homo sapience brain and 
Age it to an extreme in a territory off limits 
If the internal encampment is closed the future remains primitive 
Although troublesome to a degree, we possess the tools to communicate minds 
But we neglect our job and in spite of repeated failures return to cheap outlets 
To excrete emotions through foolish tendencies. 
In addition, year after year the background increases 
Complexity through branching 
Fabrication of good reason in the shrubbery is a piece of cake. 
However the root known as ego is in good health in all ages and countries. 
No matter if competition is our instinct or not, running at the rate of the bait Of worldly desire will lead us to cutting each other’s throat 
Unconditional love, unbound by national interest and friction 
Like a mother sharing breast milk to a lost enemy’s child, 
Is the overdue entrance fee to starship Earth 
Centuries have passed but the continuous exchange of violence is the same as that of the prehistoric days 
No matter how they change the name and face, war is an ugly unyielding traditional event 


(Orko Eloheim) 


(Kaigen - Translation)
Centuries have passed but the continuous exchange of violence is the same as that of the prehistoric days 
No matter how they change the name and face, war is an ugly unyielding traditional event

Primitive Planet (ft. Orko Eloheim) (prod. by Ras G)

produced by Michita
mixed and mastered by Dan Elleson
artwork by Awol One

Lyrics:

いざという時を予期してそれなりに整えてきたはず / 
の心の準備も蓋を開ければ驚く程足らず / 
悪魔が本腰を入れる 事切れる瞬間は / 
あくまで理不尽かつ 無慈悲な抜き打ちなんだ / 
隣がぽっかり空くなり 座席がまだ生暖かい / 
間に誰かしらがすかさず後釜に座ってしまい / 
かけがえのない存在が唐突に欠けたって / 
傍目には昨日までと同様 とりたてて / 
支障をきたさず 私情も挟まず、案外 通常営業 / 
可能な日常は大層残酷なリアリティショー / 
いやはや 残された我々は否応なしに / 
世界の終わりと始まりを目の当たりに / 

You weren't just a cat or a dog, but a companion in my life in this journey that we walk along. 
I often stop and wonder where you've gone, and promise that you'll never be another lost or forgotten song. 
The moment that I'd walk through the door, you'd always run over to meet me, affectionately greet me. 
I miss playing with your paws, gone but not forgotten and I'm coping with your loss. 

最善を尽くしたと仮に言えたとしても揚げ足を / 
取りがちな後悔は今回も重箱の隅々を / 
自らつついて、繁殖期を迎える してやれなかったあれ / 
やこれやを並べて罪悪感に操られ / 
己を責め続けるのは単なる自己満 共に過ごした / 
時間に誇りを持たなきゃ 君の生きた証が台無しだ / 
胸の奥の空洞は一向に塞がらず時々ズキズキ / 
するけど、突き詰めると そのうずきは不滅の結び付き / 
今生の別れ際に負った傷ましい傷跡 / 
も涙ながらに向き合えば愛おしいキスの跡 / 
悲しみを慎み忘れる努力のたまもの / 
と明日へ向かう原動力は別物だもの / 

You weren't just a cat or a dog, but a companion in my life in this journey that we walk along. 
I often stop and wonder where you've gone, and promise that you'll never be another lost or forgotten song. 
The moment that I'd walk through the door, you'd always run over to meet me, affectionately greet me. 
I miss playing with your paws, gone but not forgotten and I'm coping with your loss. 

今生の別れ際に負った傷ましい傷跡 / 
も涙ながらに向き合えば愛おしいキスの跡 / 
悲しみを慎み忘れる努力のたまもの / 
と明日へ向かう原動力は別物だもの /

Gone But Not Forgotten (ft. Tommy V and Aoi)(prod. by Michita)

(Kaigen)

敵地のアンチも味方のベンチも総立ち/
腕比べの行方は紙一重 奇跡よ 集え/
劇的な幕切れの仕入先/

[Kaigen - Translation]
All stand, from the haters in enemy land to the bench of my fam
A thin line divides the outcome of battle. Gather here miracles
The supplier of a dramatic curtain fall

(Myka 9)


(Kaigen)
記録を残そうが、記憶に残ろうが/
決めれば一躍頼みの綱、 外せば一夜で刺身のつま/
つまりのるかそるか、万事休すか九死に一生を得るか/
手に汗握る窮地の心地よさに酔いしれる/
筋金入りの勝負師の見せ場が押寄せる/
固唾を飲む土俵際で巻きこす/
歓喜と失意の渦はカオスの図/
向かい風が強くなれば、自ずと預かる仲間の信頼/
脳裏に取り付く懲りずに重ねたみじめで無様な失敗/
の後味は問われる真価に難なく応えるために/
積み立てた備えと思えば憂えなし/
デッドライン直前 疑心と自信のトレードが合意に達し/
新規の伝説をお膳立て 流れを変える弾数 /
残りは果たして何発？ のしかかる重圧/
は率先して担いでごらん 天王山で充実/
した景観を満喫するには、それに見合うだけの負荷が不可欠/

[Kaigen - Translation]
Either you hit a new record or remain in memory
If it works, spring into becoming the last hope
If not, turn into garnish for sashimi in one night
Sink or swim, it’s “the end” or an “escape from death”
A hardcore gambler ecstatic in the pleasant sweaty palm tight squeeze
Here comes the flood of highlights
Paint a picture of chaos, a vortex of rapture and despair
Among the breathless at the edge of the ring
When the headwind’s strong look after the trust of friends
Miserable awkward mistakes repeated and layered in the back of mind
Nothing to worry about, think of the aftertaste as savings
A preparation for the right answer to the question of true value
Right before deadline, set the stage for a new legend
Through the trading agreement of doubt and confidence
Bullets to change momentum, how many shots left in the chamber?
The pressure is on, so take the initiative to carry the ball
The weight you carry must correspond
In order to fully enjoy the view from the top of mount make-or-break

約束された将来/
においても挫折は執拗に出場機会/
に恵まれる。　逃した魚の大きさを計量し、踏ん張りどころ/
で感傷にひたるよりかは、どん底で捕れた泥んこ/
の成果を認め、磨けば光る穴埋めの育成に精を/
出していくほうがより正解。　苦節何年かかっても/
度々後ろ指を差され、情熱が少々荒んでも/
あの日の衝動でくるんだ信念が芯まで腐るもんか/
花道を飾る役目をおめおめと諦めに譲るなんざ/
まっぴらごめん。　末路すら貫通する渇望が活路に/
抜擢され、忘れ物をした古巣へ電撃復帰/
色違いの夢が返り咲き、過去の脚本を捨てた働き /
が続きを演出するが、取り戻す結末は原作に忠実に/
来世まで語り継がれる名場面のライセンスを独占/
和洋折衷の番狂わせの詰め合わせ。 Myka9, Kaigen /
の二枚看板。 西海岸からジパングへ通すアリウープパス/
この曲の終了のブザーと同時に灯すヒップホップの明日/

Even for a promised future
Defeat is persistent with its chances to play
Rather than measuring the size of the fish that escaped
And becoming sentimental in a time for final effort
The correct answer is to acknowledge the muddy fruits
Picked at the bottom of the pit
And hustle to make up the deficit which shines if polished
No matter how many criticisms and years of hardship it takes
And the passion goes rough, conviction wrapped with that one day’s
Impulse will never rot to the core
No way will I give way to giving up when my role is
To walk down the runway. Thirst, strong enough penetrate even fate
Was chosen as the path for a
Speedy return to the old place where I left something
A dream in a different color blooms and
The work continues to perform without the script of the past
But the ending I retrieve is faithful to the original

Monopolized the licenses for the highlights
To be passed down to the next life
Surprise package of styles compiled from the east and west
Myka9 and Kaigen double headliner
Alley oop pass complete from the west coast to Zipang
Light up hiphop’s future as the buzzer signals the end of this jam


(Myka 9)


(Kaigen)
来世まで語り継がれる名場面のライセンスを独占/
和洋折衷の番狂わせの詰め合わせ。 Myka9, Kaigen /
の二枚看板。 西海岸からジパングへ通すアリウープパス/
この曲の終了のブザーと同時に灯すヒップホップの明日/

[Kaigen - Translation]
Monopolized the licenses for the highlights
To be passed down to the next life
Surprise package of styles compiled from the east and west
Myka9 and Kaigen double headliner
Alley oop pass complete from the west coast to Zipang
Light up hiphop’s future as the buzzer signals the end of this jam

In The Clutch (ft. Myka 9)

Feel, Everlasting (feat. Kool Keith)

Long Travels, Goodbye My Friend

written by Kaigen and Shing02
produced by LASTorder
mixed and mastered by Dan Elleson


(Shing02 and Kaigen)
自分の中の 核となるもの/ 確固たるもの 細胞も原子も/ 
核のお団子 具を詰めてなんぼ/ 覚悟する者 各自描く模様/

(Kaigen)
見猿聞か猿言わ猿をお供に蚊帳の外/に我が家を構えたはずが今やそこ/が広がる波紋のど真ん中 良かれ/悪しかれ 私だけは一生涯対象外？/ ぬるま湯に漬け込んだ人生観なんか遅かれ/早かれ 情け容赦なく倒壊/ 古今東西どこを探したって他人事/はただの一つも存在しませんってこと/

(Kaigen and Shing02)
変革の輪郭となる/各自の確たる/自覚 まさか自分が？/ 違う まずは自分だ/

(Shing02)
回り続ける方位磁石/ 何故か黄金コンビの比率は当比社/比べだ 喰らえこの音の調べ/ 現実を逃避した当事者の成りの/果ては時間と労力の浪費家だ/ お好みで投資家も人の生き方/ でもいつだって運が味方/することもあれば 事故が手伝って/外れる思惑 バグる網膜/ 的を射抜くような言い得て妙/ 鏡よ鏡 今日こそは我が身/ 先に立たぬようなタラレバ定食/ たいらげる旅人 永久就職/なんて昔はゲームの世界さ/ だがしかし駄菓子の歌詞よりもずっと/栄養詰まってる自家の燻製を/振舞うお店の佇まいを/汚したらタダじゃ済まないし看板と/暖簾を面子に賭けるからこそ/ 守るべきもの 見えてくるの待たずに/描く映画のラストシーンみたく/ 綿密に計画 現場で制作/ 生で汗かく 堕落した体たらく/ 喝入れる自覚/

(Shing02 and Kaigen)
自分の中の 核となるもの/ 確固たるもの 細胞も原子も/ 
核のお団子 具を詰めてなんぼ/ 覚悟する者 各自描く模様/

(Kaigen)
芽生えるとある日/ 重ねるあくる日/ 肝心な関心の持続/は原則、自給自足/の持久走 伝えて繋げて三日/坊主がようやく到達する四日目に/高みの見物人は任期満了を迎える/ 甘みも辛味も 生身の絡みが/実感をもたらし 当事者意識の風化を防止/ 座学を受講し単位は取得済/ でも実技を抜きにして真意は習得できず/ いかなる名言や格言が/代わる代わる教鞭を執ろうが/ 経験の雄弁さは別次元さ/ どうこう抜かしてる日常の瞬間を/行動に充てるよう習慣付けよう/

(Shing02 and Kaigen)
自分の中の 核となるもの/ 確固たるもの 細胞も原子も/ 
核のお団子 具を詰めてなんぼ/ 覚悟する者 各自描く模様/



Kaigen x Shing02 - 自描く / Jikaku (prod. by LASTorder)

Kaigen21Meiso (ft. Ceschi) - Original Gaian (prod. by Michita)

Kaigen is a rapper and producer from Tokyo, Japan. From his early work with the Melbourne based experimental collective Curse ov Dialect to his current work as a solo artist, Kaigen has made a name for himself with his distinctive rapidfire flow and his ear for beats that combine the lush experimentation of the late 90s underground with drums that hit hard and give no quarter.

Kaigen's collaboration with Honolulu emcee Meiso, Kaigen21Meiso, set the stage for Kaigen's fully developed sound, establishing him as a true artist of the form, able to manipulate the listener's emotions with or without their linguistic comprehension. When Meiso later translated the lyrics to Kaigen's solo album Re: bloomer, the underground learned that depths of poetic imagery and political reality lay behind his style.

Having worked and toured with artists as varied as Shing02, Sole, Awol One, Busdriver, Ceschi, Myka 9, Louis Logic, K-The-I???, Factor, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Thavius Beck, and Ras G, Kaigen is a pivotal player in the ongoing renaissance of underground rap. And as a member of the group TGB (with Orko Eloheim of Nephlim Modulation System) and the founder of Fake Four Japan, he continues to pay it forward as he pushes the boundaries of both the music and the scene, moving them ever closer to fulfilling their true potential.

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