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🎌 Soul’d Out and Their High-Speed Japanese Hip-Hop

  • July 26, 2026
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CharlyMX
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Soul’d Out, the legendary Japanese hip-hop band that took the world by storm. 

 

Imagine taking 90s rap energy, cranking the rhyme speed up to breakneck levels, adding super slick electronic beats, and wrapping it all up in that extravagant Tokyo-style aesthetic. That was exactly Soul’d Out: one of the coolest, most original acts to hit the Japanese hip-hop scene in the early 2000s. 

Who Were These Legends? 

The group consisted of three key players who fit together perfectly:

  • Diggy-MO: The lead vocalist and the heart of the group. This guy didn’t just rap at a million words per minute—he had this distinct raspy voice and a killer ability to weave melody into his flow that left you speechlessly impressed. Plus, you couldn't miss him in his trademark oversized caps.
  • Bro.Hi: The beatboxer and co-MC. He brought that raw, urban grit to the tracks, serving as the perfect counterweight to Diggy's vocals.
  • Shinnosuke: The mastermind behind the sound. He handled the tracks and production, blending funk, jazz, pop, and EDM. Without his tightly crafted beats, the magic wouldn't have been complete.

From Anime to the World's Headphones

If the name rings a bell and you can't quite place it, chances are you heard them on a soundtrack. The band loved anime and pop culture. In fact, they went all-in on the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure franchise with "Voodoo Kingdom," the main theme for the Phantom Blood movie. The vibe was so real that Hirohiko Araki himself, creator of the manga, designed an album cover for them and named a character after Diggy-MO.

They also left their mark on other anime classics, dropping "ALIVE" for Bleach and "To All Tha Dreamers" for Yakitate!! Japan.

The Legacy of a Futuristic Sound

Even though they split up in 2014, their music has aged remarkably well. It doesn't sound like generic hip-hop; it was bold, packed with complex arrangements, unexpected beat switches, and a futuristic party energy that instantly boosts your mood.

 

Where to Start?

Dive into their Deezer catalog and build a solid playlist. Give these tracks a spin to get you started:

 

Put your headphones on and give them a listen. Odds are that after three songs, you’ll be in the shower trying to match Diggy-MO’s lightning-fast flow—even if you don't understand a single word of Japanese.

 

 

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      Nina Nebo
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      • Nina Nebo
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      • July 26, 2026

       

       

      Cozmic Travel

      by Soul'd Out

       

       

      sing now, here are the lyrics 😉

       

      Uh, uh, uh, yeah

      Yo, I feel like a floater 右に左 sign to get

      You know S.O's flippin' on some o' layin' back

      Fiery Monkey D's excursion like that

      My feathers on my fiffer, feffer, feff

      Little women wait a minute

      Back in the 良き頃に trip and いつでも trip

      I love Elizabeth but 振る舞え like Jo, Josephin

      So, you say like this “Oh, Christopher Columbus!”

      Hey, hey, hey, Christopher Columbus

      Uh, come on

      Sittin' on the roof あかく翔んでく 宙見上げれば天地が逆さ

      I do, I do, I do 深呼吸 描く星座のサーカス move

      どっから来たんだ 見つけに行く? 複雑? いや単純なはず

      Tu-lulu, tu-lulu 歌って地球人の main amplifier

      I wanna here you so good, so good, so good

      辿る追憶 100パルスと Love Avenue

      アテカンで歩いて行く 'cause I'm crazy cool

      爆発と熱風 時代を越えてそう I got you

      Tu-lu, tu-tu-tu

      Guess all I'll do 太陽を steal and turn into

      Tu-lu, tu-tu-tu

      I'm the parashootin' fool もしくはよく出来た rocket

      Tu-lu, tu-tu-tu

      Woo! ルカ! Look up to the star

      フィガロ I radio you

      Zero, character, caster 革命家

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      投げる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      ノレル acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut, cut, cut

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      撫でる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      成せる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut

      “Oh, Christopher Columbus!”

      Let's do it イザナギイザナミ時代の淀み

      Glass, plastic and 陽だまりに pen light spot

      創造の果ては壮大な神話 in the world

      Your brain 着想開始 it's like a puzzle

      E-yo, tell me 一体 where is it born in?

      Flame, rain もしや midnight radio?

      You can do teleportation with me!

      そう 奇想天外 innovation

      So so good, supre freak でも okay よ

      原子 遺伝子 電子 ひねる imagination

      S と N を握り大胆にコラージュ

      One night 夢見た手法 montage

      計れない栄華 歴史へのオマージュ永遠に

      Infinity space 透明なステージ

      ユーモア満載 scientific attack!

      化学者 touch the explosion

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      投げる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      ノレル acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut, cut, cut

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      撫でる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      成せる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut (come on)

      Re-revolution, re-revolu-volution, gyea, gyea, gyeah (gyea, gyea, gyeah)!

      What you, what you doin' so long?!

      Revolution, re-revolu-volution, gyea, gyea, gyeah (gyea, gyea, gyeah)!

      What you, what you doin' so long, long, long?!

      Re-revolution, re-revolu-volution, gyea, gyea, gyeah (gyea, gyea, gyeah)!

      What you, what you doin' so long?!

      Revolution, re-revolu-volution, gyea, gyea, gyeah (gyea, gyea, gyeah)!

      What you, what you doin' so long, long, long?!

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      投げる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      ノレル acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut, cut, cut

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      撫でる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, clear up the 言語プロセッサー

      Cosmic travela-la-la-la

      Pop the bubble in the trouble of fashion

      成せる acapella, la-la-la

      Listen up, just give 'em an upper cut

      Revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution

      Revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution

      Everybody

      Revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution

      Revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution, revolution

      Let's go!

      Cosmic travela, pop the bubble

      In the riddle trouble of fashion, la-la, la-la-la

      Cosmic travela, pop the bubble

      In the riddle trouble of fashion, la-la, la-la-la

      Cosmic travela, pop the bubble

      In the riddle trouble of fashion, la-la, la-la-la

      Cosmic travela, pop the bubble

      In the riddle trouble of fashion, la-la, la-la-la

      “Oh, Christopher Columbus!”

       

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      CharlyMX
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      • CharlyMX
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      • July 26, 2026

      sing now, here are the lyrics 😉

       

       

       

      You're kidding me, right? HaHaHaHa

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        Nina Nebo
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        • Nina Nebo
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        • July 26, 2026

        sing now, here are the lyrics 😉

         

         

         

        You're kidding me, right? HaHaHaHa

        I'm not kidding, I'm very serious  ha ha ha

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