BAD HOP – Champion Road / THE FIRST TAKE

BAD HOP – Champion Road / THE FIRST TAKE

Think back on our childhood, the brutal conditions, and everything around us Tested by the heavens, I’m totally worn out, but I see a way out now The real deal never disappears from memory, legends may die but never completely So many won’t forget, gonna make sure there are no misunderstandings

Go, do it, go beyond the Champion Road leading from Kawasaki Day 1 again for the umpteenth time, I stomp on corpses, and, in impatience Once again, praying earnestly for the other to fail, competing in a city of warped love

That lunacy with a low boiling point caused suspicious death A tattoo framing a non-picturesque life In this environment, even the cause of death can be rewritten Tension runs high, heart pounding to stealthy footsteps, we outrun the cops

Filled my stomach with filched instant noodles Headed to the top by escaping a life scraping for loose change Scrambling for coins by prying vending machines open An inevitable undistorted story Kawasaki South Side, industrial zone, a city of craftsmen Those streets you walk on were paved by us

Give every single one of ya a headshot Been shrugging off the jeers and mounting pressure Started as an unknown opening act A living legend, adjust the focus A billionaire who came from nothing Crown on my watch and head, the throne lies beyond the path of thorns

Not a prospective job offer but a secret investigation by the police It’s that beautiful white tape at the finish line I want to cut through and not a yellow tape Gonna get out, it was the law or selling baggies or out on trial Dreamed of getting rich, it’s either the desert or paradise

Met for the first time at midnight at a tiny park Parted at a huge show I always dreamt about A peculiar scene that changes history Clicked the shutter on both of those precious eyes Looks of disdain every time we walked by But I earned my citizenship in this town by rapping

I always have a cold during shows Tickets sell out, and the seats are crowded My rhymes are like a virus My DNA spreads across the country Give every single one of ya a headshot Been shrugging off the jeers and mounting pressure Started as an unknown opening act A movie better than fiction

A living legend, adjust the focus A billionaire who came from nothing Crown on my watch and head The throne lies beyond the path of thorns I gave my life to this culture We’re major figures in this scene’s textbooks I won’t sell out my friends or my soul No matter how successful we get

We ain’t gonna chase after those that disappeared This ceaseless pain shared amongst my brothers Never gonna give up, got major responsibilities The tattoo etched into my heart is Mobb Life Fake friends, a diseased city Tokyo I might end up jumping off if I stay here Smokey (Kawasaki South) BHG

Met up, found the place I belong Took the train there and came back in a luxury car From free riding on the Tokaido Line to a Bentayga This formation can’t be destroyed by nobody Possible or not Let me prove it to ya now

Give every single one of ya a headshot Been shrugging off the jeers and mounting pressure Started as an unknown opening act A movie better than fiction A living legend, adjust the focus A billionaire who came from nothing

Crown on my watch and head The throne lies beyond the path of thorns

「THE FIRST TAKE」は、一発撮りのパフォーマンスを鮮明に切り取るYouTubeチャンネル。

第407回は、川崎を拠点とする8人組ヒップホップクルー・BAD HOPが初登場。
東京ドームでのラストライブを経て解散となった彼らが今回披露するのは、BAD HOP最後のアルバム『BAD HOP』に収録されている「Champion Road」。
BAD HOPの歴史が詰まった本楽曲を、彼らの熱いパフォーマンスで「THE FIRST TAKE」だけのスペシャルな一発撮りを披露する。

STREAMING & DOWNLOAD：https://bhg.lnk.to/ChampionRoad

■BAD HOP OFFICIAL
Web Site: https://badhopofficial.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@badhopofficial
X: https://twitter.com/badhop_official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badhop_official/

■「THE FIRST TAKE」OFFICIAL
Web Site: https://www.thefirsttake.jp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_firsttake/
X: https://twitter.com/The_FirstTake
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_first_take
THE FIRST TIMES: https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/

■RULES
白いスタジオに置かれた一本のマイク。
ここでのルールはただ一つ。
一発撮りのパフォーマンスをすること。

A microphone and a white studio.
And 1 rule.
You’ve got 1 TAKE.

■STATEMENT
一発撮りで切りとる。
今という時間と、
今しか出せない音を。

THE FIRST TAKE
この瞬間は、二度とない。

CAPTURE THE TAKE.
THIS MOMENT.
THIS SOUND.

THE FIRST TAKE
IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE.

Episode 407 welcomes BAD HOP, the 8-member hip-hop crew based in Kawasaki, to their first appearance on THE FIRST TAKE.
This exceptional crew, who disbanded immediately following their last show at the Tokyo Dome, will perform “Champion Road” from their final album, BAD HOP.
Enjoy the passionate one-shot performance showcasing this exceptional crew’s history, exclusively for THE FIRST TAKE.

CREDITS
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Director/Creative Director: Keisuke Shimizu
Art Director: Yo Kimura
Copywriter: Hiroshi Yamazaki
Director of Photogrphy: Kazuki Nagayama
Technical Coordinator: Masaaki Ogasawara
Chief Camera Assistant: Takumi Torii
Camera Assistant: Ryusei Kitahara, Yoshinobu Horii
Lighting Director: Jun Sakai
Chief Lighting Assistant: Shinkichi Komatsu
Lighting Assistant: Ryuji Nakano, Shinzi Tomoyasu, Ryuga Fuse, Takahiro Yamaguchi
Stage Carpenter: studio noll
Offline Editor/Colorist/Online Editor: Tomoo Noda
Production Assistant: Kai Takaha, Kazuki Hirayama, Yoshiko Ohkubo, Aoi Shimada
Producer: Keisuke Nishikawa (session)
Hair Styling & Make Up: Mei Noda

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