Free Your Mind 33
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"Free Your Mind #33" is the first LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 recording by Japanese group Dragon Ash
Dragon Ash
are a Japanese Rap metal group founded in 1996 by Furuya "Kj" Kenji and Sakurai Makoto. They are an icon in Japan and were one of the first groups to popularize hip hop in Japan. They brought a western flavor to Japanese music and helped to turn rap music mainstream, with a mixture of reggae, rap,...

, released in 1998.

Dragon Ash chose to release an LP format record because after the release of Buzz Songs
Buzz Songs
Buzz Songs is the second full-length album by Dragon Ash; released in 1998.Buzz Songs is the first full-length album where Dragon Ash member DJ BOTS can be found supplying scratch and beat samples to several of the songs, before he officially joined in 1999.-Track listing:#"Intro " – 1:24#"Cool...

 in 1998, their new hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 sound was escalating and there was a high demand for analogue versions of 陽はまたのぼりくりかえす (Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu) and Under Age's Song (Album Mix). 陽はまたのぼりくりかえす (Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu) sampled drums from classic rock We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...

by Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

. In addition to these two tracks, they also updated Fever and Baby Girl Was Born from their 1997 album Mustang! with a more hip hop sound. Their collaboration with MIHO on this LP also set the groundwork for the production duo of Kj and BOTS collaborating with and producing future albums for other artists such as Sugar Soul
Sugar Soul
was a Japanese three member soul and rhythm and blues group who debuted in 1997. The members featured DJ Hasebe , Aiko Machida and Kawabe . The band achieved success with the single "Garden" in 1999, which featured Kenji Furuya of Dragon Ash...

, Wyolica
Wyolica
Wyolica is a two-piece folk-pop group from Japan. They consist of Azumi and So-To and debuted in 1999. The band's name is a neologism defined as “people of the grass fields.”-Biography:...

, and Kaori Hifumi. This eventually led to the creation of the production team and hip hop group Steady & Co.
Steady & Co.
Steady & Co., was a Japanese hip hop and music production group consisting of Kenji Furuya, Bots, both of Dragon Ash, Ilmari of Rip Slyme, and Shigeo of Skebo King.-Singles:*2001 Stay Gold*2001 Shunkashūtō*2001 Only Holy Story...

.

Side A

  1. "Fever ft. MIHO (Free Your Mind Mix)" – 5:07
  2. "Fever (Instrumental)" – 6:32
  3. "陽はまたのぼりくりかえす" (Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu) – 6:32

Side B

  1. "Baby Girl Was Born ft. MIHO (Daddy's Mix)" – 6:32
  2. "Baby Girl Was Born (Instrumental)" – 6:32
  3. "Under Age's Song
    Under Age's Song
    "Under Age's Song" is the second maxi single by Japanese group Dragon Ash, released in 1998.-Track listing:#"Under Age's Song" – 6:00#"Face to Face" – 5:06#"Mustang A Go Go !!!" – 4:35...

    (Album Mix)" – 6:32
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