Cypress Ueno to Roberto Yoshino feat. SKY-HI

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A featuring credit pairing the Japanese hip-hop duo Cypress Ueno to Roberto Yoshino (known as Sa-Ue to Ro-Yoshi) with rapper SKY-HI. The pair — MC Cypress Ueno and DJ Roberto Yoshino — are childhood friends who grew up in the housing complex near the former Yokohama Dreamland in Totsuka, Yokohama, recognized for lyrics steeped in their hometown of Yokohama and a singular sense of humor. They performed Merigo feat. SKY-HI, the opening theme of the TV anime Gurazeni: Money Pitch, translating the source manga's blend of pro-baseball salaries and gritty everyday life into hip-hop wordplay. Marking their first anime title song, the strongly hip-hop-flavored message track vividly colored the work's distinctive world.