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This release contains four music videos from the cult band Gorillaz, the first American rap group to combine hip hop music with stylized illustrations and create animated alter-egos for themselves onscreen. The style feels visually modeled, to some degree, on Japanese anime. But this only represents one among dozens of artistic reference points. What emerges is a surrealistic, heady mix of animation and live action that -- given its myriad of influences -- appears completely unique and unparalleled on the contemporary urban music scene. The tracks here includes two versions of "Dare," "Samba at 13," and "People."