A question about Dynamite Rave

Something about the re-doing of Dynamite Rave bothers me, so I need to ask this.

Naoki Maeda originally created the song Dynamite Rave for Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, but it was later redone in either DDR X or DDR X2 (I can't remember which) for "copyright" reasons, apparently due to the lyrics.

This also means that the Down Bird SOTA Mix, and the B4 ZA Beat Mix were also removed. But there are still songs made by Naoki, which feature lyrics, that are still in the latest mixes of the game.

What was the problem with the original Dynamite Rave? Why was it re-done, and the mixes removed?

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It wasn't NAOKI's involvement that was the problem, it was Argie Phine (the rapper) that held a songwriting credit and caused problems in relicensing. His rap in END OF THE CENTURY is the reason that was removed as well at the same time (X AC US/EU along with X2 worldwide), and since that one was less of a fan-favorite (and wasn't planned for the DDR 2009 games), KONAMI did not commission their new set of singers/rappers to record a new version.

Argie was not the rapper, that was Aaron G. But yes, Argie's lyrics licensing expired and NAOKI recorded a new version with new lyrics. The remixes were just flat out removed likely because the would have had to remake them as well.

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This made Dynamite Rave "AIR" Special Become bad aswell. The timing is off on it if i recall. I played it on my Local X2 machine. It doesn't match the song and it isn't really that fun.

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hmmm, that makes me wonder about Memories, Hyper Eurobeat, Celebrate "Night" from Full-Full party and others~

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Some of the remakes were for fun. Some other removed songs were becuase Konami wanted more room for newer songs.

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