Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, Subomie said: I did make it my business to listen to Trick today, my first Kuu album. It wasn't quite the Past<Future serve I was maybe hoping for, but 'twas cute yes. Taboo remains the all-timer. The Fergie collab??? Was she big in Japan? The legend has it that Kumi was a big Fergie fan and had one of her songs as her ringtone. She kept saying how much she'd like to collaborate with her and one day got a message from Fergie with a song attached: "I made this one for Kumi-chan". Dreams come true when you're one of the biggest Japanese artists I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subomie Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 minutes ago, Suilen said: The legend has it that Kumi was a big Fergie fan and had one of her songs as her ringtone. She kept saying how much she'd like to collaborate with her and one day got a message from Fergie with a song attached: "I made this one for Kumi-chan". Dreams come true when you're one of the biggest Japanese artists I guess. Very kind of Fergie to fish out an old Dutchess era demo for her like that. Maximizing their joint slay etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subomie Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 What's the fan consensus on the best Kumi album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 16 minutes ago, Subomie said: What's the fan consensus on the best Kumi album? I think the general jpop community consensus is that it's between Kingdom, Trick and JAPONESQUE but the actual little Kumadas might have something different in mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curaga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Yeah, in general, Trick and Kingdom get the most praise from what I've seen (and by that I mean scores on rayeyourmusic.com lol). I thought Trick was one of her better albums I listened to this month, but I actually liked Black Cherry best overall. And no shade, but no songs on Japonesque stood out to me ddddd but I'll definitely give it another chance one day. And at the risk of getting lashed/dragged, I wanna say that Kumi is kinda like Britney Spears for me in that I know she is capable of greatness due to some fantastic singles, but at the end of the day most of their output is just not my thing at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 4 minutes ago, Curaga said: no songs on Japonesque stood out to me ddddd but I'll definitely give it another chance one day. you cannot be serious this grimy sex bop? she's literally CUMMING by the end this rock banger? again the outro and these pop bangers and plenty more like- I'm convinced you're a psy-op hired by @Suilen to antagonize me at this point 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curaga Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 16 minutes ago, AMIT said: you cannot be serious this grimy sex bop? she's literally CUMMING by the end this rock banger? again the outro and these pop bangers and plenty more like- I'm convinced you're a psy-op hired by @Suilen to antagonize me at this point ddddd I'm sorry Definitely feeling So Nice and Escalate this time! Again, I definitely need to give it some more listens. I might have burned myself out trying to listen all these new albums so quickly. My listening method is always whole album, start to finish, which is a lot with these Kuu and Ayu albums that are 70+ minutes (sometimes not even with bonus tracks). Maybe I should split 'em up in halves/take an intermission so I can soak them in better... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 6 minutes ago, Curaga said: ddddd I'm sorry Definitely feeling So Nice and Escalate this time! Again, I definitely need to give it some more listens. I might have burned myself out trying to listen all these new albums so quickly. My listening method is always whole album, start to finish, which is a lot with these Kuu and Ayu albums that are 70+ minutes (sometimes not even with bonus tracks). Maybe I should split 'em up in halves/take an intermission so I can soak them in better... It definitely is a lot! I was lucky I actually really liked both Ayumi's and Kumi's discographies so much it eased the process, but even then it had its ups and downs and was very overwhelming at times. At first I didn't even like Ayu's early albums (I got into her with 'progress' and the 'love songs' album) which is low key embarrassing to admit, but whatever. Don't even get me started on the music videos... whew. I don't think you're approaching it in the wrong way or anything, but looking back now I think I should have probably taken my time with some songs and albums instead of trying to soak it all up at once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 5 minutes ago, AMIT said: It definitely is a lot! I was lucky I actually really liked both Ayumi's and Kumi's discographies so much it eased the process, but even then it had its ups and downs and was very overwhelming at times. At first I didn't even like Ayu's early albums (I got into her with 'progress' and the 'love songs' album) which is low key embarrassing to admit, but whatever. Don't even get me started on the music videos... whew. I don't think you're approaching it in the wrong way or anything, but looking back now I think I should have probably taken my time with some songs and albums instead of trying to soak it all up at once. I see nothing embarrassing about that banger of a song and banger of an album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 14 minutes ago, Suilen said: I see nothing embarrassing about that banger of a song and banger of an album the embarrassing part is me dragging her early albums (including Duty and LOVEpears) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 17 minutes ago, AMIT said: the embarrassing part is me dragging her early albums (including Duty and LOVEpears) Well, I assume you were dragged back accordingly and called a psy-op by Newt or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D.D. Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, AMIT said: you cannot be serious this grimy sex bop? she's literally CUMMING by the end this rock banger? again the outro and these pop bangers and plenty more like- I'm convinced you're a psy-op hired by @Suilen to antagonize me at this point you forgot this legendary bop.... this one secured her spot as mother cun.tress to me. NO ONE does it better!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D.D. Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 4 hours ago, Subomie said: What's the fan consensus on the best Kumi album? this album & this era is PERFECT, and she beated everyone in the game 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 48 minutes ago, D.D.D. said: you forgot this legendary bop.... this one secured her spot as mother cun.tress to me. NO ONE does it better!!! You're right, she was addicted to serving during that era. Justice for its tracklist placement, such a commanding and ego-stroking (in the best way) bop deserved a first half placement, she tried a bit with those ballads I fear. that is my only gripe with the album along with VIP otherwise I stan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, Suilen said: Well, I assume you were dragged back accordingly and called a psy-op by Newt or something no I think I said it in a smaller group enviroment but I remember @Kyle-x being classy as usual and not dragging me like I deserved 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-x Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 4 minutes ago, AMIT said: no I think I said it in a smaller group enviroment but I remember @Kyle-x being classy as usual and not dragging me like I deserved I just knew you would see the truth in due time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Don't think I ever heard these songs by mama Ayama before but they're nice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: I just knew you would see the truth in due time thanks for the faith, sis the restrain is admirable, my impulsive ass keeps lunging at the neck of a certain someone at the slight less than positive mention of my faves Spoiler @Curaga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 @Curaga I promise he'll behave during the Sheena rate and won't murder you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-x Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 8 minutes ago, Suilen said: Don't think I ever heard these songs by mama Ayama before but they're nice You should get into the remix of ever free, it's so ethereal and vibey. There's also another early b-side called Two of us on the Depend on you single that's more R&B vibes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-x Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 4 minutes ago, AMIT said: thanks for the faith, sis the restrain is admirable, my impulsive ass keeps lunging at the neck of a certain someone at the slight less than positive mention of my faves Reveal hidden contents @Curaga JAPONESQUE slander is kind of crazy. We had to stan for Love Technique alone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 7 minutes ago, Suilen said: Don't think I ever heard these songs by mama Ayama before but they're nice you been missing out! I think ever free is about her grandmother and she wrote it after her passing iirc. I think maybe that could be why it's been relegated to obscure b-side status when Ayumi has so few of those. It's such a dark and eerie song unlike any other of hers, I love it. Life is also great but I don't know about its context/meaning like that in comparison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suilen Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 11 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: You should get into the remix of ever free, it's so ethereal and vibey. There's also another early b-side called Two of us on the Depend on you single that's more R&B vibes That's gorgeous. I think I'm going to explore Loveppears singles next because with all that talk about which version of Whatever or Love is superior I never managed to check them out properly, but thank god for streaming now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle-x Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 7 minutes ago, Suilen said: That's gorgeous. I think I'm going to explore Loveppears singles next because with all that talk about which version of Whatever or Love is superior I never managed to check them out properly, but thank god for streaming now. Make sure to check the 1 billion remixes on ayu-mi-x II too or else you'll miss some classics if you have the 80 years it takes to listen to them all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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