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Album: Namie Amuro - '_genic'
Member Since: 3/8/2014
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Originally posted by Lady Claire
Loved all of them except Fashionista.
Namie sis what is this mess
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One of her best songs in years? JK but Fashionista slays. I love Fly too. And Anything is so cute
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This sounds so good. I like that she's using her mix a little more this time around whereas Feel was more straight-up belting.
It's kind of insane the level of quality she's maintaining in her albums. Past < Future -> Uncontrolled -> Feel -> _genic is like...an amazing progression of work.
Though am I the only one who feels like she definitely didn't have as much help with the pronunciation on this album? Her English on Feel was a lot better.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Oh my god YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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She's so consistently good
From her first album to this one, her reign just won't let up.
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Member Since: 8/27/2012
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OH MY GOD. I WAS EXPECTING AN AMAZING ALBUM, BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE THIS AMAZING
It's gonna be so hard to choose between this and EˇMOˇTION for best album of 2015
Anyway basing on these previews:
Stranger > Photogenic = Scream > Fashionista > Every Woman = Golden Touch > Birthday = B Who I Want 2 > Space Invader > Time Has Come > What I Did For Love > Fly > It > Anything
The only correct word to describe this album is: ICONIC
And btw, I can't handle all this stuff, I was going to Verona randomly checking my phone and all this suddenly happens. I was about to scream on the train
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by scenekiller
This sounds fantastic! How does she keep improving with each album?? It's unreal.
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IKR?
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Lady Claire
Loved all of them except Fashionista.
Namie sis what is this mess
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That song slays
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Member Since: 3/8/2014
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Originally posted by Blueberry Kisses
This sounds so good. I like that she's using her mix a little more this time around whereas Feel was more straight-up belting.
It's kind of insane the level of quality she's maintaining in her albums. Past < Future -> Uncontrolled -> Feel -> _genic is like...an amazing progression of work.
Though am I the only one who feels like she definitely didn't have as much help with the pronunciation on this album? Her English on Feel was a lot better.
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Idk I think her pronunciation is pretty good. I can understand her, I couldn't understand the lyrics on Feel at all
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Member Since: 5/8/2012
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kerli ???????????
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Namie has been working with top international music producers on this much anticipated Album, including David Guetta, Diplo, Joacim Persson who produced for Lady Gaga, James "KEYS'' Foye who has produced for Beyoncé and Seventyeight Productions, a Swedish songwriting team consisting of Svante Halldin and Jakob Hazell who produced the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest winner Loreen´s song "Euphoria" and "Crying Out Your Name". Diplo, who produced some of the songs from Madonna's latest album "Rebel Heart", and SOPHIE, who is rising in the UK music scene, teamed up to produce "B Who I Want 2 B feat. U hum sneak it". David Guetta produced "What I Did For Love"
World Music Awards
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ONLY THE QUEEN
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
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Originally posted by BlackAura
Did Zedd produce on it ?
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No.
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Member Since: 8/27/2012
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B Who I Want To B
full demo
HERE
(it starts at 1:33)
O M G
IT'S A PURE EXPERIMENTAL GEM, I LOVE IT. JUST IMAGINE NAMIE'S VOCAL'S ON IT
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OFFICIAL REVIEW
Once again, many people will be surprised by her. After nearly two years, Namie has announced her original album "_genic". It is a complation of 13 entirely new songs with her firm stance and style that she has built up and trust out there, challenging the 2015 music scene brilliantly.
After her previous approach to EDM with "FEEL", this time she focuses on high-energy 80's dance beats, a new wave sound, and goes back to the roots of her own music with a 90's hip-hop, R&B, and house "revival". One after another, overseas artists such as Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, and Azalea Banks have come out with a 90's-feeling sound in recent years, and "revival" is said to be one of 2015's keywords for music.
The 80's+90's revival sound of "_genic" is made up of works from Eric Lidbom, who is known for his work with Alexandra Stan, singer-songwriter Nikki Flores, who is known for her tracks for Christina Aguilera and Nas, James "KEYZ" Foye, who has worked with Beyonce, Sean Paul, and Omarion, Hiten Bharadia, who had a hand in the world-renowned EDM DJ Tiësto's hit song "Echoes", and Joacim Persson, who has done music for Kylie Minogue. The album also features work by SOPHIE of the UK underground world who did songs for Madonna and Diplo, along with work from Sevent*yeight Productions, who has done work for singers Kerli and Loreen. Including ZEDD, the world's leading domestic and international creators worked one after another to create something edgy and distinct for Namie Amuro this time.
In addition to the other songs, the album also includes a special track--top DJ/producer of dance music/house David Guetta's hit song "What I Did For Love". The collaboration between the two had been in the works for some time, and the offer came from Guetta's side. Guetta has an attachment to the song off his latest album "Listen", and it's one of Amuro's favorite songs as well, so they re-recorded "What I did For Love" with Amuro's vocals. The gospel-style sound and Amuro-chan's soulful vocals along with the piano riffs paint a strong and beautiful image. The miracle collaboration of two superstars was achieved at last.
Also, the underscore in the album title "_genic" applies to different terms for Namie Amuro. Something like "Popgenic" would represent her continuing to clear a path in the cutting-edge pop scene, "Photogenic" is suitable to describe her beauty as she continues to decorate the covers of many fashion magazines, and "Livegenic" summerizes her natural gift for dancing and singing. Of course, it is also an homage to her musical DNA and roots in 90's groove, and it also could be a word to symbloize her life and continued fascination with the era. This time the majority of the lyrics are in English, however with the intention of firmly wanting convey their meaning, the lyrics are printed in two languages in the album booklet. With many startling and sensational phrases and without reading too much into it, this work speaks of secret pleasure.
With the world's cutting-edge sounds and beats, the pop gene penetrates through the ages. As always, Namie Amuro significantly exceeded expectations.
original text / Kanako Hayakawa (2015/5/1)
translation / Mandilinn (Onehallyu)
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I love the previews but, seriously, just give me B Who I Want to B NOW
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Originally posted by snowo
I love the previews but, seriously, just give me B Who I Want to B NOW
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Just sound the studio version of the demo HERE, you're welllllllcome
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The songs are good for what they are, if a bit indistinct. It reminds of an album J.Lo would make.
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Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
The songs are good for what they are, if a bit indistinct. It reminds of an album J.Lo would make.
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The fact is that Namie does what the other divas could do, but then they don't.
This album has some J-Pop vibes with songs like Photogenic, Fashionista and Scream, some experimental vibes especially with B Who I Want To Be, but the other tracks imo are more western influenced, like let's take Stranger as en example, it's western pop, but she definitely does it way better than EVERY other diva on the scene. She has the balls to do what she likes, she knows how to make good music and you can tell how involved she is in the project.
I just love her so much, she's so unique.
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I can't stop listening to the snippets. I love "Anything" it sounds like a song that I'm gonna cry to This is gonna be an amazing summer with the Queen. I still remember when "Feel" came out and when I heard "Supernatural Love" for the first time. The feeling when you hear a song from the year 2050
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Originally posted by MonsterPaw
I can't stop listening to the snippets. I love "Anything" it sounds like a song that I'm gonna cry to This is gonna be an amazing summer with the Queen. I still remember when "Feel" came out and when I heard "Supernatural Love" for the first time. The feeling when you hear a song from the year 2050
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I'm actually overplaying them, and the fact that Photogenic ends right before its chorus starts always kills me
Stranger, Scream, Photogenic, Fashionista and Every Woman are definitely my favorite tracks so far. B Who I Want To Be will probably one of them too, but I need to listen to Namie's version before actually saying it. And well, I'm not a huge fan of slow songs , but Anything is a nice ballad so I can see what are you talking about. It kinda drives me crazy that both Photogenic and Scream are not getting a PV anyway
And yeah, it's definitely gonna be an amazing summer, I used to play FEEL every single day back in summer 2013, it was (and still is) such a glorious album, I was kinda worried she wasn't able to release something more amazing than that, but she did _genic is the definition of perfect pop album
EDIT: The trial listening video will be available till the 20th, so imo we'll get something between May 20th and 25th
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