Namie Amuro~Queen Of Hip-Pop~

Queen Of Hip-Pop-10/10

Queen Of Hip-Pop-A hot intro track to this blazingly hot album, it was my first Namie album that I bought and made me discover her. With the hot synth, clapping sounds and bass this is a sure fire hit and a great track to open this self-explanatory album!

Want Me, Want Me-Somewhat makes me scream sexual tension! The sitar…or at least I believe it is a sitar carrying a sexy beat and the lyrics are prolly her most sexual and in a provocative way. I really don’t have much to say except for that it’s a hot song and a fan favorite!

WoWa-The promotional track for the album. It definitely displays the Hip-Pop theme. A cute, upbeat, poppy track that a lot of fans can sing along to. It’s a clever catchphrase singing “Wo Wo Wa Wa Wo Wo Wa Wa Yeah”. This was actually my first favorite song from this album.

I Wanna Show You My Love-A song written for her fans, and I love how she disses the haters! Another good song from this album, sorta reminiscent of Queen Of Hip-Pop meets WoWa it’s one of those inbetween tracks on this album, and it’s really good, I love it, and I’m pretty sure I love every part to this album…yep I love every part of this album!

Girl Talk-…well I must say I love this song, but would have rather preferred The Speed Star in its place, for the fact that I find The Speed Star is much better. This song is still good, it possessess a cuteness to it just speaking about “Girl Talk” of course.

Free-My absolute fave of this album not only because it’s a hot track but also because Namie wrote it, and I believe throughout her entire career span it was reported that only 7 songs were recorded that she had penned herself. It’s too bad that she never performed it though because this was one of her more rare tracks because she wrote it herself. It’s more of a laid-back urban styled song and she made it perfection!

My Darling-A rock influenced song, that features vocals similar to “Lil’ Jon’s” but aside from that fact I find this song to be blazing and I love dancing to it, it’s also one of my ringtones. It really seems like a “crunk” influenced song as well.

Ups & Downs Duet w/Nao’ymt-I’m in love with this song as well, seriously this album is great. I don’t know why but I actually cried to this song…lol it’s a more upbeat ballad where it’s moderately slow but still a little more quick than your standard ballad. This is one of those inspirational songs when you’re feeling down and out and I find it picks me up every time.

I Love You-A cute poppy track possessing more pop than that of WoWa. I really can’t say much about this track but it definitely is a masterpiece.

All For You-Honestly my favorite ballad from Namie, and basically the only ballad on this album if you don’t count the hidden track. It’s like a classic ballad with violin, piano, and a few beats added into the mix. Her vocals are at her best in this song, but will never compare to I Will that’s forever an amazing Namie song.

Alarm-A nice lil guitar riff is played in the beginning and then the song progresses into a more electronic feel. I don’t know why but I find this song hot and sexual for some reason. I don’t have too much to say about this either, it’s a hot song though and one of my favorites!

No-The real treats of this album…I say treats because the secret track is right after this one. This is a blaring hot track with synth, bass, and everything else to get you up and dancing! Aside from her mispronunciation of Clap I don’t care because the song is total hotness!

Yes/No Pt. II-Basically the same as No except in a ballad form with the Hip-Pop element and the same lyrics aside from a few noticeable changes. This is a get your groove on type of song, especially when it hits the chorus. Basically No/Yes are the songs to really look forward to.

Overall this album was great and I’m glad it became my first Namie album because after that I became a HUGE Namie fan, this was also the first album Nao’ymt got to produce some songs for Namie and now he is one of her primary producers along with T.kura/michico.