#1 sounds alright to me, I only don't like the "you need to be my #1" part (which unfortunately gets repeated a lot XD)

i really don't like Yamapi's voice :-\

It was ok when he sings with News, cuz like, there's other people singing... but iunno, not feeling it in Unusual.

so far, i only like Wonder Woman.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2280/suitechic.jpg
Namie is the leader of Suite Chic, & Uh Uh feat AI is one of their song. And i prefer #1 & UNUSUAL to Woman Women or any Rihanna songs FYI

Been busy but was able to check out a few of the Checkmate tracks. First off, LOVE the album covers.

I got the same vibe from #1 as well, kinda how like she says "secret" a little excessively in Top Secret. Despite that minor issue, its a catchy song and sounds great.

The only other track I've checked out was UNUSUAL. Thas my fave of the 2, Tomohisa blends in well with the song and has nice chemistry with Namie. It'd be cool to see him make a guest appearance on tour and do a duet for that song.

My song order goes like this
UNUSUAL > Wonder Woman > make it happen > #1

Video wise, make it happen > UNUSUAL > #1 > Wonder Woman

Time to watch the pvs lmao

make it happen is AWESOME!

O.o

I loved UNUSUAL PV but I don't like the guys voice, the only part that he sounded nice was in the chorus.
My favorite part is the dance scene in the end LOVE IT. Also I love it when they say YES

#1 eh ok the only thing good about it is that Namie looked hot. that's it -.-

Somebody has an rip of #1?

VERBAL was at Colette boutique yesterday in Paris (for Ken x AMBUSH event), and he played BLACK OUT, u can hear Lil Wayne in the first vid... :cool

wowowowo it sounds awesome so far!
for me is the most anticipated pv yet

Wish this PV would leak already lol

for me:
1.make it happen
2.Wonder Woman
3.UNUSUAL
4.#1


my favorite song and pv is make it happen, the song is catchy and the pv is amazing with the girls.
Wonder Woman is a good song but the pv is boring.
#1 is different, the song is good, but the pv is so boring, at least she looks beautiful
UNUSUAL is growing on me a lot, but the pv isn't the best, but i like the dance of both

Favorite songs:
1. UNUSUAL
2. #1
3. make it happen
4. Wonder Woman

Favorite PVs:
1. UNUSUAL
2. make it happen
3. #1
4. Wonder Woman

UNUSAL and #1 are awful :S I can say that for now I like only Wonder Woman and make it happen @_@

WoW!! BLACK OUT sounds so goooooood <3 can't wait

sweet April 2011 Cover

(click on images)

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/th_cover.jpg


This must be a preview... :)

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...1096455287.jpg

^abit too photoshopped, but still :luv2 :luv2 so gorgeous!!

i don't think you'll see me in this thread again...but..
I just have to say that Namie is a gorgeous woman, plus I like her voice AND I got hooked on that UNUSUAL PV..It's really entertaining, Namie looked gorgeous in those "black" shots and her voice is really deep and nice..er... however I always feel like the colaboration songs should have more interaction betwean two singers, especially if the song is linked to love/etc. the choreography could have been way better and I was too distracted by Namies hair and horrible white outfit with high-heals... And my gowd... YamaP need some vocal lessons/training and less autotune, I could barely hear him singing. His voice is really weak comapring to Namie's...So minus to YamaP and plus to Namie!

very pretty Sweet cover :heart

Omg love it
She looks gorgeous

There's a rumor that Namie will sing theme song for anime ONE PIECE, the track is called Fight Together... The episode will air March 27... ;)

EDIT

It seems the rumor might be true, cuz the info came from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine... :mischief

Sources:
http://www.pirateking.es/foro/ftopic...mie-amuro.html
http://apforums.net/showthread.php?p...71#post2163171
http://jumpnetabare.greenpotion.net/...189742366.html
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/naodiva51333/43041301.html
http://ameblo.jp/ao-happy07/entry-10827018905.html

UNUSUAL and #1 both sound really good.

I like the PV for UNUSUAL, especially when they dance together.

I hope the rumour is true....i would love to have a single

I hope so.. I'm ready for a new Namie only single!

It seems the rumor might be true, cuz the info came from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine... :mischief

Sources:
http://www.pirateking.es/foro/ftopic...mie-amuro.html
http://apforums.net/showthread.php?p...71#post2163171

^ yay!

One Piece huh? Her popularity's gonna up 1 level again :D

yay for a new song! i hope it'll be officially confirmed by avex, soon. :D

but when was the last time namie had an anime tie-in? inuyasha? it must have been awhile. :P

OMG! One piece is one of my favourite animes ever, so having Namie's song in it will be epicly awesome! I can't wait!

One piece currently has the highest sales in terms of manga, so we can expect her popularity to increase a lot again, assuming that the avid manga readers are also avid anime watchers.

Lmao. I just noticed that one of the tags for this thread is "sexy korean girls" XD

^LOL!!! that's a good tag XD
ANd i can't imagine this:
NAMIE+ONE PIECE= ???????

i hope is true, it's gonna be interesting

Omg omg omg new solo song?!

If she sings the theme song for one piece her sales are going to be crazy high unknown artist get high sales if they sing theme sings to anime now imagine name singing the theme for one of the biggest animus in japan = massive sales I predict xp

any news about Namie, is she safe? (/ _ ; )

^according to Google Finder, she is.

Great to hear! Hope other artists / people are safe too.

Yeah for more Namie material.

I'm so glad she's okay!! I'm loving Four Seasons and ASKING WHY right now

Namie confirmed alive by google people finder.
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.c...amie&role=seek

According to a friend of mine Namie is in Rome now..I think she heard it on mixi or on the fanclub only page.

Quite a relief there - away from Japan?! :thud

I'm not sure how she will react when she comes back from Rome...

I'm sure she heard about the earthquake already..it was pretty big and even in Tokyo area we felt it (even though tv says that in Tokyo it reached 5.0 scale and not the 8 one like Sendai)..it was actually pretty scary and cellphones/telephones didnt work for HOURS, gas was stopped and in some houses even the eletric didnt work =(

Hope that everyone in Jappan is okay Y-Y
Do u think she will postpone the release date of Checkmate ?

Nope, everything is back to normality in Tokyo..trains, eletric, gas and cellphones work again..why would she postpone the album release?

I may be mis informed but since you seem to live in Tokyo you could tell me do you think a trip to japan in may would be possible?

reall? that's a really good new, i hope the same for the other places in Japan
i hope you are ok

Yes I'm ok thanks for asking ^^

I think it will be definitely possible (at least in Tokyo) unless other things happen (hope not). in Sendai it's a disaster so I don't really know if it's wise to go in there.

Yea my trip wont involve the north of japan for the most part, do you thimk going to Akita would be okay? I know there isn't much damage there but I believe to get there via train you have to pass by Sendai x.x

Oh, glad to hear that Tokyo is back to normal :) but anyway, personally i still hope Namie will postpone the alb release, i mean,... the other place of the country is rebuildin' and recover after the disaster... at least doing that to show some respect.

^But if you think logically anyone who's releasing albums and singles would have to push back dates and that's a lot of work, if sales suffer then they suffer, it's better for everyone to get back on their feet then to purchase a Namie Amuro cd, I want good sales for her, but with this I doubt it'll be as good as I figured unless lots of people preordered, either way like I said more important for people to be safe and start living their lives again rather than purchase any album for that matter.

I guess u misunderstood me or something, i dun care anything about Namie's sale at this moment, honestly i even hope that japan artist'll stop release music for at least a week or more, many ppl are suffering...

^ It'll be bad for the economy if people stop selling stuff. Besides, music can be a source of comfort to people who are (mentally) suffering, so why stop releasing it?

Yes I agree if all of japans economy stops because od the earthquake things would just be worse

Now confirmed that Namie is singing the opening theme song of ONE PIECE (anime)... Song is called Fight Together, will air on March 27... ;) Pic from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine:

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http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...12_1458491.jpg

Source: http://arigatokansya.blogspot.com/20...post_2373.html

cool! glad to see it's officially confirmed. i can't wait to hear the song! :D

No not really, I didn't misunderstand you, I was giving you another way to look at it, and either way it's still senseless to push back a release date even with a disaster as such happening, that's just my opinion.

so music is worth much important than a natural disaster?

who's going to be thinking about buying cds when they can use the money for much
more important things to help in a disaster?

either way sales are going to drop

awesome *__*

wouldn't be long for even more great material from Namie !

ONE PIECE?! haha cool.
I cant wait already...havent even watced the MV with CHEMISTRY

does anyone know if it will be a single? or just a song from her album?

How would anyone know? Nothing has been announced except that there will be a song. :shrug

Thanks for the update!

I can't even imagine what the song might sound like because I've never watched ONE PIECE so I don't know anything about their themes. Though I do hope that it sounds more along the lines of "Break It" and "Get Myself Back" than what's on Checkmate!.

One Piece, that's really cool.
And it's an honor, cause it's the most popular Anime (and Manga) right now.
Happy for her.

Ah that's neat. Haven't watched that anime in forever...

I could never really get into One piece but i'm really looking forward to this

Ugh, I can't stand One Piece at all. So annoying. >.> Oh well, I don't need to watch it. I know someone will rip it eventually x)

I loved one piece years ago but I stopped cause it went on forever. I hate anime like that. naruto, one piece, bleach, etc that go on for hundreds of episodes. anything over 50 is pushing it for me.

I watched One Piece until somewhere around episode 300 or so. But it's still a good tie in for Namie :)

I didn't think it was already posted, cover SWEET
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRM6Yc5ojJ...etcoverNAQ.jpg

source: http://namie-amuro-lyrics.blogspot.c...checkmate.html

^Is it me or does her mouth look a bit a weird?
Thanks for posting btw! :D

EDIT: Rock'n'Roll Circus initiate.

she looks like a porcelain doll on that cover. kind of cute, kind of creepy.

sweet April 2011 Preview

(click on images)

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_DSC_0156.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_DSC_0157.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_DSC_0160.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...h_DSC_0161.jpg

^ I really like the 2nd and 3rd pics! I love her sweet smile. the last pic seems like it should be an outtake though, you can hardly even see her face.

it looks like a very pretty photoshoot! :heart

Gorgeous as ALWAYS :love :luv2 :inlove

I really hate it when songs by Namie or an artist I love are used in an anime :rolleyes but oh well.

still no black out PV?

she's so gorgeous

Beautiful photoshoot. Lots of blue. *____*

Namie is such a beautiful woman. :heart

Checkmate! release date is gonna be postponed
http://www.avex.co.jp/html/upload_fi...24802_P01_.pdf

I feel so pleased atm, finally they do the right thing!!

All March releases (be it for singles or albums) will be pushed back to later part of April in line with last Fri's earthquake

so it's not just Namie's Checkmate ! that's affected by this

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/99kr0o

That's a good move by all record companies

I know they're doing this for the earthquake/tsunami, but, awe man, I preordered some stuff forever ago and now they're holding onto them even longer. lol Makes me more impatient.

for those of you that own it, does the P<F tour DVD come with a booklet full of pictures of the tour?

^ No. Only the back of the digipak has a collage of sorts with concert pics~

^thanks for telling me.
gosh. why must they be so cheap with namie's releases? :( as someone who is starting to collect Namie stuff now it's really not as fulfilling as collecting other artists releases since you don't get many extra pictures and such. oh well, at least her content in her releases is usually top notch.

HMV the music & movie master April 2011

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http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...3z39i57956.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...ynzhd57956.jpg

Oooooh nice

She looks gorgeous on the Sweet cover.

She looks so beautiful in sweet :heart

BLACK OUT feat. VERBAL and Lil Wayne FULL SONG CD rip

http://www.mediafire.com/?vowejie9ecwii46

You're welcome

thank you! :3

Yay thanks

Thank you!

anyone has romaji lyric for UNUSUAL..
thx a lot

Wow..i just looked up album credits on Wiki. She worked with cool people for "make it happen" haha.

BLACK OUT sounds really good but the rap parts are really my thing :)

Sankies!