My order for Checkmate shipped today! Besides Wonder Woman, I haven't heard any other songs from the album so I'm really looking forward to listening to it when it arrives! I'm sure it's going to be well worth the wait!

They don't celebrate Easter in Japan, rofl.

how do you know? you dont live there, maybe some do.

I can't wait to hear the actual CD rip of make it happen!

I hear that, I want a 320kbps rip naooo!!!

^:laugh I know right! I also want to have a 320 kbps CD rip of Wonder Woman :yes

Can't wait for my copy to arrive, it's already been in Chicago since 10 this morning.

I have only heard Wonder Woman from the new songs. I bet I'm gonna enjoy this album because that CM sounded so amazing. *_*

Because they don't have many people who follow Western religions. So if they do celebrate it, I imagine it's something like how Christmas is celebrated there. So I'm just saying it's not like someone would put off ripping a CD due to a holiday if they already planned to.

There is no easter here ^^ Christmas exists while Easter is unknown ^^

I must say imo #1 felt like a filler but I like it a lot now, the beat is pretty good, and I love the way Namie sings in this song, so I have a newfound love for it, the pv on the other hand huge grower, my eyes can't take all the contrast.

What ever happened to the Black Out PV?

I've been wondering that also. Is that PV ever coming out. We know it was made so what is the hold up?

Real 320 kbps leaked on JPS & KMC.

And here's album pics!

So.....my order will be arriving shortly, but I downloaded the 320 rip cause i'm tired of listening to that horrid pv rip I have of make it happen, and it has Want Me Want Me with Verbal as track 14 but it sounds different than the very first version of it I've heard...bonus track?? I'll find out when I get my copy :D

edit: Copy just arrived and yep Want Me, Want Me feat Verbal is a bonus track!! AHHHHH!

I hope someone will post it on AHS soon! :yatta
It's good to know it's out there somewhere :yes

ffffffff I am at such a loss as to how to tag these stupid tracks :scry I know quite pathetic

Does the booklet give credits for WMWM feat. VERBAL? I'm curious as to what the proper tag is.

To make things simple for myself and iTunes I just put "feat. ××" for songs that are primarily Namie's and "w/ ××" for songs that aren't. So, like, "make it happen feat. AFTERSCHOOL" because that song is hers and "BLACK DIAMOND w/ DOUBLE" because that one isn't.

Could someone please upload the actual CD rip (320 kbps) here on AHS? :D

I'm not too sure about that, when I looked at the booklet I didn't see any mention of it, but when I popped in my cd it was track 14, I just put it as feat Verbal since he even says in the song "Who else but the V-ER the BAL"