Since people are talking about this stuff; can someone please explain what exactly makes a song R&B or Hip Hop? (I'm putting these two together because I'm not really sure what's the exact difference between them.) I feel kind of dumb asking this question, and I've googled it (the difference) but there's no satisfying answer.

A bit off the topic going on rn, but has anyone ripped the Ballerina audio from the GUCCI X VOGUE videos? :D

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http://www.mediafire.com/download/1u.../Ballerina.mp3

^ Thanks a lot for this (:

I totally forgot I was in the Namie thread, and I was going to answer the R&B vs Hip hop post using koda's music.

@Chiharo: Hip hop songs are usually upbeat, and very beat centered. You have a lot of hard hits with smooth transitions. Traditionally, R&B music is most associated with ballads, and to me, it's much more arrangement centered with beats that are a lot simpler, and less of a variety that you see in hip hop that mixes up a lot. You also have a higher emphasis on a smooth melody.

Examples in Namie's music...hip hop is gonna be like Want me Want me. And yeah, Baby Don't Cry is so R&B, but it's not THAT pure. You have that arrangement, and the super smooth melody though. I think it's reaaaalllyyy hard to have pure songs of the R&B type without sounding cheesy.

Get Myself Back also has a lot of R&B elements, but I think the pop elements outshine them. And I just noticed that drdolce said the same thing~ we think alike ;P

Sexy Girl is also one of those.


I'm not remembering Namie's discog right now, but if you want some seriously pure R&B songs examples, you can listen to Koda's feel or 24. Those could have been ripped straight off a 90s album.

^Wow! Thank you, emi. That's a good explanation.

4 additional tour dates were announced today via Namie's facebook page:

11/10 (Sunday) @ Osaka-jo Hall
11/22 (Friday) @ Nihon Gaishi Hall
12/10 (Tuesday) @ Yoyogi National Gymnasium
12/23 (Monday) @ Marine Messe Fukuoka

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Namie serving some serious face, looking flawless as usual <3

https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/...05113364_n.jpg

And the message from her FB:
Here is a new photo from the "UNTITLED" ad!!The TV commercial will start airing on October 3rd (limited to Japan)!!Hope you guys enjoy it!!

Happy 36th birthday to our queen <3

^OMG I TOTALLY FORGOT, yes happy b'day to our perfect queen <3

Love love love that hair color on her!

I love that shirt and jacket.

Another picture from the shoot!

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Amazing Namie for UNTITLED shooting is amazing. And happy b-day to the Dancing Queen! <3

Happy birthday to the the Qoueen of Hip-Pop Namie♥

I want Neonlight Lipstick and Ballerina to be a double A-side with a 3D PV for Ballerina, because that Gucci show case thing was awesome!!!

I forgot that she's 36, I thought 30-32

She looks amazing in the new Untitled pictures.

Happy Birthday to Namie!

Are we sure she isn't turning 23? :laugh