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The 152nd Thread - Beach Mix + New Single TBA
Profile Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未 Real Name: Kouda Kumiko / 神田來未子 Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57) Blood Type: A Hometown: Kyoto Hobbies: Shopping, Goods. Favorite Sport: Squash Favorite Type of Music: Hip Hop Favorite Dish to Cook: Niku Jaga (Beef and Potatoes) Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance) Favorite Colors: Purple and green Favorite Season: Summer Favorite DVD: Haneru no tobira Favorite Brands: D&G and H・A・K Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, 100% Fruit Juice, Perrier Favorite Japanese Artists: Toshinori Yonekura, Sukima Switch Favorite Western Artists: Christina Aguilera, Nelly, Pink, Pharrell Williams Something She Can't Be Without: Love Favorite Part of Her Own Body: The "kori kori" of her waist. Something Often Unexpected: 'No smoking & no alcohol' Something Unacceptable: Lies and deception Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse. News Spoiler:
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Credits: Tsubasa, Kingdom, FinalFayth, Corvina, do it again, Cherrim, George. |
wow, that concert looks cool.
and a new single?!?! girl doesnt quite! AyumI! Take notes! |
Latest stuff
Beach Mix CD rip: http://jpddl.com/music/157207-album-...p3-320-cd.html Whatchu Waitin' On? Making Video: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDM0MDY0MTEy.html (pw: KKBM) D.D.D. @ Rhythm Nation'06: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDM0MDI3NzM2.html (pw: KKBM) Quote:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...q6cyd91063.jpg http://i.imgur.com/K65hI.jpg credits: kaled kalil, jewelian. |
New single? Wow, she's on a roll!
And the D.D.D. performance was awesome! |
I'm in love with Beach Mix ♥ Much better than the (also good) DH series imo.
The remixes are very powerful and fun to listen to. And WWO is one of her best songs to me. She never stops to impress me :D |
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Sales are great!
Hope it sells steady in the next days as well. Beach Mix is so good, I'm looking forward to hear it every time. :laugh I'm happy it's done so well. DH 4 was just so-so for me. |
Beach Mix is #5 today. The #3 sold about 8k so Beach Mix seems to have sold about 5-6k. We're looking at a 25-30k first week which is great!
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Is she ditching her sexual image? :(
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so awesome!! they have huge plans for her comeback already :)
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It may have to do with having a child??
Her mentally changes? I cant wait for this single! Is it the song for the opening to that anime? Which of course, what is the name again? |
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Also about the new single her website confirmed the single will be coming out this fall and fanclub members who purchase tickets to her concert will get a special edition of the single. :) |
Looking forward to downloading and listening to beach mix! :D I'm glad it's doing well!
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Beach Mix made me like DDD a lot :P
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I love her Billboard live, absolutely, I recommend it to watch!
if she does another live like this, I'l be very very happy! good for the sales too, am I right to think that there is no proper promotion for the album again? |
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I think of Koda Kumi as trashy, which I have no problem with it. I guess there is just more than one way to think of sexy. Namie is a sophisticated kind of sexy Kumi is trashy sexy. Also about the single... is the new Anime coming out in the Fall? so it wouldn't be the same song? |
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The anime has already started airing. The single will most likely include Go to the top but it won't be the main song. I'm guessing it'll most likely be a 3-4A side. |
well even though it's only a remix album, I'm glad her sales are improving
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Download links for the album aren't working :/ anybody got a link?
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^I second this.
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Uploading now.
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^ LOL perfect.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3pgedcvmuralr61 ETA: oooh I'm a no more words Initiate now! |
Beach mix is her best remix album ever. Even POP DIVA, that isn't that strong, still a pretty good remix.
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^ Off topic but I love your fanmade covers so much that I replace official covers with them XD
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That's for Beach Mix Bad wolf!
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You do your thang rolling in the bring bring~
I'm so happy for mama Kuu. New album now please! :laugh |
I prefer POP DIVA remix from DH4.
Problem I have with Beach Mix now is that all the songs that major improvements have been made to songs that didn't have a remix before (KO-SO-KO-SO, Bling, Hey Baby!, Heat), where as the rest of the songs that already have been remixed in the past... have better remixes. POP DIVA was enjoyable on DH4, D.D.D is boring, Cutie Honey sucks... so now looking at the great tracks vs. the boring... Beach Mix will get old pretty fast for me :( But, I do love Hey Baby! and Heat TONS, and Bling is enjoyable and for once, listenable. Great thing about Kumi remixes is that for the songs I have always hated or found lackluster (Bling, KO-SO, POP DIVA, Heat, Hey Baby!, Poppin' Love Cocktail), I now have versions I actually can listen to! I'll be happy when I get around to making a playlist of all my fav. remixes from the past 4 remix albums. But... who knows when I'll get around to doing that, lol. |
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I still feel really bad that the kyary files never worked for you, bb :( SO I SHALL FOREVER ATONE jk I'm happy to help.
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^ lmao I got a working one from someone, so it's all good in the hood!
I really enjoyed the remix album. Whatchu Waitin' On? is so HOT! And my favorite remix is the Cherry Girl one. LOVE it. |
Beach Mix is at #6 today at Oricon.
#3 -> #5 -> #6 Kuu on the mu-mo half-year chart: http://i45.tinypic.com/28a7uo6.jpg Big thanks to LiLo at JPC JAPONESQUE at #1 for albums. Dejavu Concert DVD at #2 just after EXILE. :) |
Wow awesome for JAPONESQUE getting number 1 *-*
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I love NO TRICKS, Heat and TABOO on beach mix, as well a Bling x3! Whatchu waitin' on is still my favourite song, of course. :D I'll have to give it a re-listen again as i was busy writing an essay of text while I was listening to it, but i really enjoyed listening to it. She's done so well of choosing the songs and the remixes are great, they're perfect for beach and i would so play them at my beach party! :D
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"Go to the top" is awesome! i wouldn't mind if it was kuu's new single. but regardless, i totally can't wait for the new single! :)
i'm also happy to see that Beach Mix is selling pretty well! :D |
Wow, because of the remix album, her album went back to number 1, awesome!
Hope the same thing for ayumi! and looks like she will be in the top 5 for the week! |
^ no, no, that's just the positions for the half-year chart for the mu-mo site. so during the past 6 months, JAPONESQUE was the highest selling album from mu-mo
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I just noticed the Beach Mix version of Whatchu Waitin On? is kinda different to the one I had before
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I wonder what the year end charts are gonna be... |
More I listen to Beach Mix more I love it. ❤ My fav remix so far is Cherry Girl [Sunset In Ibiza Remix]. I always loved those Sunset In Ibiza Remixes: Yume no Uta, TAKE BACK, Cutie Honey, POP DIVA, So Into You, Love Me Back.
Driving Hit's 3 is my favorite Kumi's remix album, but time will tell if this one will become my all time favorite. Dunno if me or anyone ever shared it. But this is so ****ing beautiful. If you love Yume no Uta U MUST LISTEN TO IT. Dude is a genius. Made me love my top fav ballad even more.: Maybe someone can make a proper rip? I asked him for MP3 but he never replied. |
^Here you go: http://off.li/BvfGc
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^Thanks for the link!
^^Thanks for sharing! That is simply amazing. Beautiful. |
Makes me really anticipate Christmas time... Lol.
And b-itches better pull out all the stops for some full-on winter-synth style ballads this year. Not just some little piano song with a random chime or two. I want hits like White Light - Namie, Yume no Uta - Kumi, Days / No way to say / momentum - Ayu, JEWEL SONG - BoA, etc. |
Love Yume no Uta! So dramatic...
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that was truly amazing~
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Amazing video indeed. Makes me wonder how Kumi would sound in a rockish ballad :heart
And thanks for posting the rip! |
I'm actually more excited to wonder what Kuu's next album and tour is going to be! I hope that she'll be doing JAPONESQUE tour next year or after, cause it would be amazing! Or maybe she'll do a huge tour combining her new album and JAPONESQUE, who knows! But it'll be so interesting to see what type of songs and theme she'll pick next. :D
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@Bad Wolf Aww, thank you! :D
Beach Mix sales are pretty solid this week, it's #5 today. I think it's doing pretty well, since there's less than no promotion at all. |
gosh, D.D.D. became my most fav track from Beach Mix! imagined Kuu in bikini, holding champagne, dancing and teasing guys (or girls :ybiggrin) at some night beach party.
1st 4 track from Beach Mix are amazing! Whatchu Waitin' On? non-pv-ver goes better with those new music element that added before the 2nd verse. BE MY BABY should added after Hey baby! for better flow, Hey baby! BE MY BABY sound nice too if she ever thought perform these two song together. :luv2 Twinkle from Beach Mix nice too but will sound better if shorten to 3min+. but some track definitely.... :eyes zzZ V.I.P. / POP DIVA only got noisiness. COME WITH ME from Beach Mix sound almost same with the album version, or those she sang in tour as medley. and, the most annoying version of Cutie Honey ? :no:headache can't even stand that Cherry Girl more than 30s! NO TRICKS / Heat sound ok but not in beach theme. |
The Cherry Girl remix is so flawless I can't
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Looks like I'm the only one that didn't like Beach mix. Other than Watchu waitin' on and DDD, I didn't like any of the mixes. Too bad because I really like Watchu waitin' on and wanted to buy it.
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I still need to download this album. Is it out in 320kbps?
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I thought the one on here was 320??
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Is it? For some reason I was under the impression it wasn't.
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It's not full 320 kbps it must be VBR because with my media analysis program each MP3 ranges in quality - near 320 but not quite.
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Did Kuu posted at pictures of her baby?
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I'm going to be nit-picky and wait for true 320. I'm not in any rush to listen to Beach Mix, tbh. |
wow Beach mix is awesome... that guitar mix of Yume no uta is flawless on another level lol. and I'm so gonna puut beach mix into my running playlist :D
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omg that cherry girl remix is pure love and **** :luv2
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Doesn't the booklet have any photos? I was hoping for new pics, but it looks like there's nothing...
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http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1237/img0648ds.jpg http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6277/img0651v.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5577/img0652zy.jpg thanks to ayukuuangel. probably the CD Only version has a different back cover, as usual. |
The Cherry Girl remix isn't that great... Lol.
Heat and Hey Baby! take the GOLD! |
The CD Only back cover is pretty good too, I'm curious about the booklet, maybe it's also a different picture, but no one took a picture yet.
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TBH, I haven't been a huge fan of Kuu's prior remix albums, but this one is great. There are only a couple of weak tracks, like Cutie Honey.
A lot of people seem to like DDD, but I actually prefer that song with Soulhead in it. VIP uses T-Pain a lot better than the original. |
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I made a version of DDD with the SOULHEAD vocals (except the chorus, it sounds fine on the remix) http://soundcloud.com/felipe-kalil/d...-soulhead-pink
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^It's really good but the vocals sound a little damaged. Gotta take a try redoing this remix!
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Oh, glad there are new pics, I hadnt see these pics before :D Cant wait for hq scans even though there's a lot of text in the back covers
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The CD back cover is gorgeous!
And for the Cutie Honey (HABANERO POSSE Remix) I love it, I think it's the best one on Beach Mix:) |
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I'm lovin' D.D.D. remix, I can live without SOULHEAD in it. Twinkle is cool, KO-SO-KO-SO remix is flawless. Hey Baby is amazing as well. And I might be the only person who likes V.I.P. feat T-Pain version, 'cause it has longer bridge. But he's so ****ing annoying in remix with his "tablo" or whatever he's saying. just STFU dude. |
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She hasn't done "****ty" image for a while now. And I don't want her to be a boring "cool" sex-symbol like Namie. I want her to continue finding things to stick up her who-ha and pressing her tits together on stage.
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Well, one thing we can definitely say is that Kumi isn't boring (except some or her ballads sometimes, but anyway lol), so I think if she stay with her sexy image, she's gonna do a good job as always.
I don't expect to her do something like Love Me Back again (I think it's one of her most sexy PVs for a while), but I'm excited to see how she's gonna do the sexy style for now on. It's like 2008 all over again, TABOO wasn't expected at all, it's a risk when you have a whole scandal about a taboo, and you release a song with a name and style like that, and it was also pretty sexy. I don't really like Namie's cool-sexy style, is pretty boring sometimes. |
Guys she's already changed to mature and classy sexy. She rarely does trashy nowadays, but she will always be sexy.
Someone needs to put that she' s still going to be sexy in the opening post lol. |
Yeah, I'd say Love Me Back was on parr with Juicy except maybe Juicy had some more daring choreography. KO-SO-KO-SO is probably her most scandalous and sexy PV to date, and V.I.P was on parr to juicy in my opinion and is one of her most btchy PVS, so in terms of her more daring 'out there' sexy image I think she has outdone herself this year.
She's proven that she can do both overtly sexual (but in a tasteful way, despite what some people say) and mature sexy, she has so many sides of sexy I don't know which one to love more, so they all get a gold star from me. :D |
her last album before her pregnancy was full of overt sexiness!! are you kidding me? Love Me Back, Boom Boom Boys ,KO-SO-KO-SO, p*ssy poppin V.I.P, even So Nice where she's basically a prostitute (kimono tied in front, off shoulder)
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UNIVERSE was her least ****ty album imo
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I think TRICK because she looked pretty gross that whole era... and because it was post-scandal so she kept it tame.
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@Bad Wolf: Thanks for letting me know + the upload. I'm going to download it now. EDIT: I like the version that I had of WWO better than this one... the quality is better on this one, and that's about it. |
I want the Beach Mix DVD ISO ;__; !!
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^ omg your sig are you kidding me? brilliant
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Just stopping in to say that I'm disappointed with Beach Mix! :(
I only like BBB, POP DIVA, Taboo, and Heat! I love remixes, I was hoping I would enjoy more of the album! hmph |
Beach Mix debuts at #4 with 25,643 copies sold first week. She already outsold the overall total sales of Driving Hit's 3 & 4 and also outsold what Driving Hit's 2 sold in it's first week. I think it did much better than we expected.
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^That's good, it sold just a bit less than her previous singles have been for the first week. I was expecting it to hit 20k in the long run lol
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Good for Kuu!! people still watching her and waiting for her :D
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yay :luv2
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Just missed the top 3, I'm impressed.
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I think her little break music-wise was good for her as she wasn't forced down the japanese public's throats for a short period. Maybe her next single will do really well :)
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I wanna buy it it's so ****ing perfect!!!
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