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Old 18th February 2008, 12:31 PM
Nicolas Nicolas is offline
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While its good that its R&B influences are recognised I do have to say that ourselves is not 'rock' in the slightest. Its an R&B pop song with an Arab-pop flavour that was in all likelyhood inspired by Kiss Kiss by Holly Valance and other similar songs during the start of the R&B/Arab-pop crossover of 2003. The trend is, if anything, still ongoing - Amuro Namie's done several. Other good examples are songs by Beyonce such as Baby Boy, Naughty Girl and Beautiful Liar sung with Shakira. Ayu's was just a little less overt.
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