Namie's coming out with fresh, new, different stuff that actually makes me want to listen to more than once. (repeat) There was only one
maybe two songs I didn't like. (The Meaning Of Us)
With Ayu's NEXT LEVEL, I was like... its "fresh" sounding for Ayu, but it was an okay album. I only really like, "
Sparkle" "
rollin'" "
Load of the SHUGYO" and "
Days". I haven't listened to her album as much as I have Namie's and I've had NEXT LEVEL for
much longer.
With Namie I think she'll continue to give us great music. Everything from Play has been buy worthy and in my top favorites. WILD has been out for months now and I still like it. And the video for WILD pwned Janet's Feedback.
The spacemen bursting out of the walls to get down was awesome! It made me want to jump on screen and join in on the space-dance-orgy.
We'll see what Ayu has to offer in the future, because her recent stuff this year just didn't do it for me. I mean her latest single...
BALLAD was mediocre compared to her past winter releases. "You were..." saved this single IMO.
For me:
Ayu : PAST
>FUTURE
Namie : PAST
<FUTURE
^It disappoints me to say that seeing as Ayu is (slowly becoming was) one of my favorite artists.