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^Well, the woman for sure is talented... And the first album of any pop act will always sound a little generic cuz the artist didn't had the time to grow up... Hikki (and Ayu, and Namie) had a successful image, but she never limited herself to it (what seens to be common on jpop, more even than western music)... She didn't limit herself to be the "r&b dream girl", she tried new things, got good and bad responses and even now, she keeps changing her style not only to sell, but also in order to not getting stucked on a "Hikki Image" having a generic "Hikki music"...
From times to times she releases generic stuff in order to sell, but the good sales of those generic music pay her good creative music =)
(and I believe it's the same with Namie and Ayu, the 3 lastest jpop female singers since Seiko Matsuka to become living legends)
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