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Dia My Story(1 Carat)

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Dia is a young artist that you definitely need to listen to. She has a powerful voice and knows how to control it. I was introduced to her through Mardi with her single Another Boy. My Story is Dia’s debut album featuring singles Another Boy and Cry Cry, from her mini album of the same name, and new songs ‘It Rained All Day’,’온세상에 눈이 내리면’/

This is another collaboration post, with guest writer Mardi( from Luminosity)! Since she was the one to introduce me to Dia, I thought it would be a good idea to ask her thoughts of her favorite under rated. Mardi’s part is in green and my part is in black. Continue reading Dia My Story(1 Carat) →

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BoA Identity

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I think in almost every BoA review, I compare her voice to this album. BoA made her comeback to Japan with Identity, an album that she produced after her attempt in the US.

Identity debuted at #2 on the daily Oricon albums chart with 14,023 units sold in its first day and at #4 on the weekly chart with 37,606 copies sold, making it her first Japanese album that did not chart to number 1, ending her streak of studio albums debuting at #1 on the Oricon weekly charts. “Identity” also became BoA’s only studio album to not reach over 100,000 units sold and not receive certification.

-Wikipedia! Continue reading BoA Identity →

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Clazziquai Mucho Punk

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Classical jazz,funk and group Clazziquai went on a short break for Alex to release his solo album ‘My Vintage Romance’ and Horan to join project group Ilbadi and release Never Ending Story. The group came back together in 2009 to produce Mucho Punk.

I have been listening to this group every since I first heard Romeo and Juliet on We Got Married. Mucho Punk kept that techno fun that Clazziquai is known for and took it to a more modern level. Continue reading Clazziquai Mucho Punk →

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Big Bang Since 2007

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Remember when Big Bang and DBSK were the dominating groups in K-pop? The good ol’ days without autotune and people actually singing. Anyways, I like the original R&B sound that Big Bang had like with this album instead of their latest Japanese singles that are pretty much an autotune fest.

Big Bang debuted with ‘Since 2007’ , a album with heavy R&B influences. It was mostly written by G-Dragon, but he also had some help from the other members. The album was released December 2006. It sold 110,408 copies and reached the number 1 spot on the weekly charts. Continue reading Big Bang Since 2007 →

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Clazziquai Color Your Soul

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Clazziquai is a acid jazz,house, electronica, easy listening band that have fresh beats from DJ Clazi along with smooth vocals from male lead Alex Chu and female lead Horan Choi.

“Be My Love” and “She Is“, were featured in the Korean hit television drama, My Lovely Samsoon. Clazziquai’s second album, Color Your Soul, charted #3 in the Kyobo Hot track list, as well as #5 in the Hanter Album chart list.Released September 22,2005. Continue reading Clazziquai Color Your Soul →

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Xiao Yu Classmate Xiao Yu,That’s Me

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Yay! First Taiwanese artist on the site, the adorable R&B singer Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu is like a super artist. He can rap, sing, writes for other artists and he’s good looking. In 2003, he was studying while he joined a production team and worked on vocal arrangements, backing vocals and rap for artistes like: Andy Hui, Elva Hsu, Awaking, Alex Toh, Vivian Hsu, Vicki Zhao, Kenji Wu, Nicholas Tse, Twins, i.n.g, Joey Yung, Jiang Mei Qi, Danson Tang etc.

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G-Dragon Heartbreaker

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G-Dragon, the leader of hip-hop group Big Bang , finally released his solo album written by him. He faced a bit of criticism with some saying his title track sounded like American rapper Flo-Rida’s ‘Right Round’.

He teamed up with his fellow labelmates(Cl and Dara of 2NE1,ncluding Jin Jung, Teddy and KUSH) as well as veteran singer Kim Gun Mo. DEspite the claims his album was number one on the charts!

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Namie Amuro Past> Future

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PAST<FUTURE is Namie Amuro’s 8th album and it was released on December 16, 2009. The album reached #1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and sold 522,343 copies.

I just really started listening to Namie  after reading so many reviews about her having amazing music and I wanted to broaden my Japanese music ( also at the time, K-pop started getting boring). Continue reading Namie Amuro Past> Future →