3 SINGLES

May 12, 2007 09:52

Went looking around for some new releases the other day and I found gold :D



Artist×J-One
Single×기다리고 있어
Language×Korean
Genre×Pop
Sounds Like×?

o1. 기다리고 있어
o2. Show Time
o3. 기다리고 있어 (MR)
o4. Show Time (MR)

The first track is a lighthearted acoustic ballad. I'm not one for ballads but listening to it the second time around I loved the chorus. Show Time speeds up the single with a really danceable track, but his voice seems overwhelmed by the music (like it's too quiet :/) until the chorus and a brief rap. Not bad for his first single.



Artist×Monkey Majik + Yoshida Brothers
Single×Change
Language×English
Genre×Alternative Rock
Sounds Like×John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, Maroon 5?
(I swear there's one band that really gets their sound but I can't put my finger on it)

o1. Change ★ [PV]
o2. Car Crash
o3. Mr. Postman

I can't tell you how much of a Yoshida Brothers fangirl I am, despite the fact that I was disappointed by their fourth album release. This new single brings their tsugaru jamisen talent into a collaboration with Monkey Majik, a rock band from Sendai. The songs are mostly in English since both vocalists in Monkey Majik grew up in Canada before moving to Japan - you may have heard of them through the duet single Picture Perfect with m-flo. The single starts off fast with Change, getting slower and slower through Mr. Postman. There isn't a song on this single that I don't like, but Change is definitely the highlight with Yoshida Brothers mixed in. It makes you think of Tomoyasu Hotei in Samurai Fiction, or The Bride's fight scene with O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill Vol.1 :x



Artist×B-Boy Maximum Crew
Single×To the Maximum
Language×Korean
Genre×Hip Hop
Sounds Like×?

o1. Battle
o2. To the Maximum
o3. Hustlin' pt.2
o4. Maximum Party
o5. Battle (instr.)
o6. To the Maximum (instr.)
o7. Maximum Party (instr.)

Not actually new (this was released in 2000) but fun to throw out there for the fans of the B-Boys.

Comments = ♥

b-boy maximum crew, monkey majik, j-one, yoshida brothers

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