[Album] J-Pop: An Introduction (and discussion)

Originally Posted by Rollins

The new m-flo album "m-flo inside -Works Best II-" came out on the 26th and its quite a treat....

After listening through WORKS BEST II once, I actually decided not to buy it. Not that it's not awesome, but like you said, there's a lack of new music, and this J-Pop stuff gets expensive, so I have to be a little picky. ^_^ But listening to it did motivate me to pick up their first album, Planet Shining (i already have EXPO EXPO, ASTROMANTIC, and BEAT SPACE NINE), and buy some other assorted m-flo songs on iTunes Japan (Lotta Love, the original version of Summer Time Love, and their early single Mirrorball 2012... and I'll probably be buying up some more of their B-sides soon).

The one song I painfully miss from not buying WORKS BEST II, though, is Can't Stop Lovin' You (BBBB feat. Emi & Verbal). It's not on iTunes anywhere, and I'm not at all a big enough BBBB fan to go buy that album, so for now I'm stuck without it. It's so catchy and different though! But I couldn't justify spending $27 just for that one song, so... I'll live. :P

But anyway, m-flo has been becoming more and more my favorite artist, (especially now that Do As Infinity has disbanded). Sticking m-flo's 4 albums together on shuffle is an experience unlike any other... the genre hopping is mind-blowing, and it keeps their music from ever getting old. I hope their 2007 album keeps things original with the "m-flo loves...". I think ASTROMANTIC did a lot better job at keeping things fresh than BS9 did. The latter had pretty good variety, but nothing as far out there as Uchuu no Woah Woah (with BBBB) or Cosmic Night Run (with Nomiya Maki & CKB) or the classy Life Is Beautiful (with DOUBLE and TOKU). Anyway, I'm interested to see who they'll love on next. =)

oh man, I haven't been to GFF in forever... ^_^;

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