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Originally Posted by jean-baptiste
Does anyone miss her hip-hop songs? I really do, but it's interesting to see how Namie redirected her sound almost seamlessly starting with maybe Uncontrolled? It was definitely apparent Namie's sound had changed with FEEL and was solidified with _genic. I'm sure she'll continue with this predominantly pop sound on her next album (as her singles indicate). I'm wondering how people are liking this change, and if anyone even noticed? I honestly wasn't even conscious of the fact that she'd brought the hip-hop sound to a minimum and then did away with it. I'm glad she can evolve so successfully as a pop act!
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Because hip hop is one of my favorite genres and her hip hop days are what made me such a big fan, I do miss them immensely but its okay I will still find songs to like. Songs like SWEET KISSES and Show Me What You Got are clearly girl songs but they are still some of my highest played songs from her. I didn't like most of the songs from _genic but probably it was because I just wasn't ready for them yet and I really like it now. I do hope one day she makes a return to hip hop.