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Shiina Ringo would have been better than Utada and Hamasaki but she wouldn't have been as successful, especially since she went off and did more of what she wanted to do and less the path of mainstream j-rock/jazz/pop.
Tokyo Jihen wasn't so bad at first, I was really hurt by Adult though. It wasn't that great.
I think Utada is near Shiina Ringo. They both kind of do their own things.
Exodus was a good album. I wouldn't knock it. I mean it's not a Japanese album nor was it intended for the Japanese. She did a great job on it and tried something new. The only thing I regreat about that whole album was the whole "I'm a Japanese girl in America" vibe. Easy Breasy was okay until you got to the Japanesey line.
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