[2005] Vote for the BEST AMURO ERA !

[UHPlus]

here's her releases in each period:

90's TK POP 1995~1997

singles:
Body Feels EXIT
Chase the Chance
Don't wanna cry
You're my sunshine
SWEET 19 BLUES
a walk in the park
CAN YOU CELEBRATE?
How to be a Girl
Dreaming I was dreaming

albums:
SWEET 19 BLUES
Concentration 20
181920 singles collection


Comeback R&B 1998~2002

singles:
I HAVE NEVER SEEN
RESPECT the POWER OF LOVE
toi et moi
SOMETHING 'BOUT THE KISS
LOVE 2000
NEVER END
PLEASE SMILE AGAIN
think of me/no more tears
Say the word
I WILL
Wishing On The Same Star

albums:
GENIUS 2000
breaks the rules
LOVE ENHANCED single collection


SUITE CHIC Hip Hop Style 2002~now

singles:
SUITE CHIC - GOOD LIFE/Just Say So
SUITE CHIC - “Uh Uh ......” feat.AI
shine more
Put 'Em Up
SO CRAZY
ALARM
ALL FOR YOU
GIRL TALK/the SPEED STAR
WANT ME, WANT ME
White Light/Violet Sauce
CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK/Ningyo
Baby Don't Cry
FUNKY TOWN
60s70s80s

albums:
STYLE
Queen of Hip-Pop
PLAY
BEST FICTION

[Coelacanth]

I'm going to say the TK era, it was the most influential. Almost every song on 181920 is a classic. I do love her new hip hop style too, but it doesn't really compare to her really old stuff. As for the R&B era, I don't like too many songs from that era, definitely her worst.

[MsMiyabi]

SUITE CHIC Hip Hop Style love all her works but her new things I can't stop listening to.

[ssj_montse]

90's TK POP 1995~1997... No doubt, for me is THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! And then the comeback era, I love many songs from those periods.

[Peachilicious]

Definitely the Suite Chic Hip Hop (or Pop) Style for me... although I do like a lot of the songs from the Comeback period (like Love 2000, my first Namie song which I still love). What I would love the most though is another Suite Chic album.

[nmskalmn]

This is how I'd rank the eras:

1. Comeback R&B 1998~2002
2. 90's TK POP 1995~1997
3. SUITE CHIC Hip Hop Style 2002~now

[Lumix]

Hip pop style.

[Annabelle]

Originally Posted by Phantoma

I'm going to say the TK era, it was the most influential. Almost every song on 181920 is a classic. I do love her new hip hop style too, but it doesn't really compare to her really old stuff. As for the R&B era, I don't like too many songs from that era, definitely her worst.

Completely agree. I love her dance-eurobeat works. She was at the peak of her success, almost as popular as Ayu is today. It's my favourite by far. The R&B-popish era was plain boring but you had some awesome singles such as PLEASE SMILE AGAIN, NEVER END and RESPECT THE POWER OF LOVE. I like her new R&B-Hip Popish style... it suits her well. But to me it dosen't compare to her days when she was produced by TK. When Avex was just a wannabe record label with only techno/dance/eurobeat artists (Namie, globe, ELT, hitomi).

[ssj_montse]

Originally Posted by Annabelle

Completely agree. I love her dance-eurobeat works. She was at the peak of her success, almost as popular as Ayu is today. It's my favourite by far. The R&B-popish era was plain boring but you had some awesome singles such as PLEASE SMILE AGAIN, NEVER END and RESPECT THE POWER OF LOVE. I like her new R&B-Hip Popish style... it suits her well. But to me it dosen't compare to her days when she was produced by TK.

Absolutely right. In the middle of 90s she was a superstar, and today she's far from her success with TK at the beginning of her career.

[Mirai Noah]

I love her songs from the TK era. Not that don't love her songs now, but her TK era was the best.

[Calico]

Dangit, I meant to vote for "now", but I hit "comeback" instead.

I like all of her eras, although probably "now" the most. Mostly because that's what I first started listening to, and I think that the style just suits her more.

[~mapi~]

For me it would be:

1. Comeback R&B 1998~2002
2. 90's TK POP 1995~1997
3. SUITE CHIC Hip Hop Style 2002~now

I really like her GENIUS 2000 album. ^O^

[jerms]

i voted for "come back r/b" only caues i like the songs you listed the most. i have no idea what that means though, cause i don't really look into namie, just have a few songs and her dvd.

[Teh Rii-Sama]

I'm glued to the TK era. XD "Stop the Music" and "Dreaming I was Dreaming" = <3

[Mad_Cactuar]

hehe I dont really know her, I know she called Ayu a Make Up Monster or something like that... I heard her song Girlfight though.. It sounded like a Missy elliot song...

[Nyshal]

Originally Posted by ~mapi~

For me it would be:

1. Comeback R&B 1998~2002
2. 90's TK POP 1995~1997
3. SUITE CHIC Hip Hop Style 2002~now

I really like her GENIUS 2000 album. ^O^

completely agree with all that ^_^ Genuis 2000 is still my absolute favorite CD of hers.

I love all of Namie's music... but I don't think her stuff now compares to her stuff from back in the day....

[leafyamazaki]

I became a fan during her 'Comeback R&B' "era" so that ranks no.1 to me.

[marty518]

I've only been a fan since Fall 2004 (I met a girl at college who loved her), and that was during the last era. The first songs I heard of hers were "the SPEED STAR" and "Alarm," and I loved them both from the first time I heard them!! Her new stuff is much more original than the cheesy pop songs she used to release.
I think if Namie could sing perfect English, her songs would be popular in America. I think the same with Koda Kumi.

[Cyria]

SUITE CHIC Hip Hop. The other two eras have great songs but they also have songs I just can't stand, so in the end I chose her current era since the albums have fewer tracks I skip when I'm listening to them.

[† Lynn †]

hip hop style definetly!!!
she's perfect singing^~