namie's FUTURE vs ayu's NEXT LEVEL

[Crystal_Ageha]

Lol, we all knew this was coming...


Okay, I actually think Amuro's album is very good (for me, it's her best, besides STYLE), as far as it has a lot of variety and is pretty balanced at the same time. And I really love FAST CAR. The Meaning Of Us, Bad Habit, COPY THAT and SHUT UP are also pretty good. However, some of the tracks are extremely blugh (like Steal my Night, Defend Love and WILD D: ), and I don't like how many of the songs are very repetitive (like LOVE GAME, or SHUT UP and COPY THAT, specifically, which is what ended up ruining them for me x_x'). I also don't like that she has officially gone off into another direction of music style, simply because her hip-hop doesn't sell and she wants her popularity back. :\ Also, it feels like this album will get old pretty quickly (which takes it down a point D: ). But despite everything - because even though I only really like one song, I can see why some people would like the others, and I respect the fact that this is still a much better album than a lot of them - I still give PAST<FUTURE 7.5/10.

Now, please believe, I am not being biased because she's one of my favourite artists, but NEXT LEVEL is actually definitely in my top five favourite Ayumi albums, at the least, and I think it's a great album. I feel this was such a good album because of, again, variety (from GREEN to Sparkle to Rule to Days--wow :O), but also because every song brings something special to the album. The only song I don't absolutely love is rollin', but I still like it. But, the amount of interludes really bothers me, so that automatically takes down the otherwise perfect score - which, it's perfect because not only do I love all the songs and they still haven't gotten old (for me, at least), but because I feel there's literally something for everyone. :\ I give it a 9/10.