[Koda Kumi] The 104th Official Thread

[Kingdom]

omfg the driving hits 2 cover is too pretty.

i think i have to get this...

[Beauty4123]

stunning cover!

[RikkuChii]

Kuu is really making me happy this year...well, ignoring the CWGB cover.

The cover..for Driving Hits 2..OMG.

[AyUta]

It IS better than the first one, that's for sure .

[jbrat2219]

Very nice, I'm glad she kept it similar to the first one.

[minna]

the cover is gorgeous!
but I still think it's not a good idea releasing a BDH2...

[LacusClyne]

i seriously don't understand why people think that kuu's [Driving Hits 2] is too much???

if we are NOT talking about sales wise, this is her 10th year and she ONLY had 2 remixes album, but some people kept saying that a lot???
what about ayu???? That's the remix album queen, how many remix album have she got already, MORE THEN 20!!!! Now that is what i would call too many.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

i seriously don't understand why people think that kuu's [Driving Hits 2] is too much???

if we are NOT talking about sales wise, this is her 10th year and she ONLY had 2 remixes album, but some people kept saying that a lot???
what about ayu???? That's the remix album queen, how many remix album have she got already, MORE THEN 20!!!! Now that is what i would call too many.

That might have to do with Ayu's club roots. She's giving back.

I definitely don't think it's too much, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Japanese remix albums. But I still need to hear the first driving hit's! The only song I heard was the BUT remix and that's because it's my ringtone for when my Kuu fanatic friend calls lol.

[Crystal_Ageha]

I don't think two remix albums is too much at all. (As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind if there were a few more..) It's just that, this is already her SECOND compilation album this year, and she'll probably have at least one more... I know it's a huge landmark year for her career and everything, but this would only be cool if she weren't already the Compilation Album Queen, lol. :\ Also, Driving Hits wasn't very good, and not just 'cause a lot of the remixes were [in my opinion] pretty bleh, but also because a lot of them weren't new, either, and two weren't remixes at all. And for me, I also think a few of the tracks were horrible choices--dunno if anybody feels the same, but yeah....
That's why people aren't fully accepting this right now.

[minna]

I also don't think that 2 remix albums is too much.
But honestly, she released Out Works and Driving Hits not too long ago
she just released her 3rd best and now she releases a new driving hits!
All that in one year. I just think she should have wait. That's all...

[jbrat2219]

This kind of makes me wonder what else she'll release this year... BEST album, Driving Hit's... DVDs possibly, but what else? Just singles?

Maybe a 10th anniversary single

[minna]

ahh I wished she would do like the 12 singles, but instead she would do 10 for her 10th anniversary ^^
and that time I would be able to buy them XD (when I discovered kumi it was just after her 12 singles...lol it was too late to buy them)

[ren'ai]

^ simple & lovely

& yep avex are definately going to take the opportunity to milk everything they can from her fans this year, this year they have an excuse for it atleast lol.

Originally Posted by minna

ahh I wished she would do like the 12 singles, but instead she would do 10 for her 10th anniversary ^^
and that time I would be able to buy them XD (when I discovered kumi it was just after her 12 singles...lol it was too late to buy them)

As a reply to your previous post, she released Driving Hit's I exactly a year before DH2 is going to be out so it's not that short of a while ago, she has normal album releases every year doesn't she?

But I find it interesting if you think that's too much but would like a 12 singles project XD I personally hope she doesn't do that. She should do something more original and different than her old single cycles.

[minna]

Originally Posted by Cherrim

As a reply to your previous post, she released Driving Hit's I exactly a year before DH2 is going to be out so it's not that short of a while ago, she has normal album releases every year doesn't she?

But I find it interesting if you think that's too much but would like a 12 singles project XD I personally hope she doesn't do that. She should do something more original and different than her old single cycles.

First, I said I wished. I never said she would do it. I think her 12 singles was a nice project.
Second, if you release 10 singles (1 per week) you don't release something else just after it.
Personally, I would prefer having new songs than having remixes. That's my opinion, I don't really like her remixes.
I never bought OW & DH and I don't plan on buying DH2
I already said it, to me, one year after that's not that long (it's not really short, neither really long)
but again that's my opinion and everyone has its own

[ren'ai]

Originally Posted by minna

First, I said I wished. I never said she would do it. I think her 12 singles was a nice project.
Second, if you release 10 singles (1 per week) you don't release something else just after it.
Personally, I would prefer having new songs than having remixes. That's my opinion, I don't really like her remixes.
I never bought OW & DH and I don't plan on buying DH2
I already said it, to me, one year after that's not that long (it's not really short, neither really long)
but again that's my opinion and everyone has its own

I know you said you wished/would like it to be, I didn't say she is doing it Even though I liked the 12 singles project, to do something similar again is just.. unoriginal and to me, 10 singles in 10 weeks is a lot and you know she would release a BEST~4th w/e~ compilation of them straight afterwards.
I don't like remixes either. I guess for me, 1 year is enough time for her to release a second remix album seeing as she only has 1.

Someone said there may be concern with the quality... I think judging the quality of something is really subjective and I'd say you should first hear the new material before deciding whether it's worth buying or not. That's what I do anyway, not just for Kumi but all other artists that I buy the cds of. If you hear it and don't like it, again, just don't buy it and pretend it doesn't exist lol

and lol @ the Taiwan live cover. Kuu looks nice though. The font.. no

[minna]

I think the cover is nice, to a certain point lol
like the picture is nice, but it's too light
and the JELLY scans look awesome!

Originally Posted by Cherrim

I know you said you wished/would like it to be, I didn't say she is doing it Even though I liked the 12 singles project, to do something similar again is just.. unoriginal and to me, 10 singles in 10 weeks is a lot and you know she would release a BEST~4th w/e~ compilation of them straight afterwards.
I don't like remixes either. I guess for me, 1 year is enough time for her to release a second remix album seeing as she only has 1.

I understand what you mean, but if she decided to do this project again I personally would like it, you don't and that's okay! :] everyone has its own opinion
she wouldn't need to do another compilation (what I mean is that it could be a "special" release)
anyway we'll see what she decides to do for her 10th anniversary~

[emi♡]

I dont mind her release whoring.

Dont buy it if you think it's ridiculous lol

The cover is fantastic I cant wait for the booklet!! man...its just like...everything i liked about the first one, like the colors and concept, but without the ugly crappiness of the first one lol

[ren'ai]

Originally Posted by emiko

Dont buy it if you think it's ridiculous lol

omg thank you. Finally someone who understands. (btw, I loove your avi & sig emi)

I love the DH2 cover It looks better than the 1st but still with the same concept which is awesome. She's so beautiful

[emi♡]

^lol thanks...im in such a simple photoshop phase atm.


i just...i mean we have this discussion every time she releases a compilation album...and i mean, like i just thought to myself now, like...her sales are still high compared to other artists, if avex can get away with it, which they obviously are, they certainly arent losing munny over the releases...then i mean, more power to them right? lol

we get more pictures

[Yumsushi]

Maybe the the concern is the quality of the release? and I say this having bought Driving hits liking of 4 out of the 17 remixes .