namie's FUTURE vs ayu's NEXT LEVEL

[rookies]

Namie.

[AyUta]

I go with Namie on this one.

[mcluva420]

Namie!!!
what a coincidence on how the titles have the same concept :O

not counting Ayu's upcoming album thats gonna be released in the future..
Ayu's "NL" seems to be slightly dimming & Namie's FUTURE is brighter ~ in music that is.
but atm, i have higher hopes for Ayu now ^^

[Hanabi_surreal]

Namie won... her songs in the last years are getting better and better

I can's hardly say that about Ayu (sorry Ayu u.u) but since 2 years ago her carrer get stocked imo.

[nanakopy87]

argh....i wanna vote for ayu but i accidentally vote for namie's T_T

[TITANIC]

Namie of course. more uptodate. Ayu still have her old style song such as Days, GREEN, Rule.

[adrtwb]

My only answer NEXT LEVEL from ayu.

[2Hurt]

I voted NEXT LEVEL

[Earth_maiden]

namie's FUTURE

[dreamland2.0]

hmmm I like the direction Namie is going. Ayu will always impress me so I always look forward to what she puts out. I haven't been a fan of Namie for as long and I like her current music style so I'm looking forward to what she does next.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT AN ALBUM VERSUS POLL.


If some people is voting for their fav album they are WRONG.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT AN ALBUM VERSUS POLL.


If some people is voting for their fav album they are WRONG.

Thanks for reminding me that before I jump to vote. Cuz if we're voting which album is better, I dun think I will vote on either.

I dun think I will count myself as a namie fan. I didn't really focus on her music that much until probly PLAY came out. I only liked a few songs before that. But I gotta say she did make herself a really good transition. The music choice she's doing rite now, and the fashion she's doing rite now are pretty attractive to the general public. I dunno if she's changed her music direction as I didn't follow her much. But rite now she should be the most successful female artist in Japan rite now.

Well.. for ayu... I've been her fan since 1999. I think I will say... her music stage has been stuck at the same place since er... 2006? Even tho I appreciate that she's trying something fresh in NL (actually it's not that fresh.. it's just a revisit of LOVEppears), I still think she needs to evolve a bit more. I know she doesn't wanna change her direction as much as she did before (yeah she was pretty dynamic back in the old days), still she should try something fresher.


So.. at this moment, I'll pick Namie (even tho I love ayu MUCH MORE).

[Crystal_Ageha]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT AN ALBUM VERSUS POLL.


If some people is voting for their fav album they are WRONG.

Oops... I didn't vote completely based on that, but luckily....I still feel the same for what I voted, hah.
I feel they both took a pretty big step into something new for THEM, but for music in general, it's both surprisingly mainstream. :\ But because Ayumi still has that Ayu-feel to it, and because she didn't sell herself out, I still stand by my vote for NEXT LEVEL.

[NintendoHTF1242]

PAST<FUTURE is a LOT LOT better than NEXT LEVEL

[Handjan]

Namie

[Baernash]

Namie. She's really good since beginning of her career and she's evoluate all the time to make better, more mature music. Ayu stuck with one style and she's repeating over and over the same old melodies. All her changes are to "worse" and that's the point why she's loosing fans since "MY STORY". Ayu's my fave j-pop singer and I have big sentiment to her, but honestly there are better singers making better music than she's doing now.

[emi♡]

I trust namie more.

Ayu isn't doing anything new...We even just got our standard winter single lol

Ayu's schedule seems to do more with the schedule she's always had and avex's fiscal year and the type of songs she's creating isnt really changing...even if she changed the instruments she's utilizing.

Not that I'm not happy she's discovered there's more instruments than just drums, guitar, and keys...


But uh, I'm quite disappointed with the both of them tbh. Both of the albums were underwhelming...and their futures in music looks uninteresting.

[Minttulatte]

I voted Namie but I have gotten used to Nekku so much I like that now actually pretty much. I have to confess that it wasn't a easy decision. And I won't say anything else of this fact because I'm lazy.

And by the way I thought Ayu was winning this poll but she wasn't. wow. o.o

[Corvina]

Namie.
Ayu's music isn't the same like some years ago, that's true, but I'm much more disappointed with her "new" music (NEXT LEVEL mostly). And now we're back to the "usual" winter ballad.

Namie on the other hand did something very new to her (electro influenced music, much more layered and diversed music etc.) and it turned out great! I got so easily boredwith most of her older music, cause it's so repetetive most of the time. I still don't like 2/3 of her discography. But I love her new album ( minus the repetetive songs again). I truly think Namie will stay the highest selling and most popluar female singer the next years.

[Not~Yet]

Hmm, I'll vote for Ayumi. Her music is still emotional and deep, whereas Namie's music is pretty much just the basic feel-good stuff and sexy lyrics, and a huge part to me personally in music are exactly the emotions and lyrics..

In terms of music, PAST < FUTURE surprised me as it grew on me after just few listens (at the few first I totally hated it lol) and I rarely really like the r'n'b-electro-dance music. But I have to agree with who said the arrangements on that album are not really original, but I enjoyed (most of) them nonetheless because they still managed to bring the Namie sound to them. But, I don't see myself listening to this album much in the future, maybe that's just like I said that I need something deeper.

NEXT LEVEL, then. I hated it at first too lol. But then one day it just clicked, and now I love it. What I like more about this album is that it has so much diversity and isn't just same elements recycled from song to song while still keeping the big picture. For me, NL is somehow so simple but so awesomely complicated at the same time: if you overall think about the songs they are very simple but if you really listen to them with your heart they get so deep and distinctive. Oh and the album makes me feel insanely good. Also You were.../BALLAD is great imo.

Ayu's (imo) amazing tour also brings points to her, but it's hard to compare since Namie hasn't yet had done a tour since P<F... It's kinda hard to compare their "next levels" otherwise than just the albums because Namie's album was just out. :/