Comments on: Who is Utada?

By: Diabolical

Diabolical — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:57:44 +0000

I actually don’t like her voice at all so I can see why she only sold 30K albums in the US.

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:57:13 +0000

yeah, she’z hot. the song featuring Foxy Brown is old, but still hot. i love the diversity she brings. united statez is so bland….kinda like white people’s cooking.

By: Misa

Misa — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:04:04 +0000

OMG it’s soo cool that you posted music of Utada’s. Ever since the Kingdom Hearts soundtrack which had a remix of Simple and Clean (SHOUT OUT TO THE GAMERS AND ANIME FANS), I’ve been hooked. Sanctuary is my jam. I’ve been playing her songs since the first KH (circa 2002). B you are the best!

By: /-\Alexander/-\

/-\Alexander/-\ — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:36:16 +0000

I’ve been listening to this girl for years! Everything she touches turns into international gold. But B…you should really check out another Japanese artist named Crystal Kay…the girl is half Black and Korean but was raised Japanese, and she is REALLY is the Janet Jackson of Japan. Check her out on youtube…my favorite song of hers is “Ex-Boyfriend”.

By: Mz_Synful_n10tionz

Mz_Synful_n10tionz — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:35:36 +0000

I frikkin luhv her ! Sanctuary is my shit ! ..

By: Hey Hey

Hey Hey — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:14:28 +0000

I love it!!!
“I still remember..”
Gotta go overseas to get some play nowadays though

By: Maashallah

Maashallah — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:29:06 +0000

Ive been a fan of hikki from 2002. I prefer her japanese stuff because the lyrics are so much deeper and so are the vocals. However check out the bloodshy and avant remix of you make me want to be a man. its great!

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:59:48 +0000

No offenses to you Bscott…I love you…the song/video just stank….I love love love you….Ive seen every single video of yours…you are the coolest dude out there…I love love loveeee you. Sorry about the other comment…once again no offense meant.

By: Marina

Marina — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:57:22 +0000

Pretty Gay!!! WTF? Hahahaha.

By: HH

HH — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:45:18 +0000

I’m part Japanese and also from New York and I’ve been a fan for some time…I have all her muzac!

By: MzWoods

MzWoods — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:30:53 +0000

and that duet w/ne-yo was wayyyyy better than the mary j blige one because i like mary but she didn’t even try to blend with his voice and ended up sounding off key when they were singing together

By: MzWoods

MzWoods — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:24:42 +0000

love her! got into her after her “Sanctuary” song for the Kingdom Hearts game and have tried to listen to all her other stuff since. Japanese music is the way to go cuz the stuff we have out here now kinda sucks

By: Seattle Slim/The Beatniks

Seattle Slim/The Beatniks — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:09:43 +0000

LOL people def sleep on Utada. She was on my MP3 player/CD Player from back in 2002/2003 when I first heard her Simple and Clean remix and original track for the Kingdom Hearts video game.

By: roderick

roderick — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:44:39 +0000

OMG! I LUV UTADA!!! Thats my BITCH lol ^^ i have every cd she ever made, i know every song english or japanese. I LOVE HER!!!!!!

By: robby792811

robby792811 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:27:50 +0000

I think it’s boring…

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:43:59 +0000

B, Good look on the Utada post. I have been a fan of hers for YEARS. She has such a beautiful voice. I like all of her stuff, but I will admit that all of her best work is her Japanese hits (and English versions of her Japanese hits).

Exodus…eh. As much of a fan of Utada as I am, I’ll admit it wasn’t her best work. It’s a GOOD album, don’t get me wrong. But like Janet Jackson’s “20 Y.O.” and Mariah Carey’s “Charm Bracelet”, “Exodus” is an album that Utada fans (and there are a lot of us, internationally) would enjoy and buy but isn’t nearly as good as the work that defines her.

By: SAY WHAT :0

SAY WHAT :0 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:48 +0000

oh just saw the “easy breezy” vid, don’t like, sorry Utada.

By: SAY WHAT :0

SAY WHAT :0 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:32:44 +0000

she’s not really all that to me but i do like the beats of her songs!!

the “Do You” duet wit ne-yo was a no-no. but Exodus 04, the workout was cool. (the other ones wouldn’t come up:(

But i did look her up on imeem, and her song “my little lover boy” is hot!!!

By: karla

karla — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:55:23 +0000

Ive been a fan of Utada for YEARS! I must say, her japanese material is absolutely beautiful.
you should definitely check out “automatic” (B. i’m SURE you’ll ADORE this track)http://youtube.com/watch?v=G2yLG0zifnc
“first love” http://youtube.com/watch?v=6uNDdaqdIGo
“Flavor of Life (ballad version)” http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJdPqcvtqE8
and “sakura drops” http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ABZXw50YR4
just to name a few of her astounding songs!

By: Jeremy A.

Jeremy A. — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:03:07 +0000

I love Utada Hikaru. Her songs are beautiful in Japanese and English. Plus I am an anime fan. lol

By: andy

andy — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:46:48 +0000

utada’s japanese alubm are fabulous too her vocals are better in the japanese songs though she’s really great live too
watch her performance live of one of her songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZs2pMPZ0A

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:40:04 +0000

It’s really sad that Exodus only sold 30k in the US but I fell in love with it when it was released! Her voice is really pretty too.

By: Tiff B

Tiff B — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:14:30 +0000

I love Utada!!!!! I have all of her albums, even the ones in Japanese!

By: FerryBerry

FerryBerry — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:55:13 +0000

I LOVE me some Hikki now. I’ve never had a chance to hear By Your Side and I’m loving it. Thanks for giving me a chance to finally hear it.

I think there were two reasons why her album didn’t do good here. The first was obviously lack of promotion. I found out about her randomly on the net. The second was the album itself. She already had quite a few die hard fans in the States. Which is pretty much most of the people who got her album. Even they admit that Exodus wasn’t that good. I agree even though I went out on a whim and got her album despite disliking Easy Breezy. Eventually the album did grow on me but not until months after I made my purchase.

By: Avisjay

Avisjay — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:40:34 +0000

The thing is that the Record Industry isn’t ran by musicians or lovers of music. It’s ran by lovers of MONEY! There’s few Industry professionals that know a hit when they here it. Thats what make a Clive Davis so extraordinary, because he’s a Lawyer that knows talent when he hears it. Thats why they hire a Jay-Z, La Reid, J Depree and the likes because they don’t know music (especially R&B and Hip-Hop), and purchase someone to find the next hit for them! If your in the industry you hear so much that you know is gonna blow, then …..poof, it’s thrown to the side. That’s why producers that have one hit still get work because in their mind, “he made that one song that sold millions, maybe he can do it again?”. Then it happens! But not because it’s a good track, but because they control what gets pushed (a better artist may have been pushed to the side)! Very few Radio Stations break new records, they’re in cohoots with the Labels. That’s why you can listen to a song, go in the store for 45 minutes, come out and the same song is starting to play again! Or, change the channel and the same song is playing. You notice in some cities with 2 or 3 R&B/Hip-Hop stations, they all seem to have the same playlist! They know “you may not like it now, but after the 100th time you heard it, YOU’LL LUV IT!”. This is the thinking, no one wants to lose money, so they make money together. Does that means new music suffers, new trendsetters suffer, of course! The Music Industry is about making money, not MUSIC! Music is just the means to achieve that goal.

By: nay nay

nay nay — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:49:02 +0000

By: Kai1980

Kai1980 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:33:00 +0000

did she really say i’m japaneesie lolol. If I heard the words right from that video…. that is what she said. Hecke naw

By: Enzempiro

Enzempiro — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:26:07 +0000

Simple & Clean is my shit B!!!

the lyrics are so freakin’ smooth.

“Simple & Clean is the way that your makin’ me feel tonight.”

omg so dope.

But whats sad B is that most people don’t listen outside of:

BOOTY BUTT CHEEKS BOOTY BOOTY BUTT CHEEKS.

But thank you so much for bringin’ her up.