The Koda Kumi Rate PART II: WE'RE DONE, for now

One nation
One love
One unity
One world

We're all together now
Are you ready?






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I humbly invite you to participate in what is arguably the pick of Koda Kumi's career. My most beloved tracks in the world are presented in this part of the rate and you would make me a very happy man if you would spend some of your precious time getting acquainted or reaquainted with these.

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That's it. No more stories of finding the love of my life. Just music.

RULES
01 Please rate every single song from 0 to 10 (simple decimals are allowed).
02 You can give one song and one song only the coveted 11.
03 Provide commentary to the songs if you like or feel like it.
04 Submit your results via PM to me, @evilsin!
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We're looking at 77 tracks this turn with 6 of them missing from the Spotify playlist, so feel free to ask me for them if you have a hard time finding any of them. YouTube links are provided where available. Once again I can't suggest enough the blog of the amazing @otenkiame whether you feel like checking the meaning behind the song you've just listened to.

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SPOTIFY PLAYLIST



01 D.D.D. feat.SOULHEAD
02 you
03 Candy feat.Mr.Blistah
04 Shake It Up
05 feel
06 WIND
07 Love goes like...
08 No Regret
09 Birthday Eve
10 Lies
11 Ima Sugu Hoshii (今すぐ欲しい; I Want It Right Now) (Original: SUGAR SOUL)
12 KAMEN feat.Ishii Tatuya
13 Someday
14 A Whole New World / Koda Kumi & Peabo Bryson

15 Get It On
16 Sweet Kiss
17 Boys Girls
18 XXX feat. Koda Kumi / SOULHEAD
19 JOY -meets Koda Kumi / TRF
20 Everybody feat. Koda Kumi / Katori Shingo from SMAP



21 Get Up & Move!!
22 Ningyo-hime (人魚姫; Mermaid Princess)
23 Yume no Uta (夢のうた; Dream Song)
24 Tsuki to Taiyou (月と太陽; The Moon and The Sun)
25 Puppy
26 Koi no Tsubomi (恋のつぼみ; Bud of Love)
27 WON'T BE LONG ～Black Cherry Version～ / ～Red Cherry Version～ / EXILE & Koda Kumi (Original: Da Bubble Gum Brothers)
28 JUICY
29 Candle Light
30 Cherry Girl
31 I'll be there
32 Unmei (運命; Fate)
33 With your smile
34 Milk Tea (ミルクティ)
35 Twinkle ～English Version～/ ～Japanese Version～ / feat. SHOW [2nd PV]
36 GO WAY!!

37 Futari de... (ふたりで...; Together)
38 Asu he (明日へ・・・; Towards Tomorrow)
39 Simple & Lovely / m-flo loves Koda Kumi



40 LAST ANGEL feat.Tohoshinki
41 Amai Wana (甘い罠; Sweet Trap)
42 Himitsu (秘密; Secret)
43 Ai no Uta (愛のうた; Love Song)
44 anytime
45 Under
46 BUT
47 Koi no Mahou (恋の魔法; Magic of Love)
48 Aishou (愛証; Proof of Love)
49 Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto (あなたがしてくれたこと; The Things You Did For Me)
50 Wonderland
51 FREAKY
52 MORE
53 Black Cherry

54 Sora (空; Sky)
55 Run For Your Life
56 girls
57 Come Over
58 Dear Family
59 Bounce



60 TABOO
61 show girl
62 Your Love
63 stay with me
64 This is not a love song
65 Driving
66 Bling Bling Bling feat. AK-69
67 That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie
68 Hurry Up!
69 Moon Crying
70 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
71 Joyful
72 Ai no Kotoba (愛のことば; Words of Love)
73 Venus

74 Once Again
75 Lady Go!
76 Always
77 Winter Bell

IT IS DONE.​

Spoiler: PM-able list

01 D.D.D. -
02 you -
03 Candy -
04 Shake It Up -
05 feel -
06 WIND -
07 Love goes like... -
08 No Regret -
09 Birthday Eve -
10 Lies -
11 Ima Sugu Hoshii -
12 KAMEN -
13 Someday -
14 A Whole New World -

15 Get It On -
16 Sweet Kiss -
17 Boys Girls -
18 XXX -
19 JOY -
20 Everybody -

21 Get Up & Move!! -
22 Ningyo-hime -
23 Yume no Uta -
24 Tsuki to Taiyou -
25 Puppy -
26 Koi no Tsubomi -
27 WON'T BE LONG -
28 JUICY -
29 Candle Light -
30 Cherry Girl -
31 I'll be there -
32 Unmei -
33 With your smile -
34 Milk Tea -
35 Twinkle -
36 GO WAY!! -

37 Futari de... -
38 Asu he -
39 Simple & Lovely -

40 LAST ANGEL -
41 Amai Wana -
42 Himitsu -
43 Ai no Uta -
44 anytime -
45 Under -
46 BUT -
47 Koi no Mahou -
48 Aishou -
49 Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto -
50 Wonderland -
51 FREAKY -
52 MORE -
53 Black Cherry -

54 Sora -
55 Run For Your Life -
56 girls -
57 Come Over -
58 Dear Family -
59 Bounce -

60 TABOO -
61 show girl -
62 Your Love -
63 stay with me -
64 This is not a love song -
65 Driving -
66 Bling Bling Bling -
67 That Ain't Cool -
68 Hurry Up! -
69 Moon Crying -
70 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE -
71 Joyful -
72 Ai no Kotoba -
73 Venus -

74 Once Again -
75 Lady Go! -
76 Always -
77 Winter Bell -

 

The album write-ups:

Best ~second session~
Black Cherry
Kingdom
TRICK​

 

The countdown:

77 A Whole New Wold feat. Peabo Bryson
76 KAMEN feat. Ishii Tatuya
75 Twinkle
74 Everybody feat. Koda Kumi / Katori Shingo
73 GO WAY!!
72 JOY -meets Koda Kumi / TRF
70 (TIE) Puppy
70 (TIE) Candle Light
69 Milk Tea
67 (TIE) Your Love
67 (TIE) Sora
66 Dear Family
64 (TIE) Futari de...
64 (TIE) Asu he...
63 Simple & Lovely / m-flo ♥ Koda Kumi
62 Come Over
59 (TIE) Birthday Eve
59 (TIE) That Ain't Cool / Koda Kumi & Fergie
59 (TIE) girls
57 (TIE) WIND
57 (TIE) WON'T BE LONG / EXILE & Koda Kumi
56 Unmei
54 (TIE) Wonderland
54 (TIE) Joyful
52 (TIE) Tsuki to Taiyou
52 (TIE) Once Again
50 (TIE) Boys ♥ Girls
50 (TIE) Ai no Kotoba
49 anytime
48 MORE
47 Winter Bell
46 stay with me
44 (TIE) Lies
44 (TIE) Koi no Mahou
42 (TIE) Venus
42 (TIE) Ai no Uta
40 (TIE) feel
40 (TIE) I'll be there
38 (TIE) Moon Crying
38 (TIE) Sweet Kiss
35 (TIE) Bounce
35 (TIE) Run For your Life
35 (TIE) Hurry Up!
34 Anata ga Shite Kureta Koto
33 Bling Bling Bling feat. AK-69
32 XXX feat. Koda Kumi / SOULHEAD
31 No Regret
29 (TIE) Yume no Uta
29 (TIE) Himitsu
28 Love goes like...
27 With your smile
26 JUST THE WAY YOUR ARE
24 (TIE) Lady Go!
24 (TIE) Always
23 Someday
22 LAST ANGEL feat. Tohoshinki
21 Koi no Tsubomi
20 Get Up & Move!!
19 you
18 Shake It Up
17 Black Cherry
16 Ima Sugu Hoshii
14 (TIE) Ningyo-hime
14 (TIE) Get It On
13 This is not a love song
12 Candy
11 D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD
9 (TIE) Cherry Girl
9 (TIE) Aishou
8 Amai Wana
7 show girl
6 FREAKY
5 Under
4 JUICY
3 Driving
2 RUNNER-UP
1 WINNER

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Reserved just in case.

 

I'm in!

 

YES, YOU ARE!

 

Excellent, just a couple of Ayu albums left to rate and I am THERE!

 

You're tighter than I expected.

 

Yas, excited!

And good call @evilsin on using three of the best cover shots for the albums!

 

I am ready.

 

That's why I made May 1st the deadline. People are probably finishing up with @send photo's rate.

Oh honey, you are popping your Kumi cherry with this one after all!

It's actually because I used the others for the 2 graphics I've been using to promote the rate...

So glad you're taking part!

 

Will get started on this as soon as I'm done with Ayu. Reading the playlist for Trick brought back fond memories, I used to jam to that album all the time. Joyful, joyful, joyful gree!

 

Despite the happenings of the Namie rate I'm glad you're on board with this.

 

Wait at the first song in this rate literally being called DDD. This bodes well.

Anyway I'm ready to stan Black Cherry x

 

Apparently it stands for 'diamonds, diamonds, diamonds', but you never know with the Japanese. But yeah, in the context of this forrem... quite a title.

 

...yeah not sure how high my Black Cherry average is gonna be.

 

This evening I've listened to, rated and commented on the Second Session era.
I'm still a while away from sending in my Ayu scores for the second part of her rate.
My priorities are a mess, but 12 years on Candy is still that buss destroying bop, so worth it.

I've also narrowed down my 11 to a choice of five songs, so I feel there's some sense of achievement there

 

I discovered Kumi during the Black Cherry era, so my body is READY.

Just gotta get commentary in for Ayu

 

I wonder how it'll do with the people who are less familiar with Kumi. My guess is it will be a pretty polarizing album.

You priorities are... to my liking.

YES.

Good for you! I have a clear 11 in my mind, but revisiting all the songs, I might change it. Who knows. But then again, I love an unconventional 11...

Is it though? Are we ever truly ready for Kuu?

Yes, people. Go vote in @send photo's rate and then come here!

 

I discovered Kumi during the Secret era and I'm sorry to say I hate the Black Cherry album.