Queen of Hip-Pop
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| Studio album by Namie Amuro | ||||
| Released | July 13, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | On Air Azabu Studio, Baybridge Studio, Rojam Studio, Plaza Studio | |||
| Genre | Hip-pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 52:21 | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Producer | T.Kura, Michico, Nao'ymt, C. "Tricky" Stewart, SUGI-V | |||
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Queen of Hip-Pop is Namie Amuro's seventh original studio album. It was released on July 13, 2005 after four singles and was her most commercially successful effort in five years before Play was released.
While planning the album, Amuro decided she wanted to create music that would have its most profound effect live. The result is an album that is her most uptempo containing 11 R&B and hip hop songs and only one pop ballad. The term "Hip-Pop" has been coined to the describe the music on the album because of her image as a pop music icon and her transition to R&B/Hip-Hop music.
The album art theme is that of the Pink Panther. Amuro happened to be a big fan of the Pink Panther cartoon character and wanted to include its image. A licensing deal was struck with MGM studios allowing Amuro to freely use the character in her album artwork and promotion. A special character "Namie Panther" based on Amuro herself was also created as a counterpart to the Pink Panther. Because of the Pink Panther deal, all of the material released for the album has been pink (Amuro had stated in an interview years before that she did not like pink). First pressing packaging of the album included Pink Panther stickers and a Pink Panther styled newspaper containing lyrics for the album.
"ALARM", "GIRL TALK", and "WoWa" were used in TV commercials for the LUCIDO-L hair products. Amuro appeared in the three ad campaigns.
"ALL FOR YOU" was the theme song of the popular Japanese drama "Kimi Ga Omoide Ni Naru Mae Ni"
"No" was later used to promote the "Space of Hip-Pop -namie amuro tour 2005-" DVD
In the Hindi film "Darling", in the song "Aa Khushi Se Khud Khushi Kar Le", the first few opening lines are from the song "WANT ME, WANT ME". It also has the same sitar sample.
Before the announcement of the album, the title track, "Queen of Hip-Pop" was used as a commercial jingle for Chevrolet Suzuki Cruze automobiles.
Four singles were released before Queen of Hip-Hop. The first, "ALARM", released in early 2004, is her first (and to date, only) single to miss the top ten. Despite the low sales, "ALARM" became a popular hit in Japan and she performed the song at the 2004 MTV Video Awards Japan.
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