25 Song Meme

Okay I wanted to do this for a while every since I saw it on one of my favorite fanfiction writers(miracleshining)livejournal. Here it goes:You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! You can then tag your friends if you want to do this game with them.

1. "Hello" by HYDE
2. "Zero to Adjustment" by Vanness Wu
3. "Vibrant Thing" by Q-Tip
4. "Lovin' U" by KAT-TUN
5. "Close to You" by Maxi Priest
6. "Already One Year" by Brown Eyes
7. "Bu Chao Yong Hua Qian(High Fashion)"by JJ Lin
8. "Baby its You"(remix) by JOJO ft. Bow Wow
9. "GirlFriend" by Se7en
10. "Girls" by Se7en ft. Lil Kim
11. "You" by Mike(solo) from Golf & Mike
12. "How Deep is Your Love" by Dru Hill ft. Redman
13. "How do you Sleep" by Jesse McCartney ft. Ludacris
14. "Me Time" by Heather Headley
15. "epilogue" by Tackey & Tsubasa
16. "Monologue" by Se7en
17. "Bad Day" by Miura Daichi
18. "Always(english version") by Big Bang
19. "Namida no Saki ni(Beyond the Tears)" by Crystal Kay
20. "Pinky" by Jin Akanishi
21. "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts
22. "Ain't no Sunshine" by Bill Withers
23. "You're the One" by SWV
24. "Someday for somebody" by Kazuya Kamenashi
25. "Danger" by Mystikal

I'm surprise with what pop out, but people can see that I'm very open to listen to different kind of music. Oh yea, if you like reading fanfiction about the korean groups Super Junior and TVXQ you should check out miracleshining stories. (http://miracleshining.livejournal.com)

Fast & Furious and TVXQ(DBSK)

Now I had to write something about this. It has been on my mind for a while. It all started when I went to the movies with my boyfriend to see Fast & Furious(a good movie). I was just sitting there enjoying the movie and then I hear it. It was during a chasing scene that we first see Paul Walker's character. Now I thinking my ears must be playing games with me. I thinking to myself was that TVXQ song Rising Sun that I heard. Now after I thought that I started to think maybe it is the song and some other artist did some kind of remake. It has always been on my mind since then and was wondering if I was the only one who spotted it. So when I finally bought the movie on dvd(I know I'm late) last week I watch the end credits and finally got my answer. It was them and I'm telling you I let my little fangirl came out at that moment(I don't let her come out that much). If you look at the Wikimedia page on their song Rising Song you can see that is says the same thing. This also remind me that I have to do a post just for TVXQ soon.

Total (R&B group)

Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records during the mid-1990s. the New Jersey R&B trio Total made their first appearance singing the hook on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut single, "Juicy". Garnering attention for the new group, they were also featured on the original version and "Hip Hop Remix" of his next single "One More Chance". They then immediately hit the studio with Bad Boy Records CEO Sean "Puffy" Combs and began work on their debut album. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.

While recording their second album, they appeared on numerous top ten singles, including LL Cool J's "Loungin'/Who Do U Love?", Foxy Brown's "I Can't", and Mase's "What You Want" and Pam sang the chorus to the massive "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.. The group also released another single, the Missy Elliott and Timbaland track "What About Us" from the Soul Food soundtrack. When they bought out their second album, Kima, Keisha, and Pam, it debuted to strong reviews, sales, and was certified gold by the RIAA. The first single, another Missy Elliott collaboration, "Trippin'", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

After the release of Kima, Keisha, and Pam, the girls sang the chorus to legendary rap duo Gang Starr's 1999 single "Discipline" and in 2000 they were featured on the Tony Touch single "(I Wonder Why) He's the Greatest DJ". They also contributed to the songs"Crave" to 3 Strikes (film) and the songs "Quick Rush" to ""Bait (film) movie soundtracks.

In their last official appearance together they were thanked in the credits for their collaboration with Da Beatminerz and Talib Kweli - Anti-Love Movement in 2001.
Currently Keisha Spivey got married to actor Omar Epps in 2006 and is living in California. They have daughter K'marie(July 2004) and son Amir(Dec 2007)together; as well as Omar's daughter Aiyanna Yasmine(00) with ex wife Yusra Salama. Pamela Long still lives in New Jersey. She is also a member of Agape Family Worship Center in Rahway, NJ and what is known about Kima is that she did a track that featuring her sister, rapper Vita, called "What U Want", was leaked in 2008, Total have no interest in pursuing to reband.

Discography:

Total (1996)

Kima, Keisha, and Pam (1998)


(Got this information from Wikipedia.com. So if some information is wrong I am sorry.)

Total is one of my favorite r&b groups from the nineties. I love they sound and would love to see them get back together. They are what you truly call a girl r&b group. Don't get me wrong I like some of the stuff that some of the girl groups put out today but nothing can beat r&b groups like Total and other r&b groups I will put up later. I was kind of young when they were out but I was old enough to know good music when I heard it. Some songs I love by them are Can't You See, Kissin' You, Do You Think About Us, and Trippin'. My favorite album by them is they self-titled album Total.

Amuro Namie

Amuro Namie(安室 奈美恵) is a Japanese singer, dancer, and former child actor/singer,who was born in Naha, Okinawa on September 20, 1977. She was raised solely by her mother, Emiko Taira. Namie is one quarter Italian.

She did not have ambitions to become a performer early in life; she wanted to become a flight attendant. However, at the age of twelve, while visiting a friend, Amuro was discovered by Masayuki Makino, the owner of Okinawa Actors School, a performing arts school. Amuro eventually joined the school; after only two years of study, Makino placed her at the age of fourteen in an idol group called Super Monkey's with five other girls. They debuted in September 1992 on Toshiba-EMI. Though mostly unsuccessful, the group gained popularity during their final year together with the single "Try Me: Watashi o Shinjite" (1995). Aside from the group activities, she had bit parts in television dramas and small films. Amuro left Toshiba-EMI after releasing two more solo singles; she continued her music career as a solo singer with the then-small independent label Avex Trax. Under the guidance of producer Tetsuya Komuro, Amuro quickly became a commercial success, producing several million-selling records and starting several fashion trends.

Amuro's debut single under Avex, "Body Feels Exit", was released in October 1995 after she switched record labels. The single was the first produced from her working relationship with producer Tetsuya Komuro. A second Komuro-produced single, "Chase the Chance" was released two months later. It become her first number-one, million-selling single. She won the Golden Arrow Award 1995. In the first half of 1996, Amuro accumulated million-selling singles - "Don't Wanna Cry" and "You're My Sunshine". Her studio album Sweet 19 Blues, released on July 22, 1996, was a commercial success, selling over three million units. Amuro's popularity increased as well: she became a fashion icon, starting a trend called Amuraa characterized by tanned skin, dyed hair, miniskirts and boots. Her single "Can You Celebrate?" (1997) became Japan's best selling single by a solo female artist. However, in late 1997, Amuro put her career on hold to focus on her pregnancy and engagement.

She returned to music in 1998 after the birth of her son named Haruto with the number-one single, "I Have Never Seen", but faced slowly declining sales. in December she worked with Komuro for the last time on a "Lovin' It", a single released as part of Avex's Song+Nation charity project. The single featured hip-hop artist VERBAL of the group M-Flo. She unofficially severed ties with Tetsuya Komuro in 2001, shortly after taking on the project Suite Chic that would transform her from a pop idol to a R&B artist. In July 2002, Amuro was divorced from Maruyama. From December 2002, fully immersed into the Japanese R&B scene releasing music in the musical project Suite Chic, she collaborated with several of Japan's popular hip hop and R&B artists such as Verbal, Zeebra, Dabo and DJ Muro. They released two singles, an original album and one remix album before ending the project in 2003. She later said that after the project she had begun to do what she had wanted to do.

Amuro returned to solo activities on her own with the single "Shine More", released on March 6, 2003. The subsequent single "Put 'Em Up", released on July 16, 2003, was produced by Dallas Austin. On October 16, 2003, the double a-side single "So Crazy / Come" was released. "So Crazy" was written by American R&B producers Full Force. "Come", used for the Japanese anime InuYasha, was a re-arranged song from Sophie Monk. At the end of the year, she released her first original studio album in three years, Style. On April 6, 2005, she released the single "Want Me, Want Me". The song was a well-received hit at home debuting at the number-two position. In May 2005, following a three year split from her former husband Sam, it was reported that she would take back full custody of their child, Haruto. In August, it was reported that she officially did that. On May 29 of that year, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for the fourth consecutive year in a row. She received two awards, "Best R&B Video" and "Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist", making the first artist to receive awards four years in a row at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan. She took home the "Inspiration Award Japan" in 2002, "Best Collaboration" in 2003, "Best R&B Video" for 2004, and 2005 as well as "Most Impressive Performing Asian Artist" in 2005.

On July 13, 2005, she released her sixth original studio album, Queen of Hip-Pop. In collaboration with MGM Studios, Amuro used the Pink Panther character in the album; a female panther counterpart was created for the album as well. When the album was completed, Amuro said that she had not been able to sing the songs very well yet. Also, after the production of the album, she became a selfdubbed "Queen of Hip-Pop". Her 7th studio album, Play, was released on June 27, 2007. The album includes 12 songs, 4 of which are single tracks. The album was said to reflect Amuro's new style, and featured a rock number, and a chic slow song. One of her new songs, "Top Secret" was used as the theme song of the drama series Prison Break Season 2 in Japan. Play took the number-one spot on the Oricon Weekly Chart Rankings, becoming her first number-one album in more than 7 years, with her last number-one occurring in 2000 with her album, Genius 2000. It is also her fourth studio album to reach the number-one position. Play spent two consecutive weeks at the number-one position. From August 18, 2007, to February 27, 2008, she performed her concert tour in Japan Namie Amuro Play Tour 2007-2008 which consisted initially of 53 performances but was increased by 12 performances to 65 performances, making this her biggest tour in terms of number of performances by far.

On July 30, 2008, Amuro released her third greatest hits album Best Fiction. It featured all her singles from 2002's "Wishing on the Same Star" to the recently released "60s 70s 80s". It also featured 2 new songs, "Sexy Girl" and "Do Me More". "Sexy Girl" was the theme song for NHK drama Otome no Punch that aired on June 19, and the other called "Do Me More" was the campaign song for Vidal Sassoon. Best Fiction sold 681,000 copies on the first week and debuted at the number-one position on the oricon weekly charts. Within its third week, Best Fiction outsold a million copies, and Amuro became the only artist who produced million-selling albums in the oricon chart for three decades of her teens, twenties, and thirties. Best Fiction eventually spent six consecutive weeks at the number-one position, becoming the first album to do so in more than 14 years since the Dreams Come True's 1993 album Magic. Best Fiction became the second best-selling album behind Exile's Exile Love on the Oricon 2008 yearly album charts. In addition, it became the second best selling digital-format album by Japanese artists behind Hikaru Utada's Heart Station on the iTunes yearly album charts in Japan. Best Fiction won the award for "the best album of the year" at the 50th Japan Record Awards.


Over a decade since her musical debut, Amuro has remained one of the longest surviving popular female acts in Japan. She is the only Japanese female artist to have achieved a Top 10 single each year for fourteen consecutive years. She also continues to successfully combat social stigma as a divorced, working, single mother.

Discography:

1995: Dance Tracks Vol.1

1996: Sweet 19 Blues

1997: Concentration 20

2000: Genius 2000

2000: Break the Rules

2003: Style

2005: Queen of Hip-Pop

2007: Play

Compilation albums:1996: Original Tracks Vol.1, 1998: 181920, 2002: Love Enhanced Single Collection, 2008: Best Fiction

(Got this information from Wikipedia.com. So if some information is wrong I am sorry.)

Amuro Namie is my all time favorite Japansese singer. I got into her later than she debute, but she is still one of my favorite singers in any country. Some songs that I love of hers are Wishing on the same star; So Crazy; Hello; Can't sleep, Can't eat, I'm sick; Baby Don't Cry; and Rock Steady and many more. My favorite albums from her are Style and Play. If a person would like to try her out ,the album to get is her compilation album called BEST FICTION.

Wang Lee Hom

Wang Lee Hom was born Alexander Lee-Hom Wang on May 17, 1976 in Rochester, New York, and is the second among 3 sons. He attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, then Pittsford Sutherland High School in the town of Pittsford. Wang graduated from Pittsford Sutherland with high honors. As a Undergraduate he attend Williams College, where he graduated with honors, majoring in music and minoring in Asian Studies. He continued his studies in a Graduate School named Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in their Professional Music program, with voice as his principal instrument.

In 1995, during a summer trip to visit his grandparents in Taiwan, Wang's music talent was discovered. His debut album Love Rival Beethoven (情敵貝多芬) was released by Decca Records in the winter of 1995, and received little limelight. During the time he was there Lee-Hom was asked to leave his college study to pursue a full time singing career in Taiwan. Wang insisted to stay on to finish school, and at the same time, he was able to convince Decca Records to include some of his own writings in his next album. One of his writings became the title song or zhuda (Chinese: 主打; pinyin: zhǔ dǎ) for his second album If You Heard My Song (如果你聽見我的歌). Wang continued his study at Williams College, and released Missing You (好想你) during winter break of 1996 and White Paper (白紙) during summer of 1997. His music breakthrough did not come until a year later in 1998 when Revolution (公轉自轉) was released after his graduation from Williams.

After graduating from college, Wang was able to devote his full attention to his music career. He signed with Sony BMG Taiwan and released his fifth album, Revolution (公轉自轉) on August 21, 1998. The album became a huge success and won him numerous notable awards including Best Producer of the Year and Best Male Vocalist of the 10th Golden Melody Awards in 1999. He was just 23, making him the youngest person ever to win the award in either of the two categories.

After his album Revolution his future albums were also huge success. Wang Lee hom had established himself as one of the most important, influential, and prolific artists in Chinese music, never repeating himself, Wang continued to invent and experiment with new sounds and voices. He has also coined the term "chinked-out" music to describe his music, which is heavily influenced by traditional Chinese music.

Lee-Hom musical style ranges greatly from album to album. Although he is classified as an R&B artist, Wang demonstrates competence with many styles of music ranging from traditional Mandopop, Broadway, jazz, rock, R&B, gospel, acoustic, Indipop, hip-hop, to rap. Much of the styles were infused with Chinese and Western flavor at the same time. Although he did not begin learning Mandarin until he was 18, Wang is now fluent in the language (including reading and writing) and has written most of the lyrics for his songs. So Wang lee-hom can speak English, Mandarin, French, bits of Cantonese & Japanese. Wang plays over 10 musical instruments. In his albums and live concerts, he can be heard playing piano, drums, guitar, bass, violin, vibraphone, erhu, xun, and more.

Since 1995, Wang has contributed in over 25 albums, and has sold approximately 15 million records. In addition to his music, Wang also participated in several films, he is also an environmental activist.

Discography:

Love Rival Beethoven (1995)

If You Hear My Song (1996)

Missing You(1996)

White Paper(1997)

Revolution(1998)

Impossible to Miss You(1999)

Forever’s First Day(2000)

The One and Only(2001)

Unbelievable(2003)

Shangri-La(2004)

Heroes of Earth(2005)

Change Me(2007)

Heart.Beat(2008)

(Got this information from Wikipedia.com,so information might not be all that right. Also from Leehom Wang US & Canada Fanclub at http://www.homsweethome.com/)

Wang Lee Hom is one of my favorite Taiwanese singing artist. I love his music(can't understand it but love it anyway...lol). What makes me like him more is that he is not scary to try out different musical styles. I love how he always have different types of sounds for his music. I love all his albums... well the ones I have but my favorite ones are Heroes of Earth ,Shangri-La ,and Unbelievable.

Nas

Nas was born Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones(September 14, 1973)in Long Island City, Queens, New York. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara and Postal Service worker Fannie Ann Jones. He has one sibling, a brother named Jabari Fret who assumes the alias Jungle. Nas began writing rhymes at the age of nine. His neighbor, Willy "Ill Will" Graham, influenced Nas's interest in hip hop by playing him records. Although he dropped out of middle school, he managed to attain a high degree of literacy that are prominent in his lyrics. As a teenager, Nas enlisted his best friend and upstairs neighbor Willy "Ill Will Graham" as his DJ.

In 1991, Nas performed on Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque", establishing himself as a teenage prodigy. In mid-1992, Nas was approached by MC Serch of 3rd Bass, who became his manager and secured Nas a record deal with Columbia Records the same year. Nas first went by the nickname Kid Wave before adopting his more commonly known alias of Nasty Nas. Nas made his solo debut under the name of "Nasty Nas" on the single "Halftime" from Serch's soundtrack for the film Zebrahead. The single increased the buzz surrounding Nas and when MC Serch's solo album was released later in the year, Nas’ standout appearance on "Back to the Grill Again" only intensified interest. Hailed as the second coming of Rakim, his rhyming skills attracted a significant amount of attention within the hip-hop community.

Nas's debut album Illmatic, was released in 1994 on Columbia Records. Illmatic was critically acclaimed and would go on to be widely hailed a classic. It was the first album awarded Five Mics from The Source. It also featured production from Large Professor, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, L.E.S. and DJ Premier, as well as guest appearances from Nas' friend AZ and his father Olu Dara. The album spawned several hit singles: "The World Is Yours", "It Ain't Hard to Tell", and "One Love". Shaheem Reid of MTV News coined Illmatic as "the first classic LP" of 1994, Nas performed the song "One on One" for the movie Street Fighter. In 1995, Nas did guest performances on the albums Doe or Die by AZ, The Infamous by Mobb Deep, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Raekwon and 4,5,6 by Kool G Rap.

In the late-'90s wake of the Notorious B.I.G.'s assassination, Nas reigned atop the New York rap scene alongside few contemporaries of equal stature . In addition to his endless stream of hits by the industry's most successful producers — "If I Ruled the World" (produced by the Trackmasters), "Hate Me Now" (Puff Daddy), "Nas Is Like" (DJ Premier), and "You Owe Me" (Timbaland), among others — he popularly co-starred in the Hype Williams-directed film Belly (1998) alongside DMX and contributed to the soundtrack. Furthermore, Nas led a short-lived supergroup of New York rappers known as the Firm (also comprised of rappers Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature, with producers Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters) and assembled a broad coalition of fellow Queensbridge rappers for the QB Finest compilation (2000).

Discography

Illmatic (1994)

It Was Written (1996)

I Am… (1999)

Nastradamus (1999)

Stillmatic (2001)

God's Son (2002)

Street's Disciple (2004)

Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)

Untitled (2008)

(Got some of this information from Wikipedia.com and allmusic.com. So if some information is wrong I am sorry.)

Nas to me is one of the most lyrically rappers out there. His work shows why people believe he is one of the best rappers in the game. Nas came out around the early 90's. During that time I didn't really care that much about music. I have to thank my big brother for getting me into hip hop. Without him I won't have thought about Nas back went I was younger. His best albums to me are Illmatic(1994), It Was Written(1996), Stillmatic(2001) ,Hip Hop Is Dead(2006), Untitled album also was known as N*gger (2008)

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), who performed under the mononym Aaliyah (pronounced /əˈliːə/), was an American recording artist and actress. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Born of African and Native American descent, she was the second and youngest child of Diane and Michael Haughton. Her first name means "highest, most exalted one" in Swahili. She has a older brother named Rashad. At an early age, she appeared on Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. At age 12, Aaliyah was signed to Blackground Records by her uncle, Barry Hankerson. He introduced her to R. Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. Age Ain't Nothing But a Number introduced a "street but sweet" style that became her trademark throughout her career, followed by two additional albums, One in a Million and the eponymous Aaliyah.

In addition to Aaliyah's commercial success, collaborations with Timbaland helped shape the sound of R&B in the later half of the 1990s. She also modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, appeared in a Victoria Secret ad and starred in two films, Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned, before she and eight others died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001 after filming the music video for the single "Rock the Boat". Since then, Aaliyah has achieved commercial success with the singles "Miss You" and "I Care 4 U". She became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 based solely on airplay alone with "Try Again".

In 2000, Aaliyah landed her first major movie role in Romeo Must Die. A loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Aaliyah starred opposite martial artist Jet Li, playing a couple who fall in love amid their warring families. It grossed $18.6 million in its first weekend, ranking number two at the box office. In addition to acting, Aaliyah served as an executive producer of the Romeo Must Die soundtrack, where she contributed four songs, including her first U.S. chart-topper, "Try Again". The soundtrack went on to sell 1.5 million copies in the United States

Aaliyah has been credited for helping redefine hip hop in the 1990s. Her second studio album, One in a Million, became one of the most influential R&B albums of the 1990s. Ernest Hardy of Rolling Stone dubbed her as the "undisputed queen of the midtempo come-on".

Discography:
Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (1994)

One in a Million (1996)

Aaliyah (2001)

(Got this information from Wikipedia.com)

Aaliyah is my all time favorite singer. I love all her songs. She will be truly miss in the music entertainment scene. Some songs I love of hers are Try Again, One in the Million, Are you that somebody, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, If Your Girl Only Knew, and many more. You can say I love all her songs. My favorite album from her is One is a Million.