Japonesque by Koda Kumi, Album Review

• Introduction: Amazing, it's beautiful, filled with oriental influences, GREAT instrumental. I really have high expectations for introductions because it has to set the mood and tone for the rest of the album. This is flawless, and it serves as a great transition to the next song. On some albums, artists tend to just put an intro to simply place an intro, but it has to have meaning. Koda Kumi pulls it off great by adding the few lines she repeats. I LOVE this intro, sounds cool.
• So Nice: Awwwwwwwww yea, sexy Koda Kumi at her best. This has a very sultry, r&b sound, I like it alot, I wish it was longer. MA JAM!!!!! Love it. Blistah and Koda Kumi always have good songs, great chemistry. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! Music video is GREAT.
• Boom Boom Boys: When I first heard the beginning of it, I didn't care so much for the song, but once it got moving, it became addicting. I like this song alot!!!!!! Music video is interesting, she's basically on drugs and partying. You know, I would really want to party with Koda in reality, seriously.
• V.I.P.: For starters, I have ALREADY loved this song. I jam it ALL THE TIME, one of my favorite booty-popping songs from Koda Kumi, it's so flippin' flawless. However, adding T-pain to the album version was ridiculous, his rap served no purpose. Therefore, I don't listen to the album version at all, I just keep the original. Music video is quite awkward for me, so I've only watched it once.
• Slow: This song features Omarion, it's r&b. I like it, quite catchy, I just wish Omarion had more singing lines instead of just the chorus and adlibbing with Koda. I didn't care too much for his rap. The video is pretty good, I loved her white dress, but I didn't care for the end of the world type theme. It didn't work well with me.
• Brave: It's a pretty ok ballad for me, I don't listen to it that much. I didn't feel anything from it compared to Ai wo tamenaide. The music video is beautiful.
• Everyday: At bit more upbeat, I also didn't care too much for it, the music video is ok too.
• IN THE AIR: It's very soothing, also more upbeat but still slow. I enjoy it, the video is very refreshing and beautiful.
• You Are Not Alone(acoustic): AMAZING, I love this, it gets me teary-eyed at times, I also listen to it before I go to sleep. A great song!!!! The music video is just her performing it live.
• Interlude: Also like the intro, however it includes a couple seconds of dubstep, then returns to oriental instrumentals and it sounds more epic to me. It is definitely setting the mood for the rest of the album. Transitions well too.
• ESCALATE: GREAT song, I enjoy it alot. Not my favorite booty-popping song from her but I like it alot. The instrumental is really good. 2nd fav music video from this album, the concept is great!! It's based off of chess, great video once again.
• Love Me Back: At first I didn't care for it while I watched the first couple of seconds of the song, but it's really catchy. "Diamonds, and sapphire,a you, oh my!" is so repetitive so I end up singing that line allllll the time. I like the song alot, but I couldn't watch the video for it was a bit too sexual for me, I can only take so much from Koda but I don't hate her for expressing herself even if it does make me uncomfortable.
• No Mans Land: LOVE IT, though not at first. Once I watched the video, I fell in love with it, GREAT SONG!!! And the video, OMG IT IS FLAWLESS!!!! Visually one of her best music videos, it's beautiful.
• Ai wo tomenaide: It was a beautfil ballad before and it still is. Great music video. Beautiful.
• KO-SO-KO-SO: Pop-ish, addicting, I like it alot. The "ko-so-ko-so" part is very addicting to me lol. The video...Koda Kumi having sex with a female...so I didn't watch it lol.
• Lay Down: MA JAM!!!! It took me a while to figure out what she saying (Layin down the law) because it's still a great song lol. Booty-popping song. I love to blast it in the car.
• Love Technique: I'm normally not a fan of Koda Kumi's cutesy songs, but the video was an exception. I love the song, it's so cute, the video is awesome, it's just like what the song says. Love it!!
• Poppin Love Cocktail: I like to jam it in my car, but I'm not that big of a fan of it. Same for the video.
• All For You: It's acoustic so the video is her singing the song in the studio and that's how the song is. It's soooo beautiful, I love it!!!! Plus she wrote the song from the fan letters she recieves, makes me teary-eyed. I appreciate artists that give credit to their fans, she took the time to read her fan letters and turned a song into them. Amazing.

Overall: Out of 5, I give this a 4.0/5. GREAT album. It has been added to my top Koda Kumi and Japanese albums collection. It's not as great as 'Black Cherry' and 'Kingdom' but, it follows them closely. Everything worked together well, good producers, transitions, videos, I wish 'Say My Name' was added, I realllllly love that song. Other than that, thank you Koda Kumi for providing us with a great album along with videos so you can prepare for the baby now. Can't wait for the remix album.