Kuraki Mai
September 24, 2000 | 1:55 amA few Jpop quick notes. Finally got the new CD by flava of the year, Mai Kuraki. I’ll have to agree with the consensus..Kuraki wouldn’t be nearly as popular as she currently is without the groundwork paved by Hikki-chan last year. There’s almost nothing groundbreaking (or even mildly inspiring) on her CD that would make me think otherwise. I did find shades of something special on the title track, ‘Delicious Way’…someone in that studio knows how to produce a quality song. He must have been on vacation for the rest of the recording sessions. ^^;
Not to say Kuraki doesn’t have talent..she wrote or co-wrote all her own songs and seems to have a decent voice as well as the looks to pull things off. Maybe she needs someone else creating the music. It took Hikki a couple albums to get the right formula too. (Cubic U…Bleh)
Of course being the current flava means not having to prove you’re quality. (Well not until the second album…)
