Leah Dizon - Vanilla (no instrumentals/iTunes VBR)

01. Vanilla (4:02)
02. LOVE SWEET CANDY (4:30)
03. Kanashimi to Egao no Naka de (悲しみと笑顔の中で) (3:22)

OH, FUCK YES! She's improving like there's no tomorrow (sorry for the weird expression, but it's true). I never liked her but since the release of her debut album, their releases are awesome. What the fuck happened with that creepy and terrible voice she had? It sounds so much better now. Even the songs. I've been stuck on Vanilla since when the PV was out. She looked amazingly pretty on the video as well as on the covers so I decided to give it a try (Love Paradox was the first single of hers I liked too). Vanilla is simply cute and perfect. The beat, her voice, everything fits perfectly. Such a powerful cute-summer song. LOVE SWEET CANDY is a good B-Side. The groove which is in it calls my attention. But well, just another cutesy b-side. What really cought my attention after Vanilla (TOTALLY) is this song: Kanashimi to Egao no Naka de. People call it the new Softly, but this one is pure perfectness if compared to Softly. SIMPLY FUCKING AMAZING. No, really, I wouldn't ever expect on this world that I'd like this song, since it was called "the new Softly". Pretty good single. It beats Love Paradox (well, it hurts me, coz I love Love Paradox so much but Under the Same Sky wasn't THAT amazing tho .-.). And just don't care that it hasn't instrumentals, the single is in CD RIP.

220kbps VBR / iTunes v7.6.1.9
19.19MB

download: single @ sharebee
ranking: ♥♥♥♥★




Aya Kamiki - Kimi Sarishi Yuuwaku (320kbps/iTunes v7.6.2.9)

01. 君去りし誘惑 (Kimi Sarashi Yuuwaku)
02. Whenever you're gone Today
03. 君去りし誘惑 (Instrumental)

She could've been better. I used to be fan of hers since the release of Ashita no Tame ni, but this single is so blah. Their earlier singles were too much better. This ANOTHER rockish song, which reminds me anime openings and endings. I should say that I hate animes and everything that reminds me this makes me feel pretty bored. Well, if you like animes and rockish-anime-a-like songs, get it, for sure.

320kbps / iTunes v7.6.2.9
24.13MB

download: full single @ zshare
ranking: ♥♥★




Hitomi Shimatani - WAKE YOU UP / Ame no Hi ni wa... / Marvelous (128/320kbps)

01. WAKE YOU UP (3:59)
02. 雨の日には 雨の中を 風の日には 風の中を (5:00)
03. Marvelous (4:02)

Simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.! I was really disappointed with all her releases since Shinku, which was pretty blah. Neva Eva was fine though, but nothing SOOO good. This 3 A-Side single is really something that I didn't expect. Ame no Hi ni wa... was the first song to leak (the only one with full PV). It sounded so fresh and such a cute song for summer. I played it almost 120 times, according to my Winamp, WOW! And now, here are WAKE YOU UP and Marvelous. WAKE YOU UP is a beat-up song with makes me think about the mixture between Shinku, ANGELUS and Falco. It is REALLLY REALLY REAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLYYYY perfect. No way to say how much I love it. And Marvelous makes me think about the mixture of Camellia and Camellia (?). It is another Camellia, but not so good enough. Anyway, still pretty good for me. That chorus "KIMI WA MARVELAAAAAAS / YUME WA MARVELAAAAAS" makes me cum (j/k). It is sooo... sooooo good to hear. I totally recommend it. TOTALLY. You sucker if you don't download this XD

17.90MB / credits to Andre
128/320kbps

download: full single @ sharebee
ranking: ♥♥♥♥♥




Hitomi Shimatani - Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo (320kbps)

01. Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo (5:00)
02. Ameoto ~Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Zenya~ (4:32)
03. Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo <SMOOTH RAP version> (5:00)
04. Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Kaze no Hi ni wa Kaze no Naka wo (Instrumental) (5:00)
05. Ameoto ~Ame no Hi ni wa Ame no Naka wo Zenya~ (Instrumental) (4:31)

If you didn't know this, be knowing this now. Ame no Hi ni wa... has it's own single! Ain't that great? The single is a collaboration between Shimatani and a poet which the name I forgot. The song is the same but it has a B-Side, which is quite forgettable though. But it's good. Sounds like a non-generic version of Ai no Uta. Anyway, the rap version of Ame no Hi ni wa... sounds great. The rapping in the middle of the song sounded quite fine, for me. Forgettable single, but good. That's all.

49.35MB / credits to Andre
320kbps

download: full single @ sharebee
ranking: ♥♥♥




Kuroi Meisa - Like This (192kbps / Digital single)

01. Like This (3:21)

She was an actress and a model and now is signed on Sony Records. If you never heard about her, you must give her a chance. Well, I can say something to raise her popularity on this post: SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD A CRUSH WITH KAME ON ONE GOSPEL POUND! XD This song is one of the hottest ones on the year. It is dangerously hot. HOT HOT HOT pure hotness. And really catchy. Totally recommended. <3

192kbps / 44KHz
4.60MB

download: full song @ zshare
ranking: ♥♥♥♥★




Crystal Kay - Namida no Saki ni (320kbps)

01. 涙のさきに (Namida no Saki ni)
02. Girl Move On
03. Dream World SOIDOG MIX
04. 涙のさきに SOIDOG MIX
05. 涙のさきに INSTRUMENTAL

WHAT YOU DO? WHAT YOU DO? Kono saki ni! This song is omfg. Well, this single at all is OMFG. The song... I really have no words to explain how much I love it. It is like my favorite song of Kuri. Girl Move On is just another R&B b-side but OMG, SHE SINGS IN SPANISH TOO. It's so good to hear a language that you're almost fluent on the songs, lol. The remixes are quite good too. I don't have so much words to explain it, but it's one of my favorite singles of the year. Recommended!

320kbps / LAME 3.98b
44.82MB

download: full single @ sharebee
ranking: ♥♥♥♥★



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Tohoshinki - Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattandarou? (192kbps/HQ PV Rip)

01. どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう? (3:13)

Since the dorama version for the PV was out I decided to rip the audio. The audio from the WMV version of the video was WMA64kbps, so I decided to try it (if you don't know, WMA64kbps is almost 170kbps on MP3). The audio seemeed a little noisy so I tried to remove them. I removed all the noises I found, I removed the 24 seconds silence in the beginning, I removed the bells on the ending and added a small silence in it. I equalized the audio and remastered it at the maximium too. About the song, I REALLY REALLY (fucking) love this song. My most played song of 2008 for now. It reminds me Thelma Aoyama's Soba ni Iru ne, btw.

192kbps / 44KHz PV RIP
5.12MB

download: fullsong @ zshare
ranking: ♥♥♥♥♥





01. 東京日和 (Tokyo Biyori)
02. message.
03. Hum a Tune
04. 東京日和 (Instrumental)
05. message. (Instrumental)

Yes, fanboyness dies sometimes. I've been expecting something (really) new from Tomiko since the ending of 2006 and is that all? Tokyo Biyori is a pretty song, but it's a big BLAH to fans of DAI like me. message. makes me think about her lazyness. Is she that lazy or her producers? I don't know. Hum a Tune is a good song, but IT'S A COVER. COVER. I'm tired of covers come from her. TOTALLY.

192kbps / LAME3.97
32.63MB

download: full single @ sharebee
ranking: ♥♥♥