man, I know pretty much all of you caught wind of this already. I keep forgetting to put it up. But anyways, as you might have already known, the famed duo, Verbal and Taku of m-flo, are releasing a new BEST album TOMORROW (July 26, 2006).



m-flo Works Best Album
『m-flo inside -WORKS BEST II-』
2006.7.26 Release
rhythm zone
RZCD-45410～1
￥2,940(税込)

( Tracklist )

★Newly recorded

Official Website

It has Namie's "Fish" in it...man, that song is OLD (I love it though).

PRE-ORDER m-flo Inside -WORKS BEST II- now!

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~MitsuiSelphie @ LJ
J-Urban Music Joint

I know I've made YA-KYIM fans out of some of you. Well I've got good news for you then ^^

YA-KYIM (Yurie, Alisa and Miku) will be releasing an album entitled "Keep Ya Style" on August 02, 2006.


Keep Ya Style
YA-KYIM
Release date: August 2, 2006
fellsa!!
Hands Up
-DJ KAORI Shout Out-
Supafly
Skit-MC RYU & DJ AGETETSU-
STYLES feat.SIMON,NORISIAM X,WISE,GS（DOBERMAN INC.）
May-99
-ia Shout Out-
Someday
Like I do

The Hands Up PV was already launched and here's a PV rip for y'all.

Hands Up (PV rip)
YA-KYIM

If you want to get the PV, surf over to controlle.net

For YA-KYIM's first album, "Still Only One", go here

PRE-ORDER "KEEP YA STYLE"!

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~MitsuiSelphie @ LJ
J-Urban Music Joint

As I've said a few days ago, Rum and Jewels of Heartsdales are breaking up.

Check out their webbie: http://www.heartsdales.net/060620/index.html

Apparently, their show on September 2 in Shibuya O-East is going to be their final live performance.

Here is a translation of the message courtesy of Made in Paradise:


“Thank you for supporting us for 5 long years.
Up until now, we’ve released a lot of works as Heartsdales.
After the release of our fourth album Ultra Foxy, we had a chance to talk about which way are we heading hereafter.
And we’ve decided to end it after our live on September 2.
It may be the end of Heartsdales, but we both agreed that we should head on and try new things.
We’re very thankful for your support. Thank you!
We can’t see where we’re going from now,
but we might meet again as different artists in the future.
When that time comes, please support us again!!

Love Always,
Jewels & Rum”

So sad...I can't say I'm a big fan of theirs, but yknow, I still feel the pain of their fans as fellow J-Urban listeners. But who knows, they might produce better albums as individual artists. Things like this happen, just like when Lisa left m-flo. Sometimes, an artist's gotta do what an artist's gotta do and all we fans can do is support them and watch as they spread their wings and venture into unchartered territory. I can't say it would be in everyone's favor, but we gotta live with it.

Now, let's wish Bennie K won't break up or it might be the end of candy hip-pop.

~Sylphie