Queen of Hip-Pop
Queen of Hip-Pop is Namie Amuro's seventh original studio album. It was released on July 13, 2005 after four singles and was her most commercially successful effort in five years before Play was released.
Origin of the title
While planning the album, Amuro decided she wanted to create music that would have its most profound effect live. The result is an album that is her most uptempo containing 11 R&B and hip hop songs and only one pop ballad. The term "Hip-Pop" has been coined to the describe the music on the album because of her image as a pop music icon and her transition to R&B/Hip-Hop music.
Packaging and design
The album art theme is that of the Pink Panther. Amuro happened to be a big fan of the Pink Panther cartoon character and wanted to include its image. A licensing deal was struck with MGM studios allowing Amuro to freely use the character in her album artwork and promotion. A special character "Namie Panther" based on Amuro herself was also created as a counterpart to the Pink Panther. Because of the Pink Panther deal, all of the material released for the album has been pink (Amuro had stated in an interview years before that she did not like pink). First pressing packaging of the album included Pink Panther stickers and a Pink Panther styled newspaper containing lyrics for the album.
Podcasts:
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by Namie Amuro
WoWa
by: Namie AmuroLyrics & Music Nao'ymt
ukanai kao shita Boys and Girls
naa naa joutai in da club
sore nara konna Style wa dou?
kore nara mou Don't worry no more
ato kara ato kara On this beat
koe ni daseba hora choushi ii
ato wa sukoshi dake Rum Magic (Rum, Rum Magic)
White-T, Blue jeans saa Gridin'
* (say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
oshiete Where's da "WoWa"
te agete Who's da "WoWa"
(say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
sonna fuu motto "WoWa" (WoWa)
I wanna hear you say "WoWa"
(say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
WoWaWoWaWoWaWoWa
WoWaWoWaWoWaWoWa
ue kara shita e sukima naku
irotoridori Any Type of shoes
sorotte ashifumi narasu Rule
te wo tori wa ni nari Feel so good
kono te no Race nara shoubu ari
Entry shitai nara Shake your body
(3,2,1...Start)
Baby Goal made Come wit' me
* repeat
(WoWa) I can take it to the floor (I can take it to the floor)
(WoWa) Poppin' Poppin', Stompin' Stompin'
(WoWa) I can take it to the floor (I can take it to the floor)
(WoWa) Poppin' Poppin', Stompin' Stompin'
(say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
oshiete Where's da "WoWa"
te agete Who's da "WoWa"
(say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
sonna fuu motto "WoWa" (WoWa)
I wanna hear you say "WoWa"
(say) Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa / Wo-Wo-Wa-Wa
WoWaWoWaWoWaWoWa
sukoshi fun'iki kaete minai?
I can read yo mind, read yo mind, read yo mind, read yo mind
I'mma make u mine, make u mine, make u mine, make u mine
WoWa-WoWa, WoWa-WoWa, WoWa-WoWa, WoWa-WoWa,
Hot 2nite, hot 2nite feel so high, feel so high
* repeat