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Koe Ni Dekinai
is a song recorded by Japanese R&B singer Toshinobu Kubota for his sixteenth studio album, '' Gold Skool'' (2011). The song was released on September 28, 2011, as the second single from the album. Background "Koe ni Dekinai" was written, composed, and produced by Kubota. It served as the theme song for the 2011 Japanese film ''Yoake no Machi de''. The English version of the song appears on the album '' Gold Skool''. The Japanese version of the song appears on Kubota's compilation album '' The Baddest: Hit Parade''. The B-side, "Koe ni Dekinai (Yoake no Machi de version)", is the version of the original song featured on the soundtrack of the film ''Yoake no Machi de''. The limited edition of the single included a DVD featuring an acoustic performance of the song, with Depapepe is a music group originating from Japan. The acoustic guitar duo is composed of Takuya Miura (born 5 April 1983) and Yoshinari Tokuoka (born on 15 July 1977), who formed in 2002. They made their maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshinobu Kubota
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and radio personality. He has produced six million-seller records and thirty-three Top 40 singles during his career. Kubota is currently part of Sony Music Japan. In addition, he has composed and written songs for many singers including Hiromi Iwasaki, Misia, Toshinori Yonekura, Kyōko Koizumi, and many other recording artists. Kubota's musical genre has varied throughout his career including R&B, Go-go, soul, funk, blues, reggae, old skool, psychedelia, jazz, and pop. His artistic influences include Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Sly Stone.Toshi Kubota Interview Hip Online. Retrieved 19 May 2012 Kubota has pioneered in the sound " |
Gold Skool
''Gold Skool'' is the sixteenth studio album of Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota, released on August 3, 2011. The album charted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums chart and remained on the charts for total of 18 weeks. The album sold over 78,124 units in Japan. Release and promotion In collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Mastersix Foundation, Gold Skool was first released in Japan on August 3, 2011. On the same day of its release, a limited edition of the album was released, which featured an exclusive DVD. The album debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart and remained on the chart for total of eighteen weeks. Gold Skool also charted at number 7 on the Oricon Monthly Albums chart and at number 79 on the Oricon Yearly Albums chart, selling over 33,000 copies in its first week of release. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry. Its subsidiaries include the Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid '90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as ''Roujin Z'' from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' animated series. Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, Tofu Records. Releases of So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagareboshi To Koi No Ame
"Nagareboshi to Koi no Ame" is a song recorded by Japanese contemporary R&B, R&B singer Toshinobu Kubota for his sixteenth studio album, ''Gold Skool'' (2011). Background On July 13, 2011, "Nagareboshi to Koi no Ame" was released as the lead single as his sixteenth album Gold Skool. The song charted at number 15 on the Oricon Daily Singles and number 24 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart, selling 2,727 copies in the first week of its release.Kubota Toshinobu Note: This is a tag search from the website. Oricon Live Journal. Retrieved on October 7, 2012 "Nagareboshi to Koi no Ame" also chart at number 7 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. It is noted that Kubota name checks several of his previous songs including "Candy Rain", "Goddess", "Sunshine Moonlight", "Niji no Grand Slam", "Never Turn Back", "Keep on Jammin'", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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