Track Listing
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BUMP BUMP! feat. VERBAL (m-flo)
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IZM feat. VERBAL (m-flo)
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BUMP BUMP! feat. VERBAL (m-flo) Instrumental
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IZM feat. VERBAL (m-flo) Instrumental
1. BUMP BUMP! feat. VERBAL (m-flo)
Another collaboration with VERBAL? You know I’m not the biggest fan for him and I still not too fond of his appearance in this song. I’ll admit that BoA is continuing to get better with her A-sides since her floptastic “Vivid” single. I enjoy the saxes and the dance style here and it mixes together very well. BoA isn’t showing as much attitude like she was in “Eien”, but it’s passable. It might be one of BoA’s better releases as of recent IMO.
2. IZM feat. VERBAL (m-flo)
Ugh, I do not want VERBAL under stupid auto-tune. IZM feels like an emptier version of BUMP BUMP! since they have sax parts and similar flow. IZM is slower though and showcases BoA’s vocals quite a bit more. I’m thinking that this song was showing BoA in a more sexier light and it kind of works because the music is pretty chill and I liked hearing BoA singing.
I’m happy BoA finally released something in Japan because both her American album and the “Eien” single was starting to get overplayed for me. While BoA likes the R&B genre, I don’t think she’s ever had this good of a single in quite a while. I still dislike VERBAL being part of the song because he was actually the worst thing idea, but whatever. This single is good!
this song would have been soooo much better without the autotune. I know autotune is big in the US right now… but why does Japan have to follow? D=
It’s not like Verbal was just being featured in a song for BoA, he produced both Bump Bump and IZM (or co-produced IZM I should say along with another DJ). So the saxes, beat, etc. it’s all Verbal along with the rap. He wanted to make a song that he felt showcased BoA’s vocal style and frankly I think he succeeded with both songs despite the crappy auto-tune in the 2nd one. Other than that, I thought Bump Bump is definitely one of BoA’s better singles and didn’t mind his rap at all, especially the homage he payed to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock re: It Takes Two (circa 1988) in the opening rap. It’s basically a direct response to the first set of lyrics in the song. He also sampled the “Yeah!” you hear in Bump Bump from that song as well. So even if you don’t care for his rapping, at least acknowledge his production work.