Quote: Amai, I find myself agreeing with you, not so much in terms of appearances, but in terms of Utada's musical integrity. I think her music is just sterling and 100 percent the best right now, and all she needs is further introduction to folks to have as fervent a mass following here in the Americas as she has in Asia. I strongly worry that her American record company, Universal International, is overly invested in that incredibly awful American Black Rap Music so, they are trying to co-opt or corrupt her style, her sound, her integrity by repeatedly pairing her with these rap musicians, as they did with several recent songs. She might want to follow Madonna to that new model for recording artists, or just promote herself without the new Universal record company. I think they do not have her fans or her own interest at heart, merely their own. P.S., Ice Cube was interviewed on American TV - I saw it twice now - advising he liked "corrupting" Japanese youth like he does American youth. I like some of his stuff, but I don't like that attitude.