Mic-a-holic Ai
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| Studio album by Ai | ||||
| Released | July 6, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005; Prime Sound Studio Form, Meguro, Tokyo; Magnet Studio, Tokyo; Real & Beats Studio, Tokyo; Landmark Studio, Yokohama; GiantSwing Studio, Tokyo (inst); Fountain Sound Studio, Philadelphia, United States (inst) | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, Latin | |||
| Length | 53:26 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Universal Sigma | |||
| Producer | Ai (exec.), Yuki Arai, Kaz Koike, Shinki Miura | |||
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| Singles from Mic-a-holic Ai | ||||
Mic-a-holic Ai (stylized as MIC-A-HOLIC A.I.) is the fourth studio album by Japanese R&B musician Ai, released on July 7, 2005. It is the best selling album of Ai's career to date, being released just after Ai's single "Story" became a hit. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for 500,000 shipped copies.
Ai had been signed to Def Jam Japan for three years, after releasing the albums Original Ai in 2003, and 2004 Ai. Ai was seeing a steady increase in popularity, with 2004 Ai selling double her previous album's amount. In late 2004, two project albums of Ai's were released, Flashback to Ai featuring rarity material from her BMG Japan era, and Feat Ai, featuring all of her outside collaborations from 2002 until mid-2004, which also featured a new song, "Hot Spot," which was a collaboration with Uzi.
The first single from the album, "365," released in February 2005, was Ai's first top 20 single. Ai also released the single "Crayon Beats" in April that was the children's anime Crayon Shin-chan theme song, although it is not included in the album. "Story" was released in May, two months before the album.
The album was recorded in 2005, mostly in Tokyo at Prime Sound Studio Form, Magnet Studio and Real & Beats Studio. "Queen" was recorded at Landmark Studio in Yokohama. Additional instrument recording occurred in Philadelphia and New York City in the United States.
The album featured continued production work from previous Ai collaborators 813, T. Kura and 2 Soul, who had all worked together with Ai on 2004 Ai. T. Kura produced three new songs ("If," "Sha La La" and "Sunshine"), while 813 produced "Summer Breeze," and 813 member DJ Yutaka produced "California" on his own. 2 Soul worked on the ballad "Story," as well as Ai's first Latin track, "Passion." Ai worked together with Aquarius on the first single "365," which also featured Aquarius member Deli as a guest rapper. "Another Day" and "Queen" were produced by Icedown, who worked with Ai for the first time on the album.
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