What's Goin' On Ai
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| Studio album by Ai | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006; Prime Sound Studio Form, Meguro, Tokyo; Real & Beats Studio, Tokyo; Dojo Studios, New York City; Very Cherry Studios, New York; TamStar Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo; Sony Studio, Tokyo; Bunkamura Studio, Tokyo (strings) | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, soul | |||
| Length | 49:02 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Universal Sigma | |||
| Producer | Yuki Arai, Kaz Koike, Shinki Miura | |||
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| CDJournal | (favorable) |
| Hot Express | (favorable) |
| Listen Japan | (favorable) |
| What's In? | (favorable) |
What's Goin' On Ai (stylized as What's goin' on A.I.) is the fifth studio album by Japanese R&B musician Ai, released on September 27, 2006. It was released after the successful ballad single "Believe," and the upbeat R&B song "I Wanna Know."
After Ai's 2005 ballad "Story," Ai reached national fame, receiving a three million ringtone certification and performing the song at the New Years music competition. Her first single after Mic-a-holic Ai was a ballad in a similar vein to "Story," called "Believe." The song was used as the drama Team Medical Dragon's theme song, her first song to be used as a drama theme song. The single debuted at number two, her highest position to date.
A month before the album's release date, Ai released a second single before from the album, the R&B dance song "I Wanna Know." It was used in a TV commercial for Pepsi Nex.
What's Goin On Ai features a much wider variety of producers than Ai's previous albums. Previous album collaborators include T. Kura ("Music," "Love Is..."), who has worked with Ai since 2004, as well as DJ Yutaka ("Believe," "No Way") and Icedown ("Mirai"), who both worked on Mic-a-holic Ai (2005). Ai worked with DJ Watarai on the single "I Wanna Know," who had previously collaborated with her in 2004, on his song "Welcome 2 da Party," which featured both Ai and rapper Hi-D.
Ai collaborated with four international singers on the album: American singer Trey Songz, Jamaican rapper Shaggy, South Korean R&B singer, actor and idol Rain, and Turkish pop singer Yalın. Several songs were produced by overseas musicians. The Martin Kierszenbaum-produced "Famous" heavily samples Yalın's 2004 song "Değmez." "Ooh" was produced by American production team The Insomniax, and "Go Find Your Way" was produced by New York City brothers John "Papa Jube" Altino and Arden Altino. The original version on "Beautiful" was arranged by American D/R Period, and remixed by New York remixer Coptic. "Too Much" was originally produced by South Korean music mogul JYP, and was remixed by The Orange Factory.
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