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Released | February 20, 2007 August 6, 2008 (HK Edition) | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
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Genre | Hong Kong hip hop | |||
Length | 32:22 | |||
Label | Imperial Records/Raptivism Records/Crafty Plugz/Catch Music Group/Universal Music Hong Kong | |||
Producer | Carl Choi "Catch" (Exec.) Kamel Pratt (Exec.) Far*East Movement | |||
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ABC is a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper MC Jin. ABC is Jin's fourth studio album,and his first Cantonese studio album. It was released on February 20,2007. In 2008 the album was re-released by Universal Music Hong Kong with different album art.
The album is almost entirely in Cantonese and produced by American hip-hop group Far East Movement. "ABC" stands for "American Born Chinese". [1]
The first single from this album is "ABC." A music video was shot for it and debuted on MTV Chi on January 26,2007.
The second single is "Yum Dum Cha" and Jin filmed a music video for it on May 16. Yum Dum Cha was released on YouTube on July 18,2007. [2]
The song "HK Superstar" featuring Daniel Wu was included in the soundtrack of the 2013 movie Fast &Furious 6. [3]
# | Title | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer(s) |
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1 | "ABC" | J. Au-Yeung | Riot,Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
2 | "真正Hip Hop" (It's Hip Hop) | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
3 | "香港Superstar" (HK Superstar) featuring Daniel Wu | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin,Daniel Wu |
4 | "識講唔識睇" (Speak Can't Read) | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
5 | "Ape Shall Never" | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
6 | "飲啖茶" (Yum Dum Cha) | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
7 | "喂喂搵邊位" (Who are you looking for?) | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
8 | "即食面" (Instant Noodle) | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
9 | "1997" | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin |
10 | "搵兩餐" (Making a Living/Earn Two Meals) featuring Ken Oak | J. Au-Yeung | The Far*East Movement,Bionik | Jin,Ken Oak |
# | Title | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer(s) |
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11 | "上堂時間" (Class Time) | J.Au-Yeung | Jin |
1. ABC [Music Video]
2. 香港Superstar (ft. 吳彥祖) [Music Video]
3. 飲啖茶[Music Video]
4. 喂喂搵邊位[Music Video]
5. 搵兩餐(ft. Ken Oak) [Music Video]
6. 上堂時間[Music Video]
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