"What Is It" is a song recorded by American recording artists
Baby Bash
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featuring
Sean Kingston
Kisean Paul Anderson (born February 3, 1990), better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is an American-Jamaican singer and rapper. He is known for his hit songs " Beautiful Girls", "Fire Burning", " Take You There", and his collaboration wit ...
for Baby Bash's third album, ''
Cyclone
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'' (2007). It was released on January 4, 2008, by
Arista Records
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as the second single. It was written by Baby Bash,
J.R. Rotem
Jonathan Reuven Rotem is a South African-born record producer, songwriter and music publisher.
Biography
Early life
Rotem was born in South Africa to Jewish Israeli people, Israeli immigrant parents. He moved to Canada at the age of two an ...
,
Marty James
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He has released albums and singles as the front man and producer of Scapegoat Wax and One Block Radius.Birchmeier, Jason (2011)One Block Radius ...
and produced by J.R. Rotem and it contains a sample of "9MM Goes Bang" performed by
KRS-One
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.
Track listing
;US CD Promo
#"What Is It" (Album Version) – 3:21
#"What Is It" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10
Charts
References
2007 songs
2008 singles
Baby Bash songs
Sean Kingston songs
Arista Records singles
Music videos directed by Director X
Song recordings produced by J. R. Rotem
Songs written by J. R. Rotem
Songs written by Marty James
Songs written by KRS-One
Songs written by Baby Bash
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