BEST OF HIP‐HOP / R&B (expanded edition)

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© «2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.»
℗ «2025 UMG Recordings, Inc. FP»

Note: “Once In A Lifetime” is misspelled on certain digital stores as “Onece In A Lifetime”

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(As of 2025-04-09).

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Annotation last modified on 2025-04-09 13:54 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What I Want
producer:
Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
guest vocals:
Jinmenusagi
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (a J-Pop division of Universal Music Japan, 2014–present. Do not use for American/European music!) (in 2017)
recording of:
WHAT I WANT
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), Otha "Vakseen" Davis III, Jinmenusagi, Tyler Rohn, B Slade (gospel artist) and Steez (Austrian rapper)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Legs Music Inc 301, トゥーフェイス (Two Face) and 日本アブコ音楽出版 (ABKCO Japan Publishing)
AI feat. Jinmenusagi3:00
2Get Up (Remix)
producer:
BACHLOGIC
guest vocals:
SPHERE of INFLUENCE (Japanese rapper Tomoyuki Sakakura)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2007)
recording of:
GET UP (Remix)
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), SPHERE of INFLUENCE (Japanese rapper Tomoyuki Sakakura) and ZEEBRA
composer:
BACHLOGIC
publisher:
トゥーフェイス (Two Face)
version of:
GET UP
AI feat. SPHERE of INFLUENCE & ZEEBRA4:11
3Watch Out!
background vocals:
Tucker (Japanese hip-hop producer)
guest vocals:
Afra (Japanese beatboxer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2004)
music videos:
WATCH OUT! [PV] by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) feat. AFRA (Japanese beatboxer) + TUCKER (Japanese hip-hop producer)
recording of:
WATCH OUT!
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
Afra (Japanese beatboxer), AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and Tucker (Japanese hip-hop producer)
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI feat. Afra & Tucker3:59
4365
recording engineer:
Yasufumi Maruyama
producer:
AQUARIUS (Japanese hip-hop)
guest vocals:
DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Magnet Studio in Roppongi, Minato (Minato-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Daimonion Recordings in Higashi, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan
music videos:
365 (music video) by AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) feat. DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
recording of:
365
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
composer:
Yakko
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and よしもとミュージックパブリッシング (Yoshimoto Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
AI feat. DELI4:09
5Angel
producer:
813 (arranger group)
guest vocals:
BOY-KEN (Japanese MC)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2004)
recording of:
エンジェル (Angel, 2004 A.I. version)
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and BOY-KEN (Japanese MC)
composer:
813 (arranger group), AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and BOY-KEN (Japanese MC)
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI feat. BOY‐KEN4:29
6Hot Spot
producer:
FIRSTKLAS
guest vocals:
DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2004)
recording of:
Hot Spot
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and DELI (Japanese rapper Miki Yukihito)
composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and FIRSTKLAS
publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ポニーキャニオン音楽出版 (Pony Canyon Music Publishing)
AI feat. UZI4:55
7Once In A Lifetime
recording engineer:
Taiji Okuda
programming:
DR Period
additional producer:
DR Period
producer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
mixer:
Tatsuya Sato (engineer)
instruments:
DR Period
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
prime sound studio form in Higashiyama, Meguro (Meguro-ku), Tokyo, Japan
recording of:
Once in a Lifetime
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI3:41
8California
recording engineer:
C‐murder (Japanese engineer)
producer:
DJ YUTAKA
mixer:
D.O.I. (Japanese mix engineer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
arranger:
DJ YUTAKA
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Real & Beats Studio in Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Daimonion Recordings in Higashi, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan
recording of:
California
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
DJ YUTAKA
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:02
9You Never Know
producer:
VaVa (Japanese Producer)
mixer:
D.O.I. (Japanese mix engineer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and MJ116
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records (a J-Pop division of Universal Music Japan, 2014–present. Do not use for American/European music!) (in 2019)
recording of:
You Never Know
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and 頑童MJ116 (MJ116)
composer:
VaVa (Japanese Producer)
publisher:
トゥーフェイス (Two Face)
AI feat. 頑童MJ1164:37
10Sha La La
recording engineer:
Taiji Okuda
producer and mixer:
T-Kura
instruments:
T-Kura
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
arranger:
T-Kura
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
prime sound studio in Minami-Aoyama, Minato (Minato-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Giant Swing Studio
recording of:
Sha La La
lyricist:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
T-Kura
publisher:
テレビ東京ミュージック (TV TOKYO Music, Inc.)
AI4:26
11Another Day
recording engineer:
Taiji Okuda
programming and producer:
ICEDOWN
mixer:
D.O.I. (Japanese mix engineer)
instruments:
ICEDOWN
background vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter), Daniel O. Morgan and Ebony Fay
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recorded at:
prime sound studio form in Higashiyama, Meguro (Meguro-ku), Tokyo, Japan
mixed at:
Daimonion Recordings in Higashi, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan
recording of:
Another Day
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
composer:
Daniel O. Morgan and ICEDOWN
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI5:27
12Too Much
guest vocals:
RAIN (Korean singer)
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2006)
recording of:
Too Much
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and RAIN (Korean singer)
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI feat. RAIN3:00
13We Gonna
producer:
DR Period
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2006)
recording of:
We Gonna
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
publisher:
Spirit Two Music Crescendo and 電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
AI3:07
14Mugen
producer:
Daisuke Imai
instruments:
Daisuke Imai
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2004)
recording of:
無限 (Mugen)
lyricist and composer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter) and 今井大介
publisher:
電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
AI4:10
15Ooh
producer:
The Insomniax
instruments:
The Insomniax
vocals:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2006)
recording of:
ooh
writer:
AI (Ai Carina Uemura, Japanese-American singer, rapper and songwriter)
publisher:
Reverb Music Ltd. and 電通ミュージック・アンド・エンタテインメント (Dentsu Music and Entertainment)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
AI4:10

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copyrighted (©) by:UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2025)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:UMG Recordings, Inc. FP (in 2025)
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