"What Is It" is a song recorded by American recording artists
Baby Bash
Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. From 1995 until 1998, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the last part of his stage name to "Bas ...
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 wi ...
for Baby Bash's third album, ''
Cyclone'' (2007). It was released on January 4, 2008, by
Arista Records
Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertain ...
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 immigrant parents. He moved to Canada at the age of two and to Moraga, Cal ...
,
Marty James
Marty James Garton Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Chico, California.
He has released albums and singles as the front man and producer of Scapegoat Wax and One Block Radius.Birchmeier, Jason (2011)One Block Radiu ...
and produced by J.R. Rotem and it contains a sample of "9MM Goes Bang" performed by
KRS-One
Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from New York City. He rose to prominence as part of ...
.
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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