ABC is a 2007 album

2007 in music

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 by Chinese-American rapper Jin

Jin (rapper)

Jin Au-Yeung , who performs under the stage name MC Jin, is a Hong Kong hip hop rapper, songwriter, and actor. Growing up in the Miami, Florida area, and later living in New York City, he decided to reside permanently in his motherland, Hong Kong...

. ABC is Jin's fourth overall album, which was released on February 20, 2007. In 2008 the album was re-released by Universal Music Hong Kong with different album art.

Background

The album is almost entirely in Cantonese

Standard Cantonese

Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....

 and produced by the Far*East Movement. "ABC" stands for "American Born Chinese

American-born Chinese

An American-born Chinese or "ABC" is a stereotype that describes a person born in the United States of Chinese ethnic descent, a category of Chinese American. Many are second-generation born after the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965 were free from limits on immigration from East Asia...

".

The first single from this album is "ABC." A music video was shot for it and debuted on MTV Chi

MTV Chi

MTV Chi was a spin-off network from MTV that was targeted at Chinese Americans. The network featured various styles of music such as Mando pop, Canto pop and Chinese American hip hop. It broadcast in English and featured a mix of original programming with the best of MTV's International...

 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

YouTube

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 on July 18, 2007.

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
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)	J. Au-Yeung	The Far*East Movement, Bionik	Jin, Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Daniel Yin-Cho Wu is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 40 films. Wu has been called "the young Andy Lau," and is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry.-Early life:Wu was born in...
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 Lamian Lamian is a type of hand-made or hand-pulled Chinese noodle. It is also the name of the dishes that use these noodles.-Etymology and preparation:... )	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)	J. Au-Yeung	The Far*East Movement, Bionik	Jin, Ken Oak Ken Oak Band Oak and Gorski is an American folk-rock music group based in California.Described by Billboard Magazine as "soulful" and "calming", Oak and Gorski are an acoustic duo composed of Ed Gorski and Ken Oak...

Hong Kong Edition Bonus

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
11	"上堂時間"	J.Au-Yeung		Jin

HK Edition DVD

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]