Suite Chic

Suite Chic was a collaborative project between some of Japan's top and up-and-coming R&B and hip hop artists, writers, and producers, which debuted on December 18, 2002.

Suite Chic
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active2002–2003
LabelsAvex Trax
Past membersNamie Amuro
Verbal
Ryōsuke Imai

Suite Chic served as a vehicle for pop singer Namie Amuro,[1] who at the time was establishing herself as a credible R&B artist following a decline in her popularity as a pop singer. Since the dissolution of the project many of its participants have gone on to greater mainstream success and the project revived Amuro's career.[2]

In a late 2005 interview, Amuro said she would like to have Suite Chic make a comeback in 2006, but nothing came of it.

History

Ryosuke Imai talked with Verbal of (m-flo) about who was the Japanese Janet Jackson. They reached the conclusion that it was "Namie Amuro", who at the time had seen her career fade following a hiatus. They produced demos without permission and proposed them to Amuro. The project featured up-and-coming DJs and hip-hop producers such as DJ Muro, Dabo and hip-hop singer Ai (singer) on the single "Uh Uh......", who would herself go on to great success.[2]

Verbal named this project Suite Chic, a combination of "High-class (Suite) & Cool (Chic)".

Discography

Albums
Year Album JP Sales
2003
 When Pop Hits the Fan 4 200,000+
When Pop Hits the Lab 65

Singles
Year Single JP Sales Album
2002 "Good Life" (featuring Firstklas) / "Just Say So" (featuring Verbal) 35 Limited to 30,000 copies. When Pop Hits the Fan
2003 "Uh Uh,,,,,," (featuring Ai) / "Baby Be Mine" 22

Video albums
  • 26 March 2003 - When Pop Hits the Pix

Participants

etc.

References
  1. Robert Michael Poole (2006-03-17). "J-pop goes def". Metropolis (free magazine). Archived from the original on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  2. Robert Michael Poole (2011-05-05). "Verbal wants to hit the reset button on pop". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2011-05-15.


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