On their major-label debut, the Far East Movement take a heaping helping of dance music, mix in a boy band’s idea of pop and R&B, and then add just a bit of hip-hop flavor for a genre they lopsidedly call “electro hop.” If that infers big booming bass and tough beats, know that the California-based Far East Movement -- they’re “Far East” as in Asian-American -- make the Black Eyed Peas sound absolutely thick, but their slick hooks and ultra-sheen productions are extra infectious, and when they bait the crowd with phrases like “Cherry cherry, boom boom” instead of “C’mon everybody,” the dancefloor gets a unique shot of quirky cuteness.
Heck, when they talk of feeling “Like a G6” on that standout track, it’s not a car or plane model, it’s just something two units cooler than the G4s rapper Drake tends to mention, so revel in their playfulness or just move on.
Special guests are all over the highlights, with Snoop Dogg (the rather racy “If I Was You [OMG]”), Keri Hilson (the David Guetta-like floor-filler “Don’t Look Now”), and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder (the Mike Posner-like “Rocketeer”) landing on some of the album’s best tracks.
Still, producer Roger Sanchez trumps them all with the tribal house beats and the B-52's “Love Shack” sample he brings to the closing “2gether.”.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girls on the Dance FloorJae Choung, Bruno Mars, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Like a G6Jae Choung, DJ Virman Coquia, Niles Holowell-Dhar, Kevin Nishimura, James Roh, David Singer-Vine | Far East Movement | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | RocketeerJae Choung, DJ Virman Coquia, Phillip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | If I Was You (OMG)Jae Choung, DJ Virman Coquia, Bruno Mars, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | She Owns the NightJae Choung, Howard Coney, DJ Virman Coquia, Mike Hamilton, Malcolm McDaniel, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Dwight Watson, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | So What?Jae Choung, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Don't Look NowJae Choung, DJ Virman Coquia, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | Fighting for AirJae Choung, DJ Virman Coquia, Fernando Garibay, Kevin Nishimura, James Roh, Michael Warren | Far East Movement | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | White FlagJae Choung, Martin Kierszenbaum, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 10 | 2getherJae Choung, Dean Coleman, DJ Virman Coquia, Kevin Nishimura, Jeremy Reeves, James Roh, Ray Romulus, Roger Sanchez, C. Wilson, Jonathan Yip | Far East Movement, Roger Sanchez | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 261 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gretchen Anderson | Producer |
| 2 | Derreck Bradley Jr. | Mixing Assistant |
| 3 | The Cataracs | Featured Artist, Producer |
| 4 | Jae Choung | Composer |
| 5 | Kelvin Chu | A&R |
| 6 | Ted Chung | Management |
| 7 | Dean Coleman | Composer, Engineer, Producer |
| 8 | Howard Coney | Composer |
| 9 | DJ Virman Coquia | Composer |
| 10 | Emannuel Coquia | Consultant |
| 11 | Michael Coquia | Consultant |
| 12 | Far East Movement | Executive Producer, Primary Artist |
| 13 | Vincent Frank | Engineer, Featured Artist, Producer |
| 14 | Brian "Big Bass" Gardner | Mastering |
| 15 | Fernando Garibay | Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 16 | Mike Hamilton | Composer |
| 17 | Keri Hilson | Featured Artist |
| 18 | Niles Holowell-Dhar | Composer |
| 19 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 20 | Bryan "The Beard" Jones | Engineer |
| 21 | Kayla Kai | Featured Artist |
| 22 | Kanobby | Featured Artist |
| 23 | Justin Keitt | Arranger, Engineer |
| 24 | Martin Kierszenbaum | A&R, Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer |
| 25 | Phillip Lawrence | Composer |
| 26 | Ari Levine | Mixing |
| 27 | Giancarlo Lino | Assistant |
| 28 | Bruno Mars | Composer |
| 29 | Malcolm McDaniel | Composer |
| 30 | Meeno DPD | Photography |
| 31 | Greg Miller | Publicity |
| 32 | Mohombi | Featured Artist |
| 33 | Kevin Nishimura | Composer |
| 34 | Robert Orton | Mixing |
| 35 | Ja'quita Perkins | Vocals (Background) |
| 36 | Russell Redeaux | Management |
| 37 | Jeremy Reeves | Composer |
| 38 | James Roh | Composer |
| 39 | Ray Romulus | Composer |
| 40 | Andrea Ruffalo | A&R |
| 41 | Roger Sanchez | Composer, Engineer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 42 | Jason Sangerman | Product Manager |
| 43 | David Singer-Vine | Composer |
| 44 | The Smeezingtons | Producer |
| 45 | Snoop Dogg | Featured Artist |
| 46 | The Stereotypes | Engineer, Executive Producer, Featured Artist, Producer |
| 47 | Ryan Tedder | Featured Artist |
| 48 | Diand Tran | Marketing |
| 49 | Tony Ugval | Engineer |
| 50 | Miles Walker | Mixing |
| 51 | Michael Warren | Composer |
| 52 | Dwight Watson | Composer |
| 53 | C. Wilson | Composer |
| 54 | Jonathan Yip | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |