Suite chic

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Suite chic
General information
Genre (s) R&B , hip-hop
founding 2002
resolution 2003
former members
Namie Amuro (2002 to 2003)
Verbal (2002 to 2003)
Ryōsuke Imai (2002 to 2003)

Suite Chic was a musical project in collaboration with the most popular musicians and newcomers of the time, as well as songwriters and producers from the Japanese R&B and hip-hop scene, which debuted on December 18, 2002.

Above all, the project served the singer Namie Amuro as a vehicle to solidify her image as an R&B artist, as her popularity as a pop singer had declined significantly during this period. Many of the artists in this project achieved greater success after the dissolution of this project, and Amuro's career is said to have been revived as well.

In an interview with Amuro in late 2005, she said that she would like the project to make a comeback in 2006. But this was not realized.

history

The producer and songwriter Ryosuke Imai spoke to the musician Verbal ( M-Flo ) about who the Japanese Janet Jackson was. The result of their conversation was Namie Amuro , who lost her popularity due to a break. Both produced demos and presented them to Amuro without permission. With which the “Suite Chic” project was finally realized. The project had names like DJ Muro, Dabo and Ai as a guest contribution , which subsequently became successful.

The title “Suite Chic” was invented by Verbal and is a combination of “sophisticated” and “cool”.

Participants (selection)

  • First class (Ryōsuke Imai and Zeebra )
  • Verbal ( M-Flo )
  • Namie Amuro
  • Ai
  • Dabo
  • XBS
  • Daisuke Imai
  • Akira
  • DJ Muro
  • DJ Watarai
  • Tsutchie (Shakkazombie)
  • DJ Celory (Soul Scream)
  • Yakko for Aquarius
  • Michico

Discography

Albums

publication title Charts Sales Remarks
JapanJapan JP
February 26, 2003 When Pop Hits the Fan 4
(23 weeks) 		191,000 Debut album
March 26, 2003 When Pop Hits the Lab 65
(7 weeks) 		17,000 Remix album
* Charts and sales for Japan only .

Singles

publication title Charts Sales Remarks
JapanJapan JP
December 18, 2002 Good Life / Just Say So 35
(11 weeks) 		26,000 1. Single with First Class & Verbal
0February 5, 2003 Uh uh ...... / Baby Be Mine 22
(7 weeks) 		30,000 2nd single with Ai

Video albums

  • When Pop Hits the Pix (released March 26, 2003)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Michael Poole, March 17, 2006 J-pop goes def In Metropolis , accessed August 15, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Oricon CD Ranking Albums - Namie Amuro (Japanese) Retrieved July 14, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Generasia Namie Amuro (English) Retrieved July 14, 2012