What Is It

{{About|the 2007 song and 2008 single|other uses|What is it (disambiguation){{!}}What is it}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = What Is It

| cover = What Is It (Baby Bash song).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Baby Bash featuring Sean Kingston

| album = Cyclone

| released = January 4, 2008

| recorded = 2007

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|R&B}}

| length = 3:21

| label = Arista

| writer = {{hlist|Ronald Ray Bryant|Jonathan Rotem|Marty James|Scott Sterling|Lawrence Parker}}

| producer = J.R. Rotem

| chronology = Baby Bash

| prev_title = Cyclone

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Teardrops

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Sean Kingston

| type = single

| prev_title = Take You There

| prev_year = 2007

| title = What Is It

| year = 2008

| next_title = That's Gangsta

| next_year = 2008

}}

}}

"What Is It" is a song recorded by American recording artists Baby Bash featuring Sean Kingston for Baby Bash's fifth solo studio album, Cyclone (2007). It was released on January 4, 2008, by Arista Records as the second single. It was written by Baby Bash, Marty James, and J.R. Rotem, who also produced it. The song contains a sample of "9MM Goes Bang" performed by KRS-One.

Track listing

;US CD Promo{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Baby-Bash-What-Is-It/release/8874085|title=Baby Bash – What Is It (CD)|publisher=discogs|access-date=October 3, 2016}}

  1. "What Is It" (Album Version) – 3:21
  2. "What Is It" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10

Charts

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!Chart (2008)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=156}}

|align="center"|83

{{single chart|Australiaurban|19|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080520233743/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080520-0000/issue948.pdf|urltitle=Issue 948|rowheader=true|access-date=March 4, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|57|artist=Baby Bash|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2016}}
{{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|38|artist=Baby Bash|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2016}}
{{singlechart|Billboardrapsongs|12|artist=Baby Bash|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 3, 2016}}

References