Kai

Kai

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000007Q6W
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #173,463 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kai is a MILLION times better than Backstreet or 'N Sync, July 10, 2000

By	Kai Fan (portland, oregon United States) - See all my reviews

Sup everyone. This CD is bomb! I think that KAI can sing so much better than all those other groups out there. They wrote like 10 tracks of their new album. I think that music is mainly about expression, and coming up with your own type of style of music. All those groups out there are gettin' paid millions of dollars for singing songs that other people wrote. I don't think thats right. You come up with your own songs, and you go mainstream and that opens the gate to the rest. Some people have done that. I know that KAI will make it big too! Pick up their latest album. It's called "Promise." You'll love it, if u loved the first one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't look at the color of their skin...Listen, January 10, 2003

By	"chubbesy" - See all my reviews

Giving the STARS:

*- Even if you're the most loyal fan, you don't deserve this album
**-If you've got money to burn, buy this CD or else,...just copy the songs
***-Need something to add in your CD collection?
****-Fans from this artist's music genre would enjoy this
*****- Contemporary CLASSIC.

In 1998, an R&B group proved that they are not just "another Asian male group trying to be the next Dru Hill or Boyz II Men". Filipino descents Andrey Silva, Andrew Gapuz, Errol Viray, AC Lorenzo with fellow Chinese member Leo Chan released their self-titled record which sneaked quietly in the record shops five years ago. Maybe you've heard of male Asian-Filipino acts trying to make in the charts like Rozwell, Devotion, C-Quence and Drop N' Harmony. Among them, Kai stands out the rest. Kai (which was tagged from the Tagalog word, Kaibigan, meaning Friend/ Friendship/ Brotherhood) features great lyrics, musical quality and awesome harmonizing in their first CD. Their music is a combination of modern r&b, soul and pop. And yes, their love songs are different from the typical aww-ish corny tunes you constantly hear. They offer emotional vocal potentials that would make their work a classic. Once they sing in their baggy and boyish outfit, you would be surprised how can these Asian guys sing a grand soulful melody. As young as they are, they realize that they don't need expenisve music videos to prove their talents.

The first song off the album is "Something Inside of Me", which was pretty much influenced by mainstream pop. I'm not into these boyband-pop music but I had to say that this is a good cut. "Heart to Heart" and "Will You Still Love Me?" are two of the memorable melancholic slow jams in the CD. You could earnestly hear their natural harmonies even if they are not singing in a cappella. "I Got It" is a neat danceable funky tempo while they did a very good cover on "Suddenly". The winner of the album may only run in three and a half minutes but this piano-accompanied song, "Say You'll Stay" is a guaranteed hit. Andrey delivers beautifully and his buddies contribute as well. A weak song in the album is the remix of "Say You'll Stay". Geez, they shouldn't have put that, I think eleven songs will do.

The CD may seem a bit premature, but these young vocalists from San Francisco proved that even with their busy schedules, they were able to find time to showcase their craft in music. I give credit to Producer Tristan Bishop who obviously did very well in this album. I hope that Kai would be able to crack their "underground music" plague and market their works to various r&b fans.

Kai would surely `stay' if their album will improve the formula they've put in here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Vocal talent and tight harmony..., May 12, 2003

By	mypetconcubine (Waianae, Hawaii U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

I have no idea why these guys didn't get the respect they deserve they are vocally way better than backstreet or nsync... it's a shame that they had only one hit...these guys have tight harmony and beautiful vocals...truly if you have never seen what these guys look like you would not believe they are an asian group....amazing...my favorite track and one of my favorite songs of all time is "Say you'll Stay" it's an a amazing song...this song shot to the top #1 here in Hawaii when it first came out...