| "Ayo!" | |
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| Promotional single by Mýa featuring DJ Kool | |
| from the album Liberation (Canadian release) | |
| Released | September 26, 2006 |
| Length | 3:50 |
| Label | Universal Motown |
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| Producer(s) | Chris "Deep" Henderson |
"Ayo!" is a song by American singer Mýa. It was written and composed by Mýa, DJ Kool and Christopher “Deep” Henderson and initially recorded for her fourth studio album Liberation (2007). Production on the track was helmed by Henderson, while Kool is having featured vocals. The song is built upon on an of interpolation from the composition "He's the Wizard" by American jazz singer Thelma Carpenter. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Charlie Smalls is also credited as a songwriter.
The song was expected to be released as the first single from Mýa's fourth studio album Liberation (2007). With the singer was going through transitioning from former label Interscope to her Universal Motown Records though, "Ayo!" was later demoted and replaced by Scott Storch-produced "Lock U Down," a collaboration with rapper Lil Wayne, as the album's leading single. [1] Critics compared the song's production favorably to TLC’s 1990s album CrazySexyCool. On the charts, it "Ayo!" became a minor hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at number seventy.
- ^ "New Music: Mya - "Ayo"". About.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2012-04-19.