AKA the Rugged Child
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AKA the Rugged Child is the debut album of American rapper Shyheim. A Wu-Tang Clan
affiliate, he was 15 years old when the album was released.
Wu-Tang Clan
The Wu-Tang Clan is a hip-hop group from Staten Island that consists of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. They are frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi member of the group...
affiliate, he was 15 years old when the album was released.
Track listing
- "Here Come the Hits" (Produced by RNS)
- "On and On" (featuring June Luva and Milk D) (Produced by RNS)
- "Pass It Off" (featuring Rubbabandz, Down Low Recka, and K-Tez) (Produced by RNS)
- "Never Say Never (Interlude)" (Produced by RNS)
- "One's 4 Da Money" (Produced by RNS)
- "Here I Am" (featuring Down Low Recka)
- "Move It Over Here" (featuring Pop Da Brown Hornet) (Produced by RNS)
- "Buckwylyn" (Produced by RNSRNSRNS may be an initialism for:*Rabid Neurosis, an MP3 warez release organisation* Run Not Scored * Radio Network Subsystem...
) - "You the Man" (featuring Down Low Recka) (Produced by RNS)
- "Napsack" (Produced by RNSRNSRNS may be an initialism for:*Rabid Neurosis, an MP3 warez release organisation* Run Not Scored * Radio Network Subsystem...
) - "The Rugged Onez" (featuring June Luva, ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
, and QuasiQuasiQuasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by ex-husband and wife Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss . Since 2007 the group has been a trio, following the addition of bassist Joanna Bolme.-History:In 1990 , Coomes, Weiss, and Brad Pedinov formed the band Motorgoat...
) (Produced by RNS) - "Little Rascals" (Produced by RZARZARobert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA , is an American Grammy-winning music producer, multi-instrumentalist, author, emcee, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in Hip Hop, RZA is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost...
) - "4 The Headpiece (Interlude)" (Produced by RNS)
- "Party's Goin' On" (Produced by RNS)
- "Shouts on the Outs" (Produced by RNS)
Samples
- "Here Come the Hits"
- "Can I Get Some Help" by James BrownJames BrownJames Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
- "Harmony of the Underground" by Blue MitchellBlue MitchellRichard Allen Mitchell was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and funk trumpeter, known for many albums recorded as leader and sideman for Riverside, Blue Note and then Mainstream Records.-Biography:...
- "Can I Get Some Help" by James Brown
- "On and On"
- "Opus Pocus" by Jaco PastoriusJaco PastoriusJohn Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
- "Opus Pocus" by Jaco Pastorius
- "Pass It Off"
- "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps
- "You've Got It Bad" by Richard "Groove" Holmes
- "One's 4 Da Money"
- "Cristo Rendentor" by Donald ByrdDonald ByrdDonaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
- "Cristo Rendentor" by Donald Byrd
- "Buckwylyn"
- "Donkey Walk" by Lou DonaldsonLou DonaldsonLou Donaldson is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.His first recordings were...
- "Donkey Walk" by Lou Donaldson
- "You the Man"
- "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" by Booker T. & the M.G.'sBooker T. & the M.G.'sBooker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones , Steve Cropper , Lewie Steinberg , and Al Jackson, Jr....
- "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- "Napsack"
- "Wishin' and Hopin'" by Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
- "Wishin' and Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield
- "The Rugged Onez"
- "In The Mood" by Leroy HutsonLeroy HutsonLeroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
- "In The Mood" by Leroy Hutson