Savage Island (album)
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Savage Island is the second solo album & U.S. debut album of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 rapper Savage
Savage (rapper)
- Studio albums :-Singles:-Featured singles:- External links :*****...

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It debuted at #12 on the US Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Heatseeker
Top Heatseekers
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 Albums Chart and at #53 on the US Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Chart. It soon became a massive success in the United States selling over 5000 copies in its first weeks and reaching #25 on the Billboard Rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

 Charts. In the RIANZ Charts it debuted at #9.

Singles

The first single from the album is a remix of his previous single "Swing" featuring Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....

 which managed to sell over 1.5 million copies by the end of January 2009 and was certified platinum. The second single, "Wild Out (Chooo Hooo)" was certified Gold in New Zealand, selling over 7,500 copies. The track "Hot Like Fire" was released as the third single from the album, debuting at #36, and later peaking ten places higher, at #26.

International releases

Savage's record label Dawn Raid Entertainment
Dawn Raid Entertainment
Dawn Raid Entertainment is a record label based in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, in New Zealand. It has signed many New Zealand Hip-hop and R&B artists such as Savage, Adeaze, Aaradhna, The Deceptikonz, Devolo and Ill Semantics....

 has recently confirmed album releases in a number of countries including Germany
Germany
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, Japan
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, Korea
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 and Switzerland
Switzerland
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Former singles

The album features tracks that aren't singles for the album, but were previously released as singles earlier in Savage's career. The remix of New Zealand rapper Scribe
Scribe (rapper)
Malo Luafutu better known by his stage name Scribe, is a New Zealand hip hop rapper and recording artist of Samoan descent...

's song "Not Many" appears on this album, as well as the New Zealand and Australia top ten hit "Moonshine".

Track listing

  1. "Knock a Hater Out" (featuring Ganxstardd) - 4:26
  2. "So Clean" - 3:00
  3. "Swing
    Swing (Savage song)
    "Swing" is the first solo single from Savage's debut album, Moonshine released in 2005 and it peaked at number one for five weeks in the New Zealand chart....

    " (featuring Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
    Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
    DeAndre Cortez Way , better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, entrepreneur, and internet personality....

    )
    - 3:37
  4. "Wild Out (Chooohooo)" (featuring Angel Dust and Baby Bash
    Baby Bash
    Ronnie Ray Bryant , better known by his stage name Baby Bash , is a Mexican-American rapper. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, as part of the Vallejo, California group Potna Duece, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash...

    )
    - 3:31
  5. "Hot Like Fire" (featuring Rock City
    Theron Thomas
    Rock City are an U.S. Virgin Islands R&B singing, rapping, and songwriting duo, consisting of, two brothers, Timothy Thomas and Theron Thomas .-History:...

    )
    - 3:57
  6. "Moonshine
    Moonshine (Savage song)
    "Moonshine" is a single by Savage featuring Akon was released in 2005. It was also on Savage's Re-Release album Savage Island.-Remix:The official remix, the "West Coast Remix", features Akon, Gangsta Rkdd of Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., & Monsta Ganjah of The Regime....

    " (featuring Akon
    Akon
    Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

    )
    3:34
  7. "Not Many - The Remix" (Scribe
    Scribe (rapper)
    Malo Luafutu better known by his stage name Scribe, is a New Zealand hip hop rapper and recording artist of Samoan descent...

     featuring Savage & David Dallas
    David Dallas
    David Dallas is a New Zealand hip-hop artist of Samoan/European descent. Formerly known as Con Psy as part of the rap duo Frontline.- Career :...

    )
    - 3:43
  8. "S.A.V.A.G.E." - 3:23
  9. "Soldier" - 3:43
  10. "Bottles from the Bar" (featuring A. Leon) - 3:44
  11. "Ridin' High" (featuring Sean P) - 3:23
  12. "Rock & Sway" (featuring Al Phrisk and A. Leon) - 3:28
  13. "I Love the Islands" (featuring Rock City
    Theron Thomas
    Rock City are an U.S. Virgin Islands R&B singing, rapping, and songwriting duo, consisting of, two brothers, Timothy Thomas and Theron Thomas .-History:...

    )
    - 3:44
  14. "Shorty Make It Work" - 3:54
  15. "Family Tribute" - 3:59
  16. "Swing (Remix)
    Swing (Savage song)
    "Swing" is the first solo single from Savage's debut album, Moonshine released in 2005 and it peaked at number one for five weeks in the New Zealand chart....

    " (featuring Pitbull) - 4:42

Album

Album Chart Position
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart 9
United States RIAA
Top Rap Albums
Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....

Rap Album Chart
25

Singles

Song Title New Zealand Australia United States Certification
Hot Like Fire 26 - - -
Moonshine 1 9 - 2x Platinum NZ, Gold AUS
Not Many 1 19 - Platinum NZ, Gold AUS
Swing 1 36 45 Platinum NZ, Platinum USA
Wild Out (Chooo Hooo) 6 - - Gold NZ


Tracks that have charted on any country's national chart are listed alfabetically. A "-" means that the song was not a charting single in that particular country.
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