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|Box title = ''AKA the Rugged Child''
 
|Box title = ''AKA the Rugged Child''
|image = File:AKAtheRuggedChild.jpg
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|image = File:AKA the Rugged Child.jpg
 
|caption = Studio album by [[Shyheim]]
 
|caption = Studio album by [[Shyheim]]
 
|Row 1 title = Released
 
|Row 1 title = Released
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|Row 2 info = 1993-1994
 
|Row 2 info = 1993-1994
 
|Row 3 title = Genre
 
|Row 3 title = Genre
|Row 3 info = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[East Coast hip hop]], [[hardcore hip hop]], [[underground hip hop]]
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|Row 3 info = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[East Coast hip hop]], [[hardcore hip hop]]
 
|Row 4 title = Length
 
|Row 4 title = Length
 
|Row 4 info = 48:06
 
|Row 4 info = 48:06
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|Row 5 info = Virgin/EMI Records
 
|Row 5 info = Virgin/EMI Records
 
|Row 6 title = Producer
 
|Row 6 title = Producer
|Row 6 info = [[RNS]], [[RZA]]}}
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|Row 6 info = Gemma Corfield (exec.), [[RNS]] (also exec.), [[RZA]], Thomas Wilson (exec.)}}
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{{Infobox
'''''AKA the Rugged Child''''' is the debut album by American rapper Shyheim. it was released on April 19, 1994, by Virgin/EMI Records. Shyheim was just 14 years old when the album was released.{{Infobox
 
 
|Box title = [[Shyheim]] chronology
 
|Box title = [[Shyheim]] chronology
|Row 1 title = Next album
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|Row 1 title = Next
 
|Row 1 info = ''[[The Lost Generation (Shyheim album)|The Lost Generation]]'' (1996)}}
 
|Row 1 info = ''[[The Lost Generation (Shyheim album)|The Lost Generation]]'' (1996)}}
   
 
'''''AKA the Rugged Child''''' is the debut studio album by American rapper [[Shyheim]], released in 1994 on Virgin Records and EMI Records. Shyheim was just 14 years old when the album was released. It was produced almost entirely by [[RNS]], with one song produced by [[RZA]]. It features guest appearances from various [[Wu-Tang Clan]] affiliates, particularly members of [[GP Wu]].
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The album peaked at #52 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
   
 
==Track listing==
 
==Track listing==
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All songs produced by [[RNS]], except for "Little Rascals", produced by [[RZA]].
 
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! scope="col" |Performer(s)
! scope="col" |Producer(s)
 
 
! scope="col" |Length
 
! scope="col" |Length
 
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|1.
 
|1.
 
|"Here Come the Hits"
 
|"Here Come the Hits"
|Shyheim
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|[[Shyheim]]
| rowspan="11" |[[RNS]]
 
 
|3:40
 
|3:40
 
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|-
 
|2.
 
|2.
 
|"[[On and On]]"
 
|"[[On and On]]"
|Shyheim, [[June Luva]], [[Milk D]]
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|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|June Luva]], [[Milk D]]
 
|3:48
 
|3:48
 
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|-
 
|3.
 
|3.
 
|"Pass It Off"
 
|"Pass It Off"
|Shyheim, [[Rubbabandz]], [[Down Low Recka]], K-Tez
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|[[Shyheim]], [[Rubbabandz]], [[GP Wu|Down Low Recka]], K-Tez
 
|4:00
 
|4:00
 
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|-
 
|4.
 
|4.
 
|"Never Say Never (Interlude)"
 
|"Never Say Never (Interlude)"
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| -
 
|0:28
 
|0:28
 
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|-
 
|5.
 
|5.
|"One's 4 Da Money"
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|"One's 4 da Money"
|Shyheim
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|[[Shyheim]]
 
|3:33
 
|3:33
 
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|-
 
|6.
 
|6.
 
|"Here I Am"
 
|"Here I Am"
|Shyheim, Down Loa Recka
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|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|Down Low Recka]]
 
|2:53
 
|2:53
 
|-
 
|-
 
|7.
 
|7.
 
|"Move It Over Here"
 
|"Move It Over Here"
|Shyheim, [[Pop Da Brown Hornet]]
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|[[Shyheim]], [[Pop da Brown Hornet]]
 
|4:11
 
|4:11
 
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|-
 
|8.
 
|8.
 
|"Buckwylyn"
 
|"Buckwylyn"
|Shyheim
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|[[Shyheim]]
 
|3:57
 
|3:57
 
|-
 
|-
 
|9.
 
|9.
 
|"You the Man"
 
|"You the Man"
|Shyheim, Down Low Recka
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|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|Down Low Recka]]
 
|3:35
 
|3:35
 
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|-
 
|10. 
 
|10. 
 
|"Napsack"
 
|"Napsack"
|Shyheim
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|[[Shyheim]]
 
|3:51
 
|3:51
 
|-
 
|-
 
|11.
 
|11.
 
|"The Rugged Onez"
 
|"The Rugged Onez"
|Shyheim, June Luva, Prophet, Quasi
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|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|June Luva]], Prophet, Quasi
 
|4:52
 
|4:52
 
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|-
 
|12.
 
|12.
 
|"Little Rascals"
 
|"Little Rascals"
| rowspan="4" |Shyheim
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|[[Shyheim]]
|[[RZA]]
 
 
|2:07
 
|2:07
 
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|-
 
|13.
 
|13.
|"4 The Headpiece (Interlude)"
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|"4 the Headpiece (Interlude)"
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| -
 
|2:02
 
|2:02
 
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|-
 
|14.
 
|14.
 
|"Party's Goin' On"
 
|"Party's Goin' On"
 
|[[Shyheim]]
| rowspan="2" |RNS
 
 
|3:43
 
|3:43
 
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|15.
 
|15.
 
|"Shouts on the Outs"
 
|"Shouts on the Outs"
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|1:26
 
|1:26
 
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[[Category:1994 albums]]
 
[[Category:1994 debut albums]]
 
[[Category:Shyheim albums]]
 
[[Category:Shyheim albums]]
 
[[Category:Albums produced by RZA]]
 
[[Category:Albums produced by RZA]]
 
[[Category:Albums produced by RNS]]
 
[[Category:Albums produced by RNS]]
[[Category:Albums featuring June Luva]]
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[[Category:East Coast hip hop albums]]
[[Category:Albums featuring Prophet]]
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[[Category:Article stubs]]
[[Category:Albums featuring Quasi]]
 
[[Category:Albums featuring Rubbabandz]]
 
[[Category:Albums featuring Pop Da Brown Hornet]]
 
[[Category:Albums featuring Down Low Recka]]
 
[[Category:1994 albums]]
 
[[Category:1994 debut albums]]
 

Revision as of 02:58, 5 December 2018

AKA the Rugged Child
AKA the Rugged Child
Studio album by Shyheim

Released

19 April 1994

Recorded

1993-1994

Genre

Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop

Length

48:06

Label

Virgin/EMI Records

Producer

Gemma Corfield (exec.), RNS (also exec.), RZA, Thomas Wilson (exec.)

Shyheim chronology

Next

The Lost Generation (1996)

AKA the Rugged Child is the debut studio album by American rapper Shyheim, released in 1994 on Virgin Records and EMI Records. Shyheim was just 14 years old when the album was released. It was produced almost entirely by RNS, with one song produced by RZA. It features guest appearances from various Wu-Tang Clan affiliates, particularly members of GP Wu.

The album peaked at #52 on the US Billboard 200, and #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Track listing

All songs produced by RNS, except for "Little Rascals", produced by RZA.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "Here Come the Hits" Shyheim 3:40
2. "On and On" Shyheim, June Luva, Milk D 3:48
3. "Pass It Off" Shyheim, Rubbabandz, Down Low Recka, K-Tez 4:00
4. "Never Say Never (Interlude)" - 0:28
5. "One's 4 da Money" Shyheim 3:33
6. "Here I Am" Shyheim, Down Low Recka 2:53
7. "Move It Over Here" Shyheim, Pop da Brown Hornet 4:11
8. "Buckwylyn" Shyheim 3:57
9. "You the Man" Shyheim, Down Low Recka 3:35
10.  "Napsack" Shyheim 3:51
11. "The Rugged Onez" Shyheim, June Luva, Prophet, Quasi 4:52
12. "Little Rascals" Shyheim 2:07
13. "4 the Headpiece (Interlude)" - 2:02
14. "Party's Goin' On" Shyheim 3:43
15. "Shouts on the Outs" - 1:26