Editing AKA the Rugged Child

{{Infobox
|Box title = ''AKA the Rugged Child''
|image = File:AKA the Rugged Child.jpg
|caption = Studio album by [[Shyheim]]
|Row 1 title = Released
|Row 1 info = February 22, 1994
|Row 2 title = Recorded
|Row 2 info = 1992 - 1993
|Row 3 title = Studio
|Row 3 info = Battery Studios <br> (New York City, NY) <br> Chung King Recording Studios <br> (Manhattan, NY) <br> Firehouse Studios <br> (Brooklyn, NY)
|Row 4 title = Genre
|Row 4 info = [[Hip hop]], [[Hardcore hip hop]], [[East Coast hip hop]]
|Row 5 title = Length
|Row 5 info = 48:06
|Row 6 title = Label
|Row 6 info = [[Virgin Records]] / EMI|Row 7 title = Producer|Row 7 info = Gemma Corfield (exec.), [[RNS]] (also exec.), [[RZA]], Thomas Wilson (exec.)}}
{{Infobox
|Box title = [[Shyheim]] chronology
|Row 1 title = Next
|Row 1 info = ''[[The Lost Generation (Shyheim album)|The Lost Generation]]'' (1996)}}

'''''AKA the Rugged Child''''' is the debut studio album by American [[rapper]] and Wu-Tang affiliate [[Shyheim]], released in February 22, 1994 under Virgin Records and EMI Records. Recording sessions were mostly taken place at Battery Studios, Chung King Studios and Firehouse Studios in New York City from 1992 to 1993. 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 [[GP Wu]] members: [[June Luva]], [[Rubbabandz]], [[Down Low Recka]], K-Tez and [[Pop Da Brown Hornet]], Due Lilz, Prophet & Quasi (as True Wisdom) and Kia Jeffries.

The album peaked at #52 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. The album spawned the singles: "On and On", "Pass It Off" and "One's 4 Da Money". 

==Track listing==
All songs produced by [[RNS]], except for "Little Rascals", produced by [[RZA]].
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|-
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Performer(s)
! scope="col" |Length
|-
|1.
|"Here Come the Hits"
|[[Shyheim]]
|3:40
|-
|2.
|"[[On and On]]"
|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|June Luva]], Kia Jeffries
|3:48
|-
|3.
|"Pass It Off"
|[[Shyheim]], [[Rubbabandz]], [[GP Wu|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]], 
|2:53
|-
|7.
|"Move It Over Here"
|[[Shyheim]], [[Pop da Brown Hornet]]
|4:11
|-
|8.
|"Buckwylyn"
|[[Shyheim]]
|3:57
|-
|9.
|"You the Man"
|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|Down Low Recka]]
|3:35
|-
|10. 
|"Napsack"
|[[Shyheim]]
|3:51
|-
|11.
|"The Rugged Onez"
|[[Shyheim]], [[GP Wu|June Luva]], Prophet, Quasi
|4:52
|-
|12.
|"Little Rascals"
|[[Shyheim]]
|2:07
|-
|13.
|"4 the Headpiece (Interlude)"
|[[Shyheim]], [[Rubbabandz]], Due Lilz,  [[Down Low Recka]]
|2:02
|-
|14.
|"Party's Goin' On"
|[[Shyheim]]
|3:43
|-
|15.
|"Shouts on the Outs"
| -
|1:26
|}

== Samples ==
'''Here Come the Hits'''
* "Can I Get Some Help" by James Brown
* "Harmony of the Underground" by Blue Mitchell
'''On and On'''
* "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 Byrd
*"Advice" by Sly & the Family Stone
* "Top Billin'" by [[Audio Two]]
'''Here I Am'''
* "Pain" by Ohio Players
'''Move It Over Here'''
* "Get Down" by Gene Russell
'''Buckwylyn'''
* "Donkey Walk" by Lou Donaldson
* "Just to Get a Rep" by [[Gang Starr]]
'''You the Man'''
* "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
'''Napsack'''
* "Wishin' and Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield
* "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad
* "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
* "Microphone Fiend" by [[Eric B. & Rakim]]
'''The Rugged Onez'''
* "Blind Alley" by The Emotions
* "In the Mood" by Leroy Hutson
* "For Pete's Sake" by [[Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth]]
'''Little Rascals'''
* "Tramp" by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
* "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by The Mad Lads
'''Party's Goin' On'''
* "After Laughter (Come Tears)" by Wendy Rene
[[Category:1994 albums]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by RZA]]
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[[Category:East Coast hip hop albums]]
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[[Category:Rappers from Staten Island]]
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