Ambushed
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Ambushed is the first album from hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group Da Bush Babees
Da Bush Babees
Da Bush Babees is a group of underground hip-hop artists loosely affiliated with the Native Tongues. The members of the group are Babe-B-Face Kaos , Mister Man Da Bush Babees is a group of underground hip-hop artists loosely affiliated with the Native Tongues. The members of the group are...

, with members Mr. Man, Babe-B-Face Kaos and Y-Tee. The group is famous for its affiliation with the Native Tongues
Native tongues
Native Tongues is a book by the linguist Charles Berlitz.It is a list of words in different languages, etymology and questions with speculations far and wide about words....

. The album featured guest production from A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...

's Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer who enjoyed a great deal of fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998....

, Salaam Remi, and a young Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

. The album's singles, "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" and "Remember We," received moderate airplay.

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s)
1 "Intro" *Interlude*
2 "Pon De Attack" Mr. Man, Joe "Prins" Matias Da Bush Babees
3 "Put It Down" Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

Da Bush Babees
4 "Original [Rudeboy's Arrivin']" Mark Batson
Mark Batson
Mark Batson is an American record producer, arranger, and songwriter from Bushwick, Brooklyn, now based in Los Angeles.As a co-writer and producer with Dr. Dre, he is responsible for Jay-Z's 2006 single "Lost One", as well as tracks for Eminem, 50 Cent, Game and Snoop Dogg. As a co-writer and...

, Y-Tee, Babe-B-Face Kaos
Da Bush Babees
5 "Ruff 'N Rugged [On Da Radio]" Nikkie Nikole Da Bush Babees
6 "Just Can't Stand It" Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi Gibbs, better known as Salaam Remi, is a hip hop producer and keyboard player, known for his association with Nas, Amy Winehouse, and his reggae-tinged approach to production...

Da Bush Babees
7 "Da Ignorant No It All" Da Bush Babees
8 "Hit 'Em Up" Nikkie Nikole Da Bush Babees, II Unorthodox
9 "We Run Things [It's Like Dat]" Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer who enjoyed a great deal of fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998....

Da Bush Babees
10 "Get On Down" Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :...

Da Bush Babees
11 "Remember We [Bleu Buttaflyze]" Joe "Prins" Matias Da Bush Babees
12 "Clear My Throat [Ya Mammy]" Joe "Prins" Matias Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
13 "Swing It [Jazziness]" Joe "Prins" Matias Da Bush Babees

Samples

  • "Pon De Attack"
    • "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds
      Detroit Emeralds
      The Detroit Emeralds were an American R&B vocal group, best known in the early 1970s. They are best remembered for their 1973 transatlantic hit single, "Feel The Need In Me".-Career:...

    • "Ring The Alarm" by Tenor Saw
      Tenor saw
      Tenor Saw was a prominent dancehall singer in the 1980s, and one of the most influential singers of the early digital reggae era...

  • "Ruff N' Rugged"
    • "Get Down" by Gene Russell
      Gene Russell
      Gene Russell was an American pop, jazz, and soul keyboardist who played acoustic and Fender Rhodes.He is mainly known for the albums he released on Black Jazz Records.-Discography:*1967: Takin' Care of Business*1967: Up and Away...

  • "Remember We"
    • "Zimba Ku" by Black Heat
      Black Heat
      Black Heat was a 1970s funk band founded by King Raymond Green and discovered by Phillip Guilbeau. Their albums include Black Heat , No Time To Burn and Keep On Runnin. The group had one hit single, "No Time to Burn", which reached #46 on the U.S. Billboard Black Singles chart...

    • "C&H Sugar" by Hampton Hawes
      Hampton Hawes
      Hampton Hawes was an American bebop and hard-bop jazz pianist, recognized as one of the finest and most influential of the 1950s.-Biography:...

  • "Clear My Throat"
    • "Son of a Preacher Man" by Mongo Santamaria
      Mongo Santamaría
      Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All...

    • "You Made A Believer (Out of Me)" by Ruby Andrews
      Ruby Andrews
      Ruby Andrews is a Chicago-based American soul singer.Her best known songs include "Casonova " , "You Made A Believer " , and "Everybody Saw You" .-Biography:...

    • "Raw" by Big Daddy Kane
      Big Daddy Kane
      Antonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop...

  • "Swing It [Jazziness]"
    • "I Hear a Rhapsody" by John Coltrane
      John Coltrane
      John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...

    • "The Soil I Tilled For You" by The Shades of Brown

Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1994 Ambushed - #83

Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1994 "We Run Things [It's Like Dat]" - #99 #41 #41
1995 "Remember We" - - #34 #25
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