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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Ambushed
| name = Ambushed
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Da Bush Babees]]
| artist = [[Da Bush Babees]]
| Cover = Ambushed.jpg
| cover = Ambushed album cover.jpg
| Released = June 7, 1994
| alt =
| Recorded = 1993-1994
| released = 1994
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Length = 47:36
| recorded =
| venue =
| Label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]/[[Warner Bros. Records]]<br /><small>45449</small>
| studio =
| Producer = Mr. Man<br />[[Jermaine Dupri]]<br />[[Mark Batson]]<br />Nikkie Nikole<br />[[Salaam Remi]]<br />[[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]]<br />Joe "Prins" Matias
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Last album =
| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=36}}
| This album = '''''Ambushed'''''<br />(1994)
| label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| Next album = ''[[Gravity (Bush Babees album)|Gravity]]''<br />(1996)
| producer =
* Joe "Prins" Matias
* Mr. Man
* [[Jermaine Dupri]]
* [[Mark Batson]]
* Nikkie Nikole
* [[Salaam Remi]]
* [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Gravity (Bush Babees album)|Gravity]]
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ambushed
| type = studio
| single1 = Swing It
| single1date = 1994
| single2 = We Run Things (It's Like Dat)
| single2date = 1994
| single3 = Remember We
| single3date = 1994
}}
}}
}}
'''''Ambushed''''' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group [[Da Bush Babees]], with members Mr. Man, Babe-B-Face Kaos and Y-Tee. It was released in 1994 by [[Reprise Records]]. It peaked at number 83 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart.<ref name=billboard/> "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" and "Remember We" peaked at number 41 and 34, respectively, on the [[Hot Rap Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Bush-Babees/chart-history/rap-song|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715011951/https://www.billboard.com/music/Bush-Babees/chart-history/rap-song|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2019|title=Bush Babees Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r208213}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ambushed-mw0000112737|title=Ambushed Da Bush Babees|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=John|last=Bush|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="CT">{{cite news |last1=Preston |first1=Rohan B. |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=16 Feb 1995 |department=Tempo |page=7}}</ref>
}}
}}
The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' noted that "principals Y-Tee, Bae-B-Face Kaos and Mr. Man swing fat lyrics over fatter beats in a fluid, this-side-of-crazy style reminiscent of Poor Righteous Teachers crossed with Cypress Hill."<ref name=CT/>

'''''Ambushed''''', is the first album by [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[Da Bush Babees]], with members Mr. Man, Babe-B-Face Kaos and Y-Tee. The group is famous for its affiliation with the [[Native Tongues]]. it was released on June 7, 1994 by [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]. The album featured guest production from [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]], Salaam Remi, and a young [[Jermaine Dupri]]. The album's singles, "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" and "Remember We," received moderate airplay.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
<!--this section is for album credits only-->
| extra_column = Producer(s)
{| class="wikitable"
| title1 = Intro
|-
| extra1 =
!align="center"|#
| length1 = 0:32
!align="center" width="150"|Title
| title2 = Pon De Attack
!align="center" width="150"|Producer(s)
| extra2 = Joe "Prins" Matias, Mr. Man
!align="center" width="150"|Performer (s)
| length2 = 3:35
|-
| title3 = Put It Down
|1
| extra3 = [[Jermaine Dupri]]
|"Intro"
| length3 = 3:39
|
| title4 = Original
|*Interlude*
| extra4 = [[Mark Batson]], Babe-B-Face Kaos, Y-Tee
|-
| length4 = 4:48
|2
| title5 = Ruff N' Rugged
|"Pon De Attack"
| extra5 = Nikkie Nikole
|Mr. Man, Joe "Prins" Matias
| length5 = 3:44
|Da Bush Babees
| title6 = Just Can't Stand It
|-
| extra6 = [[Salaam Remi]]
|3
| length6 = 4:46
|"Put It Down"
| title7 = Da Ignorant No It All
|[[Jermaine Dupri]]
| extra7 =
|Da Bush Babees
| length7 = 1:48
|-
| title8 = Hit 'Em Up
|4
| extra8 = Nikkie Nikole
|"Original"
| length8 = 3:50
|[[Mark Batson]], Y-Tee, Babe-B-Face Kaos
| title9 = We Run Things (It's Like Dat)
|Da Bush Babees
| extra9 = [[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]]
|-
| length9 = 4:11
|5
| title10 = Get on Down
|"Ruff N' Rugged"
| extra10 = Jermaine Dupri
|Nikkie Nikole
| length10 = 3:38
|Da Bush Babees
| title11 = Remember We
|-
| extra11 = Joe "Prins" Matias
|6
| length11 = 4:35
|"Just Can't Stand It"
| title12 = Clear My Throat
|[[Salaam Remi]]
| extra12 = Joe "Prins" Matias, Mr. Man
|Da Bush Babees
| length12 = 4:17
|-
| title13 = Swing It (Jazziness)
|7
| extra13 = Joe "Prins" Matias
|"Da Ignorant No It All"
| length13 = 4:13
|
}}
|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]]
|Da Bush Babees
|-
|10
|"Get on Down"
|[[Jermaine Dupri]]
|Da Bush Babees
|-
|11
|"Remember We"
|Joe "Prins" Matias
|Da Bush Babees
|-
|12
|"Clear My Throat"
|Joe "Prins" Matias Mr. Man
|Da Bush Babees
|-
|13
|"Swing It (Jazziness)"
|Joe "Prins" Matias
|Da Bush Babees
|}


==Samples==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
'''Pon De Attack'''
*"You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" by [[Detroit Emeralds]]
*"Ring the Alarm" by [[Tenor Saw]]
*"Night of the Living Baseheads" by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]
'''Put It Down'''
*"I'm Glad You're Mine" by [[Al Green]]
'''Ruff N' Rugged'''
*"Get Down" by [[Gene Russell]]
'''Hit 'Em Up'''
*"Synthetic Substitution" by [[Melvin Bliss]]
'''Get on Down'''
*"Go Stetsa I" by [[Stetsasonic]]
*"The Big Beat" by [[Billy Squier]]
*"Jungle Boogie" by [[Kool & the Gang]]
*"Watermelon Man" by [[Herbie Hancock]]
'''Remember We'''
*"C & H Sugar" by [[Hampton Hawes]]
*"Zimba Ku" by [[Black Heat]]
'''Clear My Throat'''
*Son of a Preacher Man" by [[Mongo Santamaria]]
*"Raw" by [[Big Daddy Kane]]
*"You Made A Believer (Out of Me)" by [[Ruby Andrews]]
*"Blues and Pants" by [[James Brown]]
'''Swing It (Jazziness)'''
*"I Hear a Rhapsody" by [[John Coltrane]]
*"The Soil I Tilled for You" by Shades of Brown

==Album Chart Positions==
{| class="wikitable"
|rowspan="2"| '''Year'''
|rowspan="2"| '''Album'''
|colspan="3"| '''Chart positions'''
|-
|-
!scope="col"| Chart

!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
| [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
|-
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|83|artist=Bush Babees|rowheader=true|refname=billboard|accessdate=July 15, 2019}}
| 1994
| ''Ambushed''
| -
| #83
|}
|}


==References==
==Singles Chart Positions==
{{Reflist}}
{| class="wikitable"
|rowspan="2"| '''Year'''
|rowspan="2"| '''Song'''
|colspan="3"| '''Chart positions'''
|-


==External links==
| [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
* {{Discogs master|150400|Ambushed}}
| [[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
|}


{{Authority control}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:1994 albums]]
[[Category:1994 debut albums]]
[[Category:Da Bush Babees albums]]
[[Category:Da Bush Babees albums]]
[[Category:Reprise Records albums]]
[[Category:Reprise Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jermaine Dupri]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jermaine Dupri]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Batson]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Salaam Remi]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Salaam Remi]]

Latest revision as of 11:22, 9 December 2024

Ambushed
Studio album by
Da Bush Babees
Released1994
GenreHip hop
Length47:36
LabelReprise
Producer
Da Bush Babees chronology
Ambushed
(1994) 		Gravity
(1996)
Singles from Ambushed
  1. "Swing It"
    Released: 1994
  2. "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Remember We"
    Released: 1994

Ambushed is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Da Bush Babees, with members Mr. Man, Babe-B-Face Kaos and Y-Tee. It was released in 1994 by Reprise Records. It peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[1] "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" and "Remember We" peaked at number 41 and 34, respectively, on the Hot Rap Songs chart.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]

The Chicago Tribune noted that "principals Y-Tee, Bae-B-Face Kaos and Mr. Man swing fat lyrics over fatter beats in a fluid, this-side-of-crazy style reminiscent of Poor Righteous Teachers crossed with Cypress Hill."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:32
2."Pon De Attack"Joe "Prins" Matias, Mr. Man3:35
3."Put It Down"Jermaine Dupri3:39
4."Original"Mark Batson, Babe-B-Face Kaos, Y-Tee4:48
5."Ruff N' Rugged"Nikkie Nikole3:44
6."Just Can't Stand It"Salaam Remi4:46
7."Da Ignorant No It All" 1:48
8."Hit 'Em Up"Nikkie Nikole3:50
9."We Run Things (It's Like Dat)"Ali Shaheed Muhammad4:11
10."Get on Down"Jermaine Dupri3:38
11."Remember We"Joe "Prins" Matias4:35
12."Clear My Throat"Joe "Prins" Matias, Mr. Man4:17
13."Swing It (Jazziness)"Joe "Prins" Matias4:13

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[1] 83

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bush Babees Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bush Babees Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Ambushed Da Bush Babees". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Preston, Rohan B. (16 Feb 1995). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
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