Shyheim a.k.a. The Rugged Child turns 40 today (Appreciation thread)

[Apocalypse]

and I had always loved this track\videoclip :



GRIMEY SHIT RIGHT HERE!

[Apocalypse]

its ironic and sad, the rugged CHILD is spendinghis 40th birthday and some more long years in the jail.

[food for thought]

oh, and lets not forget this one :




Tekitha was DOPE AF in here!

word dope song and she killed it. she was really talented she shouldve blown up

[rzatrax]

No sympathy for this dude. He fucked up and killed someone and left the scene , cmon son !! Not to mention awhile back do you all remember he did some reality online episodes shit , asked for money from HIS fans for future episodes and that shit never happened. He stole my money too !!! He deserves to be where he put himself.

[Antonelli]

What about this track with meth ? Has it been released ? The beat is dope.

https://youtu.be/qNDfhEdMv-I

[Hollow Dartz]

I was gonna do a top 5 most disappointing Wu Solo careers (from a musical standpoint) and have him at #5. He's supposed to be at the level Lil' Wayne is at now/was at. He's a prime example of being around the wrong type of people who don't want to see you outgrow them and reach that next level. He knows this. He gives a very thoughtful interview with Doggie Diamonds about his sentence. Sad it took this incident for him to see it but it is what it is. Also, he didn't pass on the Jay-Z track, Jay-Z reached out to Shyheim's team and THEY never got to Shyheim about it. He didn't hear about it until it was way too late. Who knows what could've happened if that went down.

[hiphopjunky]

Verses from the Arsenal might be one of my favorite tracks from him. Here's something most people probably don't know...on the US version of Manchild, that track cuts off before Squiggs verse ends. The UK version has the entire track

[hiphopjunky]

Wait...he can't be 40. I thought aka the rugged child came out in like 94, and he was 11 (or 13 at the oldest)...I'll Google that shit later but math is not adding up, or I'm not remembering...

[Hollow Dartz]

Wait...he can't be 40. I thought aka the rugged child came out in like 94, and he was 11 (or 13 at the oldest)...I'll Google that shit later but math is not adding up, or I'm not remembering...

Agree, he said he was 13 when rugged child came out which would mean he's around 36-37. By the way I knew I heard two different versions of this album so that's what it is...UK vs US version. I heard the UK version first from limewire lol but I own the physical copy of manchild now and a few songs are like that. "My brother's keeper" comes to mind also.

[hiphopjunky]

Agree, he said he was 13 when rugged child came out which would mean he's around 36-37. By the way I knew I heard two different versions of this album so that's what it is...UK vs US version. I heard the UK version first from limewire lol but I own the physical copy of manchild now and a few songs are like that. "My brother's keeper" comes to mind also.

Yup...there are a few other subtle differences but I think that's the main one iirc. Unfortunately I don't think am I my brother's keeper is any longer, unfortunately...

[mAlAkAz]

heres some new 2017 shyheim tracks

[TSA]

I was gonna do a top 5 most disappointing Wu Solo careers (from a musical standpoint) and have him at #5. He's supposed to be at the level Lil' Wayne is at now/was at. He's a prime example of being around the wrong type of people who don't want to see you outgrow them and reach that next level. He knows this. He gives a very thoughtful interview with Doggie Diamonds about his sentence. Sad it took this incident for him to see it but it is what it is. Also, he didn't pass on the Jay-Z track, Jay-Z reached out to Shyheim's team and THEY never got to Shyheim about it. He didn't hear about it until it was way too late. Who knows what could've happened if that went down.

add the fact that they were lining up to put him on TV/Movies. Dude really fucked up lol. Having the wrong people around him (hood niggas), and thinking the wrong shit is cool in life.

[TSA]

Killa Sin is in prison too and never released one album now thats tragic.

yeah but he was pointless.

[hotnikks]

word dope song and she killed it. she was really talented she shouldve blown up

First time seein the video is nice. How tall is Shyheim like 5´2?

[bone]

manchild was my favorite