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Songs Written by Ali Shaheed MuhammadTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. He was also a member of the R&B group Lucy Pearl, and is known in recent years for his jazz collaborations with producer... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Ali Shaheed Muhammad first charted in 1990 with Bonita Applebum.The artist placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.The artist scored 15 UK Top‑75 entries.On US RnB the artist achieved 4 Top‑10s.

Top songs: #1: Love @ 1st Sight - #2: Brown Sugar - #3: Why You Wanna - #4: Sidewalks - #5: Don't Mess with My Man

A Tribe Called Quest

08/1990

Bonita Applebum
A Tribe Called Quest

from People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

18 pts

R&B

[Jive 1368]
written by Ali Jones Muhammad

, Jonathan Davis, Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong & William Allen

01/1991

Can I Kick It
A Tribe Called Quest

from People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

63 pts

written by Kamaal Fareed & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

04/1991

I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
A Tribe Called Quest

from People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

7 pts

written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

& Jonathan Davis

10/1991

Check the Rhime
A Tribe Called Quest

from The Low End Theory

2 pts

R&B

[Jive 42011]
written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Q-Tip & Malik Taylor

05/1992

Scenario
A Tribe Called Quest

from The Low End Theory

17 pts

R&B

[Jive 42065]
written by Jonathan Davis, Bryan Higgins, James Jackson, Ali Jones Muhammad

, Trevor Smith & Malik Taylor

Fu-Schnickens

05/1992

La Schmoove
Fu-Schnickens

from F.U. "Don't Take It Personal"

4 pts

R&B

[Jive 42062]
written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Joseph A. Jones, Lennox Maturine, Malik Taylor & Roderick Roachford

10/1992

True Fuschnick
Fu-Schnickens

from F.U. "Don't Take It Personal"

10 pts

dance

R&B

[Jive 42079]
written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Joseph A. Jones, Lennox Maturine & Roderick Roachford

A Tribe Called Quest

11/1993

Award Tour
A Tribe Called Quest

from Midnight Marauders

29 pts

dance

R&B

[Jive 42187]
written by Jonathan Davis, Ali Jones Muhammad

& Malik Taylor

03/1994

Electric Relaxation (Relax Yourself Girl)
A Tribe Called Quest

from Midnight Marauders

16 pts

R&B

[Jive 42197]
written by Jonathan Davis, Ali Jones Muhammad

& Malik Taylor

The Crooklyn Dodgers

10.

05/1994

Crooklyn
The Crooklyn Dodgers

from Crooklyn Volume 1: Music from the Motion Picture

18 pts

R&B

featuring Special Ed
[MCA 54837]
written by Edward K. Archer, Kenyatta Blake, Duvall Clear, Jonathan Davis & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

A Tribe Called Quest

11.

06/1994

Oh My God
A Tribe Called Quest

from Midnight Marauders

16 pts

102

R&B

[Jive 42212]
written by Jonathan Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Phife Dawg, Ronald Bell, Robert Bell, George Brown, Kamaal Fareed, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd, Claydes Smith, Woodrow Sparrow, Dennis Thomas & Ricky

Da Bush Babees

12.

10/1994

We Run Things (It's Like That)
Da Bush Babees

from Ambushed

4 pts

116

R&B

[Reprise 18069]
written by Acklins Dillon, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Harold Lee & Jamahl Hanna

D'Angelo

13.

05/1995

#2 Brown Sugar
D'Angelo

from Brown Sugar

102 pts

R&B

[EMI 58360]
written by D'Angelo & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Redman

14.

01/1996

Funkorama
Redman

from Insomnia: The Erick Sermon Compilation Album

10 pts

R&B

[Interscope 98084]
written by Reginald Noble, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Malik Taylor, Jonathan Davis, Mark Morales, Darren Robinson & Damon Wimbley

Sa-Deuce

15.

02/1996

Don't Waste My Time
Sa-Deuce

from Sa-Deuce

3 pts

R&B

[Mecca Don 64383]
written by Darryl McClary, Janai Abercrombie, Michael "Suga Mike" Allen, Paula Pierre-Louis, Traci Nash, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Bobby Caldwell & Alfons Kettner

A Tribe Called Quest

16.

07/1996

1nce Again
A Tribe Called Quest

from Beats, Rhymes and Life

27 pts

R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Kamaal Fareed, Ali Jones Muhammad

, Malik Taylor & James Yancey

17.

11/1996

Stressed Out
A Tribe Called Quest

from Beats, Rhymes and Life

31 pts

108

R&B

featuring Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq
[Jive 42420]
written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Dexter Raymond Mills Jr., Gary Taylor, Kamaal Fareed & Malik Taylor

18.

08/1998

Find a Way
A Tribe Called Quest

from The Love Movement

15 pts

R&B

[Jive 42534]
written by Dong-Hwa Chung, Isabel De Oliveira, Kamaal Fareed, Ali Jones Muhammad

, Malik Taylor & James Yancey

19.

08/1998

Find a Way / Steppin' It Up
A Tribe Called Quest

from The Love Movement

19 pts

written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Bebel Gilberto, James Yancey, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Taylor, Towa Tei, Hal Galper, Reggie Noble & Trevor Smith

Heltah Skeltah

20.

10/1998

I Ain't Havin' That
Heltah Skeltah

from Magnum Force

10 pts

R&B

featuring Starang Wondah of O.G.C. & Doc Holiday
[Duck Down 53324]
written by Jahmal Bush, Sean Price, Jack McNair, Ronnie Duren, Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

, Malik Taylor & Erick Sermon

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