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Baby Bash

Ronnie Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1975), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. From 1995 to 1998, he performed under the stage name Baby Beesh, after which he changed the last part of the name to Bash.[1] His first album was Tha Smokin' Nephew in 2003, which included the singles "Suga Suga" and "Shorty Doowop". In 2005, Super Saucy was released, its lead single being "Baby I'm Back", a collaboration with singer Akon. Cyclone followed in 2007, with its title single featuring T-Pain and its follow-up, "What Is It" featuring Sean Kingston, landing on the Billboard charts as well.[2]

He has frequently contributed to other performers' works, including a spot in the song "Obsession (No Es Amor)" by Frankie J in 2005 and "Doing Too Much" by Paula DeAnda in 2006.

Biography

Early life

Ronnie Ray Bryant was born to a Mexican mother who was severely addicted to The Price is Right Game Show and English father who became a heroin addict [3].Bryant's uncle and grandparents exposed him to many different types of musical genres. Initially, Bryant wanted to be a professional basketball player.[1] He planned to play basketball for the junior college he attended in California during the mid-'90s. After tearing his ankle several times and not having it repaired with surgery, he permanently ended the possibility of ever playing basketball at even a semi-professional level.[4]

Career

Baby Bash's career to rise when he went to Houston, Texas, where he met fellow rapper South Park Mexican, eventually re-locating there. Prior to his success as a solo artist he, under the name "Baby Beesh", was part of rap groups Potna Deuce and Latino Velvet.[5] Bash's debut album entitled Savage Dreams was released on the independent label Dope House Records in 2001[1]. The acclaim he received soon caught the attention of Universal Records, who signed him later that year. In 2003, Baby Bash released his first album on a major label, Tha Smokin' Nephew, and Super Saucy in 2005. He recently was featured in Paula DeAnda's first single "Doin' Too Much" from her debut album Paula DeAnda. He has collaborated with numerous other artists during his career, such as West Coast rappers B-Legit, C-Bo, Coolio- Da'unda'dogg, E-40[6] and Mac Dre, R&B singers like Akon, Avant, Natalie, and Nate Dogg[4], and other Latino rappers such as Fat Joe, Nino Brown, Doll-E Girl, Frost[6], and Pitbull.[7]. He continues to write lyrics for singers such as Paula DeAnda, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson and Frankie J[8].

His third studio album, Cyclone (initially titled Ronnie Ray All Day)[9], was released in late October 2007. So far, Baby Bash has released three singles off the album: "Mamacita" featuring Marcos Hernandez, "Na Na (The Yummy Song)", and "Cyclone" featuring T-Pain. The month of the album release, Baby Bash became Myspace's #1 Latin artist[8], and the single Cyclone had over 750,000 digital and ringtone sales prior to the album's release[8].

Baby Bash is presently working on a new film entitled Primos starring Chingo Bling and Danny Trejo. The comedy involves three cousins working in a bakery with dreams of making money, and is slated for a 2008 release[8]. His major-label debut Tha Smokin' Nephew was well-received by Allmusic[10], but his 2007 album Cyclone was given mixed reviews, for example being panned by Rolling Stone magazine.[11]

On December 31, 2007, Baby Bash performed at the halftime show of the Brut Sun Bowl [1] game between South Florida and Oregon.

Baby Bash has also worked with Australian artist Kate Alexa, who on March 3, 2008 released the song "Teardrops," which is a cover of Womack & Womack's song with Baby Bash rapping throughout the song. He also performed the song in Australia, where it was well received, reaching #26 on the ARIA Chart.

Discography

Albums

As Baby Beesh

As Baby Bash

Year Album Chart positions[12] Certifications
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top Rap Albums
2003 Tha Smokin' Nephew 48 22 — RIAA: Gold[13]
2004 Menage a Trois — 32 — —
2005 Super Saucy 11 7 3 —
2007 Cyclone 30 11 5 —
2009 TBA — — — —

Singles

Year Song Chart positions[14] Certifications Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap U.S. Pop U.S. Rhythmic CAN
2003 "Shorty Doowop" (featuring Russell Lee and Tiffany Villarreal) 115[15] 108[16] — — 17[17] — — Tha Smokin' Nephew
"Suga Suga" (featuring Frankie J) 7 54 10 — 2 — RIAA: Gold[13]
ARIA: Platinum[18]
2004 "Menage a Trois" — — — — — — — Menage a Trois
2005 "Baby I'm Back" (featuring Akon) 19 52 9 15 3 — RIAA: Gold[13] Super Saucy
"Who Wit' Me?" — — — — — — —
2007 "Na Na (The Yummy Song)" (featuring Casely) — — — — 25[19] — — Cyclone
"Cyclone" (featuring T-Pain) 7 70 6 7 3 41[20] RIAA: 2× Platinum[13]
2008 "What Is It" (featuring Sean Kingston) 57 — 18 — 34 — —

Other charted songs

Year Song Chart positions[21] Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap U.S. Pop U.S. Rhythmic
2003 "Sexy Eyes (Da Da Da Da)" (featuring Russell Lee) — — — — 37[22] Tha Smokin' Nephew
2005 "That's My Lady (Money)" (featuring Nate Dogg) — — — — 37[23] Super Saucy
2007 "Don't Stop" (featuring Keith Sweat) — — 22[14] — 25[14] Cyclone
2009 "That's How I Go" (featuring Mario and Lil Jon) 107[24] 90 17 85 18 —
Year Song Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Pop U.S. Rhythmic U.S. Latin AUS
2005 "Obsession (No Es Amor)" (Frankie J featuring Baby Bash) 3[25] 69[25] - 3[25] 2[25] - The One
2006 "Energy" (Natalie featuring Baby Bash) 66[26] — 49[26] — — — Natalie
2006 "Doing Too Much" (Paula DeAnda featuring Baby Bash) 41[27] — 29[27] 9[27] 25 — Paula DeAnda
2007 "Do It Daddy" (Doll-E Girl featuring Baby Bash & Don Cisco) — — — — — — I Got Your Back
2008 "You've Got a Friend" (Far*East Movement featuring Baby Bash & Lil Rob) — — — — — — Animal
2008 "Teardrops" (Kate Alexa featuring Baby Bash) — — — — — 26[28] TBA
"This Boy's Fire" (Santana featuring Jennifer Lopez & Baby Bash) — — — — — — Ultimate Santana

Baby Bash was featured on the remix of Mario Vazquez's single "Gallery"[29][30] He also made a silent cameo in Paula DeAnda's video for "Easy".[31]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jeffries, David (2007). "Baby Bash - Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  2. ^ "Baby Bash - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |BASH&sql= ignored (help)
  3. ^ HolaMun2 (2007-10-22). "Baby Bash". mun2. Retrieved 2009-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b "Baby Bash: Flyest Mexican Under the Radar". LatinRapper.com. 2005-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  5. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Baby Beesh - Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  6. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Get" overview. Allmusic
  7. ^ Jeffries, David. "Super Saucy" overview. Allmusic: 2005.
  8. ^ a b c d Latin Music Interview - "Baby Bash: Latin Hip Hop's Quiet Storm"
  9. ^ Britney Spears Single Is Released; Plus Eve, 50 Cent, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West & More, In For The Record. MTV News: August 30, 2007.
  10. ^ Jeffries, David. "Tha Smokin' Nephew" overview. Allmusic
  11. ^ Hoard, Christian (November 1, 2007), "Album reviews - 'Cyclone'", Rolling Stone, no. 1038, pp. p. 84 {{citation}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Baby Bash album chart history at Billboard.com
  13. ^ a b c d "Gold and Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  14. ^ a b c "Baby Bash > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  15. ^ "Shorty Doowop". Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Billboard. 2004-02-07. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  16. ^ "Shorty Doowop". Billboard. Billboard. 2004-05-29. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  17. ^ "Shorty Doowop". Rhythmic Top 40. Billboard. 2004-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Singles". ARIA. 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  19. ^ "Na Na". Rhythmic Top 40. Billboard. 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  20. ^ "Cyclone". Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  21. ^ "Artist Chart History - Baby Bash (Singles)". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  22. ^ "Sexy Eyes (Da Da Da Da)". Billboard. 2004-05-29. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  23. ^ "That's My Lady (Money)". Rhythmic Top 40. Billboard. 2005-10-15. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  24. ^ "That's How I Go". Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. Billboard. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  25. ^ a b c d Frankie J single chart history at Billboard.com
  26. ^ a b Natalie single chart history at Billboard.com
  27. ^ a b c Paula DeAnda Billboard single chart history at Allmusic
  28. ^ "Australian ARIA Top 50 SIngles Chart". ARIA Charts. Retrieved March 9 2008.
  29. ^ Moss, Corey. Ne-Yo, Baby Bash Join 'Idol' Dropout Mario Vazquez On Debut. MTV News: March 21, 2006
  30. ^ "Gallery (Remix)" music video by Mario Vazquez and Baby Bash
  31. ^ "Easy" music video by Paula DeAnda and Bow Wow. Baby Bash can be seen around 2:50 in the video. Hosted on MTV.com: View on Overdrive (Windows XP or Mac OS X in the United States) or standard MTV player for older systems or outside the USA


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