Wild Cowboys is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Sadat X of Brand Nubian. It was released on July 15, 1996, via Loud Records. The recording sessions took place at Chung King Studios, at D&D Studios, at Platinum Island Studios and at Greene St. Recording in New York, and at Chris Biondo Studios in Washington, D.C. It was produced by Sadat, Diamond D, Buckwild, DJ Ogee, Ali Malek, Ant Greene Father Time, Da Beatminerz, Dante Ross, DJ Alamo, Minnesota, Pete Rock, and Showbiz. It features guest appearances from Shawn Black, DV Alias Khrist, Deda, Grand Puba, Kool Chuck, Money Boss Players, Tec, Sha Sha and Regina Hall. The album peaked at number 83 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Wild Cowboys spawned two singles: "Hang 'Em High" b/w "Stages & Lights", which made it to No. 98 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "The Lump Lump", which reached No. 85 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #20 on the Hot Rap Songs. A sequel to the album, Wild Cowboys II, was released on March 23, 2010.

Critical reception

The Sun Sentinel noted that "the lean arrangements sometimes taper off to nothingness, and the songs tend to run the usual rap gamut from B to C (smokin' blunts, drinkin' Colt 45)."

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Singles chart positions