Not like that really matters on here anyway, since Da Beatminerz have created an instrumental that you can successfully bump in your ride, but still.Ĭould they repeat the phrase “original gun clappers” any more? I would say that I was worried that my love for the O.G.C. Includes a hard-hitting beat, but the lyrics aren't sticky enough to make an impression. Starang Wondah makes an admirable enough debut, but his verse is made up of catchphrases and complete sentences that he has since used verbatim on all of the other songs he has appeared on. However, the song itself is actually boring as shit, and it doesn't hold up very well for today's listening, either. The title of this very song is what comes to mind anytime anybody mentions Smif and/or Wessun, it's that memorable.
SOUND BWOY BUREILL (FEAT TOP DOG & STARANG WONDAH) Once you get to this point of Dah Shinin', the Smif-N-Wessun blueprint is fully realized, and this song comes off as Boot Camp Clik track number 742-C.ĥ. It still sounds alright today, but it won't help secure Tek and Steele any new fans, no thanks to the misspelling of the word “recognize”, which even today's rappers would scoff at. Some of my two older readers will be familiar with this track. “I ain't goin' home till Neveruary”? Hilarious! Da Rockness Monsta's hook is effective enough, but his presence reminds me of Nocturnal, the Heltah Skeltah debut disc that is much more accessible to newbies than Dah Shinin' would be. It's the little things that count, folks. I especially dug how the chorus (as weak as it is) switches up a bit after Steele's middle verse. Over a dark-as-shit Beatminerz beat, both rappers state their case as to why you should proceed beyond the first track on Dah Shinin'.Ī simple beat accompanied by Tek and Steele spitting their general braggadocio. Tek and Steele opt to bypass the traditional rap album intro (cue collective sigh of relief) and decide instead to make their first impression on the listening audience a good one. I think there used to be a blog that used this song's title. Well, you two have been waiting for this for a while, so let's go. Walt, Baby Paul, and the aforementioned DJ Evil Dee worked together to locate even darker themes than what they conjured up for Enta Da Stage. Da Beatminerz exclusively handled the production duties on Dah Shinin': Mr.
Smif-N-Wessun returned the favor granted to them previously by inviting Buckshot on a few tracks, and some more extended family members joined in the fun: both Heltah Skeltah (Ruck and Rock) and the Originoo Gunn Clappaz (Starang Wondah, Louieville Slugger, and Top Dog also known as O.G.C.) made their respective debuts on Dah Shinin', which were successful enough to lead to their own debut albums the following year. Tek and Steele went on to sell more than three hundred thousand copies of Dah Shinin', an album which came off as a continuation of the sound Enta Da Stage introduced, with a few elements tweaked to prove that they were, in fact, not technically Black Moon.
Rappers Tek and Steele made their debut on two tracks on this seminal project: "Black Smif-N-Wessun" and "U Da Man" (the latter of which also featured a young Havoc, of Mobb Deep fame), and with the blessing of de facto crew leaders Buckshot and Dru Ha (the co-founder of the movement), they released their first album, Dah Shinin', in 1995 as Smif-N-Wessun. Dre and his Death Row Inmates successfully took over the radio airwaves (and started collecting spots on the Billboard charts like some may collect baseball cards), and also wanted to rid the world of the usefulness of dictionaries. In 1993, Black Moon (made up of Buckshot, 5ft, and DJ Evil Dee, also of Da Beatminerz production crew) released Enta Da Stage, a drastically dark take on New York hip hop that also introduced the Boot Camp Clik, a not-so-loose collective of like-minded artists who wanted to shift the audience's focus back towards the East Coast after Dr. See, you two? I do read the comments and my e-mails.
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