# Da Storm
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{{Infobox album
| name = Da Storm
| type = studio
| artist = [Originoo Gunn Clappaz](/source/O.G.C._(band))
| cover = Dastorm.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|10|29}}
| recorded = 1995–1996
| studio = {{hlist|[Chung King](/source/Chung_King_Studios) (New York City)|[D&D](/source/D%26D_Studios) (New York City)|[WPGC-FM](/source/WPGC-FM) (Washington, D.C.)|Platinum Island (New York City)|[Unique Studios](/source/Unique_Recording_Studios) (New York City)}}
| genre = [Hip-hop](/source/Hip-hop)
| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=37}}
| label = {{hlist|[Duck Down](/source/Duck_Down_Music)|[Priority](/source/Priority_Records)}}
| producer = {{hlist|[Da Beatminerz](/source/Da_Beatminerz)|DJ Ogee|[E-Swift](/source/E-Swift)|Shaleek|[Steele](/source/Steele_(rapper))|[Big Tigger](/source/Big_Tigger)|[Buckshot](/source/Buckshot_(rapper)) ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})|[Lord Jamar](/source/Lord_Jamar) (co.)|[Madlib](/source/Madlib) (co.)|[Starang Wondah](/source/Starang_Wondah) (co.)|Supreme (co.)|Yuwee The Ambasitor (co.)}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [The M-Pire Shrikez Back](/source/The_M-Pire_Shrikez_Back)
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Da Storm
| type = studio
| single1 = No Fear
| single1date = September 10, 1996
| single2 = Hurricane Starang" / "Danjer
| single2date = February 1997
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{Cite web|last=Stanley|first=Leo|date=|title=Da Storm - O.G.C., Originoo Gunn Clappaz {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/da-storm-mw0000180436|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731042734/http://www.allmusic.com:80/album/da-storm-mw0000180436 |archive-date=2013-07-31 |access-date=October 15, 2020|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)}}]
| rev2 = ''[Muzik](/source/Muzik)''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{Cite magazine |last=Ashon |first=Will |author-link=Will Ashon |date=January 1997 |title=Originoo Gunn Clappaz: ''Da Storm'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik020_january_1997.pdf |magazine=[Muzik](/source/Muzik) |page=125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181253/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik020_january_1997.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}]
| rev3 = RapReviews
| rev3score = 10/10[{{Cite web|last=Malko|first=Terry|date=December 1996|title=Originoo Gunn Clapazz :: Da Storm :: Priority|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/1996_12_dastorm.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010111143000/http://www.rapreviews.com:80/archive/1996_12_dastorm.html |archive-date=2001-01-11 |access-date=October 15, 2020|website=RapReviews}}]
| rev4 = ''[The Source](/source/The_Source_(magazine))''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{Cite magazine|last=Coolidge|first=Warren|author-link=Elliott Wilson (journalist)|date=November 1996|issue=86|title=Record Report: OGC – Da Storm|magazine=[The Source](/source/The_Source_(magazine))|pages=132, 136|location=New York}}]
}}
'''''Da Storm''''' is the first studio album by American hip-hop trio [Originoo Gunn Clappaz](/source/O.G.C._(band)).[{{Cite web|last=Bry|first=David|date=January 8, 1997|title=Revolutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Da+Storm+ogc+1996&pg=PA172|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|work=Vibe|publisher=[Vibe Media Group](/source/Vibe_Media_Group)|via=Google Books}}] It was released on October 29, 1996, through [Duck Down](/source/Duck_Down_Music)/[Priority Records](/source/Priority_Records). Recording sessions took place at [Chung King Studios](/source/Chung_King_Studios), at [D&D Studios](/source/D%26D_Studios), at Platinum Island Studios and at [Unique Studios](/source/Unique_Recording_Studios) in [New York](/source/New_York_City), and at [WPGC FM](/source/WPGC-FM) in [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.). [Production](/source/Hip-hop_production) was handled by [Da Beatminerz](/source/Da_Beatminerz), DJ Ogee, [E-Swift](/source/E-Swift), Shaleek and [Steele](/source/Steele_(rapper)). It features [guest appearance](/source/guest_appearance)s from Bad Vybes, M.S., [Sadat X](/source/Sadat_X), Sean Black and the [Representativz](/source/Representativz). The album peaked at number 47 on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) and number 10 on the [Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums). Two singles were released from the album: "No Fear" and "[Hurricane Starang](/source/Hurricane_Starang)".
O.G.C. members Starang Wondah, Top Dog and Louieville Sluggah gained fame as members of the hip-hop collective [Boot Camp Clik](/source/Boot_Camp_Clik), first appearing with [Heltah Skeltah](/source/Heltah_Skeltah) as '[The Fab 5](/source/The_Fab_5)' in 1995. The two groups split up to release separate albums in 1996, with ''Da Storm'' being the last Boot Camp Clik release after [Black Moon](/source/Black_Moon_(group))'s ''[Enta da Stage](/source/Enta_da_Stage)'', [Smif-N-Wessun](/source/Smif-N-Wessun)'s ''[Dah Shinin'](/source/Dah_Shinin')'' and [Heltah Skeltah](/source/Heltah_Skeltah)'s ''[Nocturnal](/source/Nocturnal_(Heltah_Skeltah_album))''. Of these four Boot Camp albums, ''Da Storm'' sold the least, reaching just over 200,000 copies in the United States.
== Singles ==
"No Fear" [b/w](/source/A-side_and_B-side) "Da Storm" was released as the [lead single](/source/lead_single) from the album. It peaked at number 15 on the ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Bubbling Under Hot 100](/source/Bubbling_Under_Hot_100), number 63 on the [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) and number 13 on the [Hot Rap Songs](/source/Hot_Rap_Songs). The music video for "No Fear" caused a small dispute between Starang Wondah and [The Notorious B.I.G.](/source/The_Notorious_B.I.G.) as it contained a Biggie [look-alike](/source/look-alike) when Starang said the lines, "I scare, petty MCs who claim they got gats/frontin wit hoes in videos with pimp hats/but the fact, still remains/that you're just a stain on the bottom of my boots while I'm still Starang". Starang was attacked by Biggie's [henchmen](/source/Henchman) at D&D Studios, and later mentions the attack on Heltah Skeltah's 1998 track "[I Ain't Havin' That](/source/I_Ain't_Havin'_That)". "No Fear" was also used by [Beyoncé Knowles](/source/Beyonc%C3%A9) on her 2003 hit "[Baby Boy](/source/Baby_Boy_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song))".
"[Hurricane Starang](/source/Hurricane_Starang)" b/w "Gunn Clapp" and "Danjer", released as the album's second single, has a split video made up for "Hurricane Starang" and "Danjer", titled "Hurricane Danjer".
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| writer1 =
| extra1 = {{hlist|[Baby Paul](/source/Baby_Paul)|[Starang Wondah](/source/Starang_Wondah){{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 0:20
| title2 = Calm Before da Storm
| writer2 = {{hlist|[Dashawn Yates](/source/Top_Dog_(rapper))|[Barret Powell](/source/Louieville_Sluggah)|[Jack K. McNair](/source/Starang_Wondah)|Darryl Pearson}}
| extra2 = Shaleek
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = No Fear
| writer3 = {{hlist|McNair|Powell|Yates|[Walter V. Dewgarde](/source/Mr._Walt)}}
| extra3 = [Mr. Walt](/source/Mr._Walt)
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = Boom...Boom... Fucking Prick
| writer4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 0:27
| title5 = Gunn Clapp
| writer5 = {{hlist|Yates|Powell|McNair|W. Dewgarde}}
| extra5 = Mr. Walt
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Emergency Broadcast System
| writer6 =
| extra6 = [Big Tigger](/source/Big_Tigger) and his hip hop critics
| length6 = 0:27
| title7 = [Hurricane Starang](/source/Hurricane_Starang)
| writer7 = {{hlist|McNair|W. Dewgarde}}
| extra7 = Mr. Walt
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = Danjer
| writer8 = {{hlist|Powell|Yates|McNair|[Paul Anthony Hendricks](/source/Baby_Paul)}}
| extra8 = Baby Paul
| length8 = 3:17
| title9 = Elements of da Storm
| writer9 = {{hlist|Yates|[Darrell A. Yates Jr.](/source/Steele_(rapper))|Y. Barsi}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|[Steele](/source/Steele_(rapper))|Supreme{{ref|a|[a]}}|Yuwee The Ambasitor{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length9 = 2:06
| title10 = Da Storm
| writer10 = {{hlist|Yates|Powell|McNair|[Ewart C. Dewgarde](/source/DJ_Evil_Dee)}}
| extra10 = [DJ Evil Dee](/source/DJ_Evil_Dee)
| length10 = 4:09
| title11 = Wild Cowboys in Bucktown
| note11 = featuring [Sadat X](/source/Sadat_X) and Sean Black
| writer11 = {{hlist|McNair|Yates|[Derek Murphy](/source/Sadat_X)|Powell|Sean Black|Gary Scott}}
| extra11 = DJ Ogee
| length11 = 4:35
| title12 = God Don't Like Ugly
| writer12 = {{hlist|McNair|Powell|Yates|[Kenyatta Blake](/source/Buckshot_(rapper))}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|[Buckshot](/source/Buckshot_(rapper)){{ref|a|[a]}}|[Lord Jamar](/source/Lord_Jamar){{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length12 = 4:46
| title13 = X-Unknown
| writer13 = {{hlist|Powell|Yates|McNair|E. Dewgarde}}
| extra13 = DJ Evil Dee
| length13 = 4:35
| title14 = Elite Fleet
| note14 = featuring MS, the [Representativz](/source/Representativz) and Bad Vybes
| writer14 = {{hlist|Yates|Powell|McNair|Louis Johnson|Demetrio Muniz|Bad Vybes|M.S.|Hendricks}}
| extra14 = Baby Paul
| length14 = 5:23
| title15 = Flappin{{'-}}
| writer15 = {{hlist|Yates|McNair|Powell|[Eric Brooks](/source/E-Swift)}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|[E-Swift](/source/E-Swift)|[Madlib](/source/Madlib){{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length15 = 4:04
| total_length = 50:37
}}
;Notes
*{{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a co-[producer](/source/Record_producer)
*Track 7 features additional rap vocals by Da Rockness Monstas
;Sample credits
*Track 7 contains a sample from "Country Roads" as recorded by the [Gary Burton](/source/Gary_Burton) Quartet
*Track 8 contains a sample from "New Spaces" as recorded by the John Payne Band
*Track 14 contains a sample from "Past Days" as recorded by the John Payne Band and "[Flava in Ya Ear](/source/Flava_in_Ya_Ear)" as recorded by [Craig Mack](/source/Craig_Mack)
*Track 15 contains a sample from "[All I Have to do is Dream](/source/All_I_Have_to_do_is_Dream)" by [The Everly Brothers](/source/The_Everly_Brothers) and "Past Days" as recorded by the John Payne Band
==Personnel==
'''[Originoo Gunn Clappaz](/source/Originoo_Gunn_Clappaz)'''
*Jack "[Starang Wondah](/source/Starang_Wondah)" McNair – rap vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–15), co-producer (track 1), mixing (tracks: 10, 13)
*Dashawn "[Top Dog](/source/Top_Dog_(rapper))" Yates – rap vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8–15), arranging (track 9)
*Barret "[Louieville Sluggah](/source/Louieville_Sluggah)" Powell – rap vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 10–15)
'''Guest musicians'''
{{div col}}
*Derek "[Sadat X](/source/Sadat_X)" Murphy – rap vocals (track 11)
*Sean Black – rap vocals (track 11)
*Demetrio "Supreme" Muniz – rap vocals (track 14), co-producer (track 9)
*Louis "Lidu Rock" Johnson – rap vocals (track 14)
*Bad Vybes – rap vocals (track 14)
*M.S. – rap vocals (track 14)
*Da Rockness Monstas – additional rap vocals (track 7)
*Paul "[Baby Paul](/source/Baby_Paul) Hendricks – producer (tracks: 1, 8, 14)
*Darryl "Shaleek" Pearson – producer (track 2)
*Walter "[Mr. Walt](/source/Mr._Walt)" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 7)
*Darian "[Big Tigger](/source/Big_Tigger)" Morgan – producer (track 6)
*Darrell "[Steele](/source/Steele_(rapper))" Yates Jr. – producer (track 9)
*Ewart "[DJ Evil Dee](/source/DJ_Evil_Dee)" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 10, 13)
*Eric "[E-Swift](/source/E-Swift)" Brooks – producer (track 15)
*Yuwee "The Ambasitor" Barsi – co-producer (track 9)
*Kenyatta "[Buckshot](/source/Buckshot_(rapper))" Blake – co-producer (track 12), mixing (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
*Lorenzo "[Lord Jamar](/source/Lord_Jamar) Dechalus – co-producer (track 12)
*Otis "[Madlib](/source/Madlib)" Jackson, Jr. – co-producer (track 15)
*[Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman](/source/Drew_%22Dru-Ha%22_Friedman) – mixing (tracks: 3, 7, 10, 13)
*Kieran Walsh – engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
*John Wydrycs – engineering (tracks: 7, 8, 12–15)
*Dexter Thibou – assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
*Alex Olsson – assistant engineering (track 7)
*Jay Nicholas – assistant engineering (tracks: 8, 12–15)
*Tramp and Huy – design
*Mo-B – photography
{{div col end}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Chart (1996)
! scope="col" |Peak
position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|47|artist=Originoo Gunn Clappaz|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|10|artist=Originoo Gunn Clappaz|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|57054|O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz) – Da Storm}}
{{O.G.C.}}{{Boot Camp Clik}}
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Category:1996 albums
Category:O.G.C. albums
Category:Duck Down Music albums
Category:Priority Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Madlib
Category:Albums produced by Da Beatminerz
Category:Albums recorded at Chung King Studios
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