Dah Shinin'

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Dah Shinin' | type = [[Studio album]] | artist = [[Smif-N-Wessun]] | cover = Dahshinin.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1995|1|10}} | recorded = 1993–94 | studio = [[D&D Studios|D&D]] (New York City) | genre = {{hlist|[[East Coast hip hop]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]}} | length = {{Duration|h=1|m=7|s=35}} | label = {{hlist|Wreck|[[Nervous Records (US)|Nervous]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot]] ([[Executive producer|exec.]])|[[Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman]] (exec.)|[[Da Beatminerz]]}} | next_title = [[The Rude Awakening]] | next_year = 1998 | misc = {{Singles | name = Dah Shinin' | type = studio | single1 = [[Bucktown (song)|Bucktown]] | single1date = May 28, 1994 | single2 = Wontime"/"Stand Strong | single2date = 1994 | single3 = Wrekonize"/"Sound Bwoy Bureill | single3date = 1995 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Witt|first=Chris|date=|title=Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dah-shinin-mw0000120786|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219113623/http://www.allmusic.com:80/album/dah-shinin-mw0000120786 |archive-date=2012-12-19 |access-date=September 21, 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]|language=en-us}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifihavent.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/classic-reviews-dah-shinin-in-the-source-1995/|title = Classic Reviews : Dah Shinin in the Source (1995)|website=Ifihavent.wordpress.com|date = 19 December 2008}}</ref> }}

'''''Dah Shinin'''''' is the debut studio album by American [[East Coast hip hop]] duo [[Smif-N-Wessun]]. It was released on January 10, 1995, via Wreck/[[Nervous Records (US)|Nervous Records]]. Recording sessions took place at [[D&D Studios]] in New York City. [[Hip hop production|Production]] was handled by [[Da Beatminerz]]. It features a [[guest appearance]] from the [[Boot Camp Clik]]. The album peaked at number 59 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The production is the signature Beatminerz sound which is elevated from their work on [[Black Moon (group)|Black Moon]]'s 1993 effort ''[[Enta da Stage]]''. The album spawned four singles: "Bucktown"/Let's Git It On", "Wrekonize/Sound Bwoy Burriel", "Wrekonize (Remix)/Sound Bwoy Burriel (edit)" and "Wontime". A track known as 'Nothin' Move but The Money' was left of the release of the album due to sample clearance issues and was released on white label as a result.

== Background == Members [[Tek (rapper)|Tek]] and [[Steele (rapper)|Steele]] made their debut previously on [[Black Moon (group)|Black Moon]]'s classic 1993 album ''[[Enta da Stage]]''. ''Dah Shinin''' was noted for its hardcore lyrical content and production, which was provided by Da Beatminerz members [[DJ Evil Dee]], [[Mr. Walt]], [[Rich Blak]] and [[Baby Paul]].<ref>[http://www.complex.com/music/2012/11/the-50-greatest-debut-albums-in-hip-hop-history-/smif-n-wessun-dah-shinin] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

The album marked the arrival of hip hop [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]], the [[Boot Camp Clik]], a prominent rap crew of the 1990s. The group includes Black Moon member [[Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot]], [[Heltah Skeltah]] and [[O.G.C. (band)|Originoo Gunn Clappaz]], as well as Tek and Steele. All members make an appearance on the [[posse cut]] "Cession at da Doghillee".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/smif-n-wessuns-da-shinin-20-year-anniversary|title=Smif-n-Wessun's ''Dah Shinin'' is the Quintessential Brooklyn Album|website=Theboombox.com}}</ref>

The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States, and includes the underground single "Bucktown".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/01/smif-n-wessun-dah-shinin-album|title = Smif-N-Wessun Drop ''Dah Shinin'' Album - Today in Hip-Hop |website=Xxlmag.com}}</ref> In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'''s 100 Best Rap Albums.

The album's cover draws its inspiration from [[Roy Ayers]] Ubiquity's 1972 album ''He's Coming''.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Timz 'n' Hood Chek | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Steele (rapper)|Darrell A. Yates, Jr.]]|[[Tek (rapper)|Tekomin B. Williams]]|[[DJ Evil Dee|Ewart C. Dewgarde]]}} | extra1 = [[DJ Evil Dee]] | length1 = 3:17 | title2 = Wrektime | writer2 = {{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|[[Mr. Walt|Walter V. Dewgarde]]}} | extra2 = [[Mr. Walt]] | length2 = 4:05 | title3 = Wontime | note3 = featuring Rockness Monsta | writer3 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|W. Dewgarde|[[Rich Blak|Richard Nurse]]}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Mr. Walt|[[Rich Blak]]}} | length3 = 4:42 | title4 = Wrekonize | writer4 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|[[Baby Paul|Paul Anthony Hendricks]]}} | extra4 = [[Baby Paul]] | length4 = 3:54 | title5 = Sound Bwoy Bureill | note5 = featuring Top Dog and Starang Wondah | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Top Dog (rapper)|Deshawn Jamal Yates]]|Williams|Yates, Jr.|[[Starang Wondah|Jack K. McNair]]|E. Dewgarde|W. Dewgarde}} | extra5 = {{hlist|DJ Evil Dee|Mr. Walt}} | length5 = 4:19 | title6 = K.I.M. | writer6 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|W. Dewgarde}} | extra6 = Mr. Walt | length6 = 2:55 | title7 = Bucktown | writer7 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|E. Dewgarde}} | extra7 = {{hlist|DJ Evil Dee|Mr. Walt}} | length7 = 4:08 | title8 = Stand Strong | writer8 = {{hlist|Yates Jr.|Williams|E. Dewgarde}} | extra8 = DJ Evil Dee | length8 = 4:10 | title9 = Shinin........ / Next Shit | note9 = featuring [[Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot]] | writer9 = E. Dewgarde/{{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|[[Buckshot (rapper)|Kenyatta S. Blake]]|W. Dewgarde}} | extra9 = DJ Evil Dee/Mr. Walt | length9 = 5:30 | title10 = Cession at da Doghillee | note10 = featuring Buckshot, [[Heltah Skeltah]], and [[O.G.C. (band)|O.G.C.]] | writer10 = {{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|Blake|Bush|[[Sean Price|Sean D. Price]]|McNair|Yates|Powell|E. Dewgarde}} | extra10 = DJ Evil Dee | length10 = 5:15 | title11 = Hellucination | writer11 = {{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|E. Dewgarde}} | extra11 = DJ Evil Dee | length11 = 5:09 | title12 = Home Sweet Home | writer12 = {{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|Hendricks}} | extra12 = Baby Paul | length12 = 4:44 | title13 = Wipe Ya Mouf | writer13 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|Blake|Hendricks}} | extra13 = Baby Paul | length13 = 4:45 | title14 = Let's Git It On | note14 = featuring Rockness Monsta | writer14 = {{hlist|Yates, Jr.|Williams|Bush|E. Dewgarde|W. Dewgarde}} | extra14 = {{hlist|DJ Evil Dee|Mr. Walt}} | length14 = 3:55 | title15 = P.N.C. (Intro) | writer15 = | extra15 = DJ Evil Dee | length15 = 1:06 | title16 = P.N.C. | writer16 = {{hlist|Williams|Yates, Jr.|E. Dewgarde}} | extra16 = DJ Evil Dee | length16 = 5:41 | total_length = 1:07:35 }}

;Sample credits *"Timz n Hood Chek" contains samples from "Bedroom" by [[Galt MacDermot]], "The Sorcerer of Isis (The Ritual of the Mole)" by The Power of Zeus, and "U da Man" by [[Black Moon (group)|Black Moon]]. *"Wrektime" contains samples from "Somebody to Love" by Barbara & Ernie, "[[Get Out of My Life, Woman]]" by [[The Mad Lads]], and "Forecast" by [[Eric Gale]]. *"Wontime" contains samples from "[[Funky President (People It's Bad)]]" by [[James Brown]] and "Spoonin' Rap" by [[Spoonie Gee]]. *"Wrekonize" contains samples from "Home on a Rainy Day" by The New York Port Authority, "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by [[Iron Butterfly]], and "Blind Alley" by [[The Emotions]]. The remix contains a sample of "[[Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington Jr. song)|Just the Two of Us]]" by [[Grover Washington Jr]] and [[Bill Withers]]. *"Sound Bwoy Bureill" contains samples from "My Heart Just Won't Let You Go" by The Waters, "False Sound" by Gregory Peck, and "Heart Song" by Ramatam. *"K.I.M." contains samples from "Gimme Some More" by [[The J.B.'s]] and "Momma Miss America" by [[Paul McCartney]]. *"Bucktown" contains samples from "Born to Be Blue" by [[Jack Bruce]], "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by [[The Whatnauts]], and interpolations of "U da Man" by Black Moon. *"Stand Strong" contains samples from "The Look of Love" by [[Isaac Hayes]], "Sport" by [[Jalal Mansur Nuriddin|Lightnin' Rod]] and [[Kool & the Gang]], and "Bucktown" by Smif-N-Wessun. *"Shinin'........ / Next Shit" contains samples from "So You'll Know My Name" by [[Roland Hanna|The Roland Hanna Trio]], "Orange Lady" by [[Weather Report]], "The Jam" by [[Graham Central Station]], "The Sorcerer of Isis (The Ritual of the Mole)" by The Power of Zeus, and an interpolation of "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk" by [[Cypress Hill]]. *"Cession at da Doghillee" contains samples from "Harlem River Drive" by [[Bobbi Humphrey]], "Knocking 'Round the Zoo" by James Taylor and the Flying Machine, and "Keep Your Distance" by [[Babe Ruth (band)|Babe Ruth]]. *"Hellucination" contains samples from "Only When I'm Dreaming" by [[Minnie Riperton]] and "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts. *"Home Sweet Home" contains samples from "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby" by [[Roy Ayers|Roy Ayers Ubiquity]] and "Hit or Miss" by [[Bo Diddley]]. *"Wipe Ya Mouf" contains samples from "You're Welcome, Stop on By" by [[Ahmad Jamal]], "Slow Dance" by Stanley Clarke, and an interpolation of "The Program" by Papa San. *"Let's Git It On" contains samples from "After the Race" by [[Mandrill (band)|Mandrill]], "North Carolina" by [[Les McCann]], and "[[Buffalo Gals (Malcolm McLaren song)|Buffalo Gals]]" by [[Malcolm McLaren]]. *"P.N.C." contains samples from "Get It Over" by [[One Way (American band)|One Way featuring Al Hudson]], "Love Potion-Cheeba-Cheeba" by The Mighty Tom Cats, and "Vibe Riffs 1" by Monte Croft.

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|59|artist=Cocoa Brovaz|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2020}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|5|artist=Cocoa Brovaz|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2020}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995|work=Billboard|access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref> | 75 |} {{col-end}}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Song !colspan="4"| Chart positions |- ! [[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]] ! [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]] ! [[Hot Rap Songs|US Rap]] ! [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales|US Dance Sales]] |- | 1994 | "[[Bucktown (song)|Bucktown]]" | align=center|93 | align=center|61 | align=center|14 | align=center|1 |- | 1994 | "Let's Git It On" | align=center|— | align=center|— | align=center|14 | align=center|— |- | 1995 | "Wrekonize" | align=center|— | align=center|95 | align=center|29 | align=center|5 |- | 1995 | "Sound Bwoy Bureill" | align=center|— | align=center|— | align=center|29 | align=center|— |- | 1995 | "Wontime" | align=center|— | align=center|— | align=center|48 | align=center|18 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|57165|Dah Shinin'}}

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