Dah Shinin'

Studio album by Smif-n-Wessun

Released

January 10, 1995

Recorded

1993-1994
D&D Studios
(New York, New York)

Genre

Horrorcore, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, Jazz rap

Length

67:35

Label

Wreck Records

Producer

Da Beatminerz, Steele

Smif-n-Wessun chronology

Singles from Dah Shinin'
	Dah Shinin (1995)	The Rude Awakening (1998)
"Bucktown"/"Let's Git It On" Released: 1994 "Wontime"/"Stand Strong" Released: 1994 "Wrekonize"/"Sound Bwoy Bureill" Released: 1995

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The Source

Dah Shinin' is the debut album from Brooklyn Hip Hop duo Smif-N-Wessun. Members Tek and Steele made their debut previously on Black Moon's classic 1993 album Enta Da Stage. Dah Shinin' has become one of the most heralded New York Hip Hop albums from the mid-1990s, famous for its hardcore lyrical content and dark, dusty beats. Production was handled by Da Beatminerz members DJ Evil Dee, Mr. Walt, Rich Blak and Baby Paul.

The most famous aspect of the album is arguably the arrival of Hip Hop supergroup, the Boot Camp Clik, one of the most prominent rap crews of the 1990s. The group includes Black Moon member Buckshot, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C., as well as Tek and Steele. All members make an appearance on the posse-cut "Cession at da Doghillee".

The album has gone on to sell over 300,000 copies in the United States, and includes the underground smash single "Bucktown". In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.

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

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer(s)
1	"Timz N Hood Chek"	Ewart Dewgarde, Darrell Yates, Tekomin Williams	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek
2	"Wrektime"	Walt Dewgarde, T. Williams, D. Yates	Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz	Tek, Steele
3	"Wontime"	Richard Nurse, W. Dewgarde, D. Yates, T. Williams	Mr. Walt & Rich Blak of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek, Rock
4	"Wrekonize"	Paul Hendricks, T. Williams, D. Yates	Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz, Remix Produced by Steele	Steele, Tek
5	"Sound Bwoy Bureill"	E. Dewgarde, W. Dewgarde, Deshawn Yates, T. Williams, D. Yates, Jack McNair	Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Top Dog, Tek, Steele, Starang Wondah, Jahdan Blakkamore
6	"K.I.M." (Keep It Moving)	W. Dewgarde, T. Williams, D. Yates	Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek
7	"Bucktown"	E. Dewgarde, W. Dewgarde, D. Yates, T. Williams	Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek
8	"Stand Strong"	E. Dewgarde, D. Yates, T. Williams	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek
9A	"Shinin..."	E. Dewgarde	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Instrumental
9B	"Next Shit"	W. Dewgarde, T. Williams, D. Yates, Kenyatta Blake	Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz	Tek, Steele, Buckshot
10	"Cession at da Doghillee"	E. Dewgarde, Sean Price, J. McNair, K. Blake, Barret Powell, Jamal Bush, T. Williams, D. Yates, D. Yates	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Boot Camp Clik
11	"Hellucination"	E. Dewgarde, T. Williams, D. Yates	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Tek, Steele
12	"Home Sweet Home"	P. Hendricks, T. Williams, D. Yates	Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz	Tek, Steele, Buckshot
13	"Wipe Ya Mouf"	P. Hendricks, D. Yates, T. Williams, K. Blake	Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz	Steele, Tek
14	"Let's Git it On"	E. Dewgarde, W. Dewgarde, J. Bush, D. Yates, T. Williams	Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Rock, Steele, Tek
15	"P.N.C. Intro"			Interlude
16	"P.N.C."	E. Dewgarde, T. Williams, D. Yates	DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz	Tek, Steele

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Billboard 200	59
Billboard Top R&B Albums	5

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	US Hot 100	US R&B	US Rap	US Dance Sales
1994	"Bucktown"	93	61	14	1
1994	"Let's Git It On"	—	—	14	—
1995	"Wrekonize"	—	95	29	5
1995	"Sound Bwoy Bureill"	—	—	29	—
1995	"Wontime"	—	—	48	18

Boot Camp Clik

Groups	Black Moon Smif-n-Wessun Heltah Skeltah O.G.C.

Members	Buckshot Steele Tek Sean Price Rock Starang Wondah Louieville Sluggah Top Dog

Albums	Enta da Stage Dah Shinin' Nocturnal Diggin' in Dah Vaults Da Storm For the People The Rude Awakening Magnum Force War Zone The M-Pire Shrikez Back The BDI Thug Duck Down Presents: The Album Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits The Chosen Few Collect Dis Edition Total Eclipse Monkey Barz Chemistry Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded The Last Stand Dinner Time Jesus Price Superstar Casualties of War Smif-n-Wessun: The Album The Formula D.I.R.T. Welcome to Bucktown Survival Skills Best Kept Secret Amerikkkah's Nightmare, Pt. 2 Random Axe Monumental Mic Tyson The Solution

Compilations	Duck Down Presents: The Album Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits Collect Dis Edition

Related articles	Duck Down Records Representativz Da Beatminerz

Smif-n-Wessun

Steele Tek

Albums	Dah Shinin' The Rude Awakening Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded Smif-n-Wessun: The Album Monumental

EPs	Born and Raised

Singles	"Bucktown" "Sound Bwoy Bureill" "Wrekonize" "Wontime" "Won on Won" "Spanish Harlem" "Black Trump" "Bucktown USA" "Holocaust" "Get Up" "Super Brooklyn" "Spit Again" "Crystal Stair" "My Timbz Do Work"

Related articles	Boot Camp Clik Black Moon Heltah Skeltah O.G.C. Duck Down Records

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