Dah Shinin' [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Smif N' Wessun

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 1995)
• Original Release Date: January 9, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Nervous Records
• ASIN: B000000ZT1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,896 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Album #2 from the Boot Camp Clik., May 9, 2004

By	brother_ike "brother_ike" (L-Boogie) - See all my reviews

Black Moons classic debut album 'Enta Da Stage' had put Boot Camp Clik on the map back in 1993, and now in 95 the duo of Smif-N-Wessun were following that up with their debut, 'Dah Shinin'. The fact that this album gets the same respect as all those classic albums from them days says it all. Back in 95 NYC hip hop was strong & if you didn't bring soemthing special to the table you got left behind. I wish it still was that way.

'Dah Shinin' is a dark, ominous sounding album, with gruff & threatening raps from the emcees and some dusty, gritty beats laid down by the Beatminerz. Its not as varied as Black Moons album, but it is consistent. 'Dah Shinin' is a creepy, blunted experience, and about as street as it gets. You can almost smell a mixture of gun and weed smoke with Smif-N-Wessuns late night alley way stories. This is pure hip hop flava, Must Own if you enjoy BCC or the classic NYC stuff of yesteryear.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "nuff man a die, nuff man a come try..., November 20, 2000

By	supastar (brooklyn) - See all my reviews

...to test the warrior -I, me na know why, a new breed of conqueror is on the rise, step to my boot camp and catch black eyes from the heltah skeltah, the gun the clappas..." The line from Session at Da Doghille, which features Heltah Skeltah and the gunclappas, sums it up well. These cats can go from storytellin (Hellucination) to straight up anthems like Lets git it On over the best beats the Beatminerz have ever put together. This album is even better than Black Moon's first classic, Enta Da Stage. It has a slower tempo, more weeded out, and I think Steele is the best rapper in the whole BCC. It's not quite as direct punch you in the face type of thing. Sound Bwoy Buriel is a unique classic, slow and meditative and strong and hard, but I also like the version which is on the video with the chatter kid -"Tell them fi come if a trouble them want.." That's not here, nor is the version of Wreckognize with the "Just the Two of Us" sample. The album version of this song is better, though. Furthermore, the album does not get old. It does not sound outdated, it is truly classic. Its definitely a winter album, a cold album, a night album. "Bring ya lighters/ prepare for another alnighter." This album also happened to make a true weedhead out of many a youngster from boston to new york during the winter of 1995. It also came out when dancehall reggae was arguably at its best point in the 90's, when superstars like Buju, Beenie, Spragga, and Bounty were building popularity among people outside of just the WestIndian communities, and this album fueled that growth well, too. It is actually quite rare that reggae and hip hop can combine into something this good, though it seems like such a natural pairing. That New York Jamaican influence in all the BCC, but especially this album, adds flavor to this unique laid back sound. The whole album is great, start to finish, and so I'm saying even in the 2G, its well worth buying.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MAY IT CONTINUE TO SHINE, October 25, 2005

By	Tino Tek "Tino" (London, England) - See all my reviews

I bought this album based on amazon reviews, I had not even heard the track samples, I had purchased the recent reloaded album and I enjoyed it enough to start perusing through smif n wessuns back catalogue and Im glad I did.

Smif n Wessun are the duo consisting of Tek and Steele and are part of the well known underground coalition Boot Camp Click.
This album is raw from start to finish, when I put it on I was brought back to the classic mid ninties era and reminded once again why this was hip hop at It's peak.
The beats (produced by the Beatminerz) are dark grimy with the turntable scratch being used often providing that much loved new york sound, Tek and Steele both have a firm grasp on the mic and demonstrate why new york rappers are often imitated.

If you love mid ninties new york rap I highly recommed you check this out. It is a shame that this type of hip hop is hardly coming out of new york now, the sound of new york mainly being polluted by the likes of Ja Rule and company today just makes you want to did deeper into your own collections rather than buy new material, still I suppose thats why we have the underground.