NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
dope/i can understand that
Smif N Wessun Dah Shinin Appreciation 20 Year Anniversary
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dope/i can understand that
I walk around town with the pound strapped down
That's only because it's mad real in Bucktown
It gets mad deep in the streets
When you gotta watch ya back for beasts, enemies even ya peeps
I step to my business stand strong on my own two
Do what I have have to do to get true
If you for real then you know the deal
I do or die and I never ran never will
That's only because it's mad real in Bucktown
It gets mad deep in the streets
When you gotta watch ya back for beasts, enemies even ya peeps
I step to my business stand strong on my own two
Do what I have have to do to get true
If you for real then you know the deal
I do or die and I never ran never will
Another GOAT thing about Da Shinin', it's the reason why Pac flew Tek, Steele, Buck, and Dru
out to LA for the One Nation album. They Big him Up in the Thank Yous (remember that 90s
Kids), and he saw that while lockdown during Me Against The World circa. And, the rest is unreleased history
...when Hip-Hop was GOAT
out to LA for the One Nation album. They Big him Up in the Thank Yous (remember that 90s
Kids), and he saw that while lockdown during Me Against The World circa. And, the rest is unreleased history
...when Hip-Hop was GOAT
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BmoreGorilla
Veteran
daps and rep
Classic album and very underrated. I remember the day I copped this. I was on a bus trip in NY for the day and I tried to cop it at the store saying I was too young. So I got my aunt to cop it for me. Coulda just waited till I got home but had to have it to bump on the headphones on the way home. Could listen to this all the way thru right now
Classic album and very underrated. I remember the day I copped this. I was on a bus trip in NY for the day and I tried to cop it at the store saying I was too young. So I got my aunt to cop it for me. Coulda just waited till I got home but had to have it to bump on the headphones on the way home. Could listen to this all the way thru right now
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
Pigs look me up and down with a frown
Is it becuz Im brown or cuz these nikkas are from Bucktown
Is it becuz Im brown or cuz these nikkas are from Bucktown
Smif N Wessun & Audible Mainframe _ Da Shinin Remixes (2008)
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/UTHwHEKV/file.html
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/UTHwHEKV/file.html
Yes way better Barry Whites people wouldn't clear the sample. So Duck Down was doing the live instrument thing thought they would remake the beat that way.
Rhymesayers just announced the line-up for their 2015 Soundset Festival and the headliners include J. Cole, Ice Cube, Big Sean and Ludacris. Relative newcomers to the hip hop world Logic, Clockwork Indigo (Flatbush Zombies & The Underachievers) and Vince Staples will add some fresh energy to the fest. And classic acts like Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Dilated Peoples, Aesop Rock & Smif-N-Wessun will also hit the stage.
Biggie, Puff Daddy Connected Smif N Wessun With Mary J Blige, Steele Says
by DANA SCOTT
posted Monday March 02, 2015 at 08:00AM PST | 3 comments
"Sean Combs, man," Steele says, "he’s a genius."
One of the key things that helped propel Smif-N-Wessun’s debut album, Dah Shinin', which recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary, to commercial success was the duo's affiliation with The Notorious B.I.G, Puff Daddy and Mary J Blige.
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Steele of Smif-N-Wessun details how the pair's friendship with Biggie Smalls and a request from Puff Daddy to collaborate with R&B songstress Mary J. Blige on her single “I Love You (Remix)” helped increase their audience and helped the success of the Dah Shinin’.
“It was pure respect, man, from us seeing each other in the New York club circuit," Steele says. "But with Puff we have no experience with him whatsoever. So for me personally, I was really just a fan of what he was doing. But on the real, what really helped us linked with him was kicking it with the homie Biggie and Junior M.A.F.I.A.”
Steele also says that Puff Daddy convinced Smif-N-Wessun to appear on the remix of “I Love You,” which was included on her chart-topping sophomore album, My Life, and was released just prior to Dah Shinin’.
“We had a show one night, and we was out there all kicking it," Steele says. "And we had just came from a video shoot so we had all our camouflage garbs up in there. The place that we were at was called the Intrepid, which was a military boat. So how perfect was that, being that we were dressed in all military garbs? It was like we were paying tribute to the soldiers (laughs). So with that on us, people were just staring at us. They were watching us. And Mary had a show that same night there. Mary was clearly hot at the time, and she was steady on the rise. And we were all artists on the come-up. The remix dropped in 1994. 'Bucktown' and 'Lets Get it On' was out. Then we had 'Sound Bwoy Burreill' and was running around town making some noise.
"So what was happening was that we were freshman, and these guys kinda wanted to open the door for us by putting that together," Steele continues. "What was so dope was Sean Combs, man, he’s a genius. He was like 'Yo, I want y’all to do that back-and-forth thing that y’all do.' He told us to get comfortable and left us in the booth. There was no stress from him to do our part. It wasn’t like, ‘Do it again. That’s garbage,’ or any horror stories like that. He was really respectful to us for what we brought to the table.”
Dah Shinin’ is one of the chapters in author Brian Coleman’s book Check The Technique Part 2: LinerNotes For Hip Hop Junkies, which chronicles the making of 25 classic rap albums via interviews by the albums' artists, producers and record executives.
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My favorite album of all-time. Can't imagine my life without having heard it. Too many memories and influences from this album to even state for me.
Salute the BCC for life.