Da Storm | ||||||||||
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Studio album by O.G.C./Originoo Gunn Clappaz | ||||||||||
Released | October 29, 1996 | |||||||||
Recorded | November 1995-August 1996 | |||||||||
Genre | East Coast hip hop, Underground Hip Hop | |||||||||
Length | 50:47 | |||||||||
Label | Duck Down/Priority/EMI Records 0499 2 50577 2 0 P2-50577 |
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Producer | Baby Paul Shaleek Mr. Walt Steele Supreme DJ Evil Dee O. Gee/DJ Ogee Buckshot Lord Jamar E-Swift Madlib |
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O.G.C./Originoo Gunn Clappaz chronology | ||||||||||
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Da Storm is the debut album from Hip Hop trio O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz), released in October 1996 through Duck Down Records. O.G.C. members Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah and Top Dog gained fame as members of the Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik, debuting with Heltah Skeltah as "The Fab 5" in 1995. The two groups split up to release separate debuts in 1996, with Da Storm coming as the last Boot Camp Clik debuts, after Black Moon's Enta Da Stage, Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin', and Heltah Skeltah's Nocturnal. Out of these four Boot Camp albums, Da Storm sold the least, reaching just over 200,000 copies in the United States.
The album featured two singles; the first was "No Fear", which featured "Da Storm" as a B-Side; the second was "Hurricane Starang", which featured "Gunn Clapp" and "Danjer" as B-Sides. The lead single "No Fear" peaked at #13 on Billboard magazine's Hot Rap Singles chart. Videos were shot for three tracks, "No Fear", and a split video for "Hurricane Starang" and "Danjer", titled "Hurricane Danjer". The video for "No Fear" caused a small dispute between Starang Wondah and The Notorious B.I.G. as the video contained a Biggie look-alike when Starang said the line: "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 at D&D Studios, and later mentions the attack on Heltah Skeltah's 1998 hit "I Ain't Havin That". "No Fear" was also interpolated by Beyonce Knowles on her 2003 hit "Baby Boy".
# | Title | Songwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Notes |
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1 | "Intro" | Paul Hendricks, J. McNair | Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz & Starang Wondah | *Interlude* |
2 | "Calm Before Da Storm" | D. Pearson, D. Yates, B. Powell, J. McNair | Shaleek | |
3 | "No Fear" | Walt Dewgarde, J. McNair, B. Powell, D. Yates | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | |
4 | "Boom...Boom...Fucking Prick" | *Interlude* | ||
5 | "Gunn Clapp" | Walt Dewgarde, D. Yates, B. Powell, J. McNair | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | |
6 | "Emergency Broadcast System" | Tigger & His Hip Hop Critics | *Interlude* | |
7 | "Hurricane Starang" | Walt Dewgarde, J. McNair, J. Bush, G. Burton, S. Swallow | Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz | Featuring Rock |
8 | "Danjer" | Paul Hendricks, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair, L. Landon | Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz | |
9 | "Elements Of Da Storm" | D. Yates Jr., D. Yates, Y. Barsi | Steele, co-produced by Supreme | *Interlude* |
10 | "Da Storm" | Ewart Dewgarde, D. Yates, B. Powell, J. McNair | DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz | |
11 | "Wild Cowboys In Bucktown" | G. Scott, J. McNair, D. Yates, Derek Murphy, B. Powell, Sean Black | O. Gee/DJ O. Gee | Featuring Sadat X and Sean Black |
12 | "God Don't Like Ugly" | Paul Hendricks, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair | Buckshot & Lord Jamar | |
13 | "X-Unknown" | Ewart Dewgarde, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair | DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz | |
14 | "Elite Fleet" | P. Hendricks, D. Yates, B. Powell, J. McNair, L. Johnson, D. Muniz, Bad Vybes, M.S., L. Landon, O. Harvey, Craig Mack | Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz | Featuring M.S., Lidu Rock, Supreme, and Bad Vybes |
15 | "Flappin'" | E. Brooks, D. Yates, J. McNair, B. Powell, L. Creative | E-Swift, co-produced by Madlib |
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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U.S.Billboard 200 | 47 |
U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 10 |
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