Da Storm

Da Storm
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
Producer	Baby Paul Shaleek Mr. Walt Steele Supreme DJ Evil Dee O. Gee/DJ Ogee Buckshot Lord Jamar E-Swift Madlib
Professional reviews
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O.G.C./Originoo Gunn Clappaz chronology
Da Storm (1996) The M-Pire Shrikez Back (1999) Singles from Da Storm "No Fear" Released: September 10, 1996 "Hurricane Starang" Released: February 1997

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".

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Notes
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

Samples

• "No Fear"
  • "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
• "Danjer"
  • "New Spaces" by The John Payne Band
• "Da Storm"
  • "Lonely Jelly" by Moody
  • "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix) by Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• "Wild Cowboys In Bucktown"
  • "The Hot Rock - Main Title" by Quincy Jones

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S.Billboard 200	47
U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	10