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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
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P2-50577Producer Baby Paul
Shaleek
Mr. Walt
Steele
Supreme
DJ Evil Dee
O. Gee/DJ Ogee
Buckshot
Lord Jamar
E-Swift
MadlibProfessional reviews O.G.C./Originoo Gunn Clappaz chronology Da Storm
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(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
positionU.S.Billboard 200 47 U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 10 Groups Members 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 · Jesus Price Superstar · Casualties of War · Smif-n-Wessun: The Album · The Formula · D.I.R.T. · Welcome to Bucktown · Survival SkillsCompilations Duck Down Presents: The Album · Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits · Collect Dis EditionRelated articles Starang Wondah · Louieville Sluggah · Top Dog Albums Singles "Blah" · "Leflaur Leflah Eshokoshka" · "No Fear" · "Hurricane Starang" · "Bounce to the Ounce" · "Girlz Ninety Now"Related articles Categories:- 1996 albums
- Duck Down Records albums
- Priority Records albums
- Originoo Gunn Clappaz albums
- Albums produced by Madlib
- Albums produced by E-Swift
- Albums produced by Da Beatminerz
- Albums produced by Baby Paul
- "No Fear"
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