Da Storm

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Studio album by O.G.C./Originoo Gunn Clappaz folding music stand

Released guitar tuner electronic

October 29, 1996

Recorded

March-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

Allmusic link

RapReviews: 10/10

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

Songwriters

Producer(s)

Performer (s)

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

Top Dog, Louieville Sluggah, Starang Wondah

3

"No Fear"

Walt Dewgarde, J. McNair, B. Powell, D. Yates

Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz

Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah, Top Dog

4

"Boom...Boom...Fucking Prick"

*Interlude*

5

"Gunn Clapp"

Walt Dewgarde, D. Yates, B. Powell, J. McNair

Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz

Top Dog, Louieville Sluggah, Starang Wondah

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

Starang Wondah, Rock

8

"Danjer"

Paul Hendricks, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair, L. Landon

Baby Paul of Da Beatminerz

Louieville Sluggah, Top Dog, Starang Wondah

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

Top Dog, Louieville Sluggah, Starang Wondah

11

"Wild Cowboys In Bucktown"

G. Scott, J. McNair, D. Yates, Derek Murphy, B. Powell, Sean Black

O. Gee/DJ O. Gee

Starang Wondah, Sadat X, Sean Black, Top Dog, Louieville Sluggah

12

"God Don't Like Ugly"

Paul Hendricks, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair

Buckshot & Lord Jamar

Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah, Top Dog

13

"X-Unknown"

Ewart Dewgarde, B. Powell, D. Yates, J. McNair

DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz

Louieville Sluggah, Top Dog, Starang Wondah

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

M.S., Top Dog, Lidu Rock, Supreme, Starang Wondah, Bad Vybes, Louieville Sluggah

15

"Flappin'"

E. Brooks, D. Yates, J. McNair, B. Powell, L. Creative

E-Swift, co-produced by Madlib

Starang Wondah, Top Dog, Louieville Sluggah

Chart performance

Chart (1996)

Peak

position

U.S.Billboard 200

47

U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums

10

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Boot Camp Clik

Groups

Black Moon  Smif-n-Wessun  Heltah Skeltah  O.G.C.

Members

Buckshot  Steele  Tek  Sean Price  Rock  Starang Wondah  Louieville Sluggah  Top Dog

Albums

Enta da Stage  Dah Shinin'  Nocutrnal  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 Skills

Compilations

Duck Down Presents: The Album  Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits  Collect Dis Edition

Related articles

Discography  Duck Down Records  Representativz  Da Beatminerz 

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O.G.C.

Starang Wondah  Louieville Sluggah  Top Dog

Albums

Da Storm  The M-Pire Shrikez Back

Singles

"Blah"  "Leflaur Leflah Eshokoshka"  "No Fear"  "Hurricane Starang"  "Bounce to the Ounce"  "Girlz Ninety Now"

Related articles

Discography  Boot Camp Clik  Black Moon  Smif-n-Wessun  Heltah Skeltah  Duck Down Records

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