Shinin & Bigtymin' [Explicit Lyrics]

Track Listings

1. Intro (3 White Angry Country Men)/Diamonds Always Shinin' - Down & Dirty, T-Mac & P-Squad

2. Who da Balla's

3. Haters Can't Stand Me

4. All of My Life

5. We Made It - Down & Dirty, , , T-Mac & P-Squad

6. Hoe's Be Looking - Down & Dirty, T-Mac & P-Squad

7. Ride Wit Me

8. Where Dem Nigga's At - T-Mac & P-Squad, X-Factor

9. Talk Sh*t! - T-Mac & P-Squad, X-Factor

10. Player Hating Hoe's - Down & Dirty, T-Mac & P-Squad

11. Guard Yo Gril

12. Life in da Game

13. My Homie's Gone

14. Drug Deals - Down & Dirty, T-Mac & P-Squad

15. Millionaire Playas

16. Wet Sex - Down & Dirty, T-Mac & P-Squad, Trivia

17. I Love You Momma

Shinin & Bigtymin',T-Mac,263,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Southern Rap

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Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin
rollablunt2dis
I HOPE THE NEXT GEN WOULD BUILD FROM THIS SH 1ST
Part II Of The Bucktown Boot Camp Clik Series (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5 stars)
step to my bootcamp

Dah Shinin'
Smif-N-Wessun
Manufacturer: Nervous Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stress: The Extinction Agenda

ASIN: B000000ZT1
Release Date: 1995-01-10

Tracks:

Timz N Hood Chek
Wrektime
Wontime
Wrekonize
Sound Bwoy Bureill
K.I.M.
Bucktown
Stand Strong
Shinin...Next Shit
Cession At Da Doghillee
Hellucination
Home Sweet Home
Wipe Ya Mouf
Let's Git It On
P.N.C. Intro
P.N.C.

Customer Reviews:

Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin.......2007-03-24

After Black Moon dropped "Enta Da Stage" in 1993, people knew about Boot Camp was about. Then 2 years later in 1995, Smif N Wessun came up with a CLASSIC debut album! This is the second album to come out of the Boot Camp Clik. If you thought Black Moons "Enta Da Stage" was classic, then you HAVE to pick this up now!!

The lyrics on this album are on point all the way through. Words about life on the streets, fakes, and just all that hood and real hip-hop! Lyric wise, youll feel the same type of lyrics like those from Black Moons debut album. They wont dissapoint!

The production on this album deserves these words... Insanely dope! If you heard Black Moons first album, you knew that "Da Beatminerz" were on about every track, youll find the same thing here! Da Beatminerz are back for more DOPE beatmaking! I don't think there is one weak beat on this album, you got those heavy bass, and just straight bangers!

To sum it up, just like me tell you this. If you like Boot Camp, Black Moon, Heltah Skeltah or any of it, or good hip-hop, do not... I repeat.. do not pass up picking up this album! Its DOPE!!!!

My Top 5 Songs
1.Wrektime
2.Wontime
3.Bucktown
4.Cession At Da Doghillee
5.Wrekonize

rollablunt2dis.......2007-03-16

I got kicked out of class for bumping this back in the day. Its true it only got 3 mics in the Source. Thats when I knew the Source was bogus. 12 years later Tek n Steele still keep their Timz n Hood Check. Don't get it twisted, this album is a classic in every definition of the word. If you slept on it then, don't sleep now. Make sure you cop Dah Shinin - you'll be glad you did.

Dope Tracks:

Start at 1 and let it play!

I HOPE THE NEXT GEN WOULD BUILD FROM THIS SH 1ST.......2007-02-13

NEVA BE ANOTHER LIKE IT CLASSIC

Part II Of The Bucktown Boot Camp Clik Series (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5 stars).......2007-01-05

Now I've heard of Smif-N-Wessun for sometime now. I actually got into them when they were the Cocoa Bovas and were signed to Rawkus Records back in the 90's and been a fan ever since. Then when I heard Black Moon's "Enta Da Stage" these guys were featured on songs on that album ("Black Smif-N-Wessun" & "U Da Man"). So I had to check this album out to hear what it was like.

This album is full of New York grimy cuts that sound fresh, even almost 12 years (damn, it's been that long???) from when it debuted. With rhymes like "...watch your lips and my boots make a french kiss...", that showed that this duo played no games at all. Most of their rhymes were about guns and smoking weed. Yeah, the subject matter was limited, but it was still great to listen to.There are a lot of gimey cuts on here that are rememerable like "Wrekonize" and "Wrektime". The song "Hellucination" is a story telling song while Tek & Stelle trade verses throughout about everyday life.

There are a few tracks to me that stood out right away when I first heard this album, and that was the posse Boot Camp Clik song "Cession At Da Doghillee" (Stelle kills that last verse), and the last track "Partners-N-Crime". Production wise is by the Beatminers, another reason why fans love the Boot Camp Clik so much.

Many say this album is better than Black Moon's "Enta Da Stage", and I have to agree (only by a small margin). Tek and Stelle do stand strong on their debut and come off to rhyme along any big time rapper back in '95. I seriously believe that this album was so underrated. If you get a chance cop this.

Lyrics: A
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: A
Musical Vibes: A+
Overall: A+

Favorite Tracks: Wrekonize, Wrektime, Soundboy Bureill, Bucktown, Shinin...The Next Sh**, Cession At Da Doghillee, Hellucination, Wipe Ya Mouf, Partners-N-Crime

P.S.- Thoughout my time here on Amazon, I've seen atleast two Listamania lists here that said that this album received 3 mics in The Source Magazine. If that rumor is true, I'm pretty sure that reviewer was fired or received some harsh disiplinary action. That rating itself seriously borders on criminal.

step to my bootcamp.......2006-07-29

And catch black eyes. This is when you had to have skills just to be recognized by the hip hop community. A damn shame those days is dead. This album is another east coast classic. This in my opinion outshines Black moon first album. If you into old skool east coast hip hop, cop this right away.

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Good follow up to 'We're an American Band'
Was this album intended to sound like a bootleg?
It could have been better.
excellent!
Mostly great songs, spacey production

Shinin' On
Grand Funk Railroad
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008BLAS
Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

Shinin' On
To Get Back In
The Loco-Motion
Carry Me Through
Please Me
Mr. Pretty Boy
Gettin' Over You
Little Johnny Hooker
Destitute And Losin'
Shinin' On (2002 Remix)

Album Description

The #5 chart topper from 1973 featuring 'The Loco-Motion', here reissued and 24-bit digitally remastered with the b-side 'Destitute and 'Losin' and a 2002 remix of 'Shinin'. Capitol Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Good follow up to 'We're an American Band'.......2007-01-12

I've come to appreciate more then ever the post-Terry Knight era of Grand Funk Railroad (in particular their 'Good Singing Good Playing' album) and 'Shinin' On' is nearly as good as its predecesor 'We're an American Band'. Having Todd Rundgren produce was a genius move, since GFR by 1973 could have used some better production and overall help in bringing out the best in what they could do. Standout tracks for me are the title track, "Carry Me Through" and "Destitute adn Losin'" Of this period of GFR I would also recommend the very underrated and overlooked Born to Die album.

Was this album intended to sound like a bootleg?.......2004-06-03

Many tracks here sound like they were recorded in an empty club with house mikes instead of any line outs on the amps. Like when you're watching the news and there's a story about a festival and the reporter's on camera with the band booming and echoing in the background? Well, some of these tracks sound like footage shot by the cameraman without the reporter. There's fairly decent bottom, but that can be boosted in the final mixdown. One point of interest is that there are three tracks Mark Farner didn't participate in the writing of. The most obvious is the single release "Loco-Motion" (written by Carole King when she was a teenager). But "Carry Me Through" and "Gettin' Over You" are written by drummer Don Brewer and keyboardist Craig Frost. I think it's Brewer singing lead on these--he's soloed before, beginning back in the "Closer To Home" days when he swapped lines with Farner in the bridge section of "Hooked On Love". I thought "Little Johnny Hooker" would turn out to be some sort of nod to blues legend John Lee Hooker, which would be the first time this blues-influenced band has done that, but instead it deals with a kid bullied in school and getting sent up the river because he replied with a switchblade. If there's a message here about there being a certain injustice in getting busted for a fight you didn't start, it's too elusive to hang your hat on. Maybe the 3-D cover art, plus the presence of an early-1960s classic, was a warning that this album would have a cheesy retro 1950s/ 1960s blare in the recording quality, I don't know.

It could have been better........2003-09-27

First off, I just want to say that I'm glad they included 3D Glasses with the Trunk of Funk. This is a band that does outstanding things with cover designs, and although the CD is smaller than the original vinyl, people have the opportunity to view the cover the way it was originally intended. I must say that, all in all, Capitol Records has done an outstanding job with the remasters, as far as nostalgia is concerned.

While I'm on the subject of remastering, this is the fourth album I've purchased since the albums were reissued. The other three were The Red Album, Survival, and E Pluribus Funk. I've posted reviews for all of them, and on each, I felt that Capitol has also done an outstanding job going back and enhancing the old master tapes to the point where the audio was crystal clear and really gave the listener a feel for the brilliant, and much underrated musicianship of the band. I'm not sure if this is indicative of the differences in engineering styles between Ken Hamann and Todd Rundgren, but I felt that the audio on this one was not as clear as it could have been. Several songs, such as "Please Me," "Little Johnny Hooker," and their cover of "Locomotion" sound like every instument is swimming in feedback, and even Don Brewer's vocals in "Please Me" seem garbled. This is a shame, because there are instances where the music is multilayered, with several different things going on. It's good, but it would have sounded better if it were clearer. Mark Farner dusts off his harmonica for one of the songs, and the group brings back a small group of backup soul singers. Unfortunately, there's so much feedback in both instances that everything sounds like noise.

As far as the music is concerned, the group moved farther away from the hard rock they started with, though they still managed to balance both it and their newer pop sound at certain points in the album. "Shinin' On," the title track, is probably one of the best Mark Farner/Don Brewer collaborations I've heard (with the exception of "I Can Feel Him In The Morning," off of Survival), with solid rhythm from Brewer and bassist Mel Schacher, fiery vocals ( also from Brewer, that sound clearer than any other song on the album), and a lengthy Farner guitar solo with all the right twists and turns. Keyboardist Craig Frost also has his turn at soloing, and the way he and Farner feed off of each other is magic. In addition to playing longer and better organ solos, Frost also tries his hand at songwriting on this one. His best effort is "Getting Over You," a collaboration with Don Brewer, that has all the energy of the title track, plus a solo on the moog synthesizer that complements the fast pace and energy of the track magnificently. "The Locomotion" is a classic cover, which the band always does in style, remaining true to the form of the original while putting their own unique stamp on it that says: "Hi, we're Grand Funk Railroad!" One of my favorite songs on here, though, and one that sadly suffers from the feedback problem, is "Little Johnny Hooker," one of Mark Farner's famous songs with morals. Each of the band members is in top form on it, and it transitions about halfway into a lengthy instrumental with a soul choir that provides a nice finish to a partially decent record.

However, this album did have a few unfortunate trends that started to rear their heads in Grand Funk's repertoire: it contained tracks that you can skip over! "Carry Me Through," for some reason, didn't sit right with me. I don't know if it was the excessive stereo fading (which I normally like, but in this case, everything was too echoey), or the fact that the producer was invited into the recording booth to play guitar for it. This was another unfortunate trend in the bands devolution, and that was way too many cooks. Finally, there's the second track on the album. "To Get Back In" is a fun pop song, with classic down-on-your-luck lyrics courtesy of Mark Farner, but it also contains horns, which complement the instrumentation of this song nicely, but were used too excessively on later albums.

I don't know, maybe the reason for the feedback is because the band intended this record to be played in a room with the curtains drawn, incense burning, and a joint being passed between friends. Or maybe I just got the one defective copy. But even without the remastering issues I have to say that as a pop album, this does very well. But as a Grand Funk Railroad album, you're better off starting with something like On Time or Closer to Home, and then coming back to check this one out.

excellent!.......2003-04-12

Shinin' On was the second album that studio wizard (and a true star) Todd Rundgren produced. Sound quality is excellent throughout--much better than the worn out vinyl copy I've been listening to for years. The disc includes two bonus tracks, the bluesy "Destitute and Losin'" (originally released as the b-side to "The Loco-Motion" and later available on the Thirty Years of Funk compilation) and an alternate version of the title track with a different vocal arrangement. The only thing missing is the 3D glasses that came with the original album. With songs like the title track, "Gettin' Over You" and "Little Johnny Hooker," Shinin' On is one of the band's best albums.

Mostly great songs, spacey production.......2003-03-15

This was Grand Funk's second album with producer extraordinaire Todd Rungren. He puts some spacey moments in (check out 'Carry Me Through) and lots of echo, but it doesn't detract from what is, with one exception, a very strong set of rock songs.

I'd buy this album for the title track alone. Drummer/vocalist Don Brewer proves his singing talents, belting this out like it's the last song he'll ever get to sing. And check out the R&B influence - complete with horns - on Mark Farner's To Get Back In. GFR was always influenced by the Motown sound, though that might have been hard to discern on their earlier efforts.

Of course, this was the breaking point for some fans, who simply couldn't stand how much the band had departed from it's loud 'n' proud garage rock roots. And, if you listen to its take on the old pop classic The LocoMotion, I suppose you couldn't blame them. This is a straight throwaway ditty, in my books. (But I still like it better than Farner's Mr. Pretty Boy, a dirge every bit as underwhelming as Mean Mistreater.)

One of the best things about this reissue is the inclusion of Destitute & Losin', a stretched out rocker with plenty of power. It showed the band was still capable of flexing plenty of muscle.

Tracks:

Catwalk
Sleepin' Alone
Street Level
Haze
Walk In The Night
Fly By Night
Chase The Sun
Ocean Sway
Can't Stop Running
Time Stretch
Paradise Island
Blue Azure

Customer Reviews:

Jammin' In the U.K........2000-07-11

Shakatak is one of the best jazz groups in the world. With the rich, soulful sounds of each of the tracks, Shakatak has a way of bringing it all together. "Shinin' On" is one of their best, although all of them are great. The track, "Paradise Island," will have you groovin' no matter where you are. The group has a fantastic way of combining vocals at just the right times and with just the right songs.

As one of your most loyal fans, I say thank you, Shakatak, for the usual "job well done!"

Smooth Acid Jazz Shines On.......1999-09-25

Shakatak is not everybody's bag, but if you're on this page you were at least curious. That's all it should take. This is a fantastic CD front to back with catchy tunes and a great style. One of my top CD's of the year.

Another good SHAKATAK........1999-08-25

Yes,Yes, another great one by a great one! Sleepin Alone is great,as well as Street Level. Blue Azure bring's this group back as another great smoothe jazz group! Really Good Tune's!

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Boot Camp Clik talent radiates on Still Shinin
RUCK IS SEAN PRICE

Still Shinin'... The Mix
Smif N Wessun
Manufacturer: Bucktown Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002JP2YS
Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

DJ Revolution (Intro)
Criminology
Reason
Tools of the Trade
Family Portrait
Smif N Wessun's Back
Steele (Free Style)
Tek (Freestyle)
Boot Camp March - Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun
Likke Youth's
We Came Up
Money Make the World Go Round
Who You Think You F@#$ With? - Smif-N-Wessun, Starang Wondah
Love Makes Life
We Generalz
Peter Piper (Free Style)
Come Back (Tribute)
Super Brooklyn
Fed Up With the BS (Free Style)
I Love You [Remix]
Atl Shorty (Tek Freestyle)
Artist Tribute (R.I.P.)

Customer Reviews:

Boot Camp Clik talent radiates on Still Shinin.......2007-04-11

This cd is chock-full of hot beat, razor-sharp lyrics and tight productions. A few older hits don't hurt it, either. It's a wonder how these guys don't sell massive units, but one-dimensional, nursery rhyme rappers do. You won;t be disappointed if you pickt his up. Guaranteed.

RUCK IS SEAN PRICE.......2005-01-08

Any fan of the BOOT CAMP CLIK needs to go out and support duckdown!!! peace Buck.

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Still Shinin
Johnny Heartsman , and Johnny Heartsman
Manufacturer: Have Mercy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LDJI
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

Why Do You Treat Me So Bad
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
Amour Cherie
Move on Down the Line
In the Groove
Driftin' Blues
Give James Some
I Don't Want No Woman
Give Steve Some
Bitter With the Sweet
Talk to Your Daughter
Let Johnny Have It

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Shinin' On
Grand Funk Railroad
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000896ST
Release Date: 2003-04-07

Tracks:

Shinin' On
To Get Back In
Loco-Motion
Carry Me Through
Please Me
Mr. Pretty Boy
Gettin' Over You
Little Johnny Hooker

Album Description

1997 Japanese reissue of their top five gold 1974 albumfeaturing their #1 smash remake of 'The Locomotion' & thetop 20 hit 'Shinin' On', plus 'Destitute And Losin'' addedas a bonus track. Nine tracks total. Also contains theoriginal 3-D cover art. A Capit

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TRACK LIST

Shinin' Live

Manufacturer: Under the Blue Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E6N4Z8

Product Description

Full length audio cd.

Customer Reviews:

TRACK LIST.......2006-09-27

Gracie Moon / Shining Live
Track Title
1. Don't Wanna LIve
2. Every Now And Then
3. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
4. I'd Rather Go Blind
5. Water's Edge
6. It's All In The Way That You Love Me
7. Do You Think Of Me?
8. Stone Cold Blind
9. Let Me Down Easy
10. You Made Me Fall In Love

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Slim Thug Presents: Hoggin & Shinin
Boss Hogg Outlawz , PJ The Rap Hustla , and J-Dawg
Manufacturer: 9964
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M4LD1E

Product Description

3 Disc Set Including regular speed and screwed & chopped version plus a DVD.

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2ND Phaze Funk

Shinin' On
Grand Funk Railroad
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008G5M
Release Date: 1992-11-03

Tracks:

Shinin' On
To Get Back In
Loco-Motion
Carry Me Through
Please Me
Mr. Pretty Boy
Gettin' Over You
Little Johnny Hooker

Customer Reviews:

2ND Phaze Funk.......2003-02-26

Released in`73, this album truely confirmed the bands direction toward commercializm with hits like "To Get Back In" and "The Loca-Motion". Although I prefer the earlier Funk era, this album is a must buy. The title track, "Shinin' On" is a Classic-Rockin'-Masterpiece!