O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz) - Da Storm

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".

01. Intro
02. Calm Before Da Storm
03. No Fear
04. Boom...Boom...Fucking Prick
05. Gunn Clapp
06. Emergency Broadcast System
07. Hurricane Starang feat. Rock
08. Danjer
09. Elements Of Da Storm
10. Da Storm
11. Wild Cowboys In Bucktown feat. Sadat X & Sean Black
12. God Don't Like Ugly
13. X-Unknown
14. Elite Fleet feat. M.S., Representativz & Bad Vybes
15. Flappin'

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Out of the four debuts by the BCC, this one was the least received. It's still a tight album in my opinion, just not as fresh as when you first heard Enta Da stage, Dah shinin' & Nocturnal. Dont' get me wrong the trio of Starang Wondah (who still is one of the best MC's in the game), Louieville Sluggah & Top Dog deliver hard hittin lyrics in much the same dark, gloomy sound that the BCC were famous for at the time. This is still a top notch album from the BCC camp and has since received long overdue praise thanks in part to the classic singles of "No Fear" & "Hurricane Starang", some of the best songs to come out of the booming 90's hip hop scene.

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O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz) - The M-Pire Shrikez Back

The M-Pire Shrikez Back is the second album from Hip Hop group O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz), members of the Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik. The album received strong reviews but barely hit the radar commercially, selling the least amount of records out of the Boot Camp second releases. The single "Bounce To The Ounce" received moderate airplay, but not enough to garner strong sales. M-Pire was the last album from the trio, who have since retired as a group, but continue to work with the Boot Camp Clik.

01. Shoot To Kill
02. Joe Clair (Skit)
03. M-Pire Shrikez Back feat. Rock & Thunderfoot
04. Sometimey
05. Shit Happens
06. Bounce To The Ounce
07. Girlz Ninety Now feat. Smif-N-Wessun & Sean Price
08. Smokey Skit (Bless The Mic)
09. The Big Ohh feat. Tek
10. If You Feel Like I Feel feat. Hardcore
11. Slo Mo
12. You're Not Sure To See Tomorrow feat. Lil' Knock, M.S., Doc Holiday, Twanie Ranks & Illa Noyz
13. From The Table To The Label (Skit)
14. Suspect Niggaz feat. Buckshot & Havoc
15. Dirtiest Players In The Game feat. Heltah Skeltah
16. Set Sail
17. Boot Camp MFC Eastern Conference feat. Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, Representativz & Doc Holiday

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This was a much better effort from O.G.C., they left the dark sound of their debut and went in a completely different direction, using orchestration and strings to create a masterful album full of classic beats. This was slept on hard when it was released, which is a travesty as this is definitely one of the best albums released in the late 90's. If you have a hard time deciding which BCC albums you should have in your collection, make sure this one is up there. A definite modern classic!

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