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Smif-N-Wessun is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, hip hop, underground hip-hop, boot camp clik

Part of Brooklyn’s talented Boot Camp Clik, this powerful tandem got their start on Black Moon’s classic debut, Enta Da Stage, in 1993. Rudeboy MCs Tek and Steele made their presence felt on the cuts “U Da Man” and “Black Smif N’ Wessun.” In early 1994, the crew scored a massive underground hit with “Bucktown,” a reference to their violence-plagued Bedford-Stuyvesant stomping grounds and “home of the original gun clappas.”
Their debut LP, Dah Shinin’, followed soon thereafter, unleashing more heavy artillery from the military-minded BCC. With a canvas of dark, gluttonous beats provided by the gifted Beatminerz production squad, the duo expanded the limits of harsh sounding, neck-snapping hip-hop by adding a melodic element. The crew released their album during the heyday of one of the ’90s most influential independent hip-hop labels, Nervous Wreck Records, which many other indies (Rawkus) have patterned themselves around. Their name alone implies violence, but the weaponry they deploy is also of the verbal variety. Tek and Steele both possess signature flows, the former a bit more straight-laced while the latter showcases West Indian influences. Dah Shinin’ was a focused album with a sharp comp...
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Top 10 Smif-N-Wessun Songs
Bucktown
Stand Strong
Wrektime
K.I.M.
Sound Bwoy Bureill
Home Sweet Home
Let's Git it on
Trouble
See The Light
P.N.C. 4 Life
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Top 10 Smif-N-Wessun Albums
Da Shinin'
DAH INSTRUMENTALZ
Dah Shinin'
The Album
Reloaded
Dah Shinin
Wreckonize bw Sound Bwoy Bureill
Wontime bw Stand Strong
The Album (Clean)
Album
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