Shinin' n' Grindin'
{{Infobox album
| name = Shinin' N' Grindin'
| type = Studio
| artist = E.S.G.
| cover =Shinin' n' Grindin'.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 9, 1999
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Wreckshop Studios (Houston, TX)
| genre = Southern rap
| length = 1:12:36
| label = Wreckshop Records
| producer = {{hlist|D-Reck (exec.)|Double D|Noke D|Chicken Hawk|Sin}}
| prev_title = Return Of The Living Dead
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = City Under Siege
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Shinin' N' Grindin'
| type = studio
| single1 = Braids N' Faids
| single1date = 1999
| single2 = Shinin' N' Grindin'
| single2date = 1999
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/shinin-n-grindin-mw0000352656|title=Shinin' n' Grindin' – E.S.G.|website=AllMusic|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}
}}
Shinin' N' Grindin' is the fourth studio album by American rapper E.S.G. from Houston, Texas. It was released on March 9, 1999 via Wreckshop Records. The album peaked at #71 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the US Billboard charts and has sold over 100,000 copies.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = Skit
| length1 = 0:14
| title2 = Realist Rhymin'
| note2 = featuring Lil' Flip
| length2 = 4:59
| extra2 = Double D
| title3 = Do You Wanna Ride
| note3 = featuring Sean Pymp, Tyte Eyes & Billy Cook
| length3 = 5:22
| extra3 = Double D
| title4 = Stay Player
| note4 = featuring D-Reck, Billy Cook, Ronnie Spencer, Double D & Neitra
| length4 = 5:52
| extra4 = Double D
| title5 = Who's Next 2 Plex
| length5 = 4:36
| extra5 = Double D
| title6 = Ball Till We Die
| note6 = featuring Noke D
| length6 = 5:06
| extra6 = Double D
| title7 = Gangsta Bitch
| note7 = featuring Ronnie Spencer & Mr. 3-2
| length7 = 5:01
| extra7 = Sin
| title8 = Shinin and Grindin'
| length8 = 5:32
| extra8 = Noke D
| title9 = Courtroom
| note9 = Skit
| length9 = 0:51
| title10 = Responsibility
| length10 = 4:21
| extra10 = Chicken Hawk
| title11 = Close Call
| note11 = Skit
| length11 = 0:21
| title12 = Where da Hoes At
| length12 = 4:42
| extra12 = Chicken Hawk
| title13 = Boys n da South
| note13 = featuring Big Hawk
| length13 = 3:42
| extra13 = Chicken Hawk
| title14 = Jumpin on It
| length14 = 4:24
| extra14 = Noke D
| title15 = Braids n' Fades
| note15 = featuring Slim Thug
| length15 = 4:18
| extra15 = Double D
| title16 = Hold On
| length16 = 4:33
| extra16 = Sin
| title17 = Slow My Roll
| length17 = 4:38
| extra17 = Noke D
| title18 = Ain't 2 Be Fucked With
| note18 = featuring Dirty $, Sean Pymp & Tyte Eyes
| length18 = 4:04
| extra18 = Double D
| total_length = 1:12:36
}}
Personnel
- Cedric Dormaine Hill – main artist, vocals (tracks: 2–8, 10, 12–18)
- Derrick Blaylock – vocals (tracks: 3–4)
- Tyson Duplechain – vocals (tracks: 3, 18)
- Sean Pymp – vocals (tracks: 3, 18)
- Ronnie Spencer – vocals (tracks: 4, 7)
- Wesley Eric Weston Jr. – vocals (track 2)
- Derrick Dixon – vocals (track 4), executive producer
- André Sargent – vocals (track 4), producer (tracks: 2–6, 15, 18)
- Neitra – vocals (track 4)
- Derrick Haynes – vocals (track 6), producer (tracks: 8, 14, 17), project coordinator, mixing
- Christopher Juel Barriere – vocals (track 7)
- John Edward Hawkins – vocals (track 13)
- Stayve Jerome Thomas – vocals (track 15)
- Dirty $ – vocals (track 18)
- Barry Risper – producer (tracks: 10, 12–13)
- Sinclair Ridley – producer (tracks: 7, 16)
- Skip Holman – mixing & mastering
- Sean George – engineering
- Clyde Bazile, Jr. – art direction
- Deron Neblett – photography
Charts
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (1999) ! scope="col" |Peak |
scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|71|artist=ESG}} |
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scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|48|artist=ESG}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Discogs master|734967|Shinin' N' Grindin'}}
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Category:E.S.G. (rapper) albums
Category:Gangsta rap albums by American artists
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