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
position

scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|71|artist=ESG}}
scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|48|artist=ESG}}

References

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