This Is the Shack explained

This Is the Shack
Type:studio
Artist:The Dove Shack
Cover:This-is-the-shack.jpg
Released:August 22, 1995
Recorded:1994–1995
Length:1:00:38
Next Title:Reality Has Got Me Tied Up
Next Year:2006

This Is the Shack is the debut studio album by American G-funk trio The Dove Shack. It was released on August 22, 1995 via G-Funk Entertainment/Def Jam Recordings. The album peaked at #68 on the US Billboard 200[1] and #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[2]

Its lead single, "Summertime in the LBC" featuring Arnita Porter, peaked at #54 on the Hot 100,[3] #37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,[4] #11 on the Hot Rap Songs,[5] #47 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay,[6] #39 on the Rhythmic,[7] and was featured on the 1995 film The Show. Its second single, Young Jedi-produced "We Funk (The G Funk)", peaked at #44 on the Hot Rap Songs.[8] The title track, "This Is the Shack", previously appeared on Warren G's debut album Regulate... G Funk Era, released a year prior to this album, albeit in a slightly different version.

Track listing

Sample credits[9]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: The Dove Shack This Is The Shack Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507095015/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-dove-shack/chart-history/billboard-200/song/176438. dead. May 7, 2018. Billboard 200. November 13, 2017.
  2. News: The Dove Shack This Is The Shack Chart History. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. November 13, 2017.
  3. News: The Dove Shack Summertime In The LBC (From "The Show") Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511105847/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-dove-shack/chart-history/hot-100/song/35484. dead. May 11, 2018. Hot 100. November 13, 2017.
  4. News: The Dove Shack Summertime In The LBC (From "The Show") Chart History. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. November 13, 2017.
  5. News: The Dove Shack Summertime In The LBC (From "The Show") Chart History. Hot Rap Songs. November 13, 2017.
  6. News: The Dove Shack Summertime In The LBC Chart History. R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. November 13, 2017.
  7. News: The Dove Shack Summertime In The LBC Chart History. Rhythmic (chart). November 13, 2017.
  8. News: The Dove Shack We Funk (The G Funk) Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511105900/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-dove-shack/chart-history/rap-song/song/39988. dead. May 11, 2018. Hot Rap Songs. November 13, 2017.
  9. Web site: Dove Shack on WhoSampled. WhoSampled. November 13, 2017.