This Is the Shack

This Is the Shack
This Is the Shack
Studio album by The Dove Shack
Released	August 22, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Studio	Cat-Artisan Studios (Hollywood, CA); Cherokee Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Track Record Inc. (North Hollywood, CA); Ultimate Sound Studios (Houston, TX);
Genre	West Coast hip hop; G-funk;
Length	1:00:38
Label	G-Funk Entertainment; Def Jam Recordings;
Producer	The Dove Shack; Clizark; Henry "Hank" Thomas and Lamon "Sleepy" Turner; Jam Master Jay; Crazy C; Warren G; Ghetto Klownz; Young Jedi; DJ Enuf;
The Dove Shack chronology
Singles from This Is the Shack
	"Summertime in the LBC"; Released: 1995; "We Funk (the G Funk)"; Released: 1995; "Bomb Drop"; Released: 1995;

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^[3] and #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[4]

Its lead single, "Summertime in the LBC" featuring Arnita Porter, peaked at #54 on the Hot 100,^[5] #37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,^[6] #11 on the Hot Rap Songs,^[7] #47 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay,^[8] #39 on the Rhythmic,^[9] 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.^[10] 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

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (Skit)	DJ Enuf	1:39
2.	"Smoke Out"	Keith Clizark	4:32
3.	"This is the Shack"	Warren G	5:50
4.	"Summertime in the LBC" (featuring Arnita Porter)	Lamon "Sleepy" Turner and Henry "Hank" Thomas	3:58
5.	"Bomb Drop"	Jam Master Jay	4:59
6.	"The Train" (Skit)	DJ Enuf	2:00
7.	"Fuck Ya Mouth"	Keith Clizark	4:15
8.	"Slap a Hoe" (Skit)	Ghetto Klownz	1:53
9.	"Freestyle Interview" (Skit)		0:46
10.	"Freestyle"	Crazy C	4:25
11.	"Crooked Cop" (Skit)	DJ Enuf	1:13
12.	"Ghetto Life"	Crazy C	4:47
13.	"East Side Party"	Jam Master Jay	4:08
14.	"Rollin' Wit a Gang"	Keith Clizark	4:09
15.	"We Funk (The G Funk)"	Young Jedi	4:15
16.	"There'll Come a Day"	Lamon "Sleepy" Turner and Henry "Hank" Thomas	3:53
17.	"Summertime in the LBC" (Rap)	Lamon "Sleepy" Turner and Henry "Hank" Thomas	3:56
Total length:			1:00:38

Sample credits^[11]

Track 3 contains elements from "Golden Lady" by Stevie Wonder (1973)
Track 4 contains elements from "Feels So Good" by Midnight Star (1983)
Track 5 contains elements from "You're Getting a Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds (1973)
Track 6 contains elements from "4 Play" by Y?N-Vee (1994)