The Shadiest One is the debut solo studio album by American rapper
WC. It was released on April 28, 1998, via
Payday/
FFRR Records. The recording sessions took place at Backroom Studios in
Glendale, at Echo Sound in
Los Angeles, at Skip Saylor Recording in
California, at Bad Ass Beat Lab in
Antioch, at Infinite Studios in
Alameda, at The Crackhouse, at Urban House Studios, Inc., and at Can-Am Recorders in
Tarzana. The
production was handled by
DJ Battlecat, Stu-B-Doo,
Ant Banks, Barr 9 Productions,
Daz Dillinger, Douglas Coleman, Mo-Suave-A, Rick "Dutch" Cousin, Young Tre, DJ
Crazy Toones and WC (the latter two also served as executive producers). It features guest appearances from
CJ Mac, Daz Dillinger,
E-40,
Ron Banks,
Too $hort, and
Westside Connection. The album peaked at number 19 on the
Billboard 200 and at number 2 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Both of its singles, "
Just Clownin'" and "
Better Days", made it to the
Billboard Hot 100 landing at number 56 and 64, respectively.
The Los Angeles Times said that the album "marries slick, funked-out beats with an unpretentious, silver-tongued flow—he sounds like a West Coast version of Queens MC Kool G. Rap."[2]
The Shadiest One is the debut solo studio album by American rapper
WC. It was released on April 28, 1998, via
Payday/
FFRR Records. The recording sessions took place at Backroom Studios in
Glendale, at Echo Sound in
Los Angeles, at Skip Saylor Recording in
California, at Bad Ass Beat Lab in
Antioch, at Infinite Studios in
Alameda, at The Crackhouse, at Urban House Studios, Inc., and at Can-Am Recorders in
Tarzana. The
production was handled by
DJ Battlecat, Stu-B-Doo,
Ant Banks, Barr 9 Productions,
Daz Dillinger, Douglas Coleman, Mo-Suave-A, Rick "Dutch" Cousin, Young Tre, DJ
Crazy Toones and WC (the latter two also served as executive producers). It features guest appearances from
CJ Mac, Daz Dillinger,
E-40,
Ron Banks,
Too $hort, and
Westside Connection. The album peaked at number 19 on the
Billboard 200 and at number 2 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Both of its singles, "
Just Clownin'" and "
Better Days", made it to the
Billboard Hot 100 landing at number 56 and 64, respectively.
The Los Angeles Times said that the album "marries slick, funked-out beats with an unpretentious, silver-tongued flow—he sounds like a West Coast version of Queens MC Kool G. Rap."[2]