Honolulu x Brooklyn x San Antonio + 
Smooth x Boom Bap x Trill + 
Dan x Rhyme Da O x Playa J = Shine 



Shine is my return to music as an artist. In Feb 2009, I suffered a stroke that drastically shifted my perspective and priorities. Making music gave way to more basic things like re-learning how to use a spoon, brush my teeth and manipulate a pencil into writing my name. In re-learning these basic things, I was forced to re-learn myself and who I was and wasn't. Who I had become without realizing it, was an addict. Who I really was, I had pushed below the surface because I wasn't secure enough to show that person to the world. As I look back now, I can even see it reflected in my early music. I'm still proud of it, but I can see myself trying to consciously thread the needle of what I really wanted to be and what people expected out of Hip Hop. I think most people would call that youth. I'm just thankful that life smacked me upside the head earlier than most. Well, I'm sure I've bored you to death already so I'll get to it... 

Shining is all about presenting the most honest version of yourself to the world. It doesn't matter what you love to do. Maybe you love to draw comic characters, get lost in science fiction, develop video games, take pictures, teach kids, practice yoga, be a husband, a wife, a mother, a father, a friend, a pastor or maybe you're even a poetic, sensitive, semi-educated man of Caucasian ancestry with a knack for wordplay and general smart-assery... 

Whatever your gift is, let it shine. If you do it for you, and you do it as honestly as you can, chances are the world will become a slightly better place. 

Go forth now and #shine 

Blessings, 

Dan

Dan Poh. Shine (Feat. Playa J,  Prod. by Rhyme Da Old Man)

Dan Poh and Vincent Fredrick
Instrumental first heard on their debut album "Seams on the Outside"
Talks about the current "Cardboard Culture" that is the youth of today...

Dan Poh. Cardboard (Ascension Mix)

I wrote this for my Wife as a wedding gift.
It follows our relationship before the wedding.
Anyone that has ever been in a serious relationship will relate to this one.
The track was produced by my good friend Stutterin Stanley.  


Dan Poh. The Courtship

Dan Poh is a Hip Hop head.  Think of his songs as a ongoing audio blog on pop culture, love and politics.  Dan likes to try different things.  He may mix Classical and 80's pop and drop a ridiculous verse on top of it. Sprinkle in a bit of audiophile production sensibilities and this is what you get...