The Shining is the debut solo full-length studio album by American rapper and record producer Violent J.

The album's title and cover art pay homage to Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film The Shining.

[3] Mike E. Clark produced the majority of the album, with Eric Davie providing additional production work.

[4] Due to his dislike of touring solo, and wanting to focus more on Insane Clown Posse as a whole, Violent J decided to give away free copies of an early version of the album to those that attended the ninth annual Gathering of the Juggalos seminar.

[4] Due to popular demand, it was announced that Psychopathic Records would release the album nationwide, and it was also given its final title.