Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits

Basic Training is a greatest hits album by American hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik, composed of singles released by Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and Originoo Gunn Clappaz between 1992 and 1999. It was released on March 14, 2000 via Priority Records. Production was handled by Da Beatminerz, BJ Swan, Black Market, Cuzin Bawb, E-Swift, Mark "Boogie" Brown, Self and Starang Wondah, with Buckshot and Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman serving as executive producers.

The album features three songs from Black Moon's Enta da Stage, two songs from Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin', two songs from Heltah Skeltah's Nocturnal, one song from O.G.C.'s Da Storm, one song from Boot Camp Clik's For the People, one song from Heltah Skeltah's Magnum Force, one song from Cocoa Brovaz' The Rude Awakening, one song from Black Moon's War Zone, and one song from O.G.C.'s The M-Pire Shrikez Back.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Who Got Da Props?" (performed by Black Moon, originally from Enta da Stage)	Kenyatta Blake Ewart Dewgarde	DJ Evil Dee	4:30
2.	"How Many Emcee's" (performed by Black Moon, originally from Enta da Stage)	Blake E. Dewgarde Walter Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	3:40
3.	"I Got Cha Opin (Remix)" (performed by Black Moon, originally from Enta da Stage)	Blake E. Dewgarde W. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:26
4.	"Sound Bway Bureill" (performed by Smif-N-Wessun, originally from Dah Shinin')	Dashawn Yates Tekomin Williams Darrell Yates Jr. Jack McNair E. Dewgarde W. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:20
5.	"Bucktown" (performed by Smif-N-Wessun, originally from Dah Shinin')	Yates Jr. Williams E. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:09
6.	"Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka" (performed by The Fab 5, originally from Nocturnal)	McNair Jahmal Bush Yates Sean Price Barret Powell Paul Hendricks Tyrone Brown	Baby Paul	5:03
7.	"No Fear" (performed by O.G.C., originally from Da Storm)	McNair Powell Yates W. Dewgarde	Mr. Walt	4:11
8.	"Operation Lockdown" (performed by Heltah Skeltah, originally from Nocturnal)	Bush Price Eric Brooks	E-Swift	4:25
9.	"Headz Are Reddee, Pt. 2" (performed by Boot Camp Clik, originally from For the People)	Powell Williams Yates Jr. Bush McNair Yates Price Blake Derwin Benoit	BJ Swan Mark "Boogie" Brown	5:01
10.	"I Ain't Havin' That" (performed by Heltah Skeltah featuring Starang Wondah & Doc Holiday, originally from Magnum Force)	Bush Price McNair Ronnie Duren Robert E. Clark Jr. Ali Shaheed Muhammad Jonathan Davis Malik Taylor Erick Sermon Reginald Noble	Starang Wondah Cuzin Bawb	5:05
11.	"Black Trump" (performed by Cocoa Brovaz featuring Raekwon, originally from The Rude Awakening)	Yates Jr. Corey Woods Williams Edward Hinson	Self	4:25
12.	"Two Turntables and a Mic" (performed by Black Moon, originally from War Zone)	Blake E. Dewgarde Kenton Nix	Da Beatminerz	3:58
13.	"Bounce to the Ounce" (performed by O.G.C., originally from The M-Pire Shrikez Back)	Yates Powell McNair Dwayne Searcy Robert McDowell Vince Phillips	Black Market	4:49
Total length:				58:02

Sample credits

Track 2 contains a sample of "Hydra" performed by Grover Washington Jr. and "My Philosophy" by KRS-One
Track 3 contains a sample of "Playing Your Game, Baby" performed by Barry White
Track 6 contains a interpolation of "Uzuri"
Track 10 contains a sample from "Hot Sex" performed by A Tribe Called Quest and "Pick It Up" performed by Redman
Track 12 contains a sample from "Heartbeat"

Personnel

Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – vocals (tracks: 1-3, 8, 9, 12), executive producer
Jack "Starang Wondah" McNair – vocals (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13), producer (track 10)
Dashawn "Top Dog" Yates – vocals (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 9, 13)
Darrell "Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11)
Tekomin "Tek" Williams – vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11)
Barret "Louieville Sluggah" Powell – vocals (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 13)
Jahmal "Rock" Bush – vocals (tracks: 6, 8-10)
Sean "Ruck" Price – vocals (tracks: 6, 8-10)
Ronnie "Doc Holiday" Duren – vocals (track 10)
Corey "Raekwon" Woods – vocals (track 11)
Ewart "DJ Evil Dee" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 1-5, 12)
Walter "Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 2-4, 7)
Paul "Baby Paul" Hendricks – producer (track 6)
Eric "E-Swift" Brooks – producer (track 8)
Derwin "BJ Swan" Benoit – producer (track 9)
Mark "Boogie" Brown – producer (track 9)
Robert "Cuzin Bob" Clark – producer (track 10)
Edward "Self" Hinson – producer (track 11)
Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – producer (track 12)
Robert "Rob" McDowell – producer (track 12)
Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[2]	88

References

^ DiBella, M.F. "Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits: Basic Training - Boot Camp Clik | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
^ "Boot Camp Clik Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

External links

Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits - Basic Training at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Boot Camp Clik
Buckshot Smif-N-Wessun (Tek · Steele) Heltah Skeltah (Rock · Sean Price) Originoo Gunn Clappaz (Starang Wondah · Top Dog · Louieville Sluggah)
Studio albums	For the People (1997) The Chosen Few (2002) The Last Stand (2006) Casualties of War (2007)
Compilations	Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits (2000)
Affiliaties	Black Moon Da Beatminerz The Fab 5 Representativz
Related articles	Duck Down Music Buckshot discography Sean Price discography Angels of Death

This page was last edited on 27 September 2023, at 17:18