Boot Camp Clik

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Bios: Boot Camp Clik, The Fab 5, O.G.C., Smif-N-Wessun, Cocoa Brovaz, Heltah Skeltah & Sean Price
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Buy: Boot Camp Clik, Heltah Skeltah, Sean Price, Rock, Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun, Cocoa Brovaz, Black Moon, O.G.C., Starang Wondah & Random Axe
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Members
Buckshot (A.K.A. Buckshot Shorty & The B.D.I. Thug) (Born Kenyatta Blake in Brooklyn, NY)
5FT
Jahdan

Smif-N-Wessun:
(A.K.A. Cocoa Brovaz)
Tek (Born in Brooklyn, NY)
Steele (A.K.A. General Steele) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)

Heltah Skeltah:
Rock (A.K.A. Da Rockness Monsta, Monstaman Rocko, Alvin Katraz) (Born Jamal Bush in Brooklyn, NY)
Ruck (Born Sean Price, March 17, 1972 in Brooklyn, NY)

O.G.C.:
(Acronym: Originoo Gunn Clappaz)
Starang Wondah (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba One, Big Will, Hurricane Starang & Da Beast From Da East) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)
Louieville Sluggah (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba Two, Hennyville Guzzler & Henny) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)
Top Dog (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba Three, Big Kahuna & D-O) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)

The Fab 5:
Rock (A.K.A. Da Rockness Monsta, Monstaman Rocko, Alvin Katraz) (Born Jamal Bush in Brooklyn, NY)
Ruck (Born Sean Price, March 17, 1972 in Brooklyn, NY)
Starang Wondah (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba One, Big Will, Hurricane Starang & Da Beast From Da East) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)
Louieville Sluggah (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba Two, Hennyville Guzzler & Henny) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)
Top Dog (A.K.A. Gunn Clappa Numba Three, Big Kahuna & D-O) (Born in Brooklyn, NY)

Bucktown Juveniles

Illa Noyz

Outside Group
Black Moon:
Buckshot (A.K.A. Buckshot Shorty & The B.D.I. Thug) (Born Kenyatta Blake in Brooklyn, NY)
5FT
DJ Evil Dee

Members' Other Group
Random Axe:
Sean Price (A.K.A. Ruck) (Born Sean Price, March 17, 1972 in Brooklyn, NY)
Guilty Simpson (Born Byron Simpson in Detroit, MI)
Black Milk (Born Curtis Cross in 1983 in Detroit, MI)

Albums
Boot Camp Clik - The Chosen Few
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Buckshot - The BDI Thug
KRS-ONE & Buckshot - Survival Skills
Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team)
Sean Price - Monkey Barz
Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
Sean Price - Mic Tyson
Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental

Mixtapes
Boot Camp Clik & Justus League - NC To Bucktown
Sean Price - Master P (Official Mixtape)
Rock - Shell Shock

Also Featured On...
Afu-Ra - Body Of The Life Force (Cocoa Brovas & Jahdan)
The Almighty R.S.O. - Doomsday: Forever R.S.O. (Cocoa Brovas)
Apathy - Honkey Kong (General Steele)
The Away Team - National Anthem (Smif-N-Wessun)
B Real - Smoke 'N' Mirrors (Buckshot)
Mary J. Blige - Soul Is Forever: The Remix Album (Smif-N-Wessun)
The Corruptor (Buckshot)
Frankie Cutlass - Politics & Bullshit (Cocoa Brovaz)
The D&D Project (Smif-N-Wessun)
D&D Project II (Buckshot, Steele & Ruck)
Death Row Unreleased Hits Vol. 2
DJ Clue? - The Professional
DJ Jam Presents WBALLZ 187.4 FM Vol. 1 (Cocoa Brovas)
DJ Skribble's Traffic Jams 2000
F.T. (Fuc-That) - The Brooklyn Beast (Sean Price & Buckshot)
Flipmode Squad - The Imperial (Buckshot)
Freeway & Statik Selektah - The Statik-Free E.P. (Tek)
J-Ro - Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2 (Steele)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (Ruck)
Kadafi - Son Rize Vol. 1: The Mixtape (Buckshot)
Kid Capri - Soundtrack To The Streets (Buckshot & Cocoa Brovaz)
Kidz In The Hall - The In Crowd (Buckshot & Sean Price)
KRS-ONE - Keep Right (Buckshot)
Kurupt - Kuruption (Buckshot)
Talib Kweli - Quality (Cocoa Brovaz)
Talib Kweli - Kweli-Confidential (Tek & Steele)
Lyricist Lounge Vol 2 (Cocoa Brovaz)
Mack 10 - The Recipe (Buckshot)
National Vinyl Association: Straight From The Crates Vol. 1 (Black Moon)
Nature Sounds Presents Natural Selection
New Jersey Drive Vol. 2 (Black Moon & Smif-N-Wessun)
Nothing To Lose (Buckshot)
Joell Ortiz - Me, Myself & I (Smif-N-Wessun & Rock)
Outlawz - New World Order
Outlawz - The Lost Songs Volume Three
Panther (Buckshot & Heltah Skeltah)
Rawkus Radio The Mixtape (Smif-N-Wessun & Buckshot)
S-Dub A.K.A. Shabaam Sahdeeq – Off Parole (Steele)
Skyzoo & !llmind - Live From The Tape Deck (Heltah Skeltah & Buckshot)
Soundbombing II (Cocoa Brovaz)
Soundbombing III (Cocoa Brovaz)
Special Teamz - Stereotypez (Buckshot & Sean Price)
Statik Selektah - 100 Proof: The Hangover (Smif-N-Wessun & Sean Price)
Stic - The Workout (General Steele)
2Pac - Better Dayz (Buckshot & Cocoa Brovaz)
2Pac - The O.G. Project
Tupac - The Rose Vol. 2
2Pac - 2Pac 4 Ever
2Pac - Rare & Unreleased
2Pac - Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 (Evolution: Duets And Remixes)
Wu-Chronicles (Cocoa Brovaz & Heltah Skeltah)

Bio From AllMusic.Com
Boot Camp Clik are a loose congregation featuring similar-minded underground hardcore rappers like Originoo Gunn Clapaz, Cocoa Brovaz, Buckshot, Heltah Skeltah, Bucktown Juveniles, Jahdan, and Illa Noyz, all of whom are concerned about keeping the music real and on a street level. That meant much of the music on their debut, For the People, sounded a little similar; still, this is the very thing that makes Boot Camp Clik appealing to a certain audience. Their second record, Chosen Few, appeared in 2002, and other followed: The Last Stand (2006), Still for the People (2007), and Casualties of War (2007). - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Fab 5's Bio From Wikipedia
The Fab 5 is a Hip Hop group, consisting of Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Ruck) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah and Top Dog). The group joined the Boot Camp Clik and signed a record deal with Duck Down Records in 1995. They released their debut single "Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka" later that year, with the B-Side "Leflah" becoming a surprise Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1995. The two groups split up to release separate debut albums in 1996, with Heltah Skeltah dropping Nocturnal in June (including "Leflah"), and O.G.C. dropping Da Storm in October. Da Storm did not feature a Fab 5 track, and neither did Heltah Skeltah's 1998 second album Magnum Force. The next "Fab 5" track came on O.G.C.'s 1999 second effort The M-Pire Shrikez Back, on the song "Dirtiest Players in the Game", which was supposed to serve as a prelude to a full-length Fab 5 album. Multiple Duck Down Records releases noted plans for a Fab 5 album in the liner notes, with the album being named either Simply Fabulous or Without the Freddy. The album was never released, due to Rock leaving Duck Down Records in 1999 in pursuit of a solo career. All five took part in the latest Boot Camp Clik album The Last Stand, released July 18, 2006.

Originoo Gunn Clapaz' Bio From AllMusic.Com
Including three members from the Fabulous Five ("Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka"), Originoo Gunn Clappaz worked with the Beatminerz, OG, E-Swift, and Lord Jamar on their debut album Da Storm, released in October 1996. It hit the R&B Top Ten, and its single ("No Fear") reached the Top 15. By the time of their second, 1999's M-Pire Strikez Back, the trio had renamed themselves O.G.C. - John Bush

Smif-N-Wessun's Bio From AllMusic.Com
Part of Brooklyn's talented Boot Camp Clik, the powerful tandem of Smif-n-Wessun got their start on Black Moon's classic debut, Enta Da Stage, in 1993. Rudeboy MCs Tek and Steele made their presence felt on the cuts "U da Man" and "Black Smif N' Wessun." In early 1994, the crew scored a massive underground hit with "Bucktown," a reference to their violence-plagued Bedford-Stuyvesant stomping grounds and "home of the original gun clappas."

Their debut LP, Dah Shinin', followed soon thereafter, unleashing more heavy artillery from the military-minded BCC. With a canvas of dark, gluttonous beats provided by the gifted Beatminerz production squad, the duo expanded the limits of harsh-sounding, neck-snapping hip-hop by adding a melodic element. The crew released their album during the heyday of one of the most influential independent hip-hop labels of the '90s, Nervous Wreck Records, which many other indies (Rawkus) have patterned themselves around. Their recording moniker alone, Smif-n-Wessun, implies violence, but the weaponry they deploy is also of the verbal variety. Tek and Steele both possess signature flows, the former a bit more straight-laced while the latter showcases West Indian influences. Dah Shinin' is a focused album with a sharp, compacted sound that still contains depth, albeit strictly from the dark side.

Forced to reincarnate themselves after a legal battle with the Smith and Wesson firearm company, the duo resurfaced in 1997 as Cocoa Brovaz, a reference to their heritage and also to their marijuana fixation. Their second album (and first as Cocoa Brovaz), 1998's The Rude Awakening, was a more sprawling and chaotic venture, as well as being a shade more frighteningly dark. Since 1998, the two partners have released a few singles, including "Super Brooklyn," which features a superbly innovative use of a sample from the old Super Mario Bros. Nintendo game. - Michael Di Bella

Cocoa Brovaz' Bio From AllMusic.Com
The hardcore rap duo Da Cocoa Brovaz paired Tek and Steele, who together first emerged from Brooklyn in 1993 under the name Smif-N-Wessun. Debuting two years later with Dah Shinin', they immediately ran into interference from Smith & Wesson firearms, resulting in a three-year legal battle which ended with the adoption of the name Cocoa Brovaz; under that moniker, they issued The Rude Awakening in 1998. - Jason Ankeny

Official Sites: Duck Down Records, MySpace, Buckshot's MySpace, Smif-N-Wesson's MySpace, Tek's MySpace, Heltah Skeltah's MySpace, Rock, Rock's MySpace, Sean Price & Top Dog's MySpace