For the People (Boot Camp Clik album) explained
| For the People |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Boot Camp Clik |
| Cover: | Forthepeople.jpg |
| Released: | May 20, 1997 |
| Recorded: | September 1996 – March 1997 |
| Label: | Priority |
| Next Title: | Basic Training |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
For the People is the debut album by American hip hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik. It was released on May 20, 1997, via Priority Records and re-released as Still For the People on April 24, 2007, via Duck Down Music. The recording sessions took place from September 1996 to March 1997 at D&D Studios and at Chung King Studios in New York. The production was handled by Mark "Boogie" Brown, Buckshot, Shawn J Period, Tony Touch, BJ Swan, Shaleek, EZ Elpee, Squia and Louieville Sluggah. The album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Consisting of Buckshot, Cocoa Brovaz, Originoo Gunn Clappaz and Heltah Skeltah, the crew officially organized in 1994, with all eight members appearing on the song "Cession At Da Doghillee" from Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin'. The album features a different sound than that heard on previous Camp-related releases, with the group abandoning their past production crew Da Beatminerz, instead recording with live instrumentation. The sound put off many fans, and the album received mediocre reviews and went on to sell just over 350,000 copies in the United States. The interludes on the album feature snippets from real phone calls received on their official phone line.
Track listing
- Notes
- On the track 2 the Boot Camp Clik is credited as 'everyone & their mother'
- Track 13 is listed as bonus track and performed by The Fab 5
- Sample credits
- Track 2 contains a sample from "Mt. Airy Groove" written by Curtis Harmon, James Keith Lloyd and Cedric A. Napoleon as recorded by Pieces Of A Dream
- Track 11 contains an interpolation of "Louie Louie" written by Richard Berry
Personnel
Boot Camp Clik (The Great 8)
- Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – vocals (tracks: 2-4, 7, 14), additional vocals (track 11), producer (tracks: 3, 8, 13, 14), executive producer
- Darrell "Steele" Yates, Jr. – vocals (tracks: 2-4, 7, 8, 13, 14), additional vocals (track 10), executive producer
- Tekomin "Tek" Williams – vocals (tracks: 2-4, 9, 13), additional vocals (track 10)
- Barret "Louieville Sluggah" Powell – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 11, 13), additional vocals (track 5), producer (track 11)
- Jack "Starang Wondah" McNair – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 9, 13)
- Dashawn "Top Dog" Yates – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 13)
- Jahmal "Rock" Bush – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 13), additional vocals (track 5)
- Sean "Ruck" Price – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 13)
Guest performers
- The Original K.I.M. – vocals (track 1)
- LaVoice McGee – additional vocals (track 3)
- Demetrio "Supreme" Muniz – vocals (tracks: 5, 8)
- Louis "Lidu Rock" Johnson – vocals (track 5)
- Wayne "Illa Noyz" Evans – vocals (tracks: 6, 8)
- Mada Rocka – vocals (track 7)
- Jacob "LS" Clarke – vocals (track 7)
- Derwin "BJ Swan" Benoit – vocals (tracks: 8, 14), producer (track 4)
- M.S. – vocals (track 9)
- Antoine "Twanie Ranks" Cassidy – vocals (track 10)
- Daniel "D. Real" Brown – vocals (track 12)
- J. "El Sha" J. Smith – vocals (track 12)
- A. "Lil' Knock" Nash – vocals (track 12)
- F.L.O.W. – vocals (track 14)
Technical
- Joseph "Tony Touch" Hernandez – producer (track 2)
- Mark "Boogie" Brown – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14)
- Darryl "Shaleek" Pearson – producer (track 5)
- Shawn M. Jones – producer (tracks: 6, 12)
- Lamont "EZ Elpee" Porter – producer (track 9)
- Squia – producer (track 10)
- Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer
- Leo "Swift" Morris – engineering (tracks: 2-5, 8, 11)
- Kieran Walsh – engineering (tracks: 5-7, 9, 10, 12)
- Joe Quinde – engineering (track 8)
- Joseph M. Palmaccio – mastering
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997 . Billboard . May 6, 2021.
