1992 to 1996
Black Moon was the first to record, debuting in 1992 with their underground hit single "Who Got Da Props?". Their debut album Enta Da Stage followed in late 1993, featuring production from DJ Evil Dee and Mr. Walt of Da Beatminerz, and featured appearances from Mobb Deep's Havoc, Smif-N-Wessun and Duck Down Records Co-head Dru-Ha. Smif-N-Wess' dropped their debut single "Bucktown" in 1994, followed by their full-length debut Dah Shinin' in early 1995. The album was produced by Beatminerz members DJ Evil Dee, Mr. Walt, Baby Paul and Rich Blak. The album featured appearances from the entire Boot Camp Clik. Later in 1995, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C. teamed up to form The Fab 5, and released their debut single "Blah b/w Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka". "Leflah" was included on Heltah Skeltah's 1996 debut Nocturnal. The album featured a more expanded list of producers, including Brand Nubian's Lord Jamar, Tha Alkaholiks E-Swift, Shaleek, Shawn J. Period, as well as Boot Camp members such as DJ Evil Dee, Mr. Walt, Baby Paul, Buckshot, and Supreme. The album also featured debut appearances from Representativz and Illa Noyz. O.G.C. followed up later in 1996 with their debut Da Storm. Production was handled by Baby Paul, Shaleek, Mr. Walt, Supreme, DJ Evil Dee, DJ Ogee, Buckshot, Lord Jamar, E-Swift and Madlib. Guest appearances came from Brand Nubian's Sadat X, Representativz, M.S., Sean Black, and Rock of Heltah Skeltah. Furthermore, in 1996 Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and others began collaborating on numerous songs with 2Pac. These were to be used on an upcomming compilation entitled "One Nation." Though various bootleg tracks surfaced, the album was never released in its entirety.
These four albums are now hailed by many as 1990s Hip-Hop classics.
1997 to 1999
In 1997, the whole Camp came together for their first group album For the People. They abandoned their Beatminerz production crew and left behind their signature, grimy, sample-heavy basement sound, instead choosing to rap over beats with live instrumentation. The album received lukewarm reviews and mediocre sales. Their work over the next two years was met with declining sales and interest. Smif-N-Wessun [Now the Cocoa Brovaz due to a lawsuit with Smith & Wesson firearms] were the first to return, with 1998's The Rude Awakening, which, compared to the other albums soon to come, did pretty well critically and commercially. Heltah Skeltah met some harsh reviews for their 1998 second album Magnum Force, accused of abandoning their grimy street work for a more commercial sound. Despite a hit single, "I Ain't Havin' That", they weren't producing the sales they hoped for, and soon split up. Black Moon returned, after a lengthy legal battle over their name, in early 1999 with War Zone. The album did pretty well critically, but couldn't match the sales of their debut. O.G.C.'s 1999 second album The M-Pire Shrikez Back almost completely missed the radar commercially, but received mostly good reviews. 1999 also saw the debut album from Boot Camp affiliates Representativz, with "Angels of Death", and a Duck Down Records compilation Duck Down Presents: The Album.
2000 to present
The Camp was largely missing from the Hip-Hop scene between 2000 and 2001, besides a Boot Camp Greatest Hits compilation titled Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits in 2000. The Camp (minus Heltah Skeltah's Rock) returned with another group album in 2002, titled The Chosen Few, their first on an independent label. Sales were pretty strong for an independent album, reaching around 60,000. The album received a 4 1/2 star rating from All Music, as well as other strong reviews from Hip Hop magazines. In early 2003, Duck Down Records released a compilation album entitled Collect Dis Edition, featuring a number of singles released during their MIA period. Black Moon returned in 2003 with Total Eclipse. The album was very well received, and featured the underground anthem "Stay Real". In 2005, Duck Down released their "Triple Threat" campaign, featuring the solo debut from Sean Price, Monkey Barz, a collaboration between Buckshot and Little Brother's 9th Wonder, Chemistry, and a new album from Smif-N-Wessun, Tek N Steele: Reloaded. In early 2006, Duck Down released a DVD titled Video Surveillance, featuring over thirty of the Camp's music videos. In July 2006, the Camp released their third group album, entitled The Last Stand, featuring the return of Heltah Skeltah. The first track and music video released from the project was "Trading Places", which was also featured as the B-Side to the first official single "Yeah". On January 30, 2007, Sean Price will release his second solo album, titled Jesus Price Supastar.
Last Time
Boot Camp Clik Lyrics
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Turn on the faucet...mm-hmm
Uh-huh (x5)
You and you throw your hands up
If you in the back come on, throw your hands up
If you in the front, you can throw your hands up
If you on the side, you can throw your hands up
Yo its aiight if you want to throw your hands up
You and you and you could throw your hands up
Cause its the be -double-ooh
be -double-oh, this is how we do
On the regular oh-ooh, you know who
Uh-huh (x3)
[Buckshot]
Yo there used to be a rumor about BDI
I wouldn't come back, I tell you no lie
But when I listen to the radio I think
Whenever I'm back, I'm bound to make a link
With the music that used to make me jam and jump
Thump while the bass bump
Tellin BJ throw on the wax that's playin the Therapy mix
You said it was aiight, we made a remix
Licks after licks take ticks
Of the time clock
be -D-Buck a shot, uh, take it to the top
See I'm bound to make your body pop
One nation under a groove, so my beat'll never stop
When I heard about the beef between the East and the West coast
Called my nigga Kurupt, I knew it was boast
They hope a nigga in the music with this bomb
So I prepare load my arms
And wait, cause its the last time
Chorus [F.L.O.W.]
This is the last time i will
Ever struggle
This is the last time i will
Ever fall
[BJ Swan]
My moms gotta take in second-hand bum smoke
Just to keep from breakin, goin broke
And if you read my diary it'd break your heart
Cause I been losin like a mutherfucka from the start
Excuse me--but that's the only way that I can express
My life feelin like a bunch of bullets racin through my chest
Time after time i felt the feelin that you feel when you lose
Sittin on my stoop cryin blues
Seekin refuge from these hard-time skits
Remembering days when I was literally penniless
And have to watch my people do it alone
I said it was the last time but this time I swear
I'll make it happen if I have to to lose all my hair
For real
Chorus (x2)
[Steele]
Eyes watch as I make moves
Livin proof that the struggle still continues
Who's out to gain for fame?
Let him not remain vain
Time will tell who fell
And who maintained
Finding my purpose in this life
Cause I ain't sure that we all promised paradise
Precisely I'm just like the seed
Planted in the Earth to bring forth new breed
Shall I proceed to manifest destiny
Surely me and all of my be and see
Will find our time on the line of history
Faithfully as G-O-D watchin over we
Created we so I satnd in my God Body
Hardly moved by those crews that try to charge me falsely
It won't be the first time and it won't be the last time
I'm sure
[F.L.O.W.]
No more strugglin
No more pain
Only good times after this
I pray
(repeats until end)
Chorus (repeats until end)
All you gotta do is believe in me...
The song "Last Time" performed by Boot Camp Clik is a reflective track that dwells on the life struggles and surviving the hardships of life. The song is collaborative as it is performed by Buckshot, BJ Swan, Steele, and F.L.O.W. The rhythmic intro creates a feel of a live concert that brings people together. The lyrics in the intro encourage people to raise their hands and participate in the music. The chorus, performed by F.L.O.W., talks about overcoming the struggles that life presents and getting to a place where there is no more pain and only good times prevail.
The three verses serve different purposes in storytelling. In the first verse, Buckshot raps about his music journey and how he has to come back and make good music. The second verse rapped by BJ Swan is quite emotional, and he talks about the hardships he has faced, like his mother having to inhale bad smoke to keep from going broke. Steele raps the last verse and talks about the struggles he has faced and how he has persevered. The verses share a common message that one can overcome struggles and that there will always be hardships in life that one must endure.
Line by Line Meaning
Turn on the faucet...mm-hmm
Let the good times flow
Cause its the be-double-ooh
Boot Camp Clik is in the house
Yo there used to be a rumor about BDI
BDI great, Buckshot, had gone for good
Licks after licks take ticks
More and more music added, some of it clipped
When I heard about the beef between the East and the West coast
Kurupt informed Buckshot of the infamous coast feud
And wait, cause its the last time
Wait till the last chance
This is the last time i will Ever struggle
The last time of strife
My moms gotta take in second-hand bum smoke
BJ Swan's mom had to live in squalor
Time after time i felt the feelin that you feel when you lose
BJ Swan has repeatedly been down and out
I said it was the last time but this time I swear
The last chance is here, swear to make it work
Eyes watch as I make moves
All eyes watching Steele's every move
Who's out to gain for fame?
Are they making music for fame?
Finding my purpose in this life
Purpose of life is what Steele wants to identify
Surely me and all of my be and see
Together with his entourage, he will make history
No more strugglin, No more pain
No more downtimes and hardships
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Walt Disney Music Company, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: YONG HYUN LEE
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