''For the People'' is the debut album by American hip hop

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Boot Camp Clik Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York City, which is composed of Buckshot (of Black Moon), Smif-N-Wessun ( Tek and Steele), Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Sean Price) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Top Dog, and Louievi ...

. It was released on May 20, 1997 via

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and re-released as ''Still For the People'' on April 24, 2007 via

Duck Down Music Duck Down Music Inc is a New York City based record label, talent management, music-marketing, and consulting company founded by Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman and Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake in 1995. In Duck Down's 20-year existence, the Company has rel ...

. Recording sessions took place from September 1996 to March 1997 at

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and at

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in New York.

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was handled by Mark "Boogie" Brown,

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, Shawn J Period,

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, BJ Swan, Shaleek, EZ Elpee, Squia and

Louieville Sluggah O.G.C. (an initialism for Originoo Gunn Clappaz) is an American hip hop trio composed of members Starang Wondah, Top Dog and Louieville Sluggah. The group is mostly known through their membership in the Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smi ...

. The album peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 4 on the

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chart. Consisting of Buckshot, Cocoa Brovaz,

Originoo Gunn Clappaz O.G.C. (an initialism for Originoo Gunn Clappaz) is an American hip hop trio composed of members Starang Wondah, Top Dog and Louieville Sluggah. The group is mostly known through their membership in the Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Sm ...

and

Heltah Skeltah Heltah Skeltah was an American hip hop duo which consisted of rappers Jahmal "Rock" Bush and Sean "Ruck" Price. The two were also members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C. Biography Hel ...

, 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' ''Dah Shinin is the debut studio album by American East Coast hip hop duo Smif-N-Wessun. It was released on January 10, 1995 via Wreck/Nervous Records. Recording sessions took place at D&D Studios in New York City. Production was handled by Da Be ...

''. The album features a different sound than that heard on previous Camp-related releases, with the group abandoning their past production crew

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, 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 The Fab 5 was a Hip Hop group that consisted 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 releas ...

;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

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* Track 11 contains an interpolation of "

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" written by Richard Berry

Personnel

(The Great 8) *Kenyatta "

" Blake – vocals (tracks: 2-4, 7, 14), additional vocals (track 11), producer (tracks: 3, 8, 13, 14), executive producer *Darrell "

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" 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 "

" Powell – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 11, 13), additional vocals (track 5), producer (track 11) *Jack "

Starang Wondah O.G.C. (an Acronym, initialism for Originoo Gunn Clappaz) is an American Hip hop music, hip hop trio composed of members Starang Wondah, Top Dog and Louieville Sluggah. The group is mostly known through their membership in the Boot Camp Clik, al ...

" McNair – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 9, 13) *Dashawn " Top Dog" Yates – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 13) *Jahmal "

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" Bush – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 13), additional vocals (track 5) *Sean "

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" 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 "

" 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 Drew "Dru Ha" Friedman is an American music and marketing executive based in New York City. Friedman is Co-Founder and CEO of Duck Down Music Inc., 3D Consulting & Distribution, General Manager for Cinematic Music Group, and former Director of U ...

– 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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums O.G.C. albums Sean Price albums Heltah Skeltah albums Boot Camp Clik albums Duck Down Music albums Priority Records albums Buckshot (rapper) albums Albums recorded at Chung King Studios