For the People (Boot Camp Clik album)

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ReleasedMay 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)
RecordedSeptember 1996 – March 1997
Studio
Genre
For the People
Studio album by
Boot Camp Clik
ReleasedMay 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)
RecordedSeptember 1996 – March 1997
Studio
Genre
Length1:06:32
LabelPriority
Producer
Boot Camp Clik chronology
For the People
(1997)		 Basic Training
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]
RapReviews6/10[2]
The SourceStarStarStarHalf star[3]

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.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."1-900 Get Da Boot" (featuring the Original K.I.M.) "The people"1:21
2."Down by Law" Tony Touch3:01
3."Night Riders" (featuring LaVoice)
5:14
4."Headz Are Reddee, Pt. 2"
  • BJ Swan
  • Mark "Boogie" Brown
5:08
5."Watch Your Step" (featuring the Representativz)
  • Demetrio Muniz
  • Louis Johnson
  • Darryl Pearson
Shaleek4:56
6."Illa Noyz" (featuring Illa Noyz)
  • Shawn M. Jones
  • Wayne Evans
  • Price
  • Bush
Shawn J. Period4:10
7."Rag Time" (featuring Mada Rocka and LS)
  • Yates Jr.
  • Blake
  • Jacob Clarke
Mark "Boogie" Brown5:19
8."Blackout" (featuring BJ Swan, Supreme and Illa Noyz)
  • Bennoit
  • Bush
  • McNair
  • Powell
  • Muniz
  • Yates Jr.
  • Evans
  • Buckshot
  • Mark "Boogie" Brown
5:15
9."Ohkeedoke" (featuring MS)
  • Williams
  • McNair
  • M.S.
EZ Elpee5:16
10."Rugged Terrain" (featuring Twanie Ranks)
  • Yates
  • Antoine Cassidy
Squia3:47
11."The Dugout"
  • Mark Brown
  • Powell
5:10
12."Go for Yours" (featuring The B.T.J.'s)
  • Daniel Brown
  • J. Smith
  • A. Nash
  • Jones
Shawn J. Period5:43
13."Likkle Youth Man Dem"
  • Williams
  • Yates Jr.
  • Yates
  • Powell
  • McNair
  • Buckshot
  • Mark "Boogie" Brown
5:42
14."Last Time" (featuring BJ Swan and FLOW)
  • Blake
  • Bennoit
  • Yates Jr.
  • F. Goldsberry
  • D. Ellis
  • Buckshot
  • Mark "Boogie" Brown
6:30
Total length:1:06:32
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

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