Black Market Militia (album)

Black Market Militia
Studio album by the Black Market Militia
Released	March 22, 2005 (2005-03-22)
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	Planet 2 Planet Studio's (New York, NY)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	48:13
Label	Nature Sounds
Producer	Ben Varges BP Bronze Nazareth Godz Wrath Productions J. Rusch King Solomon Ron Browz Squeeze Subliminal
Singles from Black Market Militia
"Audubon Ballroom / Thug Nation" Released: March 22, 2005 "Gem Stars (DJ Absolut Remix) / Mayday & The Renaissance" Released: December 13, 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllHipHop	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
laut.de	[3]
RapReviews	7/10 [4]

Black Market Militia is the only studio album by American five-piece hip-hop supergroup the Black Market Militia. It was released on March 22, 2005, through Nature Sounds. Recording sessions took place at Planet 2 Planet Studio's in New York City. Production was handled by Godz Wrath, Ben Varges, Bronze Nazareth, BP, J. Rusch, King Solomon, Ron Browz, Squeeze and Subliminal, with Dreddy Kruger serving as co-producer. It features guest appearances from Dead Prez, Abiodun Oyewole and Oscar Brown.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro Children of Children" (featuring Oscar Brown Jr.)	Bronze Nazareth Dreddy Kruger (co.)	1:02
2.	"Thug Nation"	Godz Wrath	3:51
3.	"Mayday!"	Ben Varges Dreddy Kruger (co.)	3:37
4.	"Audobon Ballroom" (featuring dead prez)	Squeeze Dreddy Kruger (co.)	4:06
5.	"The Struggle"	BP	4:06
6.	"Hood Lullabye"	Godz Wrath Dreddy Kruger (co.)	2:37
7.	"Gem Star's"	King Solomon	3:51
8.	"Righteous Talk"	Bronze Nazareth Dreddy Kruger (co.)	2:55
9.	"The Final Call" (featuring Abiodun Oyewole)	Subliminal	3:22
10.	"Dead Street Scrolls"	Godz Wrath	4:11
11.	"Paintbrush"	Ron Browz	2:48
12.	"Black Market"	Godz Wrath	4:51
13.	"The Breath of Life"	Ben Varges	3:13
14.	"Think Market"	J. Rusch	3:43
Total length:			48:13

Notes

• Track 1 contains a poem by Oscar Brown Jr. taken from Def Poetry Jam .
• Track 4 contains vocals by Malcolm X taken from The Collected Speeches 1960-1965.

Personnel

• Walter "Killah Priest" Reed – vocals (tracks: 2, 4-7, 9-14), co-executive producer
• Percy "Tragedy Khadafi" Chapman – vocals (tracks: 2-5, 7, 9-14), co-executive producer
• William Cooper – vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 12, 14)
• Chron "Hell Razah" Smith – vocals (tracks: 3, 6, 10-12)
• Timothy "Timbo King" Drayton – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Oscar Brown, Jr. – vocals (track 1)
• Lavonne "M-1" Alford – vocals (track 4)
• Clayton "stic.man" Gavin – vocals (track 4)
• Savoy – additional vocals (track 4)
• Charles "Abiodun Oyewole" Davis – vocals (track 9)
• Justin "Bronze Nazareth" Cross – producer (tracks: 1, 8)
• Godz Wrath Productions – producers (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 12)
• Benjamin Vargas – producer (tracks: 3, 13)
• Squeeze – producer (track 4)
• Brad Perlow – producer (track 5)
• Solomon Oyeyemi – producer (track 7)
• Subliminal – producer (track 9)
• Rondell "Ron Browz" Turner – producer (track 11)
• J. Rusch – producer (track 14)
• James "Dreddy Kruger" Dockery – co-producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8), arranger, sequencing, A&R
• Chris Conway – mixing
• Larry Kerr – engineering
• Michael Sarsfield – mastering
• Devin Horwitz – executive producer
• Gary Hertzan – executive producer
• Mitchell Serbes – executive producer
• Nubian Image – cover artwork, layout

References

1. Ketchum III, William E. (April 29, 2005). "The Black Market Militia". AllHipHop . Retrieved April 14, 2025.
2. "The Black Market Militia - Black Market Militia". AllMusic . Retrieved April 14, 2025.
3. Engelen, Alexander. "Militantes Feuerwerk politischer Rap-Raketen". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 14, 2025.
4. Doggett, Tom (March 22, 2005). "Black Market Militia :: Black Market Militia – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved April 14, 2025.

External links

• The Black Market Militia at Discogs (list of releases)