For the People (Boot Camp Clik album)

For the People
Studio album by Boot Camp Clik
Released	May 20, 1997
Recorded	September 1996 – March 1997
Studio	D&D Chung King
Genre	East Coast hip hop underground hip hop
Length	1:06:32
Label	Priority
Producer	Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman (exec.) Steele (exec.) Buckshot (exec.) BJ Swan Boogie Brown EZ Elpee Louieville Sluggah Shaleek Shawn J Period Squia Tony Touch
Boot Camp Clik chronology
For the People (1997) Basic Training (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews	6/10 [2]
The Source	[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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(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 Touch	3:01
3.	"Night Riders" (featuring LaVoice)	Darrel Yates Jr. Tekomin Williams Kenyatta Blake L. McGee	Buckshot Mark "Boogie" Brown	5:14
4.	"Headz Are Reddee, Pt. 2"	Barret Powell Williams Yates Jr. Jahmal Bush Jack McNair Dashawn Yates Sean Price Blake Derwin Benoit	BJ Swan Mark "Boogie" Brown	5:08
5.	"Watch Your Step" (featuring the Representativz)	Demetrio Muniz Louis Johnson Darryl Pearson	Shaleek	4:56
6.	"Illa Noyz" (featuring Illa Noyz)	Shawn M. Jones Wayne Evans Price Bush	Shawn J. Period	4:10
7.	"Rag Time" (featuring Mada Rocka and LS)	Yates Jr. Blake Jacob Clarke	Mark "Boogie" Brown	5:19
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 Elpee	5:16
10.	"Rugged Terrain" (featuring Twanie Ranks)	Yates Antoine Cassidy	Squia	3:47
11.	"The Dugout"	Mark Brown Powell	Louieville Sluggah Mark "Boogie" Brown	5:10
12.	"Go for Yours" (featuring The B.T.J.'s)	Daniel Brown J. Smith A. Nash Jones	Shawn J. Period	5:43
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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position US Billboard 200 [4] 15 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 99

References

1. Stanley, Leo. "For the People - Boot Camp Clik | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved October 8, 2020.
2. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (March 28, 2023). "Boot Camp Clik: For the People". RapReviews. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
3. Chow, Durwin (1997). "Album Review: Boot Camp Click – For The People – 1997". HipHop–TheGoldenEra. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
4. "Boot Camp Clik Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
5. "Boot Camp Clik Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2021.

External links

• Boot Camp Clik – For The People at Discogs (list of releases)