Last Stand

Boot Camp Clik | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Duck Down Music
• ASIN: B000FQWFAM
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,787 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Boot Camp Clik returns with "The Last Stand," featuring all the original members of Bucktown’s mighty army: Black Moon, Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, Sean Price, O.G.C.’s Starang Wondah, Top Dog and Louieville Sluggah, even Rock of Heltah Skeltah. Da Beatminerz are behind the boards as usual, along with stellar production by 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Ill Mind and Marco Polo – a testament to BCC’s relevance on the hip-hop landscape.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Stand is off the meat rack!, July 29, 2006

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Nix & Kutz "Nix & Kutz" (Vic, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Stand (Audio CD)

I can only agree with one other review about the production of this album. Anyone saying it is mediocre or otherwise needs to check theyselves! Anyone who cannot appreciate what BCC has come with this time around as well as with the recent Sean Price/Tek & Steele/Buckshot & Ninth Wonder needs to question the way that they look at Hip Hop. Check one thing, being indie in Hip Hop and remianing relevant for more than ten years is an amazing acomplishment! Having said all that i will say this, Headz obviously still ain't ready for this ish they got!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BCC is back to teach the posers a lesson., October 21, 2006

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Pablo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Stand (Audio CD)

Sometimes you question why you follow certain groups in hip-hop; why you're dedicated to them through the thick and thin, and cop everything they release, or everything you can afford(in the case of the Wu-Tang Clan in the mid-nineties.. picking up their core 9 albums was a chore in itself, but with dozens of affiliates, it came down to picking the cream of the crop). Is it because of your undying loyalty to the group? Is it because they consistently release dope music? Is it because you've been mindwashed by a marketing strategy? Or are you simply a completist, who feels awkward owning a majority of a group's material, but missing some odd ends?

For me, in the case of the Boot Camp Clik, it's the second option. In the early nineties, you couldn't be a hip-hop head without owning Black Moon's Enta Da Stage, Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin', Heltah Skeltah's Nocturnal, or O.G.C.'s Da Storm. All four of those Duckdown releases were underground staples, and some of the best albums to come out of that era of hip-hop. Unfortunately, when they dumped Da Beatminerz on their first official group album, For The People, their music really took a dive in terms of quality.

8 years after their initial falling off, and after a slew of mediocre releases later, the Boot Camp Clik returned in 2005 with a bang; perfectly represented by the extremely dope solo debut of Sean Price. While Buckshot's album with 9th Wonder and Smif-N-Wessun's releases were also essential in BCC's resurgence, Sean Price led the way in 2005, and in 2006, the group returned as a complete collective to release this fine effort here; Last Stand. Hopefully this isn't the last stand for BCC as a group, because this is most definitely their finest album as an entire 8-piece, and one of the best albums to come from the BCC as a whole.

The production on this album is strictly underground, and that's perfect for the Clik. 9th Wonder provides two standout tracks in "Take A Look(In The Mirror" and "Here We Come," while his effort on "So Focused" is also good, although not one of the better beats on the album. Pete Rock's "1-2-3" is everything you'd come to expect from Pete; just beautiful. Marco Polo's "He Gave His Life" sets a nice dramatic atmosphere, and the Large Prof's "World Wide" shows the Professor still has it; my favorite beat on the album, though, would have to be from Ken Ring and Rune Rotter on "Trading Places." It's unlike anything I've heard in awhile, and the production alone makes this my favorite track on the album.

Lyrically, the BCC is still one of the illest cliques you'll find in hip-hop. Sean Price, Buckshot, and Tek are absolutely dope on this album, while the rest of the members are dope as well, if not quite as spectacular. The chemistry that these eight men share is really unbelievable; never once do they sound awkward together, nor do they appear to be competing with eachother lyrically. They come together in perfect unity.

While it isn't a perfect release, BCC's album is definitely one of the strongest releases of the year, and a must for any true hip-hop head. Dope flows, dope beats, dope tracks; what more could you want?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 2 cents, November 9, 2006

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Rey Cortez - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Stand (Audio CD)

This album gets 4 stars in my book. I thought it was definately worth the buy but it's not as good as I thought it would be. I rated 4 stars more because this is the kind of Hip-Hop I grew up with and love and we need to see much more of it these days. Kids growing up now will unfortunately never know and understand what true Hip-Hop is thanks to the radio and it's brainwashing. Buy this album, support the real!