Album

Nocturnal

Heltah Skeltah

1996 · Hip Hop

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Nocturnal by Heltah Skeltah

Nocturnal is a Hip-Hop album by Heltah Skeltah, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.

About

Down with the Brooklyn-based supercrew Boot Camp Clik, Heltah Skeltah hit the scene in 1996 with the near-classic album <i>Nocturnal</i>, produced by the BCC's in-house team of Da Beatminerz, as well as Shawn J Period and E-Swift. (It continued the BCC's run of landmark debuts, following Black Moon's <i>Enta Da Stage</i> and Smif-N-Wessun's <i>Dah Shinin'</i>.) Here, we get 17 quality tracks that showcase fantastic back-and-forth interplay from Ruck (now known as Sean Price) and Rock (a.k.a. Sparksky and Dutch) rhyming about various BK shenanigans, Boot Camp pride, and their Decepticons pedigree. Though it never went gold or platinum, <i>Nocturnal</i> was an underground favorite and especially popular in New York. Key selections include "Lethal Brainz Blo," "Therapy," and "Clan's, Posse's, Crew's & Clik's," plus the absolutely classic posse cut "Lefleur Leflah Eshkoshka" featuring the next generation of Boot Camp acts, Originoo Gunn Clappaz.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Intro (Here We Come)3:29
  2. A2Letha Brainz Blo4:19
  3. A3Undastand4:13
  4. A4Who Dat?1:43

Side B

  1. B1Sean Price4:22
  2. B2Clan's, Posse's, Crew's & Clik's5:20
  3. B3Therapy4:32
  4. B4Place To Be2:45

Side C

  1. C1Soldiers Gone Psyco3:40
  2. C2The Square (Triple R)4:20
  3. C3Da Wiggy4:12
  4. C4Gettin Ass Gettin Ass1:15

Side D

  1. D1Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka5:03
  2. D2Prowl4:13
  3. D3Grate Unknown4:18
  4. D4Operation Lockdown4:25

Sound DNA

  • Hip-Hop
  • Boom Bap
  • raw
  • menacing
  • nocturnal

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

On tracks A1 and A4 "Buckshot" is credited as "Buckshot (Da B.D.EYE EMCEE)".
A1, A4, B4, C2 recorded at Chung King Studios, NY, NY
A2 recorded at Dollar Cab, Brooklyn, NY
A2 radio edits recorded at D&D Studios, NY, NY
A3, C1 recorded at Unique Studios, NY, NY
B1 to B3, C3, D1 to D4 recorded at D&D Studios, NY, NY
A1, A4, B1 to B4, C2, C3, D4 mixed at Chung King Studios, NY, NY
C1 mixed at Unique Studios, NY, NY
C1 pre-production at Dollar Ca Lab, Brooklyn, NY
D2 mixed at D&D Studios, NY, NY
Samples info:
A2 "The Look Of Love" by Jonny Pate & Orchestra
D2 "Danube Incident" Lalo Schifrin
D3 "I Cover The Water Front (I See The Horizon)" Gloria Lynne

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Da Rockness MonstasBASS FEATURING
  • Gloria Lynne
  • Heltah SkeltahFEATURING
  • Illa NoyzFEATURING
  • Johnny Pate
  • Johnny Pate's Orchestra
  • Lalo Schifrin
  • Louieville SluggahFEATURING
  • O.G.C.FEATURING
  • Starang WonduhFEATURING
  • The Fabulous FiveFEATURING
  • The RepresentativzFEATURING
  • Tone The BackboneBASS
  • Tony "T-Lo" AvilesGUITAR
  • Tony AvilezGUITAR
  • Vinia MojicaFEATURING FEATURING, CHORUS, BACKING VOCALS

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