Total Eclipse Black Moon . It was released on October 7, 2003 through Duck Down Music . Recording sessions took place at the Dewgarde Crib of Hits in New York , at Tha Entaprize, at CDR Studios, and at D.I.R.T. Factory in Norfolk . Production was primarily handled by Da Beatminerz , as well as Dan The Man, Coptic, DJ Static, Kleph Dollaz, MoSS , Nottz , Oshta Hunter and Tone Capone. It features guest appearances from Smif-N-Wessun , Sean Price and Starang Wondah .
Total Eclipse Released October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07 ) Recorded 2002–03 Studio Genre Length 1 :01 :34 Label Duck Down Producer
"Rush" "Stay Real" "That's How It Iz / Why We Act This Way"
Released one year after the Boot Camp Clik 's return with The Chosen Few Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 23 on the Independent Albums in the US. The album features the singles "Stay Real" and "This Goes Out to You", as well as the bonus track "Rush", a single that was released on January 7, 2003 and included on the Collect Dis Edition
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Stay Real" Da Beatminerz 5:20 2. "Looking Down the Barrel" (featuring Sean Price ) MoSS 3:57 3. "The Fever" Reid Anthony Gilmour Dan Humiston Tone Capone Dan The Man[a] 1:12 4. "Confusion" Blake DJ Static 4:28 5. "That'z the Way Shit Iz" (featuring Cocoa Brovaz ) Da Beatminerz 3:12 6. "Why We Act This Way" (featuring Starang Wondah ) Nottz 4:33 7. "MC Everybody (Skit)" Blake Dan The Man 1:12 8. "That'z How It Iz" Da Beatminerz 4:17 9. "Stoned Iz the Way" Da Beatminerz 4:21 10. "Ruck Is Dead (Skit)" Blake Da Beatminerz 0:17 11. "What Would U Do?" (featuring Sean Price) Da Beatminerz 3:15 12. "How We Do It" Kleph Dollaz 3:44 13. "Where It Goez Wrong" (featuring Tek ) Da Beatminerz 4:48 14. "Pressure Iz Tight" Da Beatminerz Dan The Man[b] 3:36 15. "No Way" (featuring Steele ) Da Beatminerz 3:42 16. "This Goes Out to You" (featuring Steele) Blake Yates Jr. Eric Matlock Oshta Hunter Coptic Oshta Hunter Dan The Man[b] 4:41 17. "Rush" Da Beatminerz 4:59 Total length: 1:01:34
Notes ^[a] producer ^[b] Track 3 features background vocals by Nadine Michel
Track 16 features additional vocals by Charon Aldredge Sample credits Track 1 contains a sample of the recording "Seed of Love" as performed by Little Boy Blues
Kenyatta "Buckshot " Blake – main artist, vocals, executive producer
Kasim "5ft " Reid – main artist, vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 14)
Ewart "DJ Evil Dee " Dewgarde – main artist, scratches (tracks: 8-10, 14) , mixing (track 1) , recording (tracks: 1, 8, 9, 11, 13-15, 17) , producer
Sean Price – vocals (tracks: 2, 11) Darrell "Steele " Yates Jr. – vocals (tracks: 5, 13)
Tekomin "Tek " Williams – vocals (tracks: 5, 15, 16)
Jack "Starang Wondah " McNair – vocals (track 6)
Nadine Michel – background vocals (track 3)
Charon Aldredge – additional vocals (track 16)
Ariel "A-Train" Levine – guitar (track 3)
DJ Terrell Rockwell – scratches (track 8)
Da Beatminerz – producers (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 9-11, 13-15, 17) , mixing (track 13) Jason "MoSS " Connoy – producer (track 2)
Dan "The Man" Humiston – co-producer (track 3) , producer (track 7) , additional producer (tracks: 14, 16) , recording (tracks: 1, 4, 8, 11, 13-16)
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer (track 3)
Sean "DJ Static" Moore – producer (track 4)
Dominick "Nottz " Lamb – producer (track 6)
Darrel "Kleph Dollaz" Durant – producer (track 12)
Eric "Coptic" Matlock – producer (track 16)
Oshta Hunter – producer (track 16)
Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producerRob "Giambi" Garcia – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16)
Chris Brown – recording (tracks: 3, 13, 15, 16)
Walter "Mr. Walt " Dewgarde – recording (track 5)
Buttah L – assistant recording (track 17)
Michael Sarsfield – mastering
Javad – art direction, photography
Steve P – art direction
Akash Khokha – layout
Brandon Teitel – marketing
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