4. This Is What It Sounds Like (Worldwind)

As MTV still was shown in every house, back in these years, Black Moon, and with them the Boot Camp Clik, reached our record players. And a small, messy Buckshot Shorty (as he was called back then) was interviewed by Fab Five Freddy on the stairs of Brooklyn. Naturally with a backpack and headphones around his neck.

Since then, the "Enta Da Stage" album, the second B.C.C. release Smif-N-Wessun’s "Dah Shinin‘", a lot of time has passed. During that period Smif-N-Wessun got renamed to Cocoa Brovaz, the B.C.C. tried to get away from Nervous and Black Moon split up and got back together again. A disastrous drop of quality entered the products that the B.C.C. put out. But a lot got better for this album. Maybe just because Da Beatminerz were responsible for most of the production. However, the other B.C.C. albums (except both Heltah Skeltah albums) were weak.

Buckshot flows over the beats like clouds over a dark sky. "Half bud-ass yellin ‚have a good time‘ / nowadays I'd rather have a good rhyme" ("Two Turntables And A Mic") and "broke wit' no chips, frontin' in the game wit' / a little record deal but still drive the same whip / it's a shame ain't it, the vision that they show you in the videos / would really make you think that you got the ghetto, oh / don't get me wrong, I ain't tryin' to stay / but yo, at the same time I ain't tryin' to run away" ("The Onslaught"). And on several tracks, the B.D. Eyed Emcee shares the microphone with the returned 5 Ft. Accelerator, and he comments exactly that, with "take a closer look at who ya see / no it‘s not a mirage its the Five F-T" ("War Zone"). The beats are dark and spiced with interesting bleeping effects. The drums do not shatter as hard as they did on the "Enta Da Stage" album, which is sad, but just like the covers, the beats are more polished since the B.C.C. is doing business with Priority. And the tendency to use several samples that have been used many times before, provokes the listener to listen doubtfully.

Concluding, the B.C.C. didn't return to masterpieces like "I Got Cha Opin", "Who Got Da Props" or "How Many Emcee’s", but comparing to other releases of today, Black Moon comes solid.