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Boot Camp Click Marching Into History

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
By: Michael Ivey

Brooklyn based outfit Duck Down Records, home of Buckshot, Sean Price, Smiff N’ Wessun, and the entire Boot Camp Click, has reportedly struck a deal with A&E Television Networks’ The History Channel.

Exact details are sketchy at press time, but during a recent interview with Canadian online pub www.exclaimmagazine.com, Buckshot is quoted saying, “I’m a humble person, I’m not egotistical at all. But when you put in so much work and you put in so much grind, certain things start to happen like ESPN, this whole season (of men’s college basketball). The History Channel, the same thing for their urban stuff.”

Last month www.nobodysmiling.com reported that Duck Down Records reached an agreement with Disney owned worldwide sports entertainment network ESPN to provide the score for the company’s 2007-08 Men’s College Basketball coverage. A&E and The History Channel in May 2007 unveiled several television and broadband series in development to the tune of an approximately $600 million investment by parent company A&E Television Networks.

“More or less the future of Duck Down Records is gonna be now we’re about to bring hip-hop to a whole new level,” Buckshot says of the new deal with The History Channel.

Duck Down Records has also signed hip hop pioneer KRS-One, Diamond D, Canadian emcee Promise, Los Angeles mix master DJ Revolution, and former Rawkus Records act Chicago’s Kidz in the Hall. Independent distributor Navar releases Duck Down musicproduct. Duck Down television is also in the works.

“It’s gonna have everybody you can imagine as far as like the struggles,” says Buckshot. The oft underrated Duck Down/BCC front-man evokes the vision of former collaborator the late Tupac Shakur to describe his company’s next movement: “We’re
bringing everybody with us, man. one union, one nation.” Buckshot is again working with acclaimed producer 9th Wonder for a new album called ‘The Formula.’

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The godz is coming thru and headz still not ready!! bucktown all day.

Posted by QayyimAllahKabar

Good news for the few true hip hop headz left out this Bia'ch!!!

Posted by dj blendz

I'm glad buck shot is doin his thing. The whole click represents brooklyn so lovely. I wish i could jump on the band wagon with all the other emcees.

Posted by L R

So what are they doing with the history channel exactly?

Posted by Shogun

Yo, big ups to tha click:) they finally gonna get the paper a true committee of mc's should get. Whateva they do i just hope they keep the grind. I know the word play is gonna be sick, because of the absence of the curses. But this is really taking it back... Being street but so slick with it, by the time the other side catch up they can't do nothing about it. I hope they do something to reflect the true essence of our culture with the history channel... I mean what else could it possibly be?

Posted by Hasan7body

The real hip hop deads are gradually taking over this shet

Posted by defb4dishonor

What up mysitcon

Posted by gena thomas

Shogun - all we know is they'll be makin bank. And when you're from bucktown aka brooklyn, thats all you need to know.

Posted by King of da East