Basic Training: Boot Camp Clik's Greatest Hits
Basic Training is a greatest hits album by American hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik, composed of singles released by Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and Originoo Gunn Clappaz between 1992 and 1999. It was released on March 14, 2000, via Priority Records. Production was handled by Da Beatminerz, BJ Swan, Black Market, Cuzin Bawb, E-Swift, Mark "Boogie" Brown, Self and Starang Wondah, with Buckshot and Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman serving as executive producers.
The album features three songs from Black Moon's Enta da Stage, two songs from Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin', two songs from Heltah Skeltah's Nocturnal, one song from O.G.C.'s Da Storm, one song from Boot Camp Clik's For the People, one song from Heltah Skeltah's Magnum Force, one song from Cocoa Brovaz' The Rude Awakening, one song from Black Moon's War Zone, and one song from O.G.C.'s The M-Pire Shrikez Back.
Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 2 contains a sample of "Hydra" performed by Grover Washington Jr. and "My Philosophy" by KRS-One
- Track 3 contains a sample of "Playing Your Game, Baby" performed by Barry White
- Track 6 contains an interpolation of "Uzuri"
- Track 10 contains a sample from "Hot Sex" performed by A Tribe Called Quest and "Pick It Up" performed by Redman
- Track 12 contains a sample from "Heartbeat"
Personnel
- Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – vocals, executive producer
- Jack "Starang Wondah" McNair – vocals, producer
- Dashawn "Top Dog" Yates – vocals
- Darrell "Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals
- Tekomin "Tek" Williams – vocals
- Barret "Louieville Sluggah" Powell – vocals
- Jahmal "Rock" Bush – vocals
- Sean "Ruck" Price – vocals
- Ronnie "Doc Holiday" Duren – vocals
- Corey "Raekwon" Woods – vocals
- Ewart "DJ Evil Dee" Dewgarde – producer
- Walter "Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer
- Paul "Baby Paul" Hendricks – producer
- Eric "E-Swift" Brooks – producer
- Derwin "BJ Swan" Benoit – producer
- Mark "Boogie" Brown – producer
- Robert "Cuzin Bob" Clark – producer
- Edward "Self" Hinson – producer
- Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – producer
- Robert "Rob" McDowell – producer
- Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer