Duck Down Music and the Boot Camp Clik represent an era of New York City hip-hop that focused on the hardworking tenacity of the scene, prioritizing bars over bling. In their late-’90s heyday, the imprint released nine albums including classics from Smif-N-Wessun and Black Moon. The first music to emerge from their label deal with Priority Records would be from newcomers Heltah Skeltah (Rock and the late Sean Price) & O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah, and Top Dog)—first as the supergroup the Fab Five in 1995, and later the following year as separate groups. This show in Bedford-Stuyvesant celebrates the 30th anniversary of those 1996 debuts: Heltah Skeltah’s Nocturnal & O.G.C.’s Da Storm, two albums that explore the city’s edges with sparse beats and cutting wordplay.
It’s My Park at Peter’s Field
Volunteer with the Office of State Sen. Leroy Comrie to clean up and paint benches at Peter's Field.
Free
Manhattan


