Talib Kweli & Rock On Sean Price, Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp, 2Pac, Decepticons | People's Party Full 

Nocturnal is a 5 mic album in my opinion. There are no skips on that and I still listen to it to this day.

As a diehard Sean Price fan this was my favorite interview ever on the People's Party

The Method Man of the BCC

The BCC deserved way more success and notoriety than they received. ALL of them. So much classic material.

The Great Rockness Monsta! What an interview Talib! The summer of '96 I was 18 years old, just finished my freshman year of college, and I NEVER left the house without listening to the ENTIRE Nocturnal CD. It was fresh, it was different, it was brutally honest and hilarious.. AND, these two dudes just happened to rap their @$$ off! Ruck & Rock had the ultimate chemistry as a rap duo, probably only second to their brethren Smif & Wessun. Rock, the "Great Unknown" will forever be mah sh!¡... BCC the greatest, Bummy Jab the Beast of ALL BEASTS! Salute!

Referring to Sean Price " oh he here!" Gave me goosebumps

Rock, you're underappreciated. I been playing your music since about 15-16 yes old. True certified barbarian NY s#it

Man, I loved and appreciate this interview so much. Rock is a Brooklyn bar GOAT and has been slept on for decades. Elite lyricism.

Your voice is legendary ROCK! 5 mins in and grinning like this. Playing boot camp all day today!!

It's good to hear from Rock. Legend!

I BEEN ROCKIN PEOPLES PARTY FROM THE JUMP, THANK YOU KWELI! ABSOLUTE BEST INTERVIEWS IN HIPHOP! ACTUALLY PART OF THE CULTURE NOT A VLAD

So excited to see Rockness in this chair

Loved this interview. It great when your rap hero’s are cool and down to earth people.

RIP to Sean Price but I'll say this til the day I die, Rock is one of the most underappreciated MCs in Hip-Hop history .

Strang and rock need to do an album together I've been saying it for years

Nocturnal was THAT HEAT

I didn’t even watch the interview yet, but I was hyped when I saw Rock from Heltah Skeltah!!!

Rock is a underground legend!!! Bootcamp forever!!!!

One of "THE MOST" Distinguished voices in Hip Hop.

Evil Dee is the inspiration behind my SN. He don't get enough love. Glad they saluted him.

Got a lot more respect for this dude! Peace to BCC!

Brought back that 90s grimey, fatigue garment era... Great talk, everyone 🅿

Portland, JAMAICA in the Building !!!!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Rock is too underappreciated. A phenomenal lyricist.

TIME STAMPS: 3:39 -- The show begins with Rock's Brownsville, Brooklyn upbringing. He outlines his early homelife, feeling like a borderline nerd at school, and the transformation that took place leading up to his eventually joining BK's most notorious street gang of the time, the Decepticons. They go on to explore the first time he met Sean Price aka Ruck when he was 11 years old, how they considered one another family going forward, and Rock being early friends with Steele. 12:41 -- Rock speaks on the Decepticons gang, why they formed and how they were perceived by Brooklyn's residents while they were active. They go on to discuss Steele of Smif-N-Wessun and his role as the architect of the Boot Camp Clik, as well as Buckshot of Black Moon being a true visionary, and protecting members of BCC from signing bad deals. They also get into Rock's history with the Five Percenters and why he left the nation to join the Decepticons. 22:29 -- Rock talks about his being locked up in 1992 and passing the time being plugged into The Video Music Box. We hear about the day he saw Black Moon's video for 'Who Got The Props' and how he knew at that moment there was opportunity waiting for him when he got out. They go on to talk about the CEO of Duck Down Records, Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman being a stand-up guy and how BCC was always a tight-knit group, trust never being an issue. 35:20 -- Heltah Skeltah's debut album, 'Nocturnal' is brought up and they get into how it impacted Talib when he first heard it, as well as Rock's not realizing the influence he and Sean P were having on the culture at the time. They go to talk about Boot Camp Clik and other NY rappers playing a huge part in the sales of Timberlands, as well as how Heltah Skeltah's song, 'Therapy' wrote itself, being true to real life, and how Ruck was something like Rock's therapist. 44:28 -- Rock recounts a story of being overseas in the late 90's and how Sean P felt after Talib and Yasiin Bey followed their performance on a radio show. They go on to discuss the competitive spirit of Sean and Rock goes on to define the Boot Camp Clik's phrase, 'pulling a Ruck'. Rock is also asked if he can break down what, 'Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka' means, he explains how they took cues from Wu-Tang when creating The Fab 5, and Rock is asked when he realized his voice was special. 55:22 -- Rock is asked how he filled the void when Sean Price passed away and Rock goes on to talk about how much slang Sean was responsible for before tells the story of the night he became aware of Ruck's status as a next-level emcee like himself. They go on to discuss the song, 'Rockness A.P.' as he breaks down the meaning behind bars like, 'Sometimes when I look at n*ggas who came in the game same time frame as me, I’m ashamed of me.' They also get into how the crew felt when Rock landed a solo deal with Priority. 1:06:25 -- Rock's most recent release, 'Ether Rocks', produced by Ron Browz is brought up, how it's release was delayed due to covid and they get into Rock giving Krondon a shout-out on the new album after seeing him constantly serve beat-downs to Black Lightning. They go on to discuss an incident at Hot 97 that ended up getting Rock and Ruck banned from the studio, as well as a fan who pulled out a machine gun on the group who had asked for an autograph seconds earlier, and a DJ that got Heltah Skeltah's music banned from Connecticut's airwaves. 1:15:44 -- Tek and Steele's appearance on Math Hoffa is discussed and the heated argument that took place between Tek and Sean Bigga over Tupac, the supposed East Coast/West Coast beef, and how some NY heads felt about Boot Camp's being friendly with Pac at the time. They also discuss fans telling rappers how to do their jobs, how Rock's daughter Raquel has impacted his life and what he raps about, as well as learning how to navigate rapper/fatherhood from watching Sean P, Eminem, and T.I.. Finally Rock is asked what's next for the Rockness Monsta.

Finally, some Boot Camp Clik.

Anybody remember those drawings they had on the Duck Down website around 96-97? Dudes in gas masks holding decapitated heads with spinal columns and shit? I went to actual Boot Camp in Ft Jackson South Carolina in 97 and they had us make art to represent our platoons. I brought that shit in and we represented BCC for the Warlords.

Bigup to Rock for inspiring me to finish a song I'd been sitting on for a couple of days. Who knows what sparks these things, but I literally went from tank empty to overflowing about an hour into this.

R.I.P TO RUCK THANKS MONSTAH FOR OPENING THIS UNTOLD CHAPTERS TO US THANK YOU KWELI FOR BRINGING HIM MCH LOVE FROM INDIA

the lady on the right in the back is authentically enjoying the conversation. Such good energy. Shout out to her for being a golden light.

R.I.P. RUCK , LONG LIVE SEAN P !!!!!

Rockness Monsta stomps ya brains in!!!

Rock is a dope guy. I met him on the humble at a lids in Baltimore. I showed some love and he showed love back, respect.

ALL I HEAR IS MYSTIKAL YELLIN "IM OUT DAT BOOT CAMP CLICK" OVER & OVER LOL~ WRONG CAMP CAP LMFAO😂🤣😭

This was a great interview, Rock is the man and I still check for his stuff to this day.

Rock is a Gem. We need him. Especially since he's the closest we're gonna get to Ruck.

1st Heltah Skeltah lp is a MFN CLASSIC!!!! RIP Sean Price aka Ruck!!! I'll never forget in '96 @ Lincoln University Homecoming, my freshman yr, it was Heltah Skeltah, Monifah, and Jay-Z wit Bleek for 25$!!! BCC came out first and Heltah Skeltah started rocking out, my best friend since I'm 4 came to campus from Cheyney University and my younger brother came from philly for the concert. My best friend Bryan purposefully wore a red NERVOUS records t shirt. Side note: nervous was who bcc was signed to but they had just deaded that deal and adamantly didn't fuck with nervous records. He did this knowing full well the beef bcc had with nervous but it was an original BCC nervous jawn. Yo...I forget what song they was in the middle of but Rock in the middle of his bars stops, sees my friend, cuz we right in front, and his whole face changed. He screams to the DJ to stop the music, pull up the spotlight on us and comes over like "yo take that muthafuckin nervous shyt off! We don't fucking rock with them!" Like my dude this just for this moment, like wow, he takes the shirt off, starts swinging that shyt, Rock like yeah u fx with us right, we like hells yeah! Then don't fuck with nervous. And then the beat drop, back to the concert. When Jay came out he threw a stack in the crowd during dead presidents, all the chick's rhymed foxxy part on ain't no nigga! Def one of the greatest concerts and moments in my life. Salute to Rock and Ruck!!

Been waiting on this. Rocknesss monsta

This is monstrous #seanliveson #monstanation

Super dope interview and one of my all-time fav Rappers and Rap crews. BCC 4 Life. RIP Sean P. Thank you

Super Underrated! 🔥

BCC blew the door off the hinges on that Tony Touch Tape #50 Classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥 those universal Beatdowns were fr fr Peace to the gods & the earths 💪🏾 keep dropping Science Talib

"Son I used to be a good boy, fat cheeks, little cute kid, Potentially rebellious yet a straight A student I listened to my elders til I found out they was stupid What they told me had me broke and bummy, time for some new shit" Heltah Skeltah is one of the dopest duos in hip hop history!

Best ish i ever saw/heard. Thanks so much for all this

love Rockmonsta, please give us another Album, Soon! R.I.P Mr Sean P, Even though I got Sean Price music in abundance I wish he was still here in life! miss the Brother Big time!

Fire interview of a legendary MC 🫡

This was beautiful and the stories that were shared with us were amazing thank you rock and Kweli for sharing those memories of ruck aka P! aka SEAN PRICE

Heltah skeltah is one of my best group of all time

Amazing interview. Good work everyone involved 🙏🏼

So underated as an MC. Love this interview!

Man BCC 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ grew up with their music I always felt Rock was underrated one of the top producers need to lock in with him to drop a classic project....LEGEND 💎👑

Great interview! Been lookin' forward to this...shout out to the whole Boot Camp Clik, lookin' forward to seeing them on here in the near future!

He is is in my top 5 for him smooth witty, and catchy lyrics. Nocturnal is one of my favorite albums of all time. I'm glad he did this.

Big Up ROCK!!! Leflaur Leflah was my shit!!!

Rock looking healthy

One of my fave crews of all times hands down (BCC is heavily slept on), Rock was definitely one of my faves along with Ruck (RIP). Love this interview and as said Nocturnal is a 5 mic album.

The legend himself R O C K N E S S M O N S T A H 🔥🔥🔥🔥🪓🪓🪓🪓

Errrr thang my brother rock said 💯 % actual Seanliveson 🤙🏾💜🤙🏾 BCC4LIFE

Still the greatest opening line EVER… “It went down like THIS!” Operation Lockdown 4 Life!

love rockness. Can you guys get de la soul up here next so they can promote the re-release of 3 feet high and rising?

One of the classic voices if hip-hop Da Rockness Monsta. #HELTAHSKELTAH #BCC

This interview slaps. I'd love to hear more Decepticon stories. Those guys were scary.

Dope interview love me some Bootcamp Click stories

This is great. Bcc forever. Seen Steele at the junction getting on the train and I said what up like I knew just threw music and the god gave me a pound and showed me love.

Great talk, much love. 💪🏿💗💐

Love rockness from heltah skelta

Salute too Kweli and Rock ..big fan of both of them Madd luv for Kweli and I'm from Ct

Loved This ✊🏿

Thank you for having Rock on! #ripPH #riPseanPrice 👑❤🙏

Rockness just got dem bars

Always watch, but subscribed because of this interview.

"The actions not lining up with the knowledge"...true words spoken

Another dope one fam...peace to Kweli

P and Rock go way back! Of course I copped every album.

I love the brotherhood and the camaraderie here.Blessings to you both...

I am from the West Coast and I still bump Boot Camp Click/Black Moon.

Got me howling over here!! I never heard this before... CHAPS...Could've Had Polo Shirt! lmao!!!! Yo saw Black Moon in concert with Heltah Skeltah opening for them BEFORE Nocturnal even came out. I was a west coast Boot Campian back then. I bought EVERY album from that Clique in their hey day.

Is Brooklyn in the house?!!

This is probably the best podcast I've ever heard, maybe in the world!

SEAN P!!!

This was dope!!!

Who got the Props! That beat! 🔥

GREAT INTERVIEW!! 👍🏾

Great interview

Clicked the vid super fast. Big legends

Great interview two phenomenal legendary MC's Kweli and Rock. That female is absolutely beautiful and gorgeous.

WILDERNESS sounds like a dope album title

Lovely interview. Plus agree steel is one of the most realest brother . 👊🏽👊🏽

Peace i just found your show this was the first one I watched one of my favorite rappers MMM Monsta BIG Rock Obama the other half of a legendary group Heltah Skeltah Sean lives on Roc and Ruc thank you for the entertainment going to be checking your shows out Love Peace and Rolling Papers from North Carolina

This conversation ended unexpectedly for me. What a trip!

Been listening to BCC since 95. They're up there with Wu for me... I loved hearing the history. I learned a lot in this interview. Thank you! Also.. Lugz were the most comfortable shoe that I've ever owned. Looool

Peace! This is a great episode! Peace to the Gods!

One of my favorite hip hop group album Nocturnal 🔥 💯💯

I remember I went to a Sean Price show in Brooklyn and after he was done he dropped the mic and walk through the crowd and straight out the venue. 😂

Saw HS perform at the Rocksteady Crew 21st Anniversary along with Blackstar back in 99. The show was in the Bx but Brooklyn was definitely in the house! Got Rock's autograph, too.

Salute rock. Living legend .. 🫡

Shout out to all Boot Camp Click, specially Black Moon, Smiff N Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and OGC! RIP Ruck aka Sean Price.

Solid ass engaging ass interview man. Love Hip Hop history and Hey Jasmin 👋🏾 ❤️

Nocturnal never left my rotation. #classic

2 of my favorite artists talking shit together.. one of whom I've chopped it up with... this shit IS the culture.. salute..