Within the early ’90s, an unruly crew of dudes in military fatigues and Timberlands emerged from Brooklyn and made rap music an entire lot extra thrilling. The Boot Camp Clik was, and is, the collective of rappers from the teams Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, and OGC. Collectively, they made an entire lot of classics with out ever absolutely crossing over to mainstream visibility, the best way contemporaries just like the Wu-Tang Clan did. However the BCC had an aesthetic of their very own, and their ’90s bangers are timeless. Now, they’re again.

After their nice ’90s run, the Boot Camp Clik remained a pressure on the New York underground. Within the ’00s, they made some nice information and placed on some nice exhibits. I all the time liked going to see any BCC artist, since you may all the time rely on the remainder of them displaying up for shock appearances. However the Boot Camp Clik haven’t launched any music as a gaggle since their 2007 album Casualties Of Battle, they usually misplaced their finest rapper when Sean Value, in any other case often called Heltah Skeltah’s Ruck, died of pure causes in 2015. So it’s nice to see the surviving members of the BCC again collectively within the video for his or her new single “Wotcha Name Energy.”

“Wotcha Name Energy” doesn’t try and resurrect the basic Duck Down Data boom-bap sound. As an alternative, Boston producer the Arcitype has given the group a vivid, synthy beat, and all seven rappers, in addition to Sean Value protege Ruste Juxx, go in and speak their shit. All of them can actually, actually rap. Within the video, we see that they’ve all received gray of their beards and features on their faces, however that solely reinforces the impression that these are veterans who do not need persistence on your bullshit. Watch it under.

“Wotcha Name Energy” is out now on Duck Down. The Boot Camp Clik present the video at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, and that’s the place they’ll carry out 8/5 at the Rock The Bells competition.