War Zone (album)

War Zone
Studio album by Black Moon
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	1997 – 1999
Genre	East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Label	Duck Down Records/Priority Records/EMI 0499 2 50039 2 5 P2-50039
Producer	Da Beatminerz Rockwilder
Black Moon chronology
Diggin' in Dah Vaults (1996) War Zone (1999) Total Eclipse (2003)

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War Zone is the second album from Hip Hop group Black Moon, which was released almost six years after its influential debut Enta Da Stage. The group began a lengthy legal battle with Nervous Records in 1995 over the licensing of their name, which finally settled soon before the release of War Zone. Though many of the albums released from the Boot Camp Clik family between 1997 and 1999 received mediocre reviews, War Zone garnered some strong acclaim and moderate sales. The album features the singles "Two Turntables & a Mic", "War Zone" and "This Is What It Sounds Like [Worldwind]".

MC 5ft, who only appeared on three tracks on its debut Enta Da Stage, makes the most appearances of his career here, dropping verses on six songs.

Da Beatminerz production crew crafts a different sound for War Zone then that heard on Enta Da Stage, lacing the tracks with a futuristic, lo-fi sound. Although War Zone has its share of gritty and hardcore tracks (similarly found on Enta Da Stage), the majority of War Zone consists of songs talking about social and economic problems, as Buckshot displays a maturity unseen on Enta Da Stage.

Track listing

• All tracks produced by Da Beatminerz

#	Title	Performer (s)
1	"Intro"	*Interlude*
2	"The Onslaught"	Buckshot, Busta Rhymes
3	"War Zone"	Buckshot, 5ft
4	"This Is What It Sounds Like (Worldwind)"	Buckshot
5	"Freestyle"	Buckshot
6	"Five (interlude)"	5ft
7	"For All Y'all"	5ft, Heather B.
8	"Come Get Some"	Louieville Sluggah, Buckshot
9	"Weight of the World"	Buckshot, 5ft
10	"Evil Dee Is on the Mix"	*Instrumental*
11	"Show Down"	Buckshot, Q-Tip
12	"One-Two"	Buckshot, 5ft
13	"Frame"	Cocoa Brovaz, Buckshot
14	"Buckshot (interlude)"	Buckshot
15	"Two Turntables & a Mic"	Buckshot
16	"Annihilation"	Teflon, 5ft, M.O.P.
17	"Duress"	Buckshot
18	"Throw Your Hands in the Air"	Buckshot
19	"Outro"	Buckshot, Rock

Bonus tracks

In 2006, Duck Down Records released an album named War Zone Revisited with the original War Zone track list as well as two bonus tracks.
20. "The Streets"
21. "Just Us"

Samples

• "Frame"
  • "Walking in My Sleep" by Monk Higgins
• "Freestyle"
  • "N.T." by Kool & the Gang
• "One- Two"
  • "A Divine Image" by David Axelrod
  • "Shut 'Em Down" by Public Enemy
  • "4, 3, 2, 1" by LL Cool J and Canibus feat. Method Man, Redman and DMX
• "Showdown"
  • "The Bridge" by MC Shan
• "The Onslaught"
  • "How Do Yeaw View You?" by Funkadelic
• "This Is What It Sounds Like (Worldwind)"
  • "The Day (Manos Hadjidakis)" by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble
• "War Zone"
  • "The Distant Galaxy" by Don Sebesky
  • "No Fear" by O.G.C.
• "Duress"
  • "General Confessional" by The Electric Prunes
• "Throw Your Hands in the Air"
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
• "Two Turntables & a Mic"
  • "Superman Theme" by Leon Klatzkin
  • "Heartbeat" by Taana Gardner
  • "Live Convention '82 (Side B)" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
• "On the Streets"
  • "We Got Some Catchin' Up to Do" by Jean Carne
  • "5 O'Clock" by Nonchalant

Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1999	War Zone	#35	#9

Singles Chart Positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1999	"Two Turntables & a Mic"	-	#82	-
1999	"This Is What It Sounds Like [Worldwind]"	-	-	#13