The BDI Thug is the solo debut from Hip Hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist Buckshot

Buckshot (rapper)

Buckshot is an underground rapper, famous as the leader of Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the group Black Moon. He has released one solo album, two with producer 9th Wonder, four albums with Black Moon and four albums with the Boot Camp Clik.- Biography :Born and raised in Brooklyn...

, of the group Black Moon

Black Moon (band)

Black Moon is an American hip hop group, consisting of members Buckshot, 5 ft and DJ Evil Dee . The group were most notable for their debut album Enta da Stage, and their affiliation with the Boot Camp Clik.-Biography:...

, and the collective Boot Camp Clik

Boot Camp Clik

Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York, which is composed of Buckshot , Smif-N-Wessun, also known as Cocoa Brovaz , Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C....

. The album received harsh reviews, and sales were cut short after Buck's label was dropped from their distribution deal. The title BDI Thug references the nickname 2Pac gave to Buckshot in the summer of 1996 during the recording of the unreleased One Nation album.

The BDI Thug was re-released by Duck Down Records

Duck Down Records

Duck Down Music Inc is a New York City based record label, talent management, music-marketing, and consulting company founded by Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman and Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake in 1995. In Duck Down's 16 year existence, the Company has released over 40 Albums and sold more than 3 million...

 in 2003 with a number of bonus tracks.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Intro [Games People Play]"	Boogie Brown	Buckshot
2	"Follow With Pride"	Boogie Brown	Buckshot
3	"Ladies N Gentlemen"	Lord Jamar Brand Nubian Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...	Buckshot
4	"My Bitches & My Niggaz"	Boogie Brown	Buckshot, Harly Hearts
5	"Trapped"	DJ Akshun	Buckshot
6	"Take It To The Streets"	Master Beats	Buckshot, Blue Flame, Half-A-Mil, Swan
7	"I'll Be Damned"	Boogie Brown	Buckshot, Swan
8	"Heavy Weighters"	Just Blaze Just Blaze Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer from Paterson, New Jersey. Blaze is also the CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment. He is most well known for producing Jay-Z songs on the albums The Blueprint, The Blueprint 2, and The Black Album. He is also known for...	Buckshot, Swan, F.T.
9	"Glide With Me"	Boogie Brown	Buckshot
10	"Take Your Time"	Buckshot, Boogie Brown	Buckshot, Swan, Jessica Darby
11	"Breath Control"	Baby Paul	Buckshot
12	"Boom Bye Bye"	Baby Paul, Buckshot	Buckshot, Top Dog Top Dog (rapper) Top Dog is an American rapper, member of the Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the trio O.G.C.. Top Dog debuted on Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin in 1995, appearing on the single "Sound Bwoy Bureill" and the track "Cession at da Doghillee"...
13	"Feel It"	Chris Ward	Buckshot, Sweet Mellodye, Swan, Tone Cappone
14	"Final Words"	Chris Ward	Buckshot, Swan

Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
1999	The BDI Thug	-	#63	#21