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 collective copies world wide.[1] Home to established rap groups Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Sean Price, Pharoahe Monch, Black Rob, 9th Wonder & Buckshot, KRS-One & Buckshot, B-Real of Cypress Hill (solo), Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp Clik, as well as relative newcomers: Skyzoo, Random Axe (Sean Price, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson), David Dallas, Marco Polo, Ruste Juxx, Torae, Blue Scholars, and Kidz in the Hall.
Albums
1996
* Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal * O.G.C. - Da Storm
1997
* Boot Camp Clik - For the People
1998
* Cocoa Brovaz - The Rude Awakening * Heltah Skeltah - Magnum Force
1999
* Black Moon - War Zone * O.G.C. - The M-Pire Shrikez Back * Various Artists - Duck Down Presents: The Album * Buckshot- The BDI Thug * Representativz - Angels of Death
* Boot Camp Clik - The Chosen Few * Various Artists - Collect Dis Edition
2003
* Buckshot - The BDI Thug (expanded re-released version) * Black Moon - Total Eclipse
2005
* Sean Price- Monkey Barz * Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Chemistry * Smif-N-Wessun - Smif 'N' Wessun: Reloaded * Black Moon - War Zone Revisited (expanded re-released version)
2006
* Boot Camp Clik - The Last Stand
2007
* Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar * Boot Camp Clik - Still For the People (For the People re-release) * Boot Camp Clik -Casualties of War * Special Teamz - Stereotypez * Smif-N-Wessun - Smif-n-Wessun: The Album
2008
* Buckshot & 9th Wonder - The Formula * Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd * Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. * DJ Revolution - Kings of the Decks * Ruste Juxx - Indestructible
2009
* B-Real -Smoke N Mirrors * Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel * General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - Welcome To Bucktown * Blue Scholars - OOF! EP * Blue Scholars - Bayani Redux * KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills * Skyzoo - The Salvation
2010
* General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - AmeriKKKa's Nightmire Part 2: Children of War * Kidz in the Hall - Land Of Make Believe * Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution * Marco Polo - The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo * Various Artists - 15 Years Of Duck Down * Skyzoo & Illmind - Live From The Tape Deck
2011
* Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows (Through Javotti Media/3D) * Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) * Random Axe (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk) - Random Axe (TBR June 14) * Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (TBR June 28) * Black Rob - Game Tested & Street Approved (TBR July 26)
TBA
* 9th Wonder & Buckshot - The Solution * Sean Price - Mic Tyson * The Away Team - Scars and Stripes * Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred
Mix CDs
* 2002: Boot Camp Clik & Dj Peter Parker Search And Recover Part 1 * 2004: Smif-N-Wessun & Dj Revolution Still Shinin * 2004: Sean Price Donkey Sean Jr * 2004: Boot Camp Clik & Dj Evil Dee Search And Recover Part 2 * 2005: Dj Bucktown Blastin' Off Vol.1 * 2005: Boot Camp Clik & Tony Touch Best of BCC Freestyles * 2005: Dj Logic (Dj Master Nash) Rap Center * 2006: Black Moon - Alter the Chemistry * 2006: Smif-N-Wessun X-Files Official Mix * 2006: Boot Camp Clik & Dj Sherazta Search And Recover Part 3 * 2006: Steele America Nigthmare * 2006: Tek Famlee First Mix Cd - Vol. 1 * 2006: Tek I Got This * 2006: Dj Bucktown Blastin' Off Vol.2 * 2007: Steele Hotstyle Takeover * 2007: Sean Price Master P * 2007: Ruste Juxx Reign of Destruction * 2007: Supreme The Perfect Weapon * 2008: Rock Shell Shock * 2008: Duck Down Hotline * 2008: Ruste Juxx The Prelude Mixtape * 2009: Naledge of Kidz In The Hall Chicago Picasso * 2009: General Steele Welcome To Bucktown * 2009: Sean Price Kimbo Price * 2010: Tek 24KT Smoke * 2010: Rock Rockin Out West * 2010: Ruste Juxx Adamantine * 2011: David Dallas The Rose Tint
Mittlerweile ein richtig grauenhaftes Label meiner Meinung nach :smt002 Ein paar Alben vor ewigen Zeiten waren richtig gut bzw. Klassiker, aber ab 2000 oder schon etwas vorher kam für mich so gut wie nur noch Mist.