Black Moon in Represent Magazine - 1994

 

From Represent - April / May 1994

Black Moon - Rise Of Da Moon - 2019

LP - 2019 - Duck Down Records  

Here it is !!! the long awaited album from the legendary group Black Moon is now available for Pre-Order via Duck Down Records website. The Project features appearances from artists like Method Man, Smif-N-Wessun and Rockness Monsta, and is fully produced by Da Beatminerz. 

Pre-Orders : Vinyl / CD / Quarter Moon Bundle / Half Moon Bundle /  Three Quarter Moon Bundle / Full Moon Bundle

Shipping Date : October 21st 2019

Video : Black Moon - Creep Wit Me - 2019

Here is the video of Black Moon's lead single titled "Creep Wit Me"off their forthcoming reunion album Rise Of Da Moon. Coming Soon ... Stay tuned !!!!

Interview : Book of Rhymes Podcast Ep 01: Black Moon

For the first episode, the team of Book of Rhymes Podcast is kicking it off with the legendary hip-hop group, Black Moon. They discuss 'Enta Da Stage', Duck Down Records and the impact that their music had on the culture.

Black Moon - Men In The Moon

From Rap Pages - June 1999 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton  

Mix : Black Moon 'Enta Da Stage' 25th Anniversary Mixtape

"Released October 19th 1993, Black Moon's classic debut LP 'Enta Da Stage' celebrates its 25th Anniversary this week. Produced entirely by Da Beatminerz, the album's production style epitomises early 90s East Coast boom bap sonics with laid back, filtered jazz-funk samples meeting crunchy drums, cut choruses and gritty wordplay. In celebration of the anniversary we've teamed up once again with Wax Poetics magazine to present this exclusive mixtape pairing album tracks and remixes with their sample sources, interview snippets and more. Mixed by Chris Read." - WhoSampled 

1. Black Moon - Niguz Talk Shit (DJ Evil Dee '96 Instrumental)

2. Chris Read - Theme #3 (Scratchapella)

3. Barry White - Playing Your Game (sampled in 'I Got Cha Opin (Remix)')

4. Black Moon - Rap City Interview 1993

5. Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Remix)

6. Grover Washington Jr. - Hydra (sampled in 'How Many MCs')

7. Black Moon - How Many MCs

8. Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy [Extract] (sampled in 'How Many MCs')

9. Black Moon - Murder MCs

10. Lee Dorsey - Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in 'U Da Man')

11. Black Moon feat Dru Ha, Havoc & Smif N Wessun - U Da Man

12. Ahmad Jamal - Misdemeanor (sampled in 'Black Smif N Wessun')

13. Black Moon feat Smif N Wessun - Black Smif N Wessun

14. Lonnie Smith - Spinning Wheel (sampled in 'Black Smif N Wessun')

15. Baby Huey - Hard Times [Loop] (sampled in 'Powaful Impak!')

16. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School - Scenario [Extract] (sampled in Powaful Impak!)

17. Black Moon - Powaful Impak!

18. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidinanda (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

19. Cannonball Adderley - Eye of the Cosmos [Extract] (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

20. James Brown - It's A New Day So Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn [Extract] (sampled in 'Enta Da Stage')

21. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage

22. Boogie Down Productions - We In There [Loop] (sampled in 'Make Munne')

23. Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin [Loop] (sampled in 'Make Munne')

24. Black Moon - Make Munne

25. Tyrone Washington - Submission (sampled in 'Act Like U Want It')

26. Black Moon - Act Like U Want It

27. Donald Byrd - Wind Parade (sampled in 'Buck Em Down')

28. Run DMC - Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) (sampled in 'Buck Em Down' (Beatminerz Remix))

29. Black Moon - Buck Em Down (Beatminerz Remix)

30. Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache [Loop] (sampled in 'Buck Em Down' (Beatminerz Remix))

31. Ronnie Laws - Tidal Wave (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

32. Lightnin Rod - Sport [Loop] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

33. Skull Snaps - It's A New Day [Loop] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

34. DJ Grand Wizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five - Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie [Extract] (sampled in 'Who Got Da Props')

35. Black Moon - Who Got Da Props

36. Black Moon - Who Got Da Props (MW Smooth Instrumental)

37. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stils - Season of the Witch [Loop] (sampled in 'Son Get Wrec')

38. Black Moon - Son Get Wrec

39. John Klemmer - Song to Katherine (sampled in 'Shit Iz Real')

40. Black Moon - Shit Iz Real

41. Buddy Montgomery - Winding Up (sampled in 'F**k It Up' (Ruff & Rugged Mix))

42. Black Moon - F**k It Up (Ruff & Rugged Mix)

43. Quincy Jones - Summer in the City (sampled in 'Reality...')

44. Black Moon - 'Reality...'

45. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - We Live in Brooklyn Baby (sampled in 'Reality...')

Sure Shot Singles : Black Moon - Who Got The Props / Fuck It Up - 1993

12" - 1992 - Nervous Records

From The Source - February 1993 - Scan courtesy of Frederic Thecle 

Black Moon - Enta Da Stage The Remixes 2xLP - 2017

2xLP - 2017 - Fat Beats

If you hadn't got enough money to buy the "Enta Da Stage" Boxset earlier this year, the collection of alternative mixes and remixes is now available on 2xLP.

Including : Buckshot's new vocal version of "Shit Iz Real," Da Beatminerz remix of "Buck Em Down",  the Rugged Ruff mix of "Fuck It Up", M.W. Smooth's mix of "Who Got Da Props?" and DJ Evil Dee's remixes of "How Many MC's", "U Da Man" and "Son Get Wrec". Among the other tracks on this new vinyl collection are "Murder MC's (B-Side vocal)", "Buckshot's Freestyle Joint" and "I Got Cha Opin (remix)".

Orders :  Fat Beats / Amoeba / HHV / Vinyl Digital / Juno

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Black Moon - Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition - 2017

2017 - Fat Beats Records

"The Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition bundle includes the LP, CD and cassette copies of the Enta Da Stage: The Complete Edition, each enclosed in a deluxe hard case box.

Each variant features the original album, Da Beatminerz instrumentals and remixes across six LPs, three CDs and three cassettes, respectively, along with an 18-page booklet with new interviews, extensive liner notes, and unreleased photos from the original Enta Da Stage photo shoot and additional visual ephemera.

The vinyl and cassette releases are limited to 1,000 and 500 copies, respectively.

Composed of members Buckshot, 5ft, and DJ Evil Dee, Black Moon simultaneously kicked off and defined the rap renaissance of New York with the release of Enta Da Stage in 1993. Whereas plenty of earlier groups had spit rage-filled rhymes to tear down the world’s unjust establishments, no one had evoked brooding pathos or introspective anger quite like Black Moon. Underground hip-hop might have been dominated by the sunny sound of G-Funk when Enta Da Stage dropped, but from then on the scene turned to the dark side. Black Moon was rising.

Working closely with the original members, Fat Beats Records is proud to present the definitive Enta Da Stage box set. Reissued for the first time across three formats – 6xLP, 3xCD, and 3xCassette – this album is the complete encapsulation of an era for anyone seeking to understand the origin and the essence of New York’s Golden Age. All formats include the Da Beatminerz (Evil Dee and Mr. Walt) instrumentals and remixes, plus extensive liner notes by David Ma (Pitchfork, Wax Poetics) with rare and unreleased visual ephemera in an 18 page booklet. The story of Black Moon, alongside their peers Biggie, Big L, Nas, Kool G Rap, and Wu Tang, reminds us that the bleakest times produce the most profound agents of cultural change. And as we stand at the precipice of a new age of anxiety, Enta Da Stage has never been more relevant… or more necessary.

Although Black Moon would go on to release three more albums – and its members would go on to greatness with Da Beatminerz, Boot Camp Klik, and various solo projects – Enta Da Stage remains the perfect distillation of tight lyrical menace, rowdy crew hooks, stripped down breaks, and deep basslines on all of its fourteen tracks. Although Enta Da Stage might stand in the shadow of East Coast albums such as Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic, Liquid Swords, Ready to Die, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, and The Infamous, history will remember that Enta da Stage preceded those releases. To understand Enta Da Stage is to understand the origin and the spirit of New York hip-hop once and for all." 

Fat Beats

Order your Complete Edition :

- THE COMPLETE EDITION BUNDLE - 6XLP BOXSET + 3XCD + 3XCASSETTE 
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 6XLP - BOXSET
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 3XCASSETTE - BOXSET 
- THE COMPLETE EDITION 3XCD - BOXSET

Microphone Check : Propmasters - Black Moon

From The Source 1993 - Scans courtesy of Babylon Falling  

Sure Shot Singles : Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin Remix / Killing Every Nigga - 1994

From The Source - April 1994 - Original Scan by Reek34 

12" - 1994 - Wreck Records 

Sure Shot Singles : Black Moon - Buck 'Em Down (Remix) / Murder Mc's

From The Source - November 94 - Original Scan by Burak Özfuruncu (reek34hiphop.tumblr)

12" - 1994 - Wreck Records 

Documentary : Black Moon - Behind The Moon

Behind the Moon features group members Buckshot, 5FT, and Evil Dee giving a tour of their neighborhood, working in their home studio, visiting radio stations during a promotional tour for the album Total Eclipse, and sharing the stage with the likes of Sean Price, Starang Wondah, and Cocoa Brovaz during their furious live show.

Black Moon: The Beginnings