Here is Rock, a.k.a. "Da Rockness Monstah," one-half of the Brooklyn duo Heltah Skeltah, rhyming over the beat to Tupac's "Ambitionz As a Ridah." (It is, I think, the best beat of any Tupac song; it was made by Snoop's cousin, Daz Dillinger, of the Dog Pound.) Fifteen years ago, Heltah Skeltah was a major part of the Boot Camp Clik, a collective that also included Black Moon, Smif-n-Wessun (who changed their name to the Cocoa Brovaz after the firearms company sued them), and O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz), and recorded for Duck Down Entertainment, the label Black Moon MC Buckshot started with his partner Dru Ha. Boot Camp [...]