Album Review:
Nocturnal
- Release Date: 1996
- Genre: Rap
- Label: Priority
- Artist: Heltah Skeltah
- Flags: Contains explicit content
- Rating:
- Styles: East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop, Underground Rap
- Track Picks: "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka," "Operation Lock Down," "Therapy"
Review
Heltah Skeltah is comprised of MCs Ruck and Rock, two members of the loose-knit East Coast congregation Boot Camp Clik. The duo's debut establishes the crew as one of the most powerful members of the Clik, both in terms of technique and production. Most of Nocturnal is straight-ahead East Coast gangsta rap with layered soundscapes, and even if these soundscapes are seamlessly crafted, they are only there as a backdrop -- the main intent of the entire album is to showcase the talents of Ruck and Rock, and do they ever display their talents. Throughout the album, Ruck and Rock create a series of intertwining rhymes that are lyrical, hard, and insightful. Naturally, there are some moments that are little too predictable for comfort, but by and large, Nocturnal is first-rate mid-'90s hip-hop. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Intro (Here We Come) | |
Heltah Skeltah | (3:29) | |
| Letha Brainz Blo | |
Heltah Skeltah | (4:19) | |
| Undastand | Heltah Skeltah | (4:15) | ||
| Who Dat? | |
Heltah Skeltah | (1:43) | |
| Sean Price | |
Darryl Pearson | Heltah Skeltah, Illa Noyz | (4:19) |
| Clan's, Posse's, Crew's & Clik's | |
Heltah Skeltah | (5:23) | |
| Therapy | |
Vinia Mojica | Heltah Skeltah | (4:32) |
| Place to Be | |
Heltah Skeltah | (2:45) | |
| Soldiers Gone Psyco | Heltah Skeltah | (3:40) | ||
| The Square (Triple R) | |
L. Johnson, Demetrio Muniz | Heltah Skeltah | (4:20) |
| Da Wiggy | |
Walt Dewgarde | Heltah Skeltah | (4:12) |
| Gettin Ass Gettin Ass | |
Vinia Mojica | Heltah Skeltah | (1:15) |
| Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka | |
(5:03) | ||
| Prowl | |
Walt Dewgarde | Heltah Skeltah, Louieville Sluggah | (4:13) |
| Grate Unknown | |
Darryl Pearson | Heltah Skeltah | (4:18) |
| Operation Lock Down | |
Heltah Skeltah | (4:25) | |
| Outro | Heltah Skeltah | (3:01) |
