Total Eclipse (Black Moon album)

Total Eclipse is the third studio album by American hip hop group Black Moon. It was released on October 7, 2003 through Duck Down Music. Recording sessions took place at the Dewgarde Crib of Hits in New York, at Tha Entaprize, at CDR Studios, and at D.I.R.T. Factory in Norfolk. Production was primarily handled by Da Beatminerz, as well as Dan The Man, Coptic, DJ Static, Kleph Dollaz, MoSS, Nottz, Oshta Hunter and Tone Capone. It features guest appearances from Smif-N-Wessun, Sean Price and Starang Wondah.

Total Eclipse
Studio album by Black Moon
Released	October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)
Recorded	2002–03
Studio	The Dewgarde Crib of Hits (New York, NY) Tha Entaprize CDR Studios D.I.R.T. Factory (Norfolk, VA)
Genre	East Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop underground hip hop
Length	1:01:34
Label	Duck Down
Producer	Buckshot (exec.) Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman (exec.) Da Beatminerz Coptic Dan the Man DJ Static Kleph Dollaz MoSS Nottz Oshta Hunter Tone Capone
Black Moon chronology
War Zone (1999) Total Eclipse (2003) Rise of da Moon (2019)
Singles from Total Eclipse
"Rush" Released: January 7, 2003 "Stay Real" Released: September 19, 2003 "That's How It Iz / Why We Act This Way" Released: 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
laut.de	[2]
Now	3/5 (NNN)[3]
RapReviews	8/10[4]
The Source	[5]
XXL	3/5 (L)[6]

Released one year after the Boot Camp Clik's return with The Chosen Few, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics and humble sales, peaking at number 47 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 23 on the Independent Albums in the US. The album features the singles "Stay Real" and "This Goes Out to You", as well as the bonus track "Rush", a single that was released on January 7, 2003 and included on the Collect Dis Edition compilation.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay Real"	Kenyatta Blake Kasim Reid Ewart Dewgarde Ray Levin	Da Beatminerz	5:20
2.	"Looking Down the Barrel" (featuring Sean Price)	Blake Sean Price Jason Connoy	MoSS	3:57
3.	"The Fever"	Reid Anthony Gilmour Dan Humiston	Tone Capone Dan The Man[a]	1:12
4.	"Confusion"	Blake	DJ Static	4:28
5.	"That'z the Way Shit Iz" (featuring Cocoa Brovaz)	Blake Walter Dewgarde A. Green	Da Beatminerz	3:12
6.	"Why We Act This Way" (featuring Starang Wondah)	Blake Jack McNair Dominick Lamb	Nottz	4:33
7.	"MC Everybody (Skit)"	Blake	Dan The Man	1:12
8.	"That'z How It Iz"	Blake Reid W. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:17
9.	"Stoned Iz the Way"	Blake E. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:21
10.	"Ruck Is Dead (Skit)"	Blake	Da Beatminerz	0:17
11.	"What Would U Do?" (featuring Sean Price)	Blake Price W. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	3:15
12.	"How We Do It"	Blake Darrel Durant	Kleph Dollaz	3:44
13.	"Where It Goez Wrong" (featuring Tek)	Blake Tekomin Williams E. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:48
14.	"Pressure Iz Tight"	Blake Reid E. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz Dan The Man[b]	3:36
15.	"No Way" (featuring Steele)	Blake Darrell Yates Jr. E. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	3:42
16.	"This Goes Out to You" (featuring Steele)	Blake Yates Jr. Eric Matlock Oshta Hunter	Coptic Oshta Hunter Dan The Man[b]	4:41
17.	"Rush"	Blake W. Dewgarde	Da Beatminerz	4:59
Total length:				1:01:34

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• Track 3 features background vocals by Nadine Michel
• Track 16 features additional vocals by Charon Aldredge

Sample credits

• Track 1 contains a sample of the recording "Seed of Love" as performed by Little Boy Blues

Personnel

• Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – main artist, vocals, executive producer
• Kasim "5ft" Reid – main artist, vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 14)
• Ewart "DJ Evil Dee" Dewgarde – main artist, scratches (tracks: 8-10, 14), mixing (track 1), recording (tracks: 1, 8, 9, 11, 13-15, 17), producer

• Sean Price – vocals (tracks: 2, 11)
• Darrell "Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals (tracks: 5, 13)
• Tekomin "Tek" Williams – vocals (tracks: 5, 15, 16)
• Jack "Starang Wondah" McNair – vocals (track 6)
• Nadine Michel – background vocals (track 3)
• Charon Aldredge – additional vocals (track 16)
• Ariel "A-Train" Levine – guitar (track 3)
• DJ Terrell Rockwell – scratches (track 8)
• Da Beatminerz – producers (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 9-11, 13-15, 17), mixing (track 13)
• Jason "MoSS" Connoy – producer (track 2)
• Dan "The Man" Humiston – co-producer (track 3), producer (track 7), additional producer (tracks: 14, 16), recording (tracks: 1, 4, 8, 11, 13-16)
• Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer (track 3)
• Sean "DJ Static" Moore – producer (track 4)
• Dominick "Nottz" Lamb – producer (track 6)
• Darrel "Kleph Dollaz" Durant – producer (track 12)
• Eric "Coptic" Matlock – producer (track 16)
• Oshta Hunter – producer (track 16)
• Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer
• Rob "Giambi" Garcia – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 14, 16)
• Chris Brown – recording (tracks: 3, 13, 15, 16)
• Walter "Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – recording (track 5)
• Buttah L – assistant recording (track 17)
• Michael Sarsfield – mastering
• Javad – art direction, photography
• Steve P – art direction
• Akash Khokha – layout
• Brandon Teitel – marketing

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	47
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8]	23