The BDI Thug

The BDI Thug is the only studio album by American rapper Buckshot. It was released on October 26, 1999, via Duck Down Records. Production was handled by Mark "Boogie" Brown, Baby Paul, Chris Ward, DJ Akshun, Just Blaze, Lord Jamar, Master Beats and Buckshot himself, who also served as executive producer together with Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman. It features guest appearances from BJ Swan, Blue Flame, FT, Half a Mill, Harly Hearts, Sweet Mellodye, Tone Capone and Top Dog. The album peaked at number 63 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 21 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.

The album's title came from the nickname Tupac Shakur gave to Buckshot in the summer of 1996 during the recording of the unreleased 2Pac's One Nation album.

Track listing

 * Notes
 * $undefined$ signifies an additional producer

Personnel

 * Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – executive producer
 * Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer
 * Leo "Swift" Morris – engineering (tracks: 2, 11)
 * Ed Miller – engineering (tracks: 3, 7, 10, 12)
 * Ronald Williams – engineering & mixing (track 5)
 * Ken Lewis – engineering (track 8)
 * DJ Eli – engineering (track 9)
 * Michael Sarsfield – mastering
 * Andre Simmons – artwork, design
 * Marc Ecko – artwork, design
 * Jen Petrashock – photography