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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. It's da Nuts - (featuring Al Tariq)
3. Prendelo (Light It up) - (featuring Tony Touch)
4. Contact - (featuring Marly Metal)
5. Yo Yo Yo - (featuring Greg Nice)
6. If It Ain't Gangsta - (featuring Sean Black Attack)
7. No Escapin' This
8. Who's Comin Wit da Sh*T Na - (featuring Willie Stubz)
9. Lets Git Doe - (featuring Fatman Scoop)
10. Hood Thang - (featuring Miss Loca)
11. Hammer Time - (featuring Al Tariq/Problemz/Marly Metal/Moonshine)
12. U Don't Want It - (featuring Triple Seis)
13. Mayonnaise
14. Se Acabo - (remix, featuring Method Man)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Al Tariq, Fatman Scoop, Greg Nice, Marly Metal, Method Man, Miss Loca, Moonshine, Problemz, Sean Black Attack, Tony Tony Touch, Tony Touch, Triple Seis, Willie Stubz | | Producer: | The Beatnuts | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Beatnuts: Psycho Les, Juju.
Additional personnel includes: Method Man, Fashion, Greg Nice, Triple Seis, Tony Touch, Fat Man Scoop, Al Tariq, Marly Metal, Sean Black Attack, Willie Stubz, Miss Loca, Bloody Moon (rap vocals); G-Wiz, Lenny Underwood (keyboards); Sunni Fitch, Claudette Sierra, Angie, Zhana, Chris Chandler (background vocals).
Recorded at Planet and Chung King Studios, New York, New York.
The Beatnuts have been around long enough to go through a multitude of phases, from underground phenomenon to accessible, radio-friendly hip-hop icons. All the experience under the group's belt is put to good use of TAKE IT OR SQUEEZE IT.
As on the their last couple of releases, the emphasis is squarely on catchy, humorous rhymes and beats that focus on maximum funk and danceability. Though the Beatnuts often cast themselves as bad boys and players, the self-mythologizing track "It's Da Nuts" is definitive, coming off like the theme song to a hip-hop version of the Banana Splits.
Industry Reviews
8 out of 10 - ...Excellent...deliberately, refreshingly light, the kind of good-natured old-skool party hip-hop it's almost uncool to admit liking....an essential release...
NME (04/07/2001)
3.5 discs out of 5 - ...An undeniably welcoming and entertaining listen....They seem to have done everything in their power to polish their quirky, danceable funk for mass consumption...
Vibe (04/01/2001)
4 out of 5 - ...A straight up, funny, super-funky, mainstream hip hop album....They are back on fine form...
Muzik (05/01/2001)
...Bacchanalian beatdiggers Psycho Les and Juju haven't really changed since 1993 - the only new discoveries here are Ecstasy and vocoder...
The Wire (05/01/2001)
7 out of 10 - ...They keep it lighthearted with crisp drums, bright pianos, and tricked-out show-tune choruses, knowing that with a catchy loop, you can get away with saying anything...
Spin (06/01/2001)
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