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1999 studio album by The Beatnuts
A Musical Massacre is the third studio album by American hip hop duo
The Beatnuts . It was released in August 1999 via
Loud Records . Recording sessions took place at
Chung King Studios , Soho Music Studios and Planet Sound Studios in
New York . Produced entirely by the Beatnuts, it features guest appearances from E-Swinga, Nogoodus,
Biz Markie ,
Carl Thomas ,
Cheryl Pepsii Riley ,
Common ,
Cuban Link ,
dead prez ,
Greg Nice ,
Magic Juan , Marlon Manson, Patrick Blazy,
Tony Touch ,
Triple Seis , Tyler Fernandez and Willie Stubz. The album peaked at number 35 on the
Billboard 200 and number 10 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It contains two singles: "
Watch Out Now ", which peaked at number 84 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 , and "
Se Acabo ".
Critical reception
Del F. Cowie of
Exclaim! thought that "revenge fantasies and mic bravado only go so far from two average MCs".
[4]
Nathan Rabin of
The A.V. Club wrote: "Encompassing everything from
Marvin Gaye quotations to circus organs to old-school,
Too $hort -style drum patterns, the members of The Beatnuts flex their production muscles throughout A Musical Massacre ".
[5]
AllMusic 's M.F. DiBella called A Musical Massacre "among 1999's most entertaining hip-hop albums".
[1]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro" 2:03 2. "Beatnuts Forever" (featuring
Triple Seis and Marlon Manson) 3:14 3. "Muchachacha" (featuring Willie Stubz and Swinger) Fernandez Tineo William Lora E. Pimentel 4:08 4. "I Love It" 4:14 5. "Slam Pit" (featuring
Cuban Link and
Common ) 3:26 6. "Wild, Wild, What!" 0:45 7. "Look Around" (featuring
dead prez and
Cheryl Pepsii Riley ) 5:18 8. "Cocotaso" (featuring
Tony Touch ) 2:16 9. "Monster for Music" 2:49 10. "Spelling Beatnuts with Lil' Donny" 1:18 11. "Puffin' on a Cloud" 5:10 12. "Turn It Out" (featuring
Greg Nice ) 4:54 13. "Rated R" (featuring Nogoodus) 1:46 14. "Who You're Fuckin' Wit" 0:50 15. "Story 2000" (featuring Patrick Blazy) Fernandez 3:24 16. "
Watch Out Now " 2:54 17. "You're a Clown" (featuring
Biz Markie and Tyler Fernandez) 5:00 18. "Buddah in the Air" (featuring
Carl Thomas and Gob Goblin) 6:13 19. "
Se Acabo (It's Over)" (featuring
Magic Juan and Swinger) 4:13 Total length: 1:03:55
Sample credits
Personnel
Lester "
Psycho Les " Fernandez – vocals, producer, executive producer
Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer, executive producer
Sammy "
Triple Seis " Garcia – vocals (track 2)
Marlon "Perro" Manson – vocals (track 2)
William "Willie Stubz" Lora – vocals (track 3)
E. "Swinger" Pimentel – vocals (tracks: 3, 19)
Felix "
Cuban Link " Delgado – vocals (track 5)
Lonnie "
Common " Lynn – vocals (track 5)
Clayton "
stic.man " Gavin – vocals (track 7)
Lavonne "
M-1 " Alford – vocals (track 7)
Cheryl Pepsii Riley – additional vocals (track 4) , vocals (track 7)
Joseph "
Tony Touch " Hernandez – vocals (track 8)
Ariel Harris – additional vocals (track 11)
Asjai Crutchfield – additional vocals (track 11)
Lindsay Robinson – additional vocals (track 11)
Gregory "
Greg Nice " Mays – vocals (track 12)
G. "Gab Goblin" Mendez – vocals (tracks: 13, 18)
Tru Life of Nogoodus – vocals (track 13)
Patrick Blazy – vocals (track 15)
Marcel "
Biz Markie " Hall – vocals (track 17)
Tyler Fernandez – vocals (track 17)
Carl Thomas – vocals (track 18)
John "
Magic Juan " Wilson – vocals (track 19)
M. "G-Wise" Herald – beatboxing (track 18)
Chris Conway – recording (track 2) , mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16-19)
Alex Kyriazis – drums (track 9) , recording (tracks: 3-5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15-19)
Joe Quinde – mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 15)
Steve Stabile – recording (tracks: 11, 12)
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Carlos A. Pimentel – executive producer
Chiu Liu – art direction, design, photography
Piotr Sikora – photography
Michael Sarsfield – lacquer cut
Luxie Aquino – A&R
Charts
References
^
a
b DiBella, M.F.
"The Beatnuts - A Musical Massacre Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" .
AllMusic . Retrieved March 13, 2023 .
^ Keaton, Martin Kennedy.
"RollingStone.com: Recordings: Beatnuts, A Musical Massacre, 3.5 Stars" .
Rolling Stone . Archived from
the original on May 2, 2002. Retrieved March 13, 2023 – via
Wayback Machine .
^
Brackett, Nathan ;
Hoard, Christian David (2004).
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide .
Simon and Schuster . pp. 54–55.
ISBN
978-0-7432-0169-8 .
^ Cowie, Del F. (November 1, 1999).
"Beatnuts A Musical Massacre" .
Exclaim! . Retrieved March 13, 2023 .
^
Rabin, Nathan (April 19, 2002).
"The Beatnuts: A Musical Massacre" .
The A.V. Club . Retrieved March 13, 2023 .
^
"The Beatnuts Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard .
^
"The Beatnuts Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard .
External links
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