The Beatnuts: Street Level
1994 studio album by The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts is the self-titled full-length debut album by American hip hop trio The Beatnuts . It was released on June 21, 1994, via Violator /Relativity Records .[5] Recording sessions took place at LGK Studios in Leonia, New Jersey , at Soundtrack Studios and Greene St. Recording in New York . Production was handled by the Beatnuts, except for one song produced by Lucien . It features guest appearances from Gab Gotcha of Triflicts, Grand Puba and Miss Jones . The album reached number 182 on the Billboard 200 and number 28 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums in the United States. It boasts two singles: "Props Over Here ", which peaked at number 39 on the US Hot Rap Singles , and "Hit Me with That ". Music video for "Props Over Here" was directed by Abraham Lincoln Lim .
The album's title is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Street Level , because those words appear on the album cover; however, the words "Street Level" do not appear anywhere else on the CD (in the liner notes or on the CD spine label). The song "Psycho Dwarf" previously appeared on the 1993 Intoxicated Demons: The EP . It is the last Beatnuts album to include Fashion, who left the group to pursue a solo career under the alias Al' Tariq.
In 2012, the album was listed at No. 23 on Complex magazine's 'The 50 Greatest Debut Albums in Hip-Hop History'.[6] In 2014, the album was placed at No. 19 on the Vibe magazine's 'The 50 Best Rap Albums Of 1994' list.[7]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Performer(s) 1. "Intro" Jerry Tineo The Beatnuts 1:47 2. "Ya Don't Stop" Lucien 3:06 3. "Props Over Here " The Beatnuts 3:59 4. "Hellraiser " The Beatnuts 3:10 5. "Are You Ready" (featuring Grand Puba ) V.I.C. 3:14 6. "Superbad" The Beatnuts 3:57 7. "Straight Jacket" The Beatnuts 3:57 8. "Let Off a Couple" The Beatnuts 1:43 9. "Rik's Joint" (featuring Miss Jones ) The Beatnuts 4:01 10. "Fried Chicken" The Beatnuts 3:57 11. "Yeah You Get Props" The Beatnuts 3:29 12. "Get Funky" The Beatnuts 3:37 13. "Hit Me with That " The Beatnuts 3:36 14. "2-3 Break" (featuring Gab Gotcha) The Beatnuts 3:17 15. "Lick the Pussy" The Beatnuts 4:18 16. "Sandwiches" The Beatnuts 1:33 17. "Psycho Dwarf" The Beatnuts 5:25 Total length: 58:21
Personnel
Lester "Psycho Les " Fernandez – vocals, producer
Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer
Berntony "Fashion" Smalls – vocals
Victor "V.I.C." Padilla – producer
Lenny Underwood – keyboards (track 3)
Joel "Mista Sinista " Wright – additional scratches (track 5) , scratches (track 6)
Maxwell "Grand Puba " Dixon – vocals (track 5)
Tarsha Nicole Jones – vocals (track 9)
Gabriel "Gab Gotcha" Velasquez – vocals (track 14)
Lucien M'Baïdem – producer (track 2)
Troy Hightower – recording, mixing
Kirk Yano – recording, mixing
Rich Keller – recording
Andy Blakelock – assistant recording & mixing engineer
Chris Curran – assistant recording & mixing engineer
Matt Tuffi – assistant recording & mixing engineer
Danny Madorsky – assistant recording engineer
Emerson Mykoo – assistant recording engineer
Djinji Brown – assistant recording engineer
Steve Souder – assistant mixing engineer
Jack Hersca – assistant mixing engineer
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Chris Lighty – executive producer
Peter Kang – executive producer
David Bett – art direction
Danny Clinch – photography
Charts
References
^ Valdivia, Victor W. "The Beatnuts - Street Level Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
^ Ehrlich, Dimitri (July 29, 1994). "The Beatnuts" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
^ Jost, Matt (December 20, 2005). "The Beatnuts :: The Beatnuts – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Archived from the original on December 20, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
^ Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian David (May 25, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon & Schuster . pp. 54–55. ISBN 9780743201698 . Retrieved March 10, 2023 – via Google Books .{cite book }
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^ Hess, Mickey (November 25, 2009). Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313343216 – via Google Books.
^ "The 50 Greatest Debut Albums in Hip-Hop History" . Complex . November 27, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
^ Weinstein, Max (September 17, 2014). " '94 Week: The 50 Best Rap Albums Of 1994" . VIBE . Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
^ "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of July 9, 1994" . Billboard . Retrieved March 10, 2023 .
External links
Psycho Les
Juju
Al' Tariq
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