''A Musical Massacre'' is the third studio album by American hip hop duo

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. It was released in August 1999 via

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. Recording sessions took place at

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, Soho Music Studios and Planet Sound Studios in

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. Produced entirely by the Beatnuts, it features guest appearances from E-Swinga, Nogoodus,

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, Carl Thomas,

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, Magic Juan, Marlon Manson, Patrick Blazy,

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, Tyler Fernandez and Willie Stubz. The album peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on the

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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 ''

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'' thought that "revenge fantasies and mic bravado only go so far from two average MCs".

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of ''

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'' wrote: "Encompassing everything from

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quotations to circus organs to old-school,

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-style drum patterns, the members of The Beatnuts flex their production muscles throughout ''A Musical Massacre''".

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's M.F. DiBella called ''A Musical Massacre'' "among 1999's most entertaining hip-hop albums".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 2 contains elements from "Giving Up" written by Danny Wolfe and performed by

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and "I Got The" written and performed by

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*Track 5 contains elements from "Live at the Barbeque" written by

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, Kevin McKenzie & William Paul Mitchell and performed by

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*Track 9 contains elements from "Braggin' & Boastin'" written by Nathaniel Hall & Michael Small and performed by The Jungle Bros. *Track 11 contains elements from "

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" written by Barry Eugene Carter &

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and performed by

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*Track 16 contains elements from "

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" written by

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Personnel

*Lester "

Psycho Les The Beatnuts is an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 14, 1968) is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez ...

" Fernandez – vocals, producer, executive producer *Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer, executive producer *Sammy "

" 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 "

" Delgado – vocals (track 5) *Lonnie "

" Lynn – vocals (track 5) *Clayton "

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" Gavin – vocals (track 7) *Lavonne " M-1" Alford – vocals (track 7) *

– additional vocals (track 4), vocals (track 7) *Joseph "

" Hernandez – vocals (track 8) *Ariel Harris – additional vocals (track 11) *Asjai Crutchfield – additional vocals (track 11) *Lindsay Robinson – additional vocals (track 11) *Gregory "

" 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 "

" 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) *

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– 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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musical Massacre, A 1999 albums Loud Records albums The Beatnuts albums Albums produced by the Beatnuts Albums recorded at Chung King Studios