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A Musical Massacre
Studio album by The Beatnuts
Released	August 10, 1999
Recorded	June 1998 – March 1999
Studio	Chung King Studios Soho Music Studios Planet Sound Studios (New York, NY)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:03:55
Label	Loud Relativity
Producer	The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts chronology
Remix EP: The Spot (1998) A Musical Massacre (1999) Take It or Squeeze It (2001)
Singles from A Musical Massacre
"Watch Out Now" Released: May 4, 1999 "Se Acabo" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Rolling Stone
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

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". 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". AllMusic'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 Zulema and "I Got The" written and performed by Labi Siffre
• Track 5 contains elements from "Live at the Barbeque" written by Shawn McKenzie, Kevin McKenzie & William Paul Mitchell and performed by Main Source
• Track 9 contains elements from "Braggin' & Boastin'" written by Nathaniel Hall & Michael Small and performed by The Jungle Bros.
• Track 11 contains elements from "Under the Influence of Love" written by Barry Eugene Carter & Paul Politi and performed by Barry White
• Track 16 contains elements from "Hi-Jack" written by Fernando Arbex

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

1. ^ DiBella, M.F. "The Beatnuts - A Musical Massacre Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
2. 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.
3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
4. Cowie, Del F. (November 1, 1999). "Beatnuts A Musical Massacre". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
5. Rabin, Nathan (April 19, 2002). "The Beatnuts: A Musical Massacre". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
6. "The Beatnuts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
7. "The Beatnuts Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

External links

• A Musical Massacre at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1999 albums
• Loud Records albums
• The Beatnuts albums
• Albums produced by the Beatnuts
• Albums recorded at Chung King Studios