Stone Crazy is the second studio album by American hip hop duo The Beatnuts . It was released on June 24, 1997, via Relativity Records . Recording sessions took place at Worldwide Studios. Produced solely by the Beatnuts, it features guest appearances from Big Pun , Blaq Poet , Cuban Link , Don Gobbi, Gab Gotcha, Horny Man and Hostyle . Member Fashion left the group to pursue a solo career and is not featured on the album.
The album reached number 154 on the Billboard 200 and number 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States, and is considered their breakthrough album.[ 5] It contains four singles: "Find That ", "Do You Believe? ", "Off the Books " and "Here's a Drink ".
Title Writer(s) 1. "World Famous" David Axelrod 1:29 2. "Bless the M.I.C." (featuring Gab Gotcha) 3:22 3. "Intermission" 1:10 4. "Here's a Drink " 3:04 5. "Off the Books " (featuring Big Punisher and Cuban Link ) 4:42 6. "Be Proud/Interlude" 0:27 7. "Do You Believe? " 3:20 8. "Finger Smoke" 0:47 9. "Stone Crazy" 3:36 10. "Niggaz Know" 4:11 11. "Horny Horns" 0:34 12. "Find That " 3:54 13. "Supa Supreme" 3:27 14. "Thinkin 'Bout Cash" (featuring Hostyle and The Poet ) 4:57 15. "Uncivilized" (featuring Don Gobbi) Fernandez Tineo Michael Small Nathaniel Hall 4:45 16. "Give Me Tha Ass" 3:50 17. "Strokes" (featuring Horny Man) Fernandez Tineo Jose C. Perez Sanchez 3:14 Total length: 50:49
Lester "Psycho Les " Fernandez – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12-17)
Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12-17)
Gabriel "Gab Gotcha" Velasquez – vocals (track 2)
Christopher "Big Pun " Rios – vocals (track 5)
Felix "Cuban Link " Delgado – vocals (track 5)
Fredrick "Hostyle" Ivey – vocals (track 14)
Wilbur "Blaq Poet " Bass – vocals (track 14)
Don Gobbi – vocals (track 15)
Jose C. "Horny Man" Perez Sanchez – vocals (track 17)
Herbert Powers Jr. – mastering (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-15, 17)
Michael Sarsfield – mastering (tracks: 4, 7, 16)
David Bett – art direction
Chiu Liu – design
Michael Lavine – photography
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