Take It or Squeeze It

Take It or Squeeze It is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo The Beatnuts. It was released on March 20, 2001 via Loud Records and Epic Records. Recording sessions took place at Planet Sound Studios and Chung King Studios in New York. Produced by the Beatnuts, it features guest appearances from Marley Metal, Black Attack, Bloody Moon, Fatman Scoop, Greg Nice, Miss Loca, Problemz, Tony Touch, Triple Seis, Willie Stubz, Method Man, and former member Al' Tariq.

Take It or Squeeze It
Studio album by The Beatnuts
Released	March 20, 2001 (2001-03-20)
Recorded	May 2000 – January 2001
Studio	Planet Sound Studios (New York, NY) Chung King Studios
Genre	Hip hop
Length	50:56
Label	Loud Epic
Producer	The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts chronology
A Musical Massacre (1999) Take It or Squeeze It (2001) The Originators (2002)
Singles from Take It or Squeeze It
"No Escapin' This" Released: February 13, 2001 "Let's Git Doe" Released: May 29, 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	4/5[2]
NME	[3]
RapReviews	8/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
Spin	7/10[7]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]

The album reached number 51 on the Billboard 200 and number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It was supported with two singles: "No Escapin' This", which peaked at No. 56 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 12 on the Hot Rap Songs, and "Let's Git Doe", which peaked at No. 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 19 on the Hot Rap Songs. The album is now out of print.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		0:58
2.	"It's da Nuts"	Lester Fernandez Jerry Tineo Berntony Smalls	4:07
3.	"Prendelo (Light It Up)" (featuring Tony Touch)	L. Fernandez Tineo Joseph Hernandez	4:17
4.	"Contact" (featuring Marley Metal)	L. Fernandez Tineo Marley Fernandez	4:00
5.	"Yo Yo Yo" (featuring Greg Nice)	L. Fernandez Tineo Greg Mays	3:58
6.	"If It Ain't Gangsta" (featuring Black Attack)	L. Fernandez Tineo Sean Boston	3:43
7.	"No Escapin' This"	L. Fernandez Tineo	4:16
8.	"Who's Comin' Wit da Shit Na" (featuring Willie Stubz)	L. Fernandez Tineo William Lora	3:25
9.	"Let's Git Doe" (featuring Fatman Scoop)	L. Fernandez Tineo Isaac Freeman	3:58
10.	"Hood Thang" (featuring Miss Loca)	L. Fernandez Tineo C. Nieves	5:08
11.	"Hammer Time" (featuring Problemz, Marley Metal and Bloody Moon)	L. Fernandez Tineo Smalls Corey Bullock M. Fernandez J.P. Moronta	3:46
12.	"U Don't Want It" (featuring Triple Seis)	L. Fernandez Tineo Sammy Garcia	3:49
13.	"Mayonnaise"		1:59
14.	"Se Acabo (Remix)" (featuring Method Man)	L. Fernandez Tineo Clifford Smith	3:32
Total length:			50:56

Personnel

• Lester "Psycho Les" Fernandez – vocals, producer, executive producer
• Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer, executive producer
• Berntony "Al' Tariq" Smalls – vocals (tracks: 2, 11)
• Sunni Fitch – additional vocals (track 2)
• Joseph "Tony Touch" Hernandez – vocals (track 3)
• Marley Fernandez – vocals (tracks: 4, 11)
• Chris Chandler – additional vocals (tracks: 4, 10)
• Lenny Underwood – additional keyboards (tracks: 4, 10, 12)
• Gregory "Greg Nice" Mays – vocals (track 5), additional vocals (track 7)
• Sean "Black Attack" Boston – vocals (track 6)
• M. "G-Wise" Herald – additional talkbox keyboards (track 4)
• Claudette Sierra – additional vocals (track 7)
• William "Willie Stubz" Lora – vocals (track 8)
• Angie – additional vocals (track 8)
• Isaac "Fatman Scoop" Freeman III – vocals (track 9)
• Zhana – additional vocals (track 9)
• C. "Miss Loca" Nieves – vocals (track 10)
• Corey "Problemz" Bullock – vocals (track 11)
• J. "Bloody Moon"/"Moonshine" Moronta – vocals (track 11)
• Sammy "Triple Seis" Garcia – vocals (track 12)
• Clifford "Method Man" Smith – vocals (track 14)
• Pablo Puente – recording (tracks: 1–13)
• Steve Sola – recording & mixing (track 14)
• Chris Conway – mixing (tracks: 1–8, 10–13)
• Doug Wilson – mixing (track 9)
• David Bett – art direction
• Kerry DeBruce – design
• Jonathan Mannion – photography

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[9]	51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10]	20