Stone Crazy

Stone Crazy
Stone Crazy
Studio album by The Beatnuts
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	August 1996 – February 1997
Studio	Worldwide
Genre	Hip hop
Length	50:49
Label	Relativity
Producer	The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts chronology
Singles from Stone Crazy
	"Find That"; Released: December 24, 1996; "Do You Believe?"; Released: March 11, 1997; "Off the Books"; Released: September 16, 1997; "Here's a Drink"; Released: November 3, 1997;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
RapReviews	8.5/10^[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
The Source	^[4]

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".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"World Famous"	David Axelrod	1:29
2.	"Bless the M.I.C." (featuring Gab Gotcha)	Lester Fernandez Jerry Tineo Gabriel Velasquez	3:22
3.	"Intermission"		1:10
4.	"Here's a Drink"	Fernandez Tineo Jonathan Davis Malik Taylor Ali Shaheed Muhammad James Yancey Steve Swallow	3:04
5.	"Off the Books" (featuring Big Punisher and Cuban Link)	Fernandez Tineo Christopher Rios Felix Delgado	4:42
6.	"Be Proud/Interlude"		0:27
7.	"Do You Believe?"	Fernandez Tineo	3:20
8.	"Finger Smoke"		0:47
9.	"Stone Crazy"	Fernandez Tineo	3:36
10.	"Niggaz Know"	Fernandez Tineo Axelrod	4:11
11.	"Horny Horns"		0:34
12.	"Find That"	Fernandez Tineo	3:54
13.	"Supa Supreme"	Fernandez Tineo	3:27
14.	"Thinkin 'Bout Cash" (featuring Hostyle and The Poet)	Fernandez Tineo	4:57
15.	"Uncivilized" (featuring Don Gobbi)	Fernandez Tineo Michael Small Nathaniel Hall	4:45
16.	"Give Me Tha Ass"	Fernandez Tineo Patrice Rushen Freddie Washington Terri McFaddin	3:50
17.	"Strokes" (featuring Horny Man)	Fernandez Tineo Jose C. Perez Sanchez	3:14
Total length:			50:49

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	154
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	38

Singles

Song	Chart (1997)	Peak position
"Do You Believe?"	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	81
"Do You Believe?"	U.S. Hot Rap Singles	27
"Off the Books"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	86
	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	52
	U.S. Hot Rap Singles	12

References

^ Stanley, Leo. "The Beatnuts - Stone Crazy Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Doggett, Tom (November 23, 2004). "The Beatnuts :: Stone Crazy :: Relativity Records". RapReviews. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
^ Pollack, Scott (July 1997). "Record Report: Beatnuts – Stone Crazy". The Source. No. 94. New York. pp. 108, 110.
^ Ryan, Chris. "The Beatnuts Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 10, 2007.
^ "The Beatnuts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "The Beatnuts Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

External links

The Beatnuts – Stone Crazy at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Stanley, Leo. "The Beatnuts - Stone Crazy Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[2] Doggett, Tom (November 23, 2004). "The Beatnuts :: Stone Crazy :: Relativity Records". RapReviews. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[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] Pollack, Scott (July 1997). "Record Report: Beatnuts – Stone Crazy". The Source. No. 94. New York. pp. 108, 110.

[5] Ryan, Chris. "The Beatnuts Biography". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 10, 2007.

[ac_Billboard200_The_Beatnuts-6] "The Beatnuts Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_The_Beatnuts-7] "The Beatnuts Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

The Beatnuts
Psycho Les Juju Al' Tariq
Albums	The Beatnuts: Street Level A Musical Massacre Take It or Squeeze It The Originators Milk Me
Compilations	Classic Nuts, Vol. 1
EPs	Intoxicated Demons: The EP Remix EP: The Spot
Singles	"Reign of the Tec" "No Equal" "Props Over Here" "Do You Believe?" "Off the Books" "Here's a Drink" "Watch Out Now" "No Escapin' This" "Buying out the Bar" "Work that Pole" "Ya Betta Believe It" "Hot" "Find Us" "It's Nothing"
Related	Discography