"Hit Me with That" is the second single from The Beatnuts: Street Level

The Beatnuts: Street Level

The Beatnuts: Street Level is the full-length debut album by hip hop trio The Beatnuts. It was released on June 21, 1994 by Relativity Records just a year after their debut EP, Intoxicated Demons. "Psycho Dwarf" is the only song found on both the EP and the album. The album is produced by The...

, a 1994 album by East Coast

East Coast hip hop

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts are a New York-based hip hop group and production duo from Queens, New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu is Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights...

. It was released by Relativity Records

Relativity Records

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 as a single with "Get Funky" as its b-side

A-side and B-side

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 in 1994. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features raps by Juju, Psycho Les and Fashion. Its lyrics are about how "hardcore" The Beatnuts and their music are. It contains a slow, downtrodden and drum-heavy instrumental that samples

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 "Love and Happineess" by Monty Alexander

Monty Alexander

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 and "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod

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. The song's refrain

Refrain

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 also contains a scratched

Scratching

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 sample of Method Man

Method Man

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's vocals from "7th Chamber" by Wu-Tang Clan

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Despite the release of a music video directed by David Perez Shadi, "Hit Me with That" failed to chart. The song is nonetheless featured on The Beatnuts' 2001 hits compilation Beatnuts Forever

Beatnuts Forever

Beatnuts Forever is the second of three greatest hits albums by hip hop group The Beatnuts. It was released by Relativity Records in 2001 shortly after the release of Take It or Squeeze It. It contains songs from The Beatnuts' first four albums, as well as its two EP's. It most heavily borrows from...

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A-Side

1. "Hit Me with That"
2. "Hit Me with That (Instrumental)"
3. "Get Funky (Remix Instrumental)"

B-Side

1. "Hit Me with That (Instrumental)" (3:50)
2. "Hit Me with That (Acapella)" (3:50)