"Watch Out Now" is the first single from A Musical Massacre

A Musical Massacre

A Musical Massacre is a 1999 album by hip hop duo The Beatnuts. It was released by Loud Records during a merger with Relativity Records. It is The Beatnuts' most critically and commercially successful album. It reached #35 on the Billboard 200 and was hailed as one of "1999's most entertaining...

, a 1999 album by East Coast

East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the East Coast...

 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 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

Relativity Records, often branded just Relativity, is an American record label founded by Barry Kobrin at the site of his company, Important Record Distribution in metro New York. Early on, as an indie label, Relativity released music in a variety of styles, including dance, jazz, punk, and...

 in 1999 in both 12 inch

12-inch single

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 and CD

CD single

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 format. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features materialistic raps by Juju and Psycho Les, as well as a chorus performed by Yellaklaw. The track's fast-paced Latin beat samples

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 "Hi-Jack" by Enoch Light

Enoch Light

Enoch Henry Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer...

.

"Watch Out Now" is the most commercially successful Beatnuts single; it reached #84 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 making it the second Beatnuts single to appear on the pop chart. It additionally appeared on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart and Canadian Singles Chart

Canadian Singles Chart

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. Its popularity landed it on two Beatnuts hits compilations: 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...

and Classic Nuts, Vol. 1

Classic Nuts, Vol. 1

Classic Nuts, Vol. 1 is the last of three greatest hits albums by hip hop group The Beatnuts. It was released by Loud Records during its merger with Relativity on February 19, 2002. Released prior to The Originators, another 2002 Beatnuts album, it only contains songs from The Beatnuts' first four...

. It can additionally be found on hip hop compilations including 1999's The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 3, 2000's Louder Than Ever, Vol. 1 and 2004's Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 2. A "Watch Out Now" remix

Remix

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 produced by Trouble Men was released as a single in France, but did not receive music video treatment as the original version did. Diane Martel

Diane Martel

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 directed the "Watch Out Now" music video.

Beat controversy

In 2002, Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

 released "Jenny from the Block

Jenny from the Block

"Jenny from the Block" is a song by American singer Jennifer Lopez, featuring American rappers Styles P and Jadakiss. Written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Mr. Deyo, Samuel Barnes, and Jean-Claude Olivier and produced by Cory Rooney, Oliver, and Poke & Tone, it was released to radio in late September 2002...

", a single that sampled "Hi-Jack" by Enoch Light and had a beat similar to "Watch Out Now". The Beatnuts were angry that Lopez and her song's producers, The Trackmasters and Cory Rooney

Cory Rooney

Cory Rooney is an American songwriter, record producer, and C.E.O. of Cory Rooney Group. He has written, produced, and developed many hits and careers for artists such as Mariah Carey, Mary J...

, were able to top The Beatnuts' commercial success with a purportedly unoriginal song. The Beatnuts expressed their displeasure with Lopez and her producers on the 2004 song "Confused Rappers" as well as through various interviews.After receiving royalties, Ju-Ju made amends and ended the feud, but Psycho Les still harbors anger for The Trackmasters.

CD single

1. "Watch Out Now (Clean)" (2:54)
2. "Watch Out Now (Real)" (2:54)
3. "Watch Out Now (Instrumental)" (2:54)
4. "Turn It Out (Clean)" (4:34)
5. "Turn It Out (Real)" (4:36)
6. "Turn It Out (Instrumental)" (4:32)

A-Side

1. "Watch Out Now (Clean)" (2:54)
2. "Watch Out Now (Real)" (2:54)
3. "Watch Out Now (Instrumental)" (2:54)

B-Side

1. "Turn It Out (Clean)" (4:31)
2. "Turn It Out (Real)" (4:31)
3. "Turn It Out (Instrumental)" (4:31)