"Ya Betta Believe It" is the third and final single from The Originators

The Originators (album)

The Originators is a 2002 album by hip hop duo The Beatnuts. It is the first Beatnuts album released by Landspeed Records. Likely because of its indie record label, it failed to reach the Billboard 200 like The Beatnuts' prior four full-length albums, but managed to appear on the Independent Albums...

, a 2002 album by East Coast

East Coast hip hop

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 hip hop

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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 Landspeed Records as a 12 inch

12-inch single

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 with "U Crazy" as its United States b-side

A-side and B-side

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 and "Bring the Funk Back" as its United Kingdom b-side. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features raps by Juju and Psycho Les, as well as a chorus sung by Chris Chandler. The song's lyrics tell of The Beatnuts' rise to becoming a well-respected group. The song's beat is characterized by a slow funk loop sampled

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 from "Family" by Hubert Laws

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.

The song received mixed critical attention: Kingsley Marshmallow of Allmusic considers its lyrics to be both "uninspired" and "geographically challenged" in reference to various shout-outs during the song. Low Key of MVRemix.com also critiques the song claiming it sounds "forced" and "stale." Nonetheless, Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews.com praises the song's "disco funk stylings" and claims that Psycho Les's verse was amongst his "best in half a decade."

A-Side

1. "Ya Betta Believe It (Clean)"
2. "Ya Betta Believe It (Dirty)"
3. "Ya Betta Believe It (Instrumental)"

A-Side

1. "Ya Betta Believe It (Clean)"
2. "Ya Betta Believe It (Dirty)"
3. "Ya Betta Believe It (Instrumental)"

B-Side

1. "Bring the Funk Back (Clean)"
2. "Bring the Funk Back (Dirty)"
3. "Bring the Funk Back (Instrumental)"