''The Originators'' is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo The Beatnuts. It was released on July 23, 2002, via Landspeed Records. Recording sessions took place at Soho Studios and The Big Fat Suite in

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was handled entirely by the Beatnuts, except for one song, "Originate", which was produced by member JuJu and

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. It features guest appearances from Problemz, Amaretta, Chris Chandler, Cormega, El Gant, Ill Bill, Large Professor, Marley Metal, Tony Touch,

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and former member Al' Tariq. Likely because of its

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, it failed to reach the ''Billboard'' 200 like the Beatnuts' prior four full-length albums, but managed to appear on the

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chart. Its beats and party vibe were well received, but its lyrics were criticized for lacking substance in the same vein as prior releases. Four singles were released in promotion of ''The Originators'', but none of them charted.

Track listing

Personnel

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" Fernandez – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-14), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5-14), executive producer *Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – vocals, producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5-14), executive producer *Berntony "Al' Tariq" Smalls – vocals (track 12) *Corey "Problemz" Bullock – vocals (tracks: 3, 8) *William " Ill Bill" Braunstein – vocals (track 3) *Chris Chandler – vocals (track 5), additional vocals (tracks: 6, 10) *Joseph " Tony Touch" Hernandez – vocals (track 6) *Big Ang – additional vocals (track 6) *William Paul "

" Mitchell – vocals & producer (track 7) *E. "Armaretta" Hernandez – vocals (track 8) *Cory " Cormega" McKay – vocals (track 9) *Joshua Adam "El Gant" Gent – vocals (track 12) *Sammy "

" Garcia – vocals (track 13) *Marley Fernandez – vocals (track 13) *Chris Conway – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7-11, 13, 14) *Ryan West – recording (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8-12), mixing (tracks: 6, 12) *Henley Halem – co-executive producer *Trevor "Karma" Gendron – design

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Originators, the 2002 albums The Beatnuts albums Albums produced by the Beatnuts Albums produced by Large Professor