The Beatnuts是来自纽约皇后区的一支说唱组合，队员有Juju和Psycho Les，最早时还有一个Rapper Kool Fahsion，如今化名为Alariq，The Beatnuts属于Native Tongues Family，他们也当中唯一的拉丁美洲人，尽管这两个人可算是外来成员，不过Q-Tip在91年还有96年都曾与其合作过，他们的制作为人称赞，爵士以及老放克的采样在他们的歌里随处可见，后期的作品则是受拉丁音乐的影响，The Mighty V.I.C(Groove Merchantz,Ghetto Pro)也曾为The Beatnuts制作过一小段时间，一些评论家也申明说The Beatnuts的beats已近乎完美了，只不过他们的歌词还有待改进，为此，Juju在2004年的一篇采访里也说到:”We are all about the beat, that’s our formula when we produce shit, the beats gotta be hot, it’s gotta grab you. ‘Cause I’ll be the first nigga to say that we’re not the best MC’s in the world. It kills me to hear these nice MC’s rhyming over [内容被过滤，请注意论坛文明]ing garbage.”
　　制作人Psycho Les也曾在Mos Def的首张专辑《Black On Both Sides》里面献上了两首最品，分别是ew World Waterock ‘n’Roll? Pesycho Les 在15岁便开始学习制作以及DJing，艺名包括DJ Les Jams和DJ Incredible，经朋友介绍认识了Juju，而之所能成为Native Tongues Family的一员是由于大师Afrika Bambaataa的推荐，要知道Native Tongues可是包括了De La Soul，ATCQ，Jungle Brothers这样的大牌，刚出道的The Beatnuts并不如意，甚至受到Jungle Brothers严厉的批评，知道1990年，团体的发展才有点眉目，先是为电子组合Stereo MCs制作了两首，接下来的几年更是不得了，与他们合作的有Common，Pete Nice，DJ Richie Rich，Kurious，Fat Joe，甚至还有法国的NTM，有时则化身为Remix专家，MC Lyte，Da Lench Mob，Naughty by Nature这些都在名单之内，他们的制作得到越来越多人的认可。
　　The Beatnuts于1992年与Combat唱片公司签约，并预备发行一张LP;但由于成员Kool Fashion以涉及吸毒被判刑六个月，Kool Fashion出来后，由于一些矛盾，The Beatnuts毅然决定离开Combat唱片公司投奔Relativity唱片公司，于1993年签署协议，同年发行了他们的首张EP《Intoxicated Demons》，一共收录了11首歌曲，包括了两首经典曲目eign of the Teco Equal?引起了不小的反响，The Source，Entertainment Weekly对其都有相当不错的评价。94年发行的《Street Level》则是延续了第一张的风格，在商业上也取得了一定的成功，在Billboard 200上也获得不错的名次，rops Over Here?it Me with That;两首也依旧是经典，可惜的是，在第二张专辑发行后不久，成员Kool Fsahion离开了The Beatnuts，开始他个人的说唱生涯。
by John Bush
An underground Latino crew who moved from being strictly producers to make some action on the other side of the mixing board as well, the Beatnuts first hooked up in the late 80s, with Junkyard Ju-Ju (aka JuJu, born Jerry Tineo) and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez) being joined by Fashion (aka Kool Fashion, born Berntony Smalls). After working with the Jungle Brothers, the trio connected with Monie Love on a production job for Pups Lickin Bone from her 1990 debut album, Down to Earth. They also worked on remixes for Cypress Hill, Naughty by Nature, da Lench Mob, and Prime Minister Pete Nice, earning their own contract with Combat Records for the 1993 mini-LP Intoxicated Demons. The albums release was held up when Kool Fashion was arrested and jailed for six months on a drug conviction, but the Beatnuts released a self-titled album the following year, on Violator/Relativity. After a hiatus verging on three years, Fashion became a Muslim and left the Beatnuts, releasing his debut solo album, God Connections, with production help from his old bandmates. JuJu and Psycho Les finally returned to release the Beatnuts third album, Stone Crazy, in 1997. Musical Massacre followed two years later. Take It or Squeeze It, issued in spring 2001, captured the Beatnuts danceable funk as well as collaborations with Method Man and Fat Man Scoop. The next year, The Originators brought back Al Tariq (that is, Kool Fashion) and delivered another round of bionic beats.