- Find Us
Infobox Single
Name = Find Us
Artist =The Beatnuts featuringAkon
from Album =Milk Me
B-side = "Hot"
Released =August 17 ,2004
Format =12-inch single , Vinyl, CD
Recorded =
Genre = East Coast hip hop
Length = 3:14
Label =Penalty Recordings
Writer = Lester Fernandez, Jerry Tineo, Aliuane Thiam
Producer = The Beatnuts
Certification =
Chronology =The Beatnuts singles
Last single = "Hot" (2004)
This single = "Find Us" (2004)
Next single = "It's Nothing " (2004)Extra chronology 2
Artist =Akon singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Locked Up " (2004)
This single = "Find Us" (2004)
Next single = "Ghetto" (2004)"Find Us" (sometimes subtitled "In the Back of the Club") is the second single from "
Milk Me ", a 2004 album by East Coast hip hop groupThe Beatnuts . It was released byPenalty Recordings as aCD single and 12 inch with "Hot" as its United States b-sides and "It's Nothing " as it 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 a youngAkon . The song's lyrics are both braggadocios and sexually explicit. The song's beat is characterized by its stomp-and-clap percussion, as well as its intermittent whistling noise. The song also features live instrumentation provided by guitarist Eric Krasno and keyboardist Neal Evans."Find Us" was released to mainly positive critical reception: Jason Birchmeier of
Allmusic considers it a "standout" song,cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifrxqysldke|title=Milk Me Review|work=Allmusic |date=|accessdate=2008-07-13] while Tom Doggett of RapReviews.com adds that it has a "marvelous minimalist beat" and "catchy hook."cite web|last = Doggett|first = Tom| url = http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_08_milkme.html|title=Milk Me Review|work=RapReviews.com|date=2004-08-24|accessdate=2008-07-13] Low Key of MVRemix.com describes "Find Us" as "a perfect club song for the summer" because of its "infectious handclaps."cite web|last=Low Key|first=|url=http://www.mvremix.com/urban/reviews/2004/milkme.shtml|title=Milk Me Review|work=MVRemix.com|date=|accessdate=2008-07-13] On a less positive note, Robert DeGracia of AllHipHop.com claims: " ['Find Us'] is a complete eye-crosser that makes listeners struggle to make sense of what's exactly rocking around the clock."cite web|last=DeGracia|first=Robert|url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2004/09/01/18134252.aspx|title=Milk Me Review|work=AllHipHop.com|date=2004-09-01|accessdate=2008-07-13]"Find Us" failed to chart despite its critical reception and the release of a Ulysses Terrero-directed music video. The video was controversially not played on BET because some suspect the channel was anti-
underground hip hop .cite web|last=SOHH.com|first=|url=http://toddkelley.net/archives/2005/09/from_sohhcom_li.php|title=Little Brother's "Too Intelligent" Says BET, Network Responds To Allegation|work=ToddKelley.net|date=2005-09-08|accessdate=2008-07-13] BET justified their decision claiming, "BET doesn't break new artists," in reference to Akon. The music video shows The Beatnuts and Akon rapping in a club environment.ingle track list
US CD
# "Find Us (Radio Edit)"
# "Find Us (Original Version)"
# "Find Us (XXX Clean Version)"
# "Find Us (Instrumental)"
# "Hot (Radio Edit)"
# "Hot (Original Version)"
# "Hot (Instrumental)"UK Single
# "Find Us (Radio)" (3:14)
# "Find Us (Original)" (3:14)
# "Find Us (Instrumental)" (3:14)
# "It's Nothing (Radio)" (3:35)
# "It's Nothing (Original)" (3:35)US 12" vinyl
A-Side
# "Find Us (Radio Edit)"
# "Find Us (Original Version)"
# "Find Us (Instrumental Version)"B-Side
# "Hot (Radio Edit)"
# "Hot (Original Version)"
# "Hot (Instrumental Version)"UK 12" vinyl
A-Side
# "Find Us (In the Back of the Club) (Radio)"
# "Find Us (In the Back of the Club) (Original)"
# "Find Us (In the Back of the Club) (Instrumental)"B-Side
# "It's Nothing (Radio)"
# "It's Nothing (Original)"
# "It's Nothing (Instrumental)"References
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