Bout It!

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Bout It!
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2013
Genre Hardcore punk, [1] rap metal
Length31:46
Label Century Media, EMI, UNFD
Deez Nuts chronology
This One's for You
(2010)
Bout It!
(2013)
Word Is Bond
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Impericon5/6 [2]

Bout It! is the third studio album by the hardcore punk band Deez Nuts. It was released on April 8, 2013 through Century Media. AllMusic wrote that the album was mainly hardcore punk, edging on metalcore. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bout It"3:12
2."Shot After Shot"3:21
3."Not a Face in the Crowd" (featuring Freddy Cricien of Madball)2:42
4."Keep On"2:00
5."Popular Demand"2:59
6."Go Fuck Yourself" (featuring Lord Ezec aka. Danny Diablo)2:37
7."Don't Act Like You Don't Already Know"1:05
8."What We Eat Don't Make You Shit"1:20
9."Call to Arms"0:14
10."Streets Are Watching" (featuring Jonathan Blake of On Broken Wings and Mark Heylmun of Suicide Silence)2:59
11."Public Service Announcement" (featuring Hoya Roc of Madball)0:16
12."Unfuckwithable" (featuring Sean Murphy of Verse and Wayne Lozinak of Hatebreed)2:21
13."I.D.K.W.Y.T.Y.A.B.I.K.W.D.G.A.F.A.Y." ("I Don't Know Who You Think You Are; But, I Know We Don't Give a Fuck About You")0:04
14."Life You Live"3:01
15."True Colors"0:19
16."Band of Brothers" (featuring Sam Carter of Architects)3:16
Total length:31:46

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas, Fred. "Deez Nuts – Bout It". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 May 2015. [With] Bout It, the band powers through an array of intense songs that border on metalcore at times...
  2. "Review: Deez Nuts - Bout It". Impericon. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.