{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = Use Your Confusion | type = studio | artist = Juggaknots | cover = Use Your Confusion.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2006|10|30}} | recorded = | studio = Bronx Bully Studios (Bronx, N.Y.) | genre = Hip-hop | length = {{Duration|m=55|s=54}} | label = Amalgam | producer = {{hlist|B-Money|Breeze Brewin|Buddy Slim|DJ Boo|DJ Eli|Oh No|J-Zone}} | prev_title = The Love Deluxe Movement | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Baby Pictures (C. 1989-1993) | next_year = 2015 | misc = {{Singles | name = Use Your Confusion | type = studio | single1 = New $$$ | single1date = 2006 | single2 = Strip Joint" / "Use Your Confusion | single2date = 2006 }} }} '''''Use Your Confusion''''' is the second studio album by American hip-hop group the Juggaknots. It was released in October 2006 via Amalgam Entertainment. Produced by Breeze Brewin, Buddy Slim, Oh No, B-Money, DJ Boo, DJ Eli and J-Zone, it features guest appearances from Wordsworth, Big Tone, Castro, Che Logan, Jax, J-Treds, Lil' Sci, Nine, Pop, Rob-O, Sadat X, Slick Rick and Sub-Conscious.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllHipHop | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Jason |date=October 30, 2006 |title=Use Your Confusion |url=https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/use-your-confusion/ |access-date=March 13, 2026 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Marisa |title=Use Your Confusion - Juggaknots {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/use-your-confusion-mw0001216180 |access-date=March 13, 2026 |language=en|website=AllMusic}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3score = 7.6/10<ref name="p4k">{{Cite web |last=Patrin |first=Nate |date=February 15, 2007 |title=Juggaknots: Use Your Confusion |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9875-use-your-confusion/ |access-date=March 13, 2026 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev4 = ''PopMatters'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref name="PM">{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=A. L. |date=October 29, 2006 |title=The Juggaknots: Use Your Confusion » PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/the-juggaknots-use-your-confusion-2495716248.html |access-date=March 13, 2026 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev5 = RapReviews | rev5score = 7.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tomer |first=Matt |date=October 3, 2006 |title=Juggaknots :: Use Your Confusion – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2006/10/juggaknots-use-your-confusion/ |access-date=March 13, 2026 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Spin'' | rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Golianopoulos |first=Thomas |date=November 16, 2006 |title=Juggaknots, 'Use Your Confusion' (Amalgam) |url=https://www.spinmagazine.com/2006/11/juggaknots-use-your-confusion-amalgam/ |access-date=March 13, 2026 |website=SPIN |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |pages=100, 102 |language=en-US |issn=0886-3032|issue=11|volume=22}}</ref> }} AllMusic's Marisa Brown wrote, "It certainly shows the Juggaknots' maturity and their abilities as complete artists, and is a welcome return".<ref name="AM" /> Nate Patrin of ''Pitchfork'' called the album "one of the most immediate and accessible indie rap records of 2006" and "a strong reestablishment of a group too good to be forgotten".<ref name="p4k" /> A. L. Friedman of ''PopMatters'' commented that "the lyrics are worth dissecting and the Juggaknots sound as good as ever".<ref name="PM" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Here Comes... | writer1 = {{hlist|Kevin Smith|T. Recitas}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Buddy Slim|DJ Boo}} | length1 = 1:28 | title2 = Hey | writer2 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith}} | extra2 = Breeze Brewin | length2 = 3:00 | title3 = Namesake | writer3 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Eli Escobar}} | extra3 = DJ Eli | length3 = 5:32 | title4 = Leon Phelps | writer4 = Paul Smith | extra4 = Breeze Brewin | length4 = 3:29 | title5 = Strip Joint | writer5 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith}} | extra5 = Breeze Brewin | length5 = 4:07 | title6 = Liar, Liar | note6 = featuring Wordsworth | writer6 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith|K. Smith|Vinson Johnson}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Breeze Brewin|Buddy Slim}} | length6 = 4:03 | title7 = Use Your Confusion | writer7 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith|K. Smith}} | extra7 = Buddy Slim | length7 = 4:22 | title8 = Smile | note8 = featuring Castro | writer8 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith|V. Callwood}} | extra8 = Breeze Brewin | length8 = 3:37 | title9 = New $$$ | writer9 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith|Brian Hughes}} | extra9 = B-Money | length9 = 3:44 | title10 = Vows | note10 = featuring Slick Rick | writer10 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith|Richard Walters|Michael Jackson}} | extra10 = Oh No | length10 = 3:38 | title11 = Daddy's Little Girl | writer11 = {{hlist|Peridot Smith|Jackson}} | extra11 = Oh No | length11 = 4:07 | title12 = 30 Something | note12 = featuring Sadat X | writer12 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Derrick Murphy}} | extra12 = Breeze Brewin | length12 = 4:13 | title13 = Movin' the Chains | writer13 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Peridot Smith}} | extra13 = Breeze Brewin | length13 = 3:29 | title14 = Never | note14 = featuring Nine | writer14 = {{hlist|Paul Smith|Derrick Keyes}} | extra14 = Breeze Brewin | length14 = 3:32 | title15 = Crazy 8's | note15 = featuring J-Treds, Lil' Sci, Pop, B-Slim, Big Tone, Che Logan, Wordsworth, Herawin, Sub-Conscious, Rob-O, Jax, and Breeze Brewin | writer15 = {{hlist|Jay Mumford|J. Hill|John Robinson|C. Logan|K. Smith|Anthony Jackson|Johnson|Peridot Smith|C. Shelby|J. Buchanan|C. Thurston|Paul Smith}} | extra15 = J-Zone | length15 = 3:33 | total_length = 55:54 }}
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==External links== *{{Discogs master|51728|Juggaknots – Use Your Confusion}}
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Category:2006 albums Category:Juggaknots albums Category:Amalgam Digital albums Category:Albums produced by J-Zone Category:Albums produced by Oh No (musician)