# You Better Weaponize

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{{Infobox album
| name       = You Better Weaponize
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Guante](/source/Guante) & [Big Cats!](/source/Big_Cats!)
| cover      = File:Youbetterweaponize.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = November 6, 2012
| recorded   = 2011–2012
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music), [alternative hip hop](/source/alternative_hip_hop)
| length     =
| label      = [Tru Ruts](/source/Guante)
| producer   = Big Cats!
| prev_title = Don't Be Nice
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = Pangaea
| next_year  = 2012
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [Guante](/source/Guante)
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = A Loud Heart
 | prev_year  = 2011
 | title      = You Better Weaponize
 | year       = 2012
 | next_title = Embrace the Sun
 | next_year  = 2014
}}
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''Reviler''
| rev1score = Favorable<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviler.org/2012/11/06/guante-big-cats-you-better-weaponize-review/|title=Guante & Big Cats!: "You Better Weaponize" Review|date=2012-11-06|website=Reviler|access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref>
}}

'''''You Better Weaponize''''' is the second [studio album](/source/studio_album) by American rapper [Guante](/source/Guante) and producer Big Cats!.<ref>[http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/10/local-radar-gospel-gossip-robust-worlds-and-guante-big-cats The Current - track preview]</ref> It was released by Tru Ruts on [Election Day](/source/2012_United_States_presidential_election), November 6, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guante.info/2012/09/you-better-weaponize-cover-tracklist.html |title=Guante.info - official announcement |access-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025151756/http://www.guante.info/2012/09/you-better-weaponize-cover-tracklist.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://musicthatisntbad.org/2012/10/17/guante-and-big-cats-to-young-leaders/ Music That Isn't Bad - release notice and lead single]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

== Release ==
Upcoming to the album's release, the duo released a music video for the song "To Young Leaders" via [Guante](/source/Guante)'s [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel. Later, the song was picked up by [Strange Famous Records](/source/Strange_Famous_Records) and released for free on their website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guante.info/2012/10/guante-big-cats-to-young-leaders.html|title=Guante & Big Cats: TO YOUNG LEADERS (Official Music Video)|website=www.guante.info|access-date=2017-03-06|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123727/http://www.guante.info/2012/10/guante-big-cats-to-young-leaders.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bringingdowntheband.com/guante-x-big-cats-to-young-leaders-video-elguante-bigcatsbeats-pcpmeltsfaces/|title=Guante x Big Cats "To Young Leaders" Video|date=2012-11-01|work=bdtb|access-date=2017-03-06|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| collapsed      = 
| extra_column  = Producer(s)
| title1   = To Young Leaders
| extra1   = Big Cats!
| length1  = 
| title2   = Until There's Nothing Left
| note2    = featuring Crescent Moon & [Toki Wright](/source/Toki_Wright)
| extra2   = Big Cats!
| length2  = 
| title3   = Lightning
| note3    = featuring [Chastity Brown](/source/Chastity_Brown)
| extra3   = Big Cats!
| length3  = 
| title4   = Underground Sex Party
| note4    = featuring [Kristoff Krane](/source/Kristoff_Krane)
| extra4   = Big Cats!
| length4  = 
| title5   = Other
| extra5   = Big Cats!
| length5  = 
| title6   = Fireworks
| extra6   = Big Cats!
| length6  = 
| title7   = Everything Burns
| extra7   = Big Cats!
| length7  = 
| title8   = Straight Outta Genosha
| extra8   = Big Cats!
| length8  = 
| title9   = Break
| note9    = featuring Kristoff Krane
| extra9   = Big Cats!
| length9  = 
| title10  = A Leap of Faith into a Bottomless Pit
| extra10  = Big Cats!
| length10 = 
| title11  = The Invisible Backpacker of Privilege
| note11   = featuring Chantz Erolin and Truth Be Told
| extra11  = Big Cats!
| length11 = 
| title12  = A Pragmatist's Guide to Revolution
| extra12  = Big Cats!
| length12 = 
| title13  = Asterisk
| extra13  = Big Cats!
| length13 = 
|note5=featuring Chastity Brown, See More Perspective and Chantz Erolin}}

==References==
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Category:2012 albums
Category:Hip-hop albums by American artists

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