Squatta's Paradise is the second extended play

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by the American ska punk

Ska punk

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

/anarcho punk band Choking Victim. The E.P. was recorded in April, 1996 and released later that same year.

"Squatta's Paradise" was later released in CD format in 2000, along with "Crack Rock Steady" as the "Crack Rock Steady/Squatta's Paradise" compilation.

Track listing

1. "Infested: Lindane Conspiracy, Pt.1" - 2:46
2. "Death Song" - 2:33
3. "Born To Die" - 3:27
4. "Suicide (A Better Way)" - 3:10

Personnel

• Musicians:
  • Stza
    Stza
    Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack , is a musician who has fronted several ska-punk bands in the New York City area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack...
    
     - vocals and guitar
  • Alec Baillie
    Alec Baillie
    Alec Baillie is an American bassist currently residing in Sacramento, California. Alec grew up in Manhattan and attended the same high school as future band mate Scott "Stza" Sturgeon. In the early nineties, Baillie, Dunia Best, Jay Nugent and Ara Babajian formed the third wave ska band, Agent 99...
    
     - bass
  • Skwert - drums and vocals
• Eric Drooker (Artwork
  Cover art
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  )
• Popeye (Artwork)
• Brian K Trash (Artwork)
• Skwert (Artwork)
• Stza (Artwork)
• Shayne Pezent (Artwork)

The song "Suicide" would later be rerecorded by the band and included on their debut (and only) album, "No Gods, No Managers

No Gods, No Managers

No Gods, No Managers is the only full-length studio album by American hardcore punk band Choking Victim. The album was released in 1999 through Hellcat/Epitaph Records and re-released on LP format by Epitaph in 2004. Being the sole full-length album of Choking Victim, it became hugely popular in...

".

The songs "Born To Die" and "Infested" were later recorded by Leftöver Crack

Leftöver Crack

Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...

, and included on "Mediocre Generica

Mediocre Generica

Mediocre Generica is the debut album by the American punk band Leftöver Crack. It was released on September 11, 2001 and includes much sociopolitical commentary, including anti-police sentiment, anti-racism and anti-homophobia. The album was originally intended to be titled Shoot the Kids at...

" and the "Fuck World Trade Demo" respectively.