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 Jurassic 5Quality Control Release Date: 2000 06 06 Label: Up Above Rating:  |
In June 2000, almost seven years after their formation, underground rap's most lauded crew finally hit with a full-length. Great expectations aside, Quality Control hits all the same highs as Jurassic 5's excellent EP of three years earlier, stretching out their résumé to nearly an hour with a few turntablist jaunts from resident beat-jugglers DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. The formula is very similar to the EP, with the group usually going through a couple of lines of five-man harmonics before splitting off for tongue-twister solos from Zaakir, Chali 2na, Akil, and Marc 7even. As expected, there are plenty of nods to old-school rap, from "Lausd," with its brief tribute to hip-hop classic "The Bridge" by MC Shan, to "Monkey Bars," where the group claim inspiration (yet just a bit of distance) from their heroes: "Now you know us but it's not the Cold Crush, four MCs so it ain't the Furious/Not the Force M.D.'s or the three from Treacherous, it's a blast from the past from the moment we bust." Where Quality Control really laps previous Jurassic 5 material is not only the lyrical material, though, but the themes and focus of the message tracks "Lausd," "World of Entertainment (Woe Is Me)," and "Contribution." The four-man crew take on major media and the responsibilities of adulthood with a degree of authority, eloquence, and compassion never before heard in rap music. (Just check out the lyrics to any of the above three at an online archive like /www.ohhla.com.) Though critics and uptight rap purists might fault them for not pushing the progression angle enough, Jurassic 5's rhymes are so devastating and the productions (by Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist) follow the raps so closely it certainly doesn't matter whether the group is old-school or not. John Bush, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | How We Get Along | Stewart | 1:14 |
| 2 | Influence | Paich | 3:56 |
| 3 | Great Expectations | Givens | 3:37 |
| 4 | Quality Control (Intro) | Stewart | :31 |
| 5 | Quality Control | Macfadden, Givens, Stuart, Henderson, Potsic, Stewart, Reid | 4:48 |
| 6 | Contact | Macfadden, Potsic, Givens, Stuart, Henderson, Stewart | 1:15 |
| 7 | Lausd | Henderson, Stewart, Potsic, Givens, Macfadden, Stuart, Reid, Dixon | 4:07 |
| 8 | World of Entertainment (Woe Is Me) | Henderson, Stewart, Stuart, Potsic, Givens, Macfadden, Clausen | 3:57 |
| 9 | Monkey Bars | Stevens, Maiden, Cut Chemist, Zaakir, Akil, Watson, DJ Nu-Mark, Marc Seven, Chali Twona | 4:06 |
| 10 | Jurass Finish First | Stewart, Stuart, Henderson, Potsic, Givens, Macfadden, Paich | 4:35 |
| 11 | Contribution | Macfadden, Husayn, Potsic, Givens, Stuart, Henderson, Stewart | 3:45 |
| 12 | Twelve | Macfadden, Stuart, Givens, Prince [1], Stewart, Henderson, Potsic | 4:25 |
| 13 | Game | Porter, Givens, Potsic, Macfadden, Stuart, Stewart, Henderson, Hayes | 4:34 |
| 14 | Improvise | Jones, Stewart, Potsic, Givens, Macfadden, Henderson, Stuart | 3:28 |
| 15 | Swing Set | Henderson, Haggart, Stewart, Givens, Potsic, Crosby, Macfadden, Baudac, Stuart, Rodin | 5:18 |
Other Releases:
| Quality Control/Twelve Release Date: 2000 Label: Up Above |
| Quality Control [Instrumentals] Release Date: 2000 Label: PGD |
| Quality Control [Clean] Release Date: 2000 Label: Interscope Records |
| Quality Control [Australia Bonus CD] Release Date: 2000 Label: Universal International |
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