Jurassic 5, Quality Control - 54m 16s

Tracks & Durations

1. Intro : How We Get Along	1:03
2. Influence	3:56
3. Great Expectations	4:09
4. Quality Control (Intro)	0:31
5. Quality Control	4:48
6. Contact	1:15
7. Lausd	4:07
8. W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)	4:35
9. Monkey Bars	4:06
10. Jurass Finish First	4:07
11. Contribution	3:45
12. Twelve	4:25
13. Game	4:34
14. Improvise	3:28
15. Swing Set	5:18

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Review

The thrill of invention never stops on this first full-length album from Jurassic 5. Coming out of L.A.'s kinetic hip-hop underground, the multitalented combo whips up an irresistible flow of charisma and keeps the fun at a high-voltage level. J5 can pivot on a dime from one style to the next--street-corner barbershop, turntable friction, or kick-ass swing. But the constant focus is on the essentials of the art: Quality Control fuses fantastic wordplay and MC skills with a killer grab bag of beats. It's the achievement of J5 to look back in a way so fresh it shines a light ahead. --Thomas MayL.A.-based Jurassic 5 have unearthed the lost art of flow. With a style reminiscent of the Native Tongues, J5 delivers one of the most consistent rap albums in recent memory. Cuts like "The Influence" and "Great Expectations" exhibit a wonderfully organic quality that could help us all to forget the tired rap formulas of money, hoes, and gats. Comprised of four MC's and two DJs (DJ Nu-Mark and the legendary Cut Chemist), J5 is near Ellingtonian in size for a hip-hip troupe. The interplay between the members reeks of old school, the place where rap sounds honest and evolves as an art form. As well it should, because J5 aren't new to hip-hop; after all, they've been "rockin' since the '84 Fresh Fest." --Marc Calhoun

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