Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2LP)

Jurassic 5 flexed serious old-to-the-new muscles in the ‘90s, beginning with their independently released single “Unified Rebelution” in 1994, and book-ending with their stellar debut full-length: 2000’s Quality Control. They walked a tightrope between underground and mainstream hip-hop, and toured alongside rap peers as well as punk rockers on the Vans Warped Tour. With double the pleasure of your average hip-hop group – two DJs and producers (Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark); and four MCs (Chali 2na, Akil, Marc 7 and Zaakir aka Soup) – they brought the late 1970s “unison MC” style of pioneering groups like the Fantastic 5 and the Force MCs to a new generation. Even more surprisingly, they did so out of Los Angeles, whose hip-hop flavors generally leaned towards Gangsta, G-Funk or Electro lines. Musically inventive and lyrically forward-thinking, each song on Quality Control is a new adventure, exploring engaging territory, delivered via one of the best live hip-hop shows fans had seen in years.

Vinyl 2LP

Tracklisting:

1. HOW WE GET ALONG
2. THE INFLUENCE
3. GREAT EXPECTATIONS
4. QUALITY CONTROL INTRO
5. QUALITY CONTROL
6. CONTACT
7. LAUSD
8. WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT (W.O.E. IS ME)
9. MONKEY BARS
10. JURASS FINISH
11. FIRST COMBINATION
12. TWELVE
13. THE GAME
14. IMPROVISE
15. SWING SET