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Double vinyl LP pressing. Jurassic 5 flexed serious old-to-the-new muscles in the '90s, beginning with their independently released single InchUnified RebelutionInch 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 Inchunison MCInch 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. From singles like the strutting groove of the title track to the throwback doo-wop samples on InchThe InfluenceInch and the catchy, keyboard groove-driven InchWorld of Entertainment (WOE Is Me),Inch to deeper album tracks like the lyrical gymnastics of InchJurass Finish FirstInch and the thought-provoking InchLausd,Inch Jurassic 5 consistently stepped to the plate and their fans responded in kind, nearly pushing the album to Gold status. Add the innovative DJ-and-sample workout which closes out the album, InchSwing Set,Inch and you have one of the 2000s' most unique and solid full-length platters. Album Tracks 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 Cont
