Quality Control
by Jurassic 5
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Despite the fluid interplay of the four MCs and J5's evolving musicality, 'Quality Control' lacks the singalong pop immediacy of 'Jurassic 5'.... Quality then. But it's not the old-skool classic we'd hoped for.
  2. Resonance
    60
    Problem is, the harmonic rapping takes the edge off otherwise hard-hitting tracks. [#28, p.63]
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  3. Select
    60
    Quality Control' finds them treading water with a set of technically crisp but strangely uptight tracks that neither appeal nor enthrall. [July 2000, p.108]
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  5. Sonicnet
    50
    Why is Quality Control -- an album no doubt many will love simply because of its hip- hop politics -- so damn bland? For all their good intentions, J5's results are so monochromatic, of such a singular focus on staying true to a specific kind of hip-hop blueprint, that even the inclusion of grinning left-field randomness... lacks the fun it means to inject.

Awards & Rankings

52
#52 Best Album of 2000
90
#90 Most Discussed Album of 2000
52
#52 Most Shared Album of 2000

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. j30
    Dec 7, 2011
    8
    This is some really good stuff from the Los Angeles, California based Hip-hop group.
  2. Mark:-)
    Jul 2, 2007
    10
    Mark is... impressed and satisfiel by this work of fun genius!
  3. benh
    Dec 30, 2006
    9
    Kickin' cd, sweet MCs cant get much better than the J 5
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