Quality Control (album)

Quality Control is the second studio album by American alternative hip hop group Jurassic 5. It was released on June 6, 2000, by Interscope Records.[1]

Quality Control
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length53:36
LabelInterscope
Producer
Jurassic 5 chronology
Jurassic 5
(1998)
Quality Control
(2000)
Power in Numbers
(2002)
Singles from Quality Control
  1. "W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Quality Control"
    Released: 2000

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
The Guardian     [5]
The Independent     [6]
Los Angeles Times    [7]
Mixmag4/5[8]
NME6/10[9]
Pitchfork6.1/10[10]
Rolling Stone     [11]
The Source     [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, Quality Control received an average score of 77 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

In 2015, it was included in Paste's list of "10 Hip-Hop Albums for People Who Don't Like Hip-Hop".[13]

Track listing

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Quality Control track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."How We Get Along"DJ Nu-Mark1:14
2."The Influence"DJ Nu-Mark3:56
3."Great Expectations"
3:37
4."Quality Intro"Cut Chemist0:31
5."Quality Control"Cut Chemist4:48
6."Contact"Cut Chemist1:15
7."LAUSD"Cut Chemist4:07
8."World of Entertainment (W.O.E. Is Me)"DJ Nu-Mark3:57
9."Monkey Bars"DJ Nu-Mark4:06
10."Jurass Finish First"DJ Nu-Mark4:35
11."Contribution"Shafiq Husayn3:45
12."Twelve"Shafiq Husayn4:25
13."The Game"
  • Cut Chemist
  • DJ Nu-Mark
4:34
14."Improvise"DJ Nu-Mark3:28
15."Swing Set"
  • Cut Chemist
  • DJ Nu-Mark
5:18

Charts

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Chart performance for Quality Control
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 69
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15] 51
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 23
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[19] 2
US Billboard 200[20] 43
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 33

Certifications

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Certifications for Quality Control
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Gold 100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 83. July 2000. p. 74. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Quality Control by Jurassic 5 Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Bush, John. "Quality Control – Jurassic 5". AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Hermes, Will (June 23, 2000). "Quality Control". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  5. ^ Cox, Tom (June 16, 2000). "Jurassic 5: Quality Control (Interscope)". The Guardian. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Perry, Tim (June 17, 2000). "Pop: Album Reviews". The Independent.
  7. ^ Baker, Soren (July 9, 2000). "Jurassic 5 'Quality Control' Interscope". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Neate, Patrick (July 2000). "Jurassic 5: Quality Control". Mixmag. Vol. 2, no. 110. p. 166.
  9. ^ "Quality Control". NME. July 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  10. ^ Schreiber, Ryan (May 31, 2000). "Jurassic 5: Quality Control". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  11. ^ Farr, Kathryn (June 22, 2000). "Jurassic 5: Quality Control". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  12. ^ Frosch, Dan (July 2000). "Jurassic 5: Quality Control". The Source. No. 130. pp. 209–210.
  13. ^ Spinelli, Adrian (October 12, 2015). "10 Hip-Hop Albums For People Who Don't Like Hip-Hop". Paste. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 149.
  15. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7203". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  17. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jurassic 5 – Quality Control". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  18. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dance Albums" (PDF). Music Week. July 1, 2000. p. 16. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  20. ^ "Jurassic 5 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  21. ^ "Jurassic 5 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  22. ^ "British album certifications – Jurassic 5 – Quality Control". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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