https://modestwalrus.com/tags/west-coast-hip-hop/Recent content in West Coast Hip Hop on Modest WalrusHugoen-usTue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/quality-control-by-jurassic-5/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/quality-control-by-jurassic-5/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-album">Why I Reacted To This Album</h2> <p>Jurassic 5 have a reputation as one of those groups people point to when they say they &ldquo;don&rsquo;t really like hip-hop, but&hellip;&rdquo; Quality Control is the album that earns that reputation, so it was worth revisiting properly.</p> <h2 id="the-video">The Video</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PgpDN-bARwc?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-album">About This Album</h2> <p>Quality Control is the second studio album by American alternative hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on June 6, 2000, by Interscope Records. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 77 based on 17 reviews, indicating &ldquo;generally favorable reviews.&rdquo; In 2015, it was included in Paste&rsquo;s list of &ldquo;10 Hip-Hop Albums for People Who Don&rsquo;t Like Hip-Hop.&rdquo;</p>