Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy

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Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy
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Studio album by
Doug Lazy
Released1990
Genre Hip hop, house, hip house
Label Atlantic [1]
Producer Doug Lazy

Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy is the only album by the American hip hop musician Doug Lazy, released in 1990. [2] [3]

Contents

"Let the Rhythm Pump", "H.O.U.S.E.", and "Let It Roll" all reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. [4] [5] The album peaked at No. 65 on the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Production

The album was written and produced by Doug Lazy. [7] [8] It was made using just an Alesis MMT-8 sequencer and a Roland W-30. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
RapReviews6/10 [12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Trouser Press wrote that "deep-bottom hip-house tracks—which owe something to the capital city's go-go scene—have plenty of get-up-and-groove, as does ol' Doug, once he gets up to the mic and commences to rhyming." [7] The Washington Post deemed the album "10 relentless pumpers." [8] Newsday declared that Lazy "combines furious house beats with simple, propulsive chants to create a landmark of hip house." [14]

Comparing Lazy to Kool Moe Dee and M.C. Hammer, the Indianapolis Recorder wrote that "the club music makes his sound stand alone." [15] The Baltimore Sun concluded that "there's enormous power to be had by combining" hip hop and house. [16] The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that "Lazy is the hardest-working hip-houser in show business." [11]

AllMusic called Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy "a decent party album that has its share of catchy and infectious grooves." [10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Lazy's "approach to rhythm neatly blends hip-hop's raucous dynamism with the repetitious pulse of house music." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Can't Hold Back (U No)"4:24
2."Ahh Get It"5:58
3."Let the Rhythm Pump"4:15
4."Let It Roll"5:40
5."Funky Beat"4:28
6."Can't Get Enough"4:39
7."Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy"4:28
8."U Really Wanna"5:12
9."Go 2 Work"5:18
10."H.O.U.S.E."5:37

References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 127.
  2. ↑ "Doug Lazy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 12, 1990 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Chart History Doug Lazy". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ "DOUG LAZY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. 1 2 "Doug Lazy". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Hip-Hop Without the Bad Rap". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  9. ↑ Parisi, Deborah (August 1990). "The Search for the Perfect Beat". Electronic Musician. Vol. 6, no. 8. p. 50.
  10. 1 2 "Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy - Doug Lazy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (March 15, 1990). "Doug Lazy Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 4E.
  12. ↑ "Doug Lazy :: Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy :: Atlantic Records". www.rapreviews.com.
  13. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 210.
  14. ↑ "New This Week". Part II. Newsday. March 5, 1990.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Xiomara (March 17, 1990). "Gettin' Crazy with Doug Lazy". Indianapolis Recorder. p. B1.
  16. ↑ Considine, J.D. (March 2, 1990). "Records". Maryland Live. The Baltimore Sun. p. 7.
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