Quality Control (album)

Quality Control
Studio album by Jurassic 5
Released	June 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	53:36
Label	Interscope
Producer	Cut Chemist DJ Nu-Mark Shafiq Husayn
Jurassic 5 chronology
Jurassic 5 (1998) Quality Control (2000) Power in Numbers (2002)
Singles from Quality Control
"W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)" Released: 2000 "Quality Control" Released: 2000

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B [4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Independent	[6]
Los Angeles Times	[7]
Mixmag	4/5 [8]
NME	6/10 [9]
Pitchfork	6.1/10 [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

Quality Control track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"How We Get Along"	Dante Givens Mark Potsic Charles Stewart Courtenay Henderson Lucas Macfadden Marc Stuart	DJ Nu-Mark	1:14
2.	"The Influence"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Marty Paich	DJ Nu-Mark	3:56
3.	"Great Expectations"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Larry Coryell	DJ Nu-Mark Cut Chemist (co.)	3:37
4.	"Quality Control (Intro)"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart	Cut Chemist	0:31
5.	"Quality Control"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Clarence Reid	Cut Chemist	4:48
6.	"Contact"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart	Cut Chemist	1:15
7.	"LAUSD"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Willie Dixon	Cut Chemist	4:07
8.	"W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Thomas Clausen	DJ Nu-Mark	3:57
9.	"Monkey Bars"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Tony Maiden Yvette Stevens Bobby Watson	DJ Nu-Mark	4:06
10.	"Jurass Finish First"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Shelly Manne	DJ Nu-Mark	4:35
11.	"Contribution"	Givens Stewart Henderson Stuart Shafiq Husayn Potsic Macfadden	Shafiq Husayn	3:45
12.	"Twelve"	Givens Stewart Henderson Stuart Husayn Potsic Macfadden	Shafiq Husayn	4:25
13.	"The Game"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart David Porter Isaac Hayes	Cut Chemist DJ Nu-Mark (co.)	4:34
14.	"Improvise"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Quincy Jones	DJ Nu-Mark	3:28
15.	"Swing Set"	Givens Potsic Stewart Henderson Macfadden Stuart Ray Bauduc Bob Haggart Bob Crosby Gil Rodin	Cut Chemist DJ Nu-Mark	5:18

Sample credits

• "The Influence" contains excerpts from "Some Minor Changes", written by Marty Paich and performed by The Hi-Lo's.
• "Great Expectations" contains interpolations from "The Great Escape", written by Larry Coryell.
• "Quality Control" contains samples from "One Less Dick" and "Second Show", written by Clarence Reid, and performed by Blowfly.
• "Contact" contains vocal samples from "(Do the) Push and Pull", performed by Rufus Thomas.
• "LAUSD" contains samples from "I Just Want to Make Love to You", written by Willie Dixon, and performed by Cold Blood.
• "W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)" contains "Bio Rhythm #9", written by Thomas Clausen
• Intro preceding "W.O.E. Is Me" contains excerpts from "Movin' On Up" (Theme from The Jeffersons), written by Ja'Net DuBois and Jeff Barry.
• "Monkey Bars" contains a sample from "Somebody's Watching You"; written by Tony Maiden, Yvette Stevens, and Bobby Watson; performed by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan.
• "Jurass Finish First" contains samples from "Flip", written and performed by Shelly Manne.
• "The Game" contains excerpts from "Soul Man", written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
• Improvise" contains a sample from "The Hot Rock", written and performed by Quincy Jones.
• "Swing Set" contains excerpts from "Big Noise from Winnetka", written by Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Bob Crosby, and Gil Rodin; and performed by Sandy Nelson.
• "Swing Set" contains excerpts from the soundtrack album Animal House .

Charts

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

Certifications for Quality Control

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [22]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly . No. 83. July 2000. p. 74. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
2. "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.

External links

• Quality Control at Discogs (list of releases)