| Quality Control | ||||
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| Released | June 6, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 53:36 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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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]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| 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]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How We Get Along" | DJ Nu-Mark | 1:14 |
| 2. | "The Influence" | DJ Nu-Mark | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Great Expectations" |
| 3:37 |
| 4. | "Quality Intro" | Cut Chemist | 0:31 |
| 5. | "Quality Control" | Cut Chemist | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Contact" | Cut Chemist | 1:15 |
| 7. | "LAUSD" | Cut Chemist | 4:07 |
| 8. | "World of Entertainment (W.O.E. Is Me)" | DJ Nu-Mark | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Monkey Bars" | DJ Nu-Mark | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Jurass Finish First" | DJ Nu-Mark | 4:35 |
| 11. | "Contribution" | Shafiq Husayn | 3:45 |
| 12. | "Twelve" | Shafiq Husayn | 4:25 |
| 13. | "The Game" |
| 4:34 |
| 14. | "Improvise" | DJ Nu-Mark | 3:28 |
| 15. | "Swing Set" |
| 5:18 |
| 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 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) [22] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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