The Pharcyde

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The word I see used the most to describe this album is “mature”, and compared to this last album, it certainly is. I mean, compare Fatlip’s verse on 4 Better Or 4 Worse to his verse on Runnin'. Truly a crazy evolution to say the least. Bizzare Ride II The Pharcyde was fun, quirky, crazy, energetic, and showcased just a bunch of men in their early 20s being themselves, and it was absolutely fantastic.

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The Pharcyde pull back their high energy hooligans, and instead rap smoothly over lo-fi beats, some of which are brought to you by none other than J Dilla. This album is a little over an hour in length, meaning it does drag every so often. These guys are still spitting fantastic bars, and flowing river-like, but this is definitely a couple pegs short of their debut, and the next 2 records aren't looking so good either. Either way, great album, worth a listen or two (≧∀≦)ゞ

Way more mature than their previous effort, but the music is just as good. No album with Dilla production credits is a bad project.

polished, mature and clearly massively overlooked by critics.

when people talk about album flow this is what they mean. nearly every track acts as a prelude to the following song either sonically or conceptually, usually both. labcabincalifornia tells a timeless story with no weak moments to speak of, while containing some all-time great tracks like Runnin’ and Moment In Time.