Labcabincalifornia [PA] by The Pharcyde

Pros: Excellent Mixing of Singing and Rapping, Intelligent Concepts, Great Production, No Bad Tracks

Cons: 3 Skits.. otherwise... flawless

The Bottom Line: READ THE REVIEW...

Review: 1996 was a year where hip-hop music skyrocketed. Classic after Classic after Classic came out and everybody was buying it. Hip-Hop was becoming a truly popular form of music as nearly everybody was out there was buying albums. In the west coast, fans ...

Pros: It's the Pharcyde...and this might be the most under rated hip-hop album ever.

Cons: If you expected a sound similar to their first album, you won't get it.

The Bottom Line: This is an under-rated masterpiece. The style is very different from their first album, which alienated people intially, but have an open mind and you'll love it.

Review: The Pharcyde: Imani, Bootie Brown, Slimkid Tre (3), Fatlip

Production: Jay Dee (1, 4, 6, 7, 9), Bootie Brown (2, 14), Diamond D (3), Slimkid Tre (5, 10), Bootie Brown & Jay Dee (11), M-Walk & Slimkid Tre (13), Fatlip (16), M-Walk (17)
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Pros: An oft-overlooked Hip-Hop group.

Cons: A few tracks fall short.

The Bottom Line: Never listened to Pharcyde go get Bizarre Ride, if you have that one - pick this one up too.

Review: I never really understood just why The Pharcyde weren’t more popular than they were. They have clever production, nice lyrics, good delivery – pretty much any and everything you would expect from a Hip-Hop album and then some. Perhaps it was...