finds utilizing a lot less and a lot more than usual. What's surprising is how contemporary, how aware of what's poppin' are here and how comfortable they sound with these beats, as if , , and were all they've been listening to lately. Add just a little more swing to them and or could hang next to a song. Also admirable is that they don't slap any kind of fake ghetto posturing on top, since the lyrics and rapping here are still suburban-flavored. Lines like "Can't even buy the milk for the Captain Crunch" are pure , and their usual stories of getting stoned and partying haven't changed at all, for better or worse. If you're a fan, it's for the better, and as long as you don't mind fewer guitars, more turntables, is one of this unashamedly sophomoric crew's better efforts. ~ David Jeffries