Review
“De La Soul burned out on their own hype fast, and their dark, strange
second album is a counter-blast to their image and hip-hop culture: perverse,
dissatisfied, sometimes brilliant, sometimes out of control. Occasionally it
seems mean-spirited–the single "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)” finds them
grousing about getting deluged by demo tapes, and “Kicked Out The House” is
a nasty (if very funny) parody of hip-house. But no one's ever made a rap album
that sounds like this. Sickly out-of-tune loops drift in and out; songs derail
themselves with loud sneers, or give way to bizarre dialogues; Posdnuos and
Trugoy chant together like the words have lost all meaning. The concept that
ties the disc together---an imaginary radio station called WRMS–gives it an
extra kick" – D.Wolk