Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy

Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy is the only album by the American hip hop musician Doug Lazy, released in 1990.[2][3]

Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy
Studio album by
Doug Lazy
Released1990
GenreHip hop, house, hip house
LabelAtlantic Records[1]
ProducerDoug Lazy

"Let the Rhythm Pump", "H.O.U.S.E.", and "Let It Roll" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[4][5] The album peaked at No. 65 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Production

The album was written and produced by Doug Lazy.[7][8] It was made using just an Alesis MMT-8 sequencer and a Roland W-30.[9]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
RapReviews6/10[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[12]

Trouser Press wrote that "deep-bottom hip-house tracks—which owe something to the capital city’s go-go scene—have plenty of get-up-and-groove, as does ol’ Doug, once he gets up to the mic and commences to rhyming."[7] The Washington Post deemed the album "10 relentless pumpers."[8] Newsday declared that Lazy "combines furious house beats with simple, propulsive chants to create a landmark of hip house."[13] Comparing Lazy to Kool Moe Dee and M.C. Hammer, the Indianapolis Recorder wrote that "the club music makes his sound stand alone."[14]

AllMusic called Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy "a decent party album that has its share of catchy and infectious grooves."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Lazy's "approach to rhythm neatly blends hip-hop's raucous dynamism with the repetitious pulse of house music."[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Hold Back (U No)"4:24
2."Ahh Get It"5:58
3."Let the Rhythm Pump"4:15
4."Let It Roll"5:40
5."Funky Beat"4:28
6."Can't Get Enough"4:39
7."Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy"4:28
8."U Really Wanna"5:12
9."Go 2 Work"5:18
10."H.O.U.S.E."5:37

References
  1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 127.
  2. "Doug Lazy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 12, 1990 – via Google Books.
  4. "Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard.
  5. "Chart History Doug Lazy". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. "DOUG LAZY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. "Doug Lazy". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. "HIP-HOP WITHOUT THE BAD RAP". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. Parisi, Deborah (August 1990). "The Search for the Perfect Beat". Electronic Musician. 6 (8): 50.
  10. "Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy - Doug Lazy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. "Doug Lazy :: Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy :: Atlantic Records". www.rapreviews.com.
  12. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 210.
  13. "New This Week". Newsday. Part II. 5 Mar 1990.
  14. Johnson, Xiomara (17 March 1990). "Gettin' Crazy with Doug Lazy". Indianapolis Recorder. p. B1.
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