Labcabincalifornia (1995)
Classic Status
by Josh B.
Almost all “alternative” hip-hop heads will agree that the first Pharcyde album, Bizarre Ride 2 the Pharcyde is a classic, which I agree with. Dropping in 92 there was nothing like it. Sure there were other groups rocking jazzy beats with positive lyrics but Pharcyde was different. They were able to put out a party record that was crazy, funny, dirty, carefree, and honest. They were young guys growing up in South LA and they wanted to talk about their experiences that did not involve gunplay and G-Funk. You would also be hard pressed to find another group that utilized a Fender Rhodes like them either. I mean besides The Roots who else was? Now you might be asking yourself “Why isn’t he doing Bizarre Ride as a classic status?” well it is because most people already know that is a classic. What a lot of people need to realize is that The Pharcyde has two classic albums not just one, something that a lot of critics seem to not recognize. Which brings me to the 1995 CLASSIC Labcabincalifornia.
