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Quality Control: Control The Streets Volume 1

Quality Control

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released December 8, 2017 | Quality Control Music, LLC

Control the Streets, Vol. 1 is the first compilation from Quality Control, the Atlanta-based independent label with major distribution via UMG. It closes out a breakthrough 2017 for QC -- established only four years earlier -- during which the label established and sustained mainstream success with albums from Migos and Lil' Yachty. The flagship acts appear in varying combinations on the majority of the tracks, including the charting singles "Too Hotty" and "Ice Tray." Recent signees Lil Baby (including "My Dawg"), Kollission, City Girls, Mango, and Marlo are showcased, while guest support comes from the likes of Ty Dolla $ign, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Tee Grizzley.© TiVo
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Quality Control: Control The Streets Volume 2

Quality Control

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released August 16, 2019 | Quality Control Music - Motown Records

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Atlanta label Quality Control had one of the most successful and ubiquitous rap rosters of the late 2010s, with multi-platinum game changers like Lil Yachty, Migos, and Lil Baby all calling the label home. In 2017 they memorialized their royalty status with the compilation Quality Control: Control the Streets, Vol. 1. That collection captured the atmosphere of its time nicely, with unreleased material from artists at the height of their powers holding the same sense of triumph and excitement as their omnipresent hits. Two years later, Vol. 2 of the series falls remarkably short of the high bar set by both the all star list of contributors and the victorious feel of its predecessor. The sprawling track listing includes 36 songs at a running time 15 minutes shy of two hours. As long as a feature-length film, Control the Streets, Vol. 2 boasts a veritable Rolodex of the biggest names in late-2010s rap. Migos (as a group and broken into individual contributions from all three members), Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott, Young Thug, DaBaby, Playboi Carti, Gunna, Lil Yachty...the list goes on and on, suggesting nothing less than an epic, world-shattering confluence of the best and brightest talents. However, the large majority of the compilation is wildly dull, with great artists turning in their most uninspired material. Tee Grizzley's passionate flows on "Once Again" offer some signs of life, and tightly wound production on "Baby" (a tense back-and-forth between Lil Baby and DaBaby) rises above the B-side grade of quality that much of the comp stops well before. Even solid instrumentals begin to blur before the halfway point arrives, and the monotonous wash of mediocre content and phoned-in performances becomes exhausting long before the collection ends.© Fred Thomas /TiVo