Agreed. It's nowhere near the quality of his debut, but how many CDs ARE? I can't understand why everyone acts like TURFMATIC's such a crime against nature! LOL! I miss Khayree producing everything, too, but it's 2003, not 1995.
To me, TURFMATIC is not much different from Mac Dre's last couple of CDs--it ain't deep, but it's fun if you don't take it too seriously. Even when Dubee's just rhyming about partying and bitches, he's at least funny, and that counts for something, IMHO (although I will admit that "Aye Aye Aye" just plain blows on the verses). He sounds like he's having fun, and what's wrong with that?
But that's just me--part of digging an artist, IMHO, is learning to move with the times and accepting that things won't stay the same. Black C. once said (in defense of RBL's underrated HOSTILE TAKEOVER) that "people have got to accept that the 1992-96 era is over." But hey--everyone has a right to his/her personal opinion, and that's how it should be. PEACE!