after a few listens it seems to me like most albums that cutting down the length greatly improves listenability, my tracklisting;

Pow Wow - great opening, not just some random bsing
Rising Down - solid single
Get Busy - solid single
75 Bars - dirtier than Bruce Bowen defence
Criminal - beat really brings the lyrics forward
I Will Not Apologize - great hook, amazing beat
I Can't Help it - catchy as hell
Singing Man - scary distorted track
Lost Desire - Talib sounds great here
The Show - great track, not a "typical" roots sound but still fresh
Rising Up - solid single

overall a great album, nothing mind blowing, no beats that are "club-bangers" but definately some I'd want to hear on a saturday night

better than game theory imo, and as long as the next is an improvment on this Quest and the band will continue to get my 9.99 from HMV and 40 and change from a concert