I like the fact that the sound quality wasn't so lo-fi and demo-ish, and yet it wasn't too polished. I felt there was a sense of writing and production maturity, and the humor that they dropped occasionally was balanced with the seriousness of what they were doing. If you think about it, a song like De La's "Tread Water" was similar to JB's "Beeds On A String" in terms of the influence, its message, and what they were trying to say.




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