Excellent second album, the bass-thumping, heavily jazz-sampled the low end theory. according to the opening 'excursions,' rapper q-tip's old man says the disc's jazz-rap 'reminded him of bebop,' and q calls himself 'prominent like shakespeare.' but if charlie parker had ever written poetic couplets and backed them with funky-drummer and ron carter-on-bass grooves this irresistible, he might have been as big as the bard and brother james combined.