The Troubleshooters is the third studio album by the Los Angeles–based Latin hip hop group Funkdoobiest, released on January 13, 1998. It was the group's first album without Tomahawk Funk. Unlike their previous two albums, there is no production by their mentor DJ Muggs.
"Papi Chulo" features Tha Dogg Pound member Daz Dillinger.
Contents
Critical reception
The Hartford Courant noted "the relative lack of filler and the DJ Ralph M.'s original approach to samples." The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Opting to entertain rather than overwhelm, Funkdoobiest's third album wins with laughs and their trademark off-kilter presentation ... '!Oyi Papi!' is hard-core Latino hip-hop at its finest." The Austin American-Statesman stated: "Sampling from a brightly colored sonic palette of beats, cultures, languages and guest MCs ... Funkdoobiest has created the ultimate urban cruisin' soundtrack—on which the moods change as fast as the passing landscape." Gabriel Alvarez, in his review for The Source, thought that The Troubleshooters "misfires, because it doesn't stick with its strongest assets: Spanish flavor, humor and off-kilter production".
Sample credits
Papi Chulo
"Hot" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
"Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved" by James Brown
Act on It
"Jam on It" by Newcleus
Holdin' It Down
"Capsule" by William S. Fischer
Doobie Knows
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Tom Jones