The album was the result of much label trouble, with Warner Bros. consistently rejecting the group's offerings.[12][13] It was originally titled Crazy Wisdom Masters, and contained some experimental hip-hop for the time, as well as production from Bill Laswell.[14][15] Though the final album is more conventional, experimental tracks remain, including a few from the Crazy Wisdom Masters sessions (e.g. "Spittin' Wicked Randomness", "For The Headz At Company Z"). Tracks from the Wisdom sessions were released in 1999.[14]
Critical reception
The Virginian-Pilot thought that "the super-stompin' '40 Below Trooper' and 'I'm in Love With Indica' are some of the most exciting music of the summer, and raise the inventiveness quotient of this vivid, good-humored rap set several notches."[16]The Guardian deemed the album the definitive example of "out rap," writing that the "scorched, gnarled noise, non-aligned beats and furiously choked vocals are nicely summed up in the song title 'Spittin Wicked Randomness'."[17]
Trouser Press wrote that "with its harder and more aggressive sound, the album simply doesn’t have the creative spark or infectiously happy-go-lucky vibe that distinguished Done by the Forces of Nature."[18]MTV called J Beez wit the Remedy "the clangiest, most disjointed hip-hop affair ever recorded."[19] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote: "Throwing it all away with a haphazardness that reveals the likes of Onyx as the sitcom puppets they are, the Jungle Brothers are back reinventing hip hop."[10]
