Yup. I had been trying to get a new CD copy of STRAIGHT OUT THE LABB #1 for a minute, and getting the '93 version w/ the new '03 edition was well worth the cash, IMHO.
JT's production skills are still intact--the '03 CD is reflective of the old GLP sound, but I get the feeling that JT didn't try TOO hard to emulate the old sound precisely, and that's good--there's enough variation that you can tell it's a 2003 record. Quinn, D-Moe, Young Noble, Skip (wow!), Bushy Moe (where's HE been?), The Game, Eddie Boy (from THE FAMILY BUSINESS), Louie Loc, and JT himself gave the best lyrical performances on the CD, IMHO.
A couple of the shorter songs took awhile to grow on me ("It's The GLP", "Think Music") but I can honestly say that now, there's not a track on the new CD that I don't like (which is something I usually can't say about most CDs I buy).
PEACE!