Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[12]
RapReviews	6/10[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "deep-bottom hip-house tracks—which owe something to the capital city's go-go scene—have plenty of get-up-and-groove, as does ol' Doug, once he gets up to the mic and commences to rhyming."^[8] The Washington Post deemed the album "10 relentless pumpers."^[9] Newsday declared that Lazy "combines furious house beats with simple, propulsive chants to create a landmark of hip house."^[15]

Comparing Lazy to Kool Moe Dee and M.C. Hammer, the Indianapolis Recorder wrote that "the club music makes his sound stand alone."^[16] The Baltimore Sun concluded that "there's enormous power to be had by combining" hip hop and house.^[17] The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that "Lazy is the hardest-working hip-houser in show business."^[12]

AllMusic called Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy "a decent party album that has its share of catchy and infectious grooves."^[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Lazy's "approach to rhythm neatly blends hip-hop's raucous dynamism with the repetitious pulse of house music."^[14]