| Return of the Bumpasaurus | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sir Mix-a-Lot |
| Cover: | Return of the Bumpasaurus.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| Venue: | The Comedy Store (Los Angeles, CA) |
| Studio: | Mix-A-Lot Studios (Auburn, WA) |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | American Recordings |
| Prev Title: | Chief Boot Knocka |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Daddy's Home |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Return of the Bumpasaurus is the fifth studio album by American rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot. It was released on August 27, 1996, via American Recordings.[1]
The recording sessions took place at Mix-A-Lot Studios in Auburn, with Chris Rock recorded live at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles on March 27, 1996. The album was produced by Quaze, Mike Kumagai, Funk Daddy, and Sir Mix-a-Lot, who also served as executive producer with Ricardo Frazer and Rick Rubin. It features guest appearances from Amy Dorsey, Jackers, Anetta Perry, Barney "Soul Dog" Huggins and Michele Jennings.
The album peaked at number 123 on the Billboard 200 and number 55 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Its lead single "Jump on It" made it to 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 89 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, No. 92 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs, No. 27 on the Hot Rap Songs, No. 35 on the Rhythmic Airplay and No. 37 on the Dance Singles Sales in the US.
Cheo Hodari Coker of the Los Angeles Times called the album "chock-full of the high beat-per-minute jams and molasses-thick grooves that made the self-proclaimed 'J.R. Ewing' of the Seattle rap scene a multimillionaire in the first place". Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called it "stupid, funky" and highlighted songs "Jump on It" and "Bark Like You Want It". Nisid Hajari of Entertainment Weekly concluded: "unfortunately, too many cuts on Return of the Bumpasaurus reach back only one decade instead of two, settling for tiny perkiness that's more Cameo than George Clinton". J. D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun wrote that "most of the sounds here are decidedly second-hand, adding no fresh flavor to the bass-derived sound Mix-A-Lot has peddled from the start".[2]