The Troubleshooters is the third studio album by the Los AngelesâÂÂbased 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.
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' soundtrackâÂÂon 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".
Papi Chulo
Act on It
Holdin' It Down
Doobie Knows