Mistaken ID is a chaotic visual/musical collage of history, myth, and pop culture in the same vein of LC's Times Up. It's about the lessons Reid has learned along his spiritual and musical paths. The Enhanced CD allows the listener to take an interactive role, playing Reid as a young musician who must struggle with the demons of prejudice towards unknown musicians, blacks, and black musicians who play heavy metal.

The album shoves this prejudice back in the face of critics and transcends it. The entertainment industry critiques of "You Say He's Just A Psychic Friend" and "Who Invited You?" are hilarious and powerful. "Saint Cobain" reflects on a guitarist who got burnt up by fame. Reid skillfully works with industry players like Chubb Rock and Lady Apache on this album.

More mellow than Stain, LC's last album, Mistaken ID fuses rap, jazz, grunge, and hip-hop into a unique sound. In the place of thrash pieces of helpless anger, like "Mind Your Own Business" (from Stain), Reid takes us along into transforming meditations like the nifty "My Last Nerve". "What's My Name?" asks if we can compare Reid to Coltrane or Satriani.

Overall, the album is best suited for cruising along and meditating on life, our place in it, and how to cope with its pressures. While some songs fail to move ("Important Safety Instructions"), others will take listeners on a thoughtful odyssey. Put "Uptown Drifter" on, and drive through Philly this summer. Who knows what will happen along the way...