The album was produced by former group member J-Swift, and features only one guest appearance, provided by little known Los Angeles rapper Bucwheed (known then as "Buckwheat" from The Wascals).
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Swift relied on a large number of samples, by artists including James Brown, Donald Byrd, Sly & the Family Stone, The Meters, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Ayers and Marvin Gaye.
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The trio met Derrick "Fatlip" Stewart and producer John "J-Swift" Martinez at an after-school music program called South Central Unit.
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Though Bizarre Ride did reach Gold status, the album's sales paled in comparison to West Coast G-funk releases of the era, such as The Chronic by Dr. Dre and Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg.
With Reggie Andrews’ record collection at their disposal, J-Swift and The Pharcyde crafted a three-song demo in ’91 and subsequently a hip-hop classic, 1992’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.
Ride | Ride (band) | Pimp My Ride | Sleigh Ride | Sally Ride | Ride Lonesome | The Pharcyde | Ride (1998 film) | Ride of the Valkyries | Harpers Bizarre | Blaze of Glory: The Last Ride of the Western Heroes | Tommyland: The Ride | The Devil Thumbs a Ride | Ride a Rock Horse | Reverend Bizarre | My Ride's Here | Murdoch Park 'n' Ride | Morningtown Ride | Maximum Ride | Bizarre Love Triangle | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | BANG! (Cinema Bizarre album) | Ticket to Ride | Rough Ride | Ride the Wild / It's a Hectic World | "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" | Ride the Lightning | Ride a White Swan | ride | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure |
California alternative hip hop group The Pharcyde's debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde featured as its first single "Ya Mama" mainly of the group playing the dozens, released October 8, 1992.