[9] 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.

Hammer, the Indianapolis Recorder wrote that "the club music makes his sound stand alone.

"[15] The Baltimore Sun concluded that "there's enormous power to be had by combining" hip hop and house.

"[11] AllMusic called Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy "a decent party album that has its share of catchy and infectious grooves.

"[10] 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.