Wolf & Epic's first project together was with Laquan on his album "Notes of a Native Son". This record was one of the first to combine a live band with hip hop scratching, sampling, and rapping. The "New York Times" praised Laquan, saying that listening to his music is "to hear the shape of urban debates to come" and admired the "slick pop choruses buoy his songs". One of the tracks was included on the compilation "The Rebirth of the Cool Vol. 1" (Island Records), which spawned a string of albums that pioneered the "Acid Jazz" movement of jazzy hip hop. The duo later wrote and recorded another acid jazz hit, "Eyes of the Soul," on MC Lyte's Atlantic Records album "Act Like You Know".