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The Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop group who pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop. They began performing in the mid-1980s and released their first album, Straight Out the Jungle, in 1988. With Afrocentric lyrics and innovative beats, the Jungle Brothers were critically acclaimed and soon joined the influential Native Tongues Posse. The trio is comprised of Michael Small (Mike Gee), Nathaniel Hall (Afrika Baby Bam) and Sammy Burwell (DJ Sammy B).

Their first album, “Straight Out the Jungle”, was released on an independent label and featured a hip-hop/house collaboration “I’ll House You” produced by Todd Terry. In spite of the commercial failure of Straight Out the Jungle, Warner Brothers Records soon signed the group and released Done By the Forces of Nature in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was a critical smash at the time, though it has since been largely ignored by hip-hop critics, due to the similarly acclaimed fusion of jazz and rap 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul being released the same year. Following a four year break, the Jungle Brothers returned in 1993 with J Beez Wit the Remedy, another commercial disappointment. Their next album, V.I.P. was produced by Alex Gifford of Propellerheads and, during production, they found time to add their vocal stylings to the Propellerheads tracks “Take California (And Party)” and “You Want It Back”. Their latest album to contain any new releases is 2002’s All That We Do.

In 2001, their song “What’s the Five 0” was featured in the music video game FreQuency.

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3		Because I Got It like That			116
4		Because I Got It Like That (Ultimatum Mix)			75
5		Black Is Black			71
6		Straight Out of the Jungle			65
7		Jimbrowski			63
8		I'm Gonna Do You			54
9		What's Going On			53
10		On The Run			49
11		Beyond This World			40
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14		Sunshine			33
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