Play Jurassic 5 Radio
Jurassic 5
9,212,223 plays (412,669 listeners)
Listening now: Felix393939
Los Angeles, United States (1993 – 2007)
Jurassic 5 was originally a six-piece hip-hop crew that was formed in 1993 at the Los Angeles, California venue Good Life. Rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, Mark 7even, and turntable maestros DJ Nu-Mark and DJ Cut Chemist came together from two separate crews, the Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee. Cut Chemist left the band in 2006 to pursue a solo career.
The group debuted for TVT Records in 1995 with the single for
Unified Rebelution. Their acclaimed position in the 1990s alternative hip-hop movement, alongside artists including Company Flow, Black Star and Kool Keith, was confirmed when the Jurassic 5 EP was released in December 1997.
The EP was later repackaged with additional tracks and released in December 1998 as the band’s full-length debut album, entitled Jurassic 5 LP.
The tracks harked back to the old school attitude of new york’s Native Tongues Posse, the seminal late 1980s coalition of artists who reaffirmed rap’s social agenda, which included De La Soul, the Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest. This was evident on the songConcrete Schoolyard (“Let’s take it back to the concrete streets/Original beats from real live MCs”), and the album even provided the troupe with a surprise uk Top 40 single when it reached number 35 in November 1998. The other stand-out track, Jayou, was built around a hypnotic flute loop from Pleasure Web’s Music Man Part 1 (Music Man Part 1).
The group debuted for TVT Records in 1995 with the single for
Unified Rebelution. Their acclaimed position in the 1990s alternative hip-hop movement, alongside artists including Company Flow, Black Star and Kool Keith, was confirmed when the Jurassic 5 EP was released in December 1997.The EP was later repackaged with additional tracks and released in December 1998 as the band’s full-length debut album, entitled Jurassic 5 LP.
The tracks harked back to the old school attitude of new york’s Native Tongues Posse, the seminal late 1980s coalition of artists who reaffirmed rap’s social agenda, which included De La Soul, the Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest. This was evident on the song
Concrete Schoolyard (“Let’s take it back to the concrete streets/Original beats from real live MCs”), and the album even provided the troupe with a surprise uk Top 40 single when it reached number 35 in November 1998. The other stand-out track, Jayou, was built around a hypnotic flute loop from Pleasure Web’s Music Man Part 1 (Music Man Part 1).
Top Albums
-
Quality Control
Jurassic 5Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $5.40
- eBay Search
-
Power in Numbers
Jurassic 5Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Feedback
Jurassic 5Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.49
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Jurassic 5 LP
Jurassic 5 Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $128.85
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 |
|
||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 9 |
|
Future Sound
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
Gotta Understand
full track
|
|||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | |||||
| 15 |
Shoutbox
-
deezet_ wrote:
Anyone got the track "Linguistics on the slide"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdmU2JRhcc
-
CrisRoss wrote:
sick flows! Charli's deep voice is amazing :)
-
blackouthc wrote:
group is so fucking amazing
-
notoris wrote:
Great back-packer rap, or Greatest Back-packer rap?
-
silakotonaru wrote:
@lei- Thank you so much *^*
-
xxxxdripdrip wrote:
@Vikraius there's also an recording with Mya. (The better one)
-
VSByte_ wrote:
Had the honor to see them live twice! I have a shirt that's going to make you all jealous :P
-
gottalovett07 wrote:
Top 15 albums of the decade! Check it out! http://constantelevation.tumblr.com/post/310233313/top-15-albums-of-the-decade
-
teeprimex wrote:
look at all these white kids.
-
LostInTheHaze wrote:
THE GAME
-
furious_iPod wrote:
hey yo, where's da Red Hot??!
-
Vikraius wrote:
nah thin line is with nelly furtado
-
Djordiison wrote:
Dope!
-
_tsk_ wrote:
J5 must reunite!
-
xxxxdripdrip wrote:
Thin Line ft. Mya... I want this mp3 :(
-
the_gut_father wrote:
heard concrete school yard for the first time in like forever this weekend, pure a* quality.
-
bakerbc wrote:
J5 Finish First!
-
Davviid wrote:
much love for J5. [2]
-
lei- wrote:
tag visual kei / j-rock band with ＪＵＲＡＳＳＩＣ
-
Thrashhard wrote:
got Power of Numbers back in '02 and recently just found it again, great album
Videos
See more
News
AKIL THE MC PRSENTS ILL VALLEY HI
16 Jan 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/jurassic5
AKIL THE MC PRESENTS ILL VALLEY HI THESE ARE MY SONS I AM THERE NUMBER ONE FAN THIS IS WHO IM LISTENING TO NOW.
-
16 Jan 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/jurassic5 -
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/jurassic5 -
2 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/jurassic5
Listeners
-
Felix393939
Listening now
to World of Entertainment… -
Mortal_Share
Listening now
to What's Golden -
tengiil
Listening now
to A Day at the Races -
Dake-
Top Listener
-
D4zZ
Top Listener
-
Pashed89
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
alexaxavier added Jurassic 5 to alexaxavier’s library. 30 minutes ago
-
yookyook added Jurassic 5 to the lineup of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2002 at Great Stage Park. 1 hour ago
-
tsrather, namorkelow and lebeats added Jurassic 5 to their libraries. 2 hours ago
- Jurassic 5 posted a news item ‘AKIL THE MC PRSENTS ILL VALLEY HI’. 4 hours ago
- Jurassic 5 posted a news item ‘ILL VALLEY GANGSTAR TRIBUTE STEPPED IN THE ARENA’. 4 hours ago
-
Grampylion, vivala0livia, greeley79 and 33 other people added Jurassic 5 to their libraries. 6 hours ago
-
generiq tagged Jurassic 5 with ‘hip-hop’. yesterday morning
-
Beckershoff, allellan, generiq and 52 other people added Jurassic 5 to their libraries. yesterday morning
-
Kdo_Kenoute wrote about Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers in My favourite albums of the 2000's. last month
-
kj_blair wrote about Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers in My favourite albums of the 2000's. last month
Related Journals
-
My favourite albums of the 2000's
by Kdo_Kenoute |
21 Jan 2010 | 1 comment
-
My favourite albums of the 2000's
by kj_blair |
9 Jan 2010 | Add comment
-
Albums I Own.
by Margaret- |
1 Jan 2010 | 1 comment
Groups (182)
-
REAL HIP HOP FOREVER!
95 members
-
The Mothership of Hip-Hop
168 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
29,625 members
-
Fuck Bush
11,645 members
-
Fans of real Hip-Hop
6,410 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Jurassic 5 from Universal Music.
