Jurassic 5
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Jurassic 5 was an American
alternative hip hop
group formed in 1993 from members of two previous groups, Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee by rappers
Charles Stewart (Chali 2na
), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Zaakir), Marc Stuart (Mark 7even), and disc jockey
s Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist
). The group broke up in 2007.
and the EP was repackaged with additional tracks and released in December 1998 as the full-length, eponymous debut album entitled Jurassic 5
.
This was followed by their second album Quality Control
, which peaked at #43 on the Billboard 200
.
In 2003, they released their third album, Power In Numbers
which peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jurassic 5 eventually toured without Cut Chemist
, who left the group to pursue a solo career. The remaining five members released their fourth album, Feedback
, on July 25, 2006. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
. Also in 2000, Jet Set Radio
was released in North America including the track "Improvise" from the album Quality Control and an instrumental version of the same song. The following year, the track "Great Expectations" from the same album was also included in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
. The song "In The House" from Feedback was featured in NBA Live 06
. while "Red Hot" was featured in SSX On Tour
. In 2003, "A Day At The Races" was included in Tony Hawk's Underground
. The song "What's Golden" from Power In Numbers was featured in ATV Offroad Fury 2.
United States
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alternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop is a sub-genre of hip hop music. Allmusic defines it as follows: -Origin:...
group formed in 1993 from members of two previous groups, Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee by rappers
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Charles Stewart (Chali 2na
Chali 2na
Charles Stewart , better known as Chali 2na is an American rapper and hip hop artist, formerly associated with the groups Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli.-Early life:...
), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Zaakir), Marc Stuart (Mark 7even), and disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
s Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist
Cut Chemist
Lucas MacFadden , better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5...
). The group broke up in 2007.
History
Jurassic 5 released their first record, Jurassic 5 EP, in 1997. The group later signed to Interscope RecordsInterscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
and the EP was repackaged with additional tracks and released in December 1998 as the full-length, eponymous debut album entitled Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5 (album)
Jurassic 5 is the debut album by Jurassic 5. The material from the Jurassic 5 EP plus a few additional tracks were repackaged as an album and released by Pan Records as Jurassic 5 in 1998.-Background:...
.
This was followed by their second album Quality Control
Quality Control (album)
-Supplemental information:* The photo on the cover is at San Vicente Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California* On the European release of Quality Control, one track differs - track 14 is "Concrete and Clay"...
, which peaked at #43 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
.
In 2003, they released their third album, Power In Numbers
Power in Numbers
Power in Numbers is the third studio album from the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5 .It picks up where their previous album, Quality Control left off, with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on Quality Control, "Swing Set", ended with.The album features a...
which peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jurassic 5 eventually toured without Cut Chemist
Cut Chemist
Lucas MacFadden , better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5...
, who left the group to pursue a solo career. The remaining five members released their fourth album, Feedback
Feedback (Jurassic 5 album)
Feedback is the fourth & final studio album from Los Angeles-based hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on July 25, 2006. It is the only album the band released as a quintet, in the wake of Cut Chemist's departure earlier that year....
, on July 25, 2006. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
In other media
Jurassic 5's music has been used in several video games. In 2000, "Jayou" was featured in Grind SessionGrind Session
Grind Session is a skateboarding game, developed by Shaba Games, released on the PlayStation in 2000.- Skaters :Grind Session features six professional skaters and nine hidden characters...
. Also in 2000, Jet Set Radio
Jet Set Radio
is a video game for the Dreamcast, developed by Smilebit and published by Sega on June 29, 2000. A 2D version of the game was later released for Game Boy Advance; this version was developed by Vicarious Visions and published by THQ. Its sequel, Jet Set Radio Future was released 2 years later for...
was released in North America including the track "Improvise" from the album Quality Control and an instrumental version of the same song. The following year, the track "Great Expectations" from the same album was also included in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX is a BMX video game developed by Runecraft and published by Activision. It was released in 2001 for various systems, including the Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance. It was also released for Windows. The game was followed by Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2...
. The song "In The House" from Feedback was featured in NBA Live 06
NBA Live 06
NBA Live 06 is a 2005 installment of the NBA Live series released on the Xbox 360, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 Mobile. It was developed by EA Sports. The game features several game modes, including Dynasty, Season, Playoffs, or Free Play...
. while "Red Hot" was featured in SSX On Tour
SSX on Tour
SSX on Tour is a skiing and snowboarding game, the fourth title in the SSX series of video games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSP and Xbox. The game was developed under the working title SSX 4. It was released in North America on October 11, 2005, In the PAL region on October 21, 2005 and in...
. In 2003, "A Day At The Races" was included in Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
. The song "What's Golden" from Power In Numbers was featured in ATV Offroad Fury 2.
Breakup
The group split in 2007. Reasons for the break-up have been attributed to disagreements between members of the group.Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
US Rap Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004.... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5 (album) Jurassic 5 is the debut album by Jurassic 5. The material from the Jurassic 5 EP plus a few additional tracks were repackaged as an album and released by Pan Records as Jurassic 5 in 1998.-Background:... |
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| Quality Control Quality Control (album) -Supplemental information:* The photo on the cover is at San Vicente Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California* On the European release of Quality Control, one track differs - track 14 is "Concrete and Clay"... |
Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:... |
43 | 33 | — | 23 | ||||
| Power in Numbers Power in Numbers Power in Numbers is the third studio album from the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5 .It picks up where their previous album, Quality Control left off, with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on Quality Control, "Swing Set", ended with.The album features a... |
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15 | 13 | — | 46 | ||||
| Feedback Feedback (Jurassic 5 album) Feedback is the fourth & final studio album from Los Angeles-based hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on July 25, 2006. It is the only album the band released as a quintet, in the wake of Cut Chemist's departure earlier that year.... |
Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
15 | 12 | 6 | 59 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Rap |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1998 | "Jayou" | — | — | 56 | Jurassic 5 | ||||
| "Concrete Schoolyard" | — | — | 35 | ||||||
| 1999 | "Improvise" | — | 41 | — | |||||
| 2000 | "Quality Control Quality Control (song) "Quality Control" is a song by the American hip hop group Jurassic 5 from their second album, Quality Control.-Single:The single was released shortly after "Improvise / Concrete Schoolyard."... " |
96 | 12 | — | Quality Control | ||||
| 2001 | "W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)" | 94 | 8 | — | |||||
| "The Influence" | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2002 | "What's Golden What's Golden -Vinyl:Side A:Side B:-Music video:The music video shows the band members, along with many unknown people, dancing in a hip hop club... " |
— | — | — | Power in Numbers | ||||
| 2003 | "Freedom" | — | — | — | |||||
| 2004 | "Thin Line" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Hey" | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2005 | "Red Hot" | — | — | — | Feedback | ||||
| 2006 | "Canto de Osshanha" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Work It Out Work It Out (Jurassic 5 song) "Work It Out" is a song by hip hop group Jurassic 5 released as the third single from their fourth studio album Feedback . The track features Dave Matthews Band and vocals by lead singer Dave Matthews on the chorus. The song was later included on the soundtrack of basketball game NBA Live 07.-Music... " (with Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was... ) |
— | — | 116 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Miscellaneous
- Jet Grind Radio Music Sampler (2000)
- Jurassick! (Freestyles and Rarities) (2003, Interscope RecordsInterscope RecordsInterscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
) - Pre-Historik Rarities (2003)
- The Inside Track (2003, Interscope Records)
- Linguistics (2006)