Reviews (page 12 of 13)
this was fun, but nothing really jumped out at me.
I tried but it's just very boring a few good songs though
This rap album was fine. Decent production and great rhythms, would relisten again.
HipHop not really my Taste
Don't like hip hop
Fine. I guess I'm not that into hip-hop. 2.5/3
They’re talented, but this just isn’t my preferred rap style. That jazzy, super aware stuff comes across as so corny. J5 are for someone, just not so much for me.
Considering I am not a rap fan and likely never will be, I actually found parts of this quite bearable. Felt more musical than the other rap this has thrown at me, I think having so many different people work on it led to some pretty varied, but decent results. Wouldn't listen again, but I can't bash it much.
Not interesting at all. No builds. Some riffs or beats are cool but no changes just drives me to boredom.
Started OK. Didn’t get better. Got worse. Kept getting worse. Bloodless pastiche.
Not my cup of tea, but a pretty solid listen 2.5/5
corp music....
Another Hip-Hop album! I liked the opening track, "This Is", because it was Dub Reggae rather than Hip-Hop, but then it just became another fairly boring Hip-Hop album.
Not my things
Blackalicius - Blazing Arrows è stesso genere, stesso anno e molto meglio. All’inizio pensavo fosse anni 80 perché è molto soul. Meh
58/1001 :: Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 4 Fav Tracks: A Day At The Races, What’s Golden Listen before you die: No An interesting conscious rap album. 6 dudes delivering flows that pretty much sound straight out of the 80s. I thought overall the music was well cool. Funky, layered and fit the style of positive hip hop they were delivering. All that said, there's a couple of cool songs but this brand of hip hop is not really what I’m into. I hate to say it but it’s too nice. It feels like there’s no edge to it. So I’m moving on...
Some decent enough beats but overall, just boring.
This doesn't feel like it stands out compared to other albums at this time. If anything, it feels like a step back.
It was boring. If you’re going to rap about serious subjects, you really need a great hype man to make the listener pay attention. This album doesn’t have one.
Certainement super mais malheureusement pas complètement mon genre. J'écoute avec trop de distance pour être capable de bien juger.
It's becoming abundantly clear that rap just isn't my thing.
Listening to Jurassic 5 in the wake of the B-52’s is an instructive exercise in restraint. Both bands shy away from elaborate harmonic development, relying instead on the voices to structure and propel the music. But whereas the B-52’s luxuriate in contrast and theatricality, Jurassic 5 remain almost painfully cohesive - a quartet of baritones moving in lockstep, polite to a fault. Fred Schneider’s bark, Kate Pierson’s swoops, Cindy Wilson’s piercing clarity - these are voices that not only delineate sections but give the songs their personality. Jurassic 5, in comparison, offer a kind of tonal democracy.Of course, this is the genre’s insistence: words matter, flow matters. Yet the words here pass by in such thickly clustered knots that meaning evaporates - syllables blur into rhythm, rhythm into texture, texture into a monochrome droning. It is not so much verbal dexterity as aural wallpaper. Contrast this with the easy cartoonism of the B-52’s: Rock Lobster! is ridiculous, yes, but it is intelligible. It sticks.N.W.A., at least, understood the theatre of contrast. Eazy-E’s squeak played against Ice Cube’s growl - a deliberate mismatch that threw sparks. Jurassic 5 decline the opportunity. They present not a cast of characters but a committee of clones. Socially conscious rap, Jurassic 5 prefer consensus, and consensus, for all its merits, can feel stifling.Even Kool Keith’s appearance on DDT is only distinguishable as a feature rather than another mid-range Jurassic 5er - a detail likely to be missed without specialist knowledge or access to the liner notes. However, the record comes alive when there is high contrast: the sections of Acetate Prophets and the cut-ups of high-voiced children provide texture and surprise. Most effective is Nelly Furtado. Her mere appearance stands out among the other voices, creating male/female contrast, sung/spoken contrast, without diminishing the genre’s focus on rhythm. Her singing against their rapping produces the most complex polyrhythms on the record. Here, at last, the album glimpses tension, colour, a kind of internal drama it rarely sustains elsewhere.Power in Numbers is meticulous and undeniably disciplined - neatly crafted by Cut Chemist. But there is a cost: in its admirable politeness, the record occasionally forfeits the thrill of unpredictability, the spark of mischief that makes music feel alive rather than respectable. 2 ‘Hot as you'd keep a furnace We kept it earnest Poems puncture your epidermis’ (After School Special) I was typing the name of this band into the search bar on my streaming app to cue this slop for a second listen when the app suggested ‘Jurassic Park - John Williams’. Naturally I listened to that instead of kidding myself that there were deeper layers of Jurassic 5’s album ready to reveal themselves to me. To be honest it isn’t John Williams‘ best - much of it is cluttered and cloying; especially when the choir aaaahhhs along in the main theme. The incidental stuff is gruel. What about those themes though? Unforgettable tunes. 1.5/5
There are moments here and there that interest me, but not ever a full song worth
God save me from Hip Hop! Please, no more...
Average hip hop. Not bad, not anything special though.
Some intriguing rhythms/sounds, but rap just sounds so monotonous to me.
Ok, but nothing special
Not my thing
Chill, kind of interesting, but not my style
I like some of the beats and it has a fun Tribe feel, but it’s a bit repetitive after a while and the instrumentation didn’t grab me enough. I don't really see how it made the 1000 albums list.
Not for me- didn’t hate it whilst listening but I don’t think I can fully enjoy it
Not really my jam. Wasn't terrible though. 2/5
Chill vibes
Never heard of Jurassic 5 and when it popped up I confused them with Maroon 5 and expected some boy-band pap. When I realised it was hip-hop I was even more disappointed. However, this does have some good melodies. ...And ear worms. For a while I was singing to myself "You one of them niggas". But of course I can't because I'm an old white guy and if I was to be caught singing that to myself in public I'd either get my head kicked in or at the very least some disgusted looks. And there's where the problem lies with hip-hop that uses this lyric; it's inaccessible and un-inclusive. I'm sure a lot of people can recall a young girl being brought up on stage at a festival and invited to sing along with Kendrick Lamar to one of his songs, and then when she does she's immediately shut down for singing the words that Lamar had written. Because she was white. How inclusive is that? Anyway. I liked some of this album. The language was only used in some songs so I'm going to give it a 2
Vihdoin taas ysäriräppiä, jota kuunnellessa ei tartte irvistellä (sanoituksille). Mutta ei ole minusta kovin mieleenpainuvaa, ei räppi eikä taustat kauheammin. Vaikka kaikki on kyllä sujuvaa ja miellyttävää kuunneltavaa.
Opener klang so nach Reggae, erster Song dann oldschool hiphop (klingt älter als 2002) bisschen zu conscious Rap, ein bisschen zu fad, ein bisschen zu rückwärtsgewandt- werde ich nicht nochmal hören.
Rap is not my thing. Loved the bass though on title track
Didn’t mind this, but it really felt like they wanted to be Arrested Development.
Cool sound, pretty unique, not super memorable though.
I feel like I keep writing the same thing for these albums -- not my cup of tea, but fine
Not my thing. The dude with the deep voice always sounds like he’s going to say “rubber baby buggy bumpers.”
meh
Tap has to special for me to stick out. It’s not bad but not my style.
I wasn't too impressed w/ this album to be honest.
Rap, slightly softer than gangsta rap but nothing that grabbed my attention as being stunningly different.
The production is good. This is evidenced by how good Big Daddy Kane sounds on the song he's featured on. The problem is that the back and forth "old school" rap style gimmick wears thin when the rappers don't really have anything to say. I've heard Charli 2na on other stuff and have liked him albeit in limited doses. Neither he nor the other guys have "it" at least inasmuch to make a better more interesting album.
ממש לא הז'אנר שלי... מעבר לזה האלבום היה קצת משעמם היו כמה ביטים טובים אבל לא משהו רציני לא היה לי שיר שהיה יוצא דופן
Unaufgeregter Hip-hop. Wenn nur dieses Flötengedudel nicht wäre.
Ikke min type musikk. Noen ok beats, men liker ikke klipp og lim fra andres låter. Svak 2’ee.
Cool cover 1. Into. 2. Cool opening. Chill. About the lyrics more than music. Political. 3. Music is jazzy. With a flute. Lyrics can be a bit corny re "don't mess with me," "I hella rap bruh." Ok. Just not original. 4. Cool drum opening. Another "we cool" but it's good and a bop. Nice. 5. Into. 6. Funky. Master blaster. They said that. But s head bopper. 7. Also good bop. By now though the promise of the album title and the first song re political issues is so far lacking. They are talking more about themselves. 8. Nother shot caller song. It's good but .. 9. Ridiculous song. Harry met Sally? 10. Same shit. Not a bopper. Don't put your kids on the album. J/k. It was cute but the song was meh. 11. Funky but sounds same. The chorus lifts it up some. Otherwise, doesn't stand out. 12. Finally political. But otherwise lyrics aren't too creative. An ok song. 13. Spoken poetry. Cappin'. Ok. 14. Linda, you a birch. Wherever. 15. Don't care. 16. Doesn't stand out. 17. Funky best. Instrumental for the most part. OVERALL: An ok album. Some fun tracks but not for me.
Cant get on board with this. Not my style of music. It seems far supirior to recent R&B / hip hob music we have recently had to endure on here. Least it wasnt ramming down our throats annoying themes in the lyrics. Wasnt just about balls and feminism which was unusual :)
Reeks of "I'm tryna philosophize"
Pretty good if not a bit uneventful
- Hip Hop is not a genre of music I listen to very often, wasn't super stoked to see this on the list honestly. - As expected I didn't love it, but it wasn't that bad. Was easy enough to listen to while working on coding. Some songs were a little catchy, like What's Golden.
This was a very dry and boring album to me. This album doesn't do anything wrong or blatantly bad, but I can't away with very little after multiple listens Not a lot of memorable verses and a majority of songs are the same way. Comparing Kool Keith's odd and twisting verse on DDT to almost everything else feels like night and day in terms of entertainment Jurassic 5 weren't the only group rapping about the state of rap and it's issues, but I feel like it'd been done much better before this album and by other conscious contemporaries in the early 00s
I mean, it wasn't awful, but it's not something that I would deem essential listening. It certainly didn't feel essential while I was listening to it. Key tracks: Thin Line
Feels a little outdated. A hippy, a hoppy, a dippy zippy, doppy
Good beats, wack lyrics. It's like erkle rapping over dilla.
Cool sound but as many hip hop records, it overstays its welcome
This album has lost most of its charm over the last 23 years.
Not for me
Did not enjoy.
3/10
As an absolute non-listener to rap or hip-hop I found this album not as terrible as many others, which have been on this list. It did not hurt to listen to it but it was really no fun.
325/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Slitsomt
didnt enjoy this one too much, could’ve listened more active tho
Not bad. The beats are nice but the flows are pretty boring
This is Carlos hacky sack music, but I think rap that sounds like this is wack (2)
Inte min bag. Kompetent men tråkigt. Tvåa
Meh
All starts to sound the same after a while. Not awful. But not sure why it’s on the list. 2.75
Rap crap
A not very special album for the hip hop genre. Very dull and uninspiring flows and beats. More like stodge hop. Jackson 5, Pizzicato 5, Slaughterhouse 5 even MC5 much better. But not Ben Folds Five, they suck as well. Maroon 5? I guess I would have their debut any day over this.
Better than I expected, but not my thing
Meh
This is an album that I’ve never heard of before, by a group that I also haven’t ever heard of. I’m not really well versed enough in hip hop to meaningfully articulate what I do and do not like, but largely I think the rapping on this album falls into the latter category. I found it to be boring, I guess. The Big Daddy Kane and Nelly Furtado features were cool, though. Musically I actually enjoyed this record quite a bit, lots of really cool chill and also very funky beats, and some really fun samples. I don’t think this is one that I’ll be going back to anytime soon. 2*
This may be a hot take, but I feel like there's a certain trope in hip hop of like, "oh we're socially conscious, classy, intelligent rappers, we're above all the gangster posturing, we're so old school, we're the last true bearers of soul, we're ascended, one love" and I think it's kinda corny and I really don't care for it (see also: Common, Mos Def). To some this may seem like a silly criticism when I really like groups like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, or Digable Planets which are not that different, but there's a clear difference to me. Anyway. Jurassic 5 definitely falls into the hella corny side of this divide. There is some really nice sampling on this album. I also liked the reveal at the end of "Remember His Name". But for the most part this album is just soooooooo corny. Sooooo lame. *yawn*
Not my thing but not horrible.
Not my vibe.
Lyrical miracle spiritual - was never going to age well
хуйня пизда
Verrassend rustgevend? Het is niet helemaal hoe ik het zou doen, maar het is vooruitgang ten opzichte van de afgelopen dagen. Het is geen marteling om dit nog eens te horen. Nog steeds niet mijn favoriet though
4/10 They say they aren't a corny ass crew...but... 1-08-2025
This wasn’t for me listened to let it be by the Beatles instead
It's OK. In my opinion better than most hip hop but I'm still not a fan
This was inoffensive, which made a refreshing change in this genre. Maybe because it didn’t hold my attention well enough, for whatever intricacies there were in this, to seep into my consciousness. Well, some old crap like that. I might give it another listen when I'm not as distracted, but it seems unlikely my opinion would change from 'ordinary' to 'wonderful'
not for me
Interesting take on hip hop one of the guys sounded like ll cool j
Quintessential 90s Hip Hop ... just made in the 2000s
After a while tracks just blended into one another.
doesn't really suit my vibe
as with most hip hop albums this leaves me cold. I've heard worse but really doesn't engage me
Not a huge hip hop fan. I do have a soft spot for the early stuff in the 90s. Something about this being 2002 lowers it for me. Idk.
I don’t like it. This could lull me to sleep I spose
Just mediocre, unmemorable, noughties hip-hop. I'd like to include a highlight song to add to my playlist, but I genuinely can't even remember any of the songs.
This just isn’t my favorite genre.
I was so bored listening to this. Sure I can see skill there, but I just didn't care at any point. I can't even remember most times a song switched from one to another.
# 341 : I don't love it, I don't hate it, I can listen to it but the album drags on. This is another album I’ll forget about by tomorrow good background music, nothing distinctive. Way too long for the style.
This got better as it went along, but still not my thing. I liked "I Am Somebody."
Cute. Nothing special really. ‘Vibes-y’ maybe how I would describe it. I don’t know anything about rap but I would’ve thought it came out 10 years before it actually did. I like the phone gimmick.
Not bad, considering I don't like hip hop
Not exactly my favorite album on the list so far.
Not for me
It was okay
ganz gut hörbar, aber es bleibt halt HipHop/Rap
Gangster hip hop. Not for me.
Couple tracks that are solid on their own, but a whole album? Harsh. Couldn’t make it through.
An old school rap album, probably the last of its kind before the Kanye/T-Pain rap wave. Hits : What’s Golden
Not a fan of rap, but not as bad as I expected.
deadly hip hop
The album content itself was okay, but didn’t spark mess anything seriously profound. The sound of the album remained pretty much the same
# Album Name: Power in Numbers # Artist: Jurassic 5 # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Cant say ive heard of these. Sadly, hip hop doesnt strike a chord with me. I thought the songs were quite chilled and had decent melodies/samples like "hey". None of the tracks gripped me though. # Top Tunes: None. # Would I listen to it again? No.
It was ok
Never heard of this band. Not a bad album, but not one I will probably listen to again
not that big hip hop fan
Hip Hop Lite. Another record that one wonders why it's been included on this list. Nothing that Eric B. & Rakim didn't already do years earlier.
Not my favourite, but not offensive.
was ok, but instantly forgettable
Sin entender las letras es dificil disfrutar sus canciones.
Pretty good but not quite my kinda music. High 2.
Not for me. I have gone on about how I feel listening to albums with heavy use of the N word.
not bad but im not a big conscious rap guy
I liked the beat and "Thin Line," but I wasn't a fan of most of the lyrics.
Slitsomt
Hip hop mostly gives me headache. Not bad but it's not for me
old school hip hop always seems a little outdated to me, the production was cool but in terms of an album , it wasn't anything I have never heard before
Not my type of music
Please stop giving me Tom Waits albums.
What a weird choice for this list? Jurassic 5's first album is way better, and this one fell into an over-production trap: it's still bouncy and filled with interesting cadence, but it sounds like what someone might get if they threw "Safe hip hop for parents" into an AI generator.
Ok. Standard j5
I'm sure there's nothing intrinsically wrong with this album - it's just that it's not really my preferred genre. I like a wide range of music / musical styles. This album seemed to have elements of a number of styles - some.of which I like - but just not enough to make it interesting or worth going back to / favouriting (for me)... Maybe it's not aimed at me / I'm too middle aged / white / stuck in my ways - but at least I've listened to it...
I can tell that this book was written in the mid-2000s because no one would include Jurassic 5 in any hip-hop canon unless that list was made at the peak of backpacker rap, aka hip-hop for white kids that felt intellectual but mostly could fit in well with the Tony Hawk Underground and SSX Tricky soundtracks. It’s a “subgenre” that not only feels inherently problematic in retrospect, but also now sounds dauntingly traditionalist in the way it mimics the outdated simplicity of ‘80s rap, allowing it to be annoyingly arrogant about its perceived respect for the genre over Bling/Crunk/Gangsta rap, even though it arguably respects the genre less by insisting hip-hop should never have grown or expanded its sonic palette. But also, god, is it boring as hell to listen to as a result, unless you’re a dweeb who gets offended by curse words or typical gangsta rap topics because it’s “inappropriate.” Jurassic 5 is the quintessential backpacker hip-hop group, and Power in Numbers [along with their previous effort, Quality Control] is a good example of that scene. Not that this is the backpacker masterpiece – sans Madvillainy, that belongs to Deltron 3030, God Loves Ugly, any pre-RTJ El-P effort, or, my personal vote, The Minstrel Show, although that may not even qualify as backpacker rap – but J5 is a good distillation of everything *wrong* with backpacker rap, and showcase why the label was eventually meant to be offensive and a critique of its white fans. This album is a slog and a half, filled with pretension and holier-than-thou subjects mixed with strange, nearly conservative politics, all presented in a stilted way that sounds like it’s being delivered by a 50 year old man with an extensive Kangol collection. The beats are fine, and are the one non-traditionalist element in this whole album, thank god, but unless you physically preoccupy yourself with an activity that prevents you from reaching over and hitting the skip or pause button, I can’t imagine anyone actually listening to these songs by choice unless you’re new to hip-hop and/or were/are a backpacker in 2024 somehow, or one of those Zoomers into “alternative rap.” An unessential listen, and an obviously dated inclusion even within the context of the book.
Catchy beats, however, it is forgettable. With a 56 minute total run time, the album drags on, regardless of the range of six different voices. Loved the track featuring Nelly Furtado. Favourite track: A Day at the Races, Thin Line, Sum of Us
Hubo un par de temas que me llamaron la atención. No se si estaba en el mood de hip hop, pero sin duda es un sonido original, fresco. Medio funk de a ratos.
mid boring
I have been a fan of Jurassic 5 since their debut on the scene, but in no way are they an essential band, nor is this an essential album. I don't understand why it is on this list. It's a decent little rap album, but it came and went like a fart in the wind with zero impact or importance. I'm not trying to bash it, I'm just very confused why it is on a list of 1001 "must listen" albums
rap+reaggae+jazz+hiphop, 2002 -> 2
Ooo an album/group I know almost nothing about! I've heard the name, I've heard of Cut Chemist, but I don't know that I ever fully listened to a Jurassic 5 album. My god this is 22 years old. In 2002, emo was about to blow up and take over my ears so I must have missed this. I don't like Chali 2na's voice. It's too much like a radio announcer? It sounds too polished and I think maybe the album in general sounds that way. It was also kind of preachy after awhile. Like it wanted me to be a better person but it was also like look how nice we can rap! I think there were maybe 2 fucks on the whole album? While I appreciate their messages in general, it felt a little too much like Schoolhouse Rock. Not sure how else to describe it. It generally didn't do it for me and that's I guess why I never listened to them much.
Maybe I'm not the best judge of rap/hip-hop, but I don't hear anything special about this. At least it has a message and isn't the mumbling crap that all these lames come out with nowadays. However, it's got nothing on Tupac, Biggie, Nas, Eminem, and a million other guys that can throw together some truly crazy rhyme schemes.
I can’t get into this type of music.
monotonous
Not really my thing. Not a genre I like and though well produced etc...I found it boring and repetitive. One or 2 tracks were OK but on the whole didn't enjoy it
Try hard
Not remarkable musically, and also not significant to me in terms of a particular time of protest, etc., that would give this album staying power.
Found myself bobbing my head several times. Pretty entertaining stuff.
mildly less bad
Favoritlåten från albumet var: High fidelity. Albumet får 2/3 stjärnor. Bra vibe men alldeles för långt och för lite variation!!
I was optimistic on this one from all the positive reviews. It was good but but great. I don't feel like hearing this had deepened my world view and understanding of the genre. The previous generation, tribe, digable planets, de la sol, etc, are at least as strong. Less known but more comparable was Boo Yaa Tribe, from a decade earlier. This was a good album but doesn't seem to take the genre further than the decades before. Liked but not love.
ok,, but formulaic.
Excellent rhythm and flow makes this one a lot more interesting and tolerable than most rap albums I've heard so far but it's still not a genre for me. A 2.5/5 from me for this kind of thing is practically a glowing recommendation. It's too long and gets same-y but I didn't dislike it. If I HAD to listen to rap I'd want it to be something like this.
not my vibe too much
It’s fine. But I’m just not a big rap fan.
Didn't really do anything for me
Perfectly listenable album, but on an all-time-essentials list, an oddly pedestrian selection (even inside 2002 alone which saw the release of The Eminem Show, The Blueprint 2, Lord Willin', Fantastic Damage, and Legend of the Liquid Sword). Feels like a choice made by a hip-hop novice. Rating is for its inclusion, not its quality.
Mit HipHop kann ich nichts anfangen ...
I don't like 😡 Dålig gammal hiphop
Catchy, just not a fan of hip-hop.
I didn't really get this at all
It was a fun listen, but not something I'd ever reach for
a pleasant listen but nothing particularly stood out to me
I feel so certain that if I could understand lyrics I would enjoy this album
Best oké maar niet mijn ding, would not buy
Notes from the plane: On the way to Melbourne from Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef was cool but I haven't showered in two days. Did I hear some Aussies at the end of "If You Only Knew"? I think if I had guessed the year this came out without knowing I would've guessed like 1988. It actually came out in 2002. It has a lot of elements of earlier rap though. Smooth non-controversial (mostly) lyrics, multiple rappers playing off of one another, that type of thing. Nelly Furtado shows up at one point though (to sing about being in the friend zone), I kind of forgot about her. It's alright, but I was starting to get bored before it was even halfway over. It's just not something I really want to listen to again, and very little stood out to break the monotony. I also HATE when there are children singing, which they did on "After School Special". "Remember His Name" is actually kind of good, but "his name is death" is a hilarious plot twist line to end it, incredibly cheesy. Just pretty "meh" to me overall, not much here I felt like I needed to hear. On a partial re-listen: Yeah basically nothing has changed, I added a couple of their more famous songs that I overlooked a bit but still "meh". Favorite song: Hey Other: If You Only Knew, Break, Remember His Name, What's Golden 1/23/24
Ok to spin in the background, not for me as a main event
Felt dated.
First album I'm going into with no idea about what it is. From the cover I'm guessing some hip hop. Apparently that's what it is, "If you only knew" comes in with this flute and says 'we only tryin to give you something you ain't used to' which is appropriate for a person like me hearing the album. Not many other songs were relatable. I still don't know what to do with songs that have the N word, but "what's golden" was a grooving tune. If it wasn't evident yet, I'm not familiar with hip hop and the rhymes. Has Gene Simmons been seeing demons? Do swordfish rotate tracks or double back? I'm for sure out of my league 'like Jordan playing baseball' on this one. Favorite track "What's Golden" 2/5
Rap isn't t ever gonna be my preferred genre.
an alright jazz rap album. nothing hit though
too classic rap for me. Has a few gems
I always thought Jurassic 5 were an 80s group, but turns out they released all their albums between 1998 and 2006. It is probably the "hi, my name is Louis, and I'm going to do a rap about this" style that makes me think 80s and is also quite easy to get along with. Safe, accessible, fine, but like a lot of hip hop albums, 20 minutes too long. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: What's Golden Date listened: 18/12/23
Mid and cap
I've heard worse
Jurassic pork
Not for me
I saw J5 in college and have this cd. They put on an exciting live show, but as an album, this is mostly boring beats and cheesy hooks. Scratching my head on how this one found its way on the list. I've always seen these guys as watered down atcq/roots - and this is like their 2nd or 3rd best album - weird.
Much better than I thought it would be. Not really my thing, but at least it was decent listen.
First thought: is this Australian hip hop? *Checks Wikipedia* nope, Jurassic 5 are from LA. "Alternative hip hop". Okay. I can get into that. Think A Tribe Called Quest/De La Soul but with the tempo of a heartbeat. I didn't mind it. It wasn't blown out of the water awesome. Overall: 4/10
Not for me
It was alright, not really my thing
Old school rap
only one likable track: "a day at the races" "i am somebody" almost gets there too
Not that much into hip hop anymore, I'm afraid, depends on the album, and this wasn't quite it.
not my favorite musical genre
what i expected
I really don't quite get it. this is easier than say, Lamar, but yeah idk. not my thing
Meh, just not my style. Coming from someone who loves A Tribe Called Quest.
Corny
ok
Not my thing, but can appreciate it would be good if it was
39/100
One listen was enough to remind me that J5 are just mediocre thinking man’s rap. Basically copped the Tribe/De La vibe without be groundbreaking or interesting.
eh
Fine
Fine. Scratchy. Ok to listen to but it got a bit dull.
Nah
Disgusting raps. Ok let me give two stars for a few nice melodies and speech samples.
OK as it goes.
It’s not their best but enjoyable, wish there was a 2.5
Wasn't bad, but wasn't great. Early 2000ish hip-hop cheesiness is getting to me.
"What's golden" are "I Am Somebody" good
Decent vocal performances, didn’t keep me interested throughout though
Look, I don't think it's that I hate rap. It's just that there's only so many tracks I can hear where the same beat and riff are repeated for ever while a series of blokes go on about how clever and/or hard they are over the top. I know there must be some better hip hop out there but this still isn't it. Yawn. I found myself shifting in my seat to the music though so it's got something!
plain and basic rap
So-so. Probably the wrong genre for me, but I can't really see this album's place in the 'best 1000' list....
Rap. Deze is nog niet zo agressief. Soms wel een leuk deutje, dus kan het wel luisteren. Maar dat ge'nigger' kan me toch niet echt raken. **
It’s alright some songs better than others
This wasn’t a lot of fun to experience
p883. 2002. 2 stars. Hip-hop/rap, so wrong audience. Well done of its type but no redeeming features.
Yeah, no.
Not the worst ever, but I still can’t stand the genre.
Listened Before? N This was ok. It was not what I expected at all. I thought it would be electronica but it's classic-style rap. I didn't mind it but it's not my favorite. Added to library? N Songs added to playlist: What's Golden
It is okay. Not so amazing.
Albumik znany i wyopiniowany, sluchany w zamierzchlych czasach poznawania czarnych brzmien, fajnie przypomniec czasem takie klasyki, power in numbers nigdy nie byl moim ulubionym krazkiem w dyskografii J5, ale nie sadzilem, ze plyta jest az tak nierowny, nie ma tutaj jakiegos spojnego theme a kazdy z trakow stara sie robic cos innego niz poprzedni, zwlaszcza od strony produkcyjnej za ktora stoja dj nu-mark i cut chemist, lirycznie i pod wzgledem flow chali 2na nie ma sobie rownych, chociaz to moze zasluga ulozenia zwrotek, bo wiecej tutaj kawalkow podzielonych na zwrotki pomiedzy ekipe, zamiast barterowych wymian wersow ktore mozna uraczyc na debiutanckim J5 czy quality control, na plejke dodam whats golden, bo chyba najwiekszy szalgier bandy wedlug spoti, a jakos nie mialem jeszcze wrzuconego, dzisiejszym odsluchem jedynie potwierdzilem swoja wczesniej wyrobiona opinie na temat tej czesci dyskografii ekipy z LA
Just okay
Felt like it was the same kind of drum beat for most of the songs. Kinda grooved to a few, then felt like I'm hearing the same track as the album moved along. Can't say I disliked, but nothing I'd upload to my library. Bonus for the song with Nelly Furtado. Something about her voice I dig. 2 for me. Really hoping for something new for me,soon, that makes me feel wow, what have I been missing?
Alright
Dd not listen
Jurassic 5 have never really appealed to me, I think it's the back and forth between multiple rappers that just makes my head spin. They've definitely made some excellent songs but overall this album just all sounds the same to me
not my style...
I quite enjoyed the old skool breaks, but that was about it. This is an album to dance to, rather than to listen to. No bad thing, but perhaps listening through my MacBook on Spotify didn't do it justice.
Early hip hop and drum and beat that hasn’t aged well.
Good beat, but not my style
Meh
Hip-hop suave y con variedad de estilos dentro. Para amantes del género
It's alright, but I just don't get a lot of enjoyment out of hip hop. 2 stars.
2, not great
Wasn't a big fun, had a couple of listenable tracks but nothing great 4/10
I put it on and tuned it out completely while I was working this morning. Nothing resonated, nothing stuck. I know the name Jurassic 5 and I know they had a major hit at some point in the early/mid-2000's but I could not recall for the life of me what it was and I don't think I ever heard it while this album was on. Just a very meh listening experience overall.
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Ik vond het op een gegeven moment saai worden omdat alles op elkaar begon te lijken. Zaten leuke stukken tussen maar als geheel toch niet heel boeiend.
In het begin leek het me een fris deuntje, daarna niet meer zo.
Maybe it's a bad day, but I didn't like it too much. There isn't anything particularly bad about the songs, they are just too much the same as any modern hip-hop, but they haven't anything special for me.
was inoffensive but almost offensively so - get me. 2. passed me by.
Some pretty good production and music here but rap just doesn't do it for me. I did manage to make it through about half of this album - some parts sort of OK but couldn't take anotheer 8-9 cuts.
Definitely better than most rap I've ever heard. I listened to 8 full tracks without needing to skip any. That's way ahead of the vast majority of rap albums. Still, I see absolutely no reason to listen to the rest of this. I can't understand why this album is supposed to be particularly relevant (the Wiki article offers no clues) and although it's better than most rap, that doesn't make it good for me.
Run of the mill rap. I hate rap.
Nah.
this style of rapping is sounding pretty dated now
No me gusta pero es bueno. 2.
i should like this more than i do. its actual hip hop, its rappers with really listenable flow and its not about bitches and hos. its just a bit cheddar. i don't get how this will play out for the list - the self titled album and quality control are both far superior to this cheesy crap so i'd expect them both to be on the list. if this is on the list over the self titled then that would be straight up mental.
Freundliche Flows, ich würd’s mal als Millenium Style zwischen dennStühken bezeichnen. Sehr nett auch, aber: mir auf Dauer zu eintönig.
2/5 naaah
Not my cup of tea. As most more "old school" rap albums, this one does not click with me
okay hip hop sound.
meh
Not for me.
Noen kule låter, kul produksjon til tider, men føles som en tannløs parodi av A tribe called quest som kom 10 år for seint. fordi det er så mange i gruppa varierer det veldig på kvaliteten på flow. mye opp og ned. STERK 2stjerner
Not bad but just not my style
one of the songs said Gene Simmons
great beats and smooth rhymes. Definitely has racial and political underpinnings. One of the best rap albums?
Whatever
a rap album for people who don't like rap. corny, very early 2000s. well produced but sort of uninspired. run time is too long. nothing on it screams "must listen to before you die".
Not my vibe but understandable why people love it
Not
Once again, it is not really something I would normally listen to. It is surely not bad at all, but not for me.
Not a rap fan
Not my vibe
2 - TERRIBLE
Alternative hip hop built from warm soul samples, crisp boom-bap beats, turntablism, and tightly coordinated group vocals feels like watching a team of exceptionally skilled street basketball players effortlessly passing the ball between each other—while I am just watching the ball passed back and forth, occasionally impressed, but never fully understanding why anything matters. For me, the album plays out with that same sense of distance: competent, well-executed, but tactically opaque and emotionally flat, loosing my attention fast.
I gave it another try this time, but no, hip-hop isn't music. What I heard wasn't as bad as other hip-hop albums. But I didn't feel like wasting my time on stuff I don't like. 1/5
really don't like this stuff
Schon ganz gut flowy und vibey. Aber beats sind bisschen lame / ändern sich zu wenig während einem Song Dnf
No me dice absolutamente nada
did not listened, sorry to this album
Meh
Good message. But corny.
No es mi estilo.
salam alaikum
Not my thing
Horrendo hijo deputa
I understand why people would like it but it's just not my thing.
klonk als Weird Al op een zeer slechte dag
Didn’t listen tbh
Nie voor mij
3/10
Jurassic park Jurassic coast Jurassic period Jurassic fossils Jurassic dinosaurs Thats five
Hip-hop isn’t usually my thing, and listening to this album hasn’t changed my mind.
longest hour of my life
Nort for me
nah
Did nothing for me!
A lot of the albums suggested here are middle school albums like intro to music stuff
À la tercera canción ya me vi el cotarro. A la sexta ya se me hizo bastante insoportable ni como música de fondo. No llegué a acabarlo.
One song... on an Lp of 17 total? This is a must hear LP?
No tengo ni idea de esto. Por favor, que no sea nu metal, esa portada me hace sospechar. Por favor, nu metal no. Peor: es un disco de gente hablando rápido. Paso. La vida es demasiado corta como para esto.
Not really my type of music.
Not my cup of tea
This is extraordinary. People go into a studio to record this stuff. Then other people pay money to buy or stream it. Then someone decides it's one of the 1,001 albums one should hear before one dies. Nope, beats me.
As Pearl Jam sang on Vitalogy, this is not for you!
Incredibly boring. With albums by People Under the Stairs, Edan, The Streets, and The Roots, 2002 was filled with innovative beats. Power in Numbers pales in comparison.
No. 1/5
Not for me
no me gusta
The T-Rex is not from the Jurassic... Track 6 "A Day At The Races" just dropped this to a 2 star ⭐⭐ just for that wtf. Ok... Its giving a 1 ⭐ that track 14 "One Of Them" has completely ruined this album for me way to many slurs Never recovered 😔
not my vibe
Rap is bad. Slow rap is just as bad
Boring and forgettable west coast hip hop. Really don't see why this was on the 1001 albums list 2/10 Favourite: None Least Favourite: None
Damn boring
Not a fan