Power In Numbers

I really like the beats on this record and could have it on in the house. Not my favorite rappers but for the early 2000s it's pretty decent.

It was pretty good. Probably won’t revisit, tho.

It felt like it was trying too hard to be late 80s/early 90s rap. It wasn't bad but it wasn't very good. 2.5 stars rounded up.

It's fine

cool rap, not really my type but then again i didn’t listen to the entire album

É fixe, mas falta-lhe algo

Liked A Day at the Races, Remember His Name and Thin Line, but ultimately not that memorable

A T-Rex sneezes Brontosauri smoking green Velociraptor rhymes

Never heard but will again! Album was awesome. Old school sounds refreshed (even if it was 20 years ago - its new to me!)

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.

This felt like a cross between the grooves of Tony Toni Tone and the rapping style of Arrested Development or De La Soul. A solid record, with a bunch of good tracks, though nothing really stood out. 3 stars.

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

Pretty solid progressive hip hop

Hip-hop throwdown with vocal interplay I like, but top-heavy and loses steam. While the chemistry and rhythms are iconic, the formula starts running out of gas.

For the kind of hip hop that J5 does, I do think they are one of the best.

Power in Numbers is an excellent hip hop album, although its level drops slightly towards the end.

Another excellent hip hop album I hadn’t heard before. I was familiar with the debut album but this is the perfect combination of conscious hip hop and 60s/70s soul breaks. Enormously enjoyable from start to end, no notes.

Okay, I really like experimental and alternative rap. Ninja Tune is one of the labels that I will always give a try. Cut Chemist is heavily involved in that scene, often with DJ Spooky. Sure, I know J5. Maybe I wasn't listening to their albums but I knew a decent about of their stuff. This is pretty much an automatic 4 for me. This is definitely a time that I wish that this project was time based. I am sure that some of this stuff has roots in other popular culture. It is the second record I added to my favourites because I will be listening to a lot of these again. One of them and If only you knew were standouts for me.

Haven’t heard any particular power in it.

I really enjoy this style of rap - I was a bit slow on the back end but overall really enjoyable

not the strongest hip hop album we've rolled but it's still pretty good. the production's not pulling anything especially crazy for the time, and a little weak at the start in particular ("if you only knew" is a transport tycoon deluxe ass beat) but the bars are great, with chali 2na in particular having that distinctive voice and unrelenting flow which steals the spotlight every time he gets a verse. idk what my favourite is this time cos so much of the album's strength is in the lyrics and i'd need to listen a shitload of times to choose based on that alone.... if i had to pick one right now, it'd probably be "remember his name" but i gotta be honest, it's just cos i love how much fun the producer was having with the sound effects. calling up 2na so he can do his verse is a great bit even if they did chicken out of keeping him sounding like he was speaking through a phone after a couple lines. its fun! even if the song is about death, i'm giving this one a high 3 for now but its another one i feel like i gotta spend more time with to appreciate it, so maybe i'll jack it up to a 4 after a few more listens......

It's an alrigjt album that I somehow knew would appear on this list ... exactly the kind of Hip Hop that appeals to white rock listeners.

When I listen to music, I genuinely do not perceive words and lyrics at all. Therefore this was just any other hip hop album. 3/5.

Better than expected

Buenardooo es como jazz fusión con hip hop

the album was really intresting and definetly holding message about the small mistakes that we dont care about but it leads to something bad in the end i also loved the beat it kinda makes you motivated toward something and make me feel alive and be myself more

Where has Jurassic 5 been all my life?

Not sure will ever listen to it again, but it's quite fun and listenable

Неочікував побачити J5 в цьому списку. Гурт один з найбільш відомих представників бумбеп хвилі на заході. Видали 3,5 хороших альбоми на між 90х-00х. Але якось не було в них прориву на велику сцену (хоча в спотіку прям хороші цифри на піснях їх). Також сольно жоден з учасників не те щоб мав класну кар'єру. Той самий Chali 2na із впізнаваним низьким флоу переважно рухався по колегам зі західного узбережжя і ще Шинода його витягнув на Reaniamation. Якщо вже про сам альбом трохи поговорити, то є пачка класних бумбеп бітів, я б буквально 2-3 за весь альбом назвав прохідними. Якщо про МС частину, то тут теж все на хорошому рівні. Є трохи вайбів "реперського репу" по подачі та римуванні. Мені з цим в принципі ок, але іноді хочеться більше простору в піснях. Більшість хайлайтів на альбомі саме від вже згаданого Chali 2na, але й інші учасники тримають рівень. Приємний альбом. Може, не топ-тір реп-альбом, але на хорошому рівні.

Між 3.5 та 4. Такий хіп-хоп я люблю.

Really really good. I find hiphop and similar rythm focused styles can end up being repetitive, but this album didnt make me loose attention any second. Base and background melodies are really catchy and rich (as in they really differ between songs so it makes it more interesting), and lyrics dont stay behind. Every song has a really strong hook that makes it stick and truly vibe with it. Also has some more experimental tracks and elements that make it stand out. I dont know what it is, but the formula that they have going on works (i feel like a snake being hipnotised out of its vase everytime a day at the races or whats golden plays), overall i really loved it, certainly will be giving it a second, third, and multiple more listenings.

довольно милый и мне даже показалось (показалось) что я узнаю голоса

Some great tunes, some repetitive and boring and often overlong.

Favourite Songs: Freedom Break Remember His Name Hey

experimental hiphop is always very hit or miss for me but this was a hit :-) really won me over abt halfway thru. will want to revisit!

Real good hip hop album, love their samples and mixes. Really unique and fresh throughout.

Started off slow but then I got really into it. I’ve never heard someone with that deep a voice rap before.

Ah man. Hip-Hop is so dead to me it’s not even funny. And it sucks cause the 90’s and 00’s had some awesome stuff. The 10’s and 20’s really buried this genre for me to get any enjoyment out of it lately. This album is super 90’s coded even being from 02. Some of the lyrics and voices are really cringe and give me 2000’s ick though. The production was awesome. This would bump if I was still in my parents basement in 2004 playing GTA 3. Remember His Name was pretty gas.

Dude this is exactly the celebration of hip hop you want to hear. It is so unique and silly yet loves itself so much. Gosh I love the breakbeats and the flows and the introductions and the kids singing it’s just a full cultural experience a celebration of all of it. Perfectly fun listen also iconic uses a lot of famous samples

never think just for shits and giggles

Better than Coldplay

This is the rap I dig. Stories, beats, feeling,. thoughtful.

Really good boom bap album, I like their sound and style overall amazing album

Rap and hip-hop are absolutely not my scene. I still use the two terms together every time because I'm a bit clueless about what separates rap from hip-hop. Maybe nothing, but I'm too afraid to ask. Anyway, this is an album my then-girlfriend picked up as a "no idea what this is, but they had a used copy on offer for a fiver" impromptu gift ages and ages ago. I was hesitant but loved it. Hadn't listened to it in a while, but on revisiting, it still is great. A stone-cold motherfucking classic.

Que voilà un album de hip-hop franchement très cool ! L'utilisation des samples reste assez légère, on a généralement un beat et une mélodie, l'objectif du groupe n'est pas d'occuper l'espace sonore avec plein de samples. Sa force, c'est dans le choix de mélodies et de beats très prenantes et du rap qu'ils ajoutent par dessus. L'album marche super bien, les morceaux restent bien en tête et il s'en dégage une super énergie. J'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé cet album, ça méritera bien un petit 4/5 !

Fire.

This was a really fun surprise. Never heard this before. Automatically liked everything. Good, soulful jazzy hip hop, with real singing and real flow. Nothing here to hate.

Can you rap? Of course they can

Classic hip hop. Not really what I was looking for at the time

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

Cool hip hop album, very good. 5 very jurassic stars.

I really enjoyed this album. The songs were consistent, the messaging was strong, the beats and lyrics were on point. I enjoyed it very much and I am looking forward to hearing more from this artist. My favorite song was "I Am Somebody".

un 3. esta bueno pero no es mi estilo

Absolute perfection in every minute.

Enjoyed first time listening to album as a whole. It should be listened to as an album. Downgraded to 4 since rap hip hop is not my preferred sound. 0 songs added to playlist.

whoa, this is great! jazz, hip hop, soul & something else cool simultaneously. And their voices are so smooth. Excellent! I just keep loving it more. LOVED IT

Excellent album.

Finally some good food. I like 90's hip hop even though I need to go into it more, so this was great carrying that 90's vibe into the 2000's. Nelly Furtado is on one of these songs, that instantly dates it. Will be listening again.

I had never heard of this group - saw that it was hip hop so didn't know what to expect as a couple of the hip hop records I've had haven't been great (some have been fantastic as well). This one was the latter, I found myself enjoying every song and man there are some great flows here and lyrical content. It's refreshing to hear rap/hip hop that isn't about the same topics, these guys are out here spreading some positivity and I'm all for it.

Very cool. Maybe too cool for me.

New school hip-hop väga mõnusa olemisega. Selline hea tuju, aga ikka tõsine hip-hop, sellist stiili ma võiksingi jääda kuulama. See, et räppareid ja produtsente on nii mitu, annab albumine ka tugevalt mitmekesisust juurde. 4.0/5

Semmosta semi decciä demi secciä. Eipä täältä yhtään biisiä noussut mitenkään selkeästi ylitse muiden

Menee sinne huonompaan räppikastiin jossa ei oo mitään spessua.

Iha jees. Naurattaa kun toi yks jannu kuulostaa isohoolta.

Täähän oli ihan raikasta kamaa! Hyviä sampleja ja kunnollista vanhan liiton meininkiä. Tykkäsin!

Ok, we get it. You don't rap about guns. Congrats. Some good ones in here though. Not exactly sure why this band carried so much weight back in the day.

Like the kidzbop version of rap

Never heard of this one! Love the minnie riperton sample on thin line. Honestly, this one surprised me. i really enjoyed listening to it. it reminds me a bit of digable planets or a tribe called quest. totally would listen to again if in the mood for this genre. saved React, Remember His Name, and Thin Line

Quelle pochette nulle Oh la chanson de Jérôme Niel ! Je trouve ça assez monotone et ennuyeux What’s golden : pas mal N’empêche quand c’est du rap, surtout old school, même quand je suis pas fan de l’album comme là l’écoute reste sympathique, c’est vraiment mon genre de musique en fait 6/10

Definitely the style of hip hop I like the most. 5 was west coast but shared a lot of the same vibe and influence as the soul informed groups of the 90s. I like this album, but I’m putting it below those top tier albums. Still, very good. 3.7 (I’ll bump it to 4)

Ik word enorm blij van een album als deze. Toegegeven ik luister meestal niet zo naar lyrics, ik zit meer op the feel van een plaat. En bij deze plaat voelt het goed. Fragmenten knippen en gebruiken in je muziek dat is echt een gemis in de meeste muziek van nu. Om radio, speeches, etc te gebruiken als extra ‘instrument’ vind ik echt cool! Eén nieuwe vorm van Jazz, naar mijn idee. Niet echt meer nieuw natuurlijk, maar anders dan de klassieke jazz. In Iron Sky van Paolo Nutini zit ook echt een fantastische speech van Charley Chaplin (als ik mij niet vergis). Kortom een heerlijk album om in the flow te komen tijdens een activiteit, zoals longboarden in de zon. Joo dat ga ik dit weekend doen! Ben benieuwd of ik het dan wederom zo kan waarderen.

Sommige albums worden steeds beter als je het vaker luistert. Dit album vond ik elke keer minder worden. de eerste keer was ik wel enthousiast van de bass en de drums hard en de samples gladjes. De tweede keer ging ik iets meer naar de lyrica luisteren en dat was soms wel cringe. Vooral dat nummer over friendshipliefde klonk heel erg als de boodschap van kinderen voor kinderen. Ook vond ik soms de hooks met zn 5en een beetje cringe. Op zich de beats waren vaak wel leuk vooral op het slotnummer met die leipe fluitachtige sound. Als dat het hele album was mocht dit van mij hoger scoren

Prima, niks om te haten of van te houden. Het is redelijk vlak qua muziek en tekst. Zelfs voor 2002 voelt het een beetje achterhaald en niet echt vernieuwend. Hip hop is een van de weinige genres die nog altijd evolueert maar Jurassic 5 doet hier (bewust) niet aan mee. Het luistert makkelijk weg, fijne beats met leuke elementen en af en toe een fluit. Vier mc's is ook wel wat veel. Iedereen mag na elkaar even zijn zegje doen en komt dan beetje knullig over. Snap dat mensen er goed op gaan want het heeft wel een goede sfeer. Zelf zal het later niet nog een keer opzoeken.

Wat ik leuk vind in aan dit album zijn met name de breakbeat-drums, de instrumentals van t album zijn creatief en smaakvol met lekkere soul samples. Het collectief rappers zijn erg aan elkaar gewaagd al voel ik de ene wat meer dan de andere, iets wat opvalt is dat ze ritmisch erg sterk zijn, je hoort dat ze echt super strak op de beat zitten. Erg knap maar tegelijkertijd vind ik het ook vaak een beetje binnen de lijntjes, ik vind hip-hop pas echt leuk worden wanneer mijn vader het verschrikkelijk vindt, (al denk ik niet dat hij dit album gaat luisteren) Wat bij is gebleven zijn de lyrics: we’re humble, but don’t mistake us for a corny ass crew. Ik vind dat bij uitstek de meest corny lyrics van t hele album.

Me gusto bastante, es tipo bien de barrio corte eeuu pero m re gusto, re va en una película de rápidos y furiosos, creo q no lo escucharia a diario pq es medio un beat y el rap pero en algunos le meten cositas q estan buenas y la sube. What's golden (? fue mi favorita pero nada, la dejo ahi nomás no va para mi playlist diaria. Me hizo sentir como una mas, ame. Re da para una batalla de freestyle.

Like this type of hiphop

It’s just okay, I appreciate the vibe and continuity during the album.

Decent alternative hip hop album 3/5

Had not listened to Jurassic 5 before. This was great!

good stuff. hadn't heard of this group before. 'a day at the races' is awesome, so is the kool keith feature. 3.5

i mean. fuck it. we chicken nugget. beats are hot. deep voice dude lowk sounds like the aqua teen hunger force theme. third eye chakras activated. going 14/17 ain't too shabby. 4.5.

Powerful album! Never heard this before. So my first impression is crazy.

Cool

Not my usual listening groove but groove it does. Some clever rhymes. I didn't spend any time analysing the lyrics but I can at least understand them and enjoying the change in voice as the next member takes up the rap. Extra point for "the verbal Herman Munster".

Schon ganz gut flowy und vibey. Aber beats sind bisschen lame / ändern sich zu wenig während einem Song Dnf

maneirin

I've mostly only listened to Quality Control, don't know why I haven't branched out more. This is good stuff

Love J5

What a fun sounding group. Up beats and the deep voices are excellent.

Intelligent hip hop

Feel good rap in a refreshing way. Cool beats and great vocals. Favourites: What’s Golden, A Day At The Races, High Fidelity and Sum Of Us

Really good for listening in the sun

Great conscience rap with lyrical word play.

I remember first hearing “A Day at the Races” on Tony Hawks Underground back in 2003, and decided to buy this record a bit later on, and after a full relisten I’m surprised with how well it still holds up. Musically, the production is fantastic. Record is full of dusty funk loops, jazz breaks, flutes, upright basslines, and crisp boom-bap drums without sounding dated. Solid 4/5

had a profound effect on me in the 7th grade

I'd heard of the band but not listened to any. I like some hip hop a lot, but a lot puts me off, if the music is shallow and/or the tone is off. The tone here is mostly not off-putting (I get that they were alt hip hop), but the music rarely grabbed me, and little of the words stuck out enough to seize my attention. One slender positive exception, when they dropped in a recording of some dialogue with an Australian, hearing my local accent was amusing. One negative exception, I'd read that One Of Them was bad, so I focused on its lyrics, it's a non-alt diss track against unnamed MCs, questioning their masculinity and supposed toughness, I find it tedious and off. So it's a mix of okay and bad, I'll call it Pretty Poor, 3/10.

Not normally the type of music I would listen to but it was ok

This album is such an easy 5. The lyrics are always eloquent, the bars are on beat and the features are amazing. I can see why I needed to hear this before I died, and Im glad I did. This album feels like a collage of the best moments of the studio, and it works beautifully. The sampling is always perfect and im genuinely blown away.

Really good stuff. Comparison is the thief of joy and all that, but comparing this to the Marshall Mathers LP is just night and day. Where Eminem seemed to just be shouting slurs, this is musically excellent, with interest in every song. Completely unfamiliar group to me, but definitely one I'd return to.

This sounded pretty interesting, very cool beats and flow. I enjoyed it. It was kinda fresh considering the year it was released.

No me dice absolutamente nada

Sounds good but nothing really jumped out.

Fucking awesome.

Mega fajne. Jeden z lepszych albumów hip-hopowych. Muszę przeanalizować jeszcze teksty piosenek, ale flow i bity świetne. 5

Pretty good, tiny bit of jazz in here with hip hop

Only knew concrete schoolyard by them previously which is a tune. Did not disappoint, fun listen

I have always enjoyed the Jurassic 5 that I’ve listened to, but never played a full album before. I would say I found 85% of this a decent listen…the end tailed off in my opinion and thus the album would have been better off without it.

Love love love. Currently favourite album so far I reckon. Sheer joy.

J5 is golden. I really enjoy this album. It would’ve benefited from some additional clipping, however. Clocking in at just under an hour, it would’ve been an even stronger effort if was 45 minutes.

Pretty decent 2000s boom bap, What's Golden is actually amazing though there's def some filler here

The album is pretty easy to listen to, but I struggle to find the substance that makes it such a recommendation. I'll put it to my own lack of education in the genre.

simple and quite unpolished, but that is actually what makes them stand out and sound great. it's a great hip-hop record overall, maybe just a little too long. tracks 13-16 could definitely be dropped and the album would've been better. especially with the casual homophobia in "One of Them" kinda ruining the whole album for me.

This was a pretty good listen. I really liked Acetate Prophets

A keeper. Liked a lot.

Not bad but incredibly goofy. Best Song: Day at the Races Worst Song: What's Golden

There’s a few real standout tracks on this album (A Day At the Races is a personal fave) and the whole thing has an infectious, fun energy to it, but there’s also way too much chaff that they should have really cut. There’s a 30-40 minute version of this album you could do that’s so much tighter. It feels a bit formulaic, but it’s a formula I like so I can’t be too down on it.

A very pleasant album to listen to.

I was initially thinking the old school boom bap sound was going to throw me off this album because the tracks were running together too much and I was really lacking something standout and different, but thankfully, the middle third or so starts to break it up with What’s Golden and Thin Line probably being what hit more for me there. The big trouble though, aside from a lot of it sounding similar to me outside of the peaks, is the album is just too long and feels spread thin for it - shortening it up, putting more into the tracks, get some more variance, it’d be bumped up. All in all though, it’s fairly good rap, it’s just not my cut as a child of the 00s sounds tbh.

J5 are just fucken amazing. There vibe, there rhymes, there energy. Perfect combination, and definitely one to listen to, on repeat….a lot.

Not for me

This is better than other 90s rap groups I’ve had so far (Arrested Development, The Roots), but didn’t find this that compelling even so. It’s a decently put together hip-hop sound occasionally throwing in other influences, and since I wrote about Jesse Jackson for my PhD I’ll give it points for the references in ‘I am Somebody’. Overall though, I still found it quite bland. Fine and well made, but not one I’ll return to.

A very nice, ‘positive’ hip-hop album from the six members of Jurassic 5. It starts off especially strongly as the opening trio of ‘Freedom’, ‘If You Only Knew’ and ‘Break’ are some of the best tracks, with great grooves. ‘A Day at the Races’ is another highlight, quite nostalgic for me due to its inclusion in Tony Hawk’s Underground, while ‘What’s Golden’ is a great bass-heavy banger. The quality tails off in the second half, and it’s a bit too long, but ‘Thin Line’ (featuring Nelly Furtado), ‘High Fidelity’ and ‘I Am Somebody’ are worth highlighting. A strong 3 stars.

pretty neat

Would give more than 5 stars if possible

Couple of tracks i really liked including the Collab with nelly furtado but on the whole, not for me

I've slept on Jurassic 5 and this album with the hip hop mainstream explosion in the early 2000s. I mean, when I think of alternative hip hop in the early 2000s I think of MF DOOM, Outkast, The Roots and Soulquarians, Dead Prez, and so on and so forth. Jurassic 5's Power in Numbers (coin flip with Quality Control) managed to succeed in maybe rap's most braggadocios era with music that was focused on critiquing that idea. Reminds me of a less funky sounding Blackalicious with A Tribe Called Quest. Shout out to Cut Chemist, he's managed to be on this list more often than Peter Frampton

There really is some great stuff here. The rapping and flow on some of the tracks is some of the best I’ve heard. Many of the beats have a great groove to them. However some tracks are much more forgettable than others. The best tracks are A Day at the Races and I Am Somebody. The worst track is absolutely One of Them. Typically, I don’t let poorly aged material affect my reviews too much (thinking about it now, I may have been too lenient about that in the past), but One of Them is very homophobic and heavily implies that all of “Them” are like what is described. 3/5

Solid from start to finish but, by the same token, no single track leapt out at me as being anything more than solid.

YES.

Whatever this is trying to be, someone else has done it better.

This was really really good. The beats are awesome and some of those samples were just perfect. Good lyricism and flow, albeit a little “of it’s time”.

I like this

Classic hip hop

i wanted to like this a lot more than i do but something is holding me back... it feels maybe just a bit too digestible? i think i sound crazy i was gonna save my rating for until i could sit down with it with more focus but i don't think it'd bump my score up or down if i did fave track: one of them

I think this album probably suited its time, but hearing it for the first time now, I couldn’t appreciate it.

Best Song: A Day at the Races This is a good album. The only Jurassic I knew prior to today was Jurassic Park. The only 5 I knew were the Jacksons. I don't think that would make a great super group but, in all honesty, I'd check them out. This has some strong tracks and has more of a positive vibe than other hip hop artists in the early 2000s. 4/5.

65 million years in the making.

Fett.

3 1/2 Stars: This album is tight. Excellent production, Solid rhymes. It sounds a little dated like rap at the dawn of the century sounded like, but it's still a helluva good time.

So good

Good album by a hip hop band I had never heard of.

6/10 - favorite songs 'A Day At The Races' and 'Freedom'

Lowkey synchronized.

Ho Hum - another mindless rap album, with not focus or flair.

Não é meu tipo de música.

Did not know this group, pretty good. Gave me Tribe-ish vibes but with more of a harder rap edge

I liked this

I think I might have outgrown Jurassic 5 a bit I dunno man I was never into them the way I was Blackalicious or De La Soul or A Tribe Called Quest

did not listened, sorry to this album

as an earlier example of backpack rap, Power In Numbers is starkly different and past-facing compared to most hip hop coming out in '02. they got Big Daddy Kane and Kool Keith on here. this stylistic conservatism carved out a little slice of acclaim for them, like a lot of more traditionalist hip hop does in times of flux for the genre. but of course, as an album it's still pretty good. follows the guidelines a bit strictly, but is well-crafted. best moments are the more unconventional ones, like the beat on What's Golden. deserves to be one of the 1001? likely so, but not definitively. there are other albums that can fit the same niche

Every damn second of this record is perfect. Every sample, every bar, every track. This just shows what creative underground hip hop can be...just TIMELESS.

Love this style of rap.

One of my favourite albums, love pretty much every song it’s a perfect album. With some real substance and brilliant beats and songs. It’s perfect

Really vibey - enjoyed this immensely Playlist add: "I Am Somebody"

Think I missed this one… damn, the twin towers were standing at the time… oh but it was released in 2002? Daaaaamn. This was very interesting. I don’t think I ever heard it. I enjoyed it. I thought it could be tighter for sure. And that 2002 release date still boggles me. It was actually very chill for the times. Boolean rating: yes, glad to have heard it.

i genuinely enjoyed this album so much. head swinging hips swaying levels of enjoyment. i liked the beats as well as melody and i feel like the deepness and the smoothness of their voices compliment each other so so well.

I can't say I had low expectations for this—I actually had NO expectations for this. I'd never heard of this group, or this album, and the wikipedia article about it did little to convince me this would be required listening. But boy, am I glad it was on this list! This was great! The delivery from each member of the group was distinctive and phenomenal. Kind of reminds me of A Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul, but with slightly more contemporary cadences. Excellent beats, creative wordplay. It doesn't really fit the zeitgeist of 2002, and I think that's kind of what makes it so special. This is the kind of stuff I do this list for!

Почему этот реп сюда попал? Не подумайте, это не прям плохо, просто это никак.

Awesome hip hop. Chali 2nas flow is the smoothest flow theoretically possible. But I can't say I have some specific songs that stuck with me.

On the surface I might give it a 3, not great but not bad. But when I compare the other early 2000's offerings in this genre it's a 2.

Fantastic album with several hit songs, old school rap. I love Thin Line and What's Golden.

Timeless album, would be critically acclaimed and commercially successful if released in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 10s, or 20s. Enduring legacy that is still popularly used today. All that being said, the second half of the album drops off significantly, before petering out.

it was eh

What's Golden, banger.

Very pleasant Surprise. Great Rap.

I kinda liked it. Would be 4/5 but it was a bit uneven and had some weird homophobic lyrics.

"Power in Numbers" breaks the 3-day streak of mediocrity. I like "DDT" since it's freestyle, rather than an unfunny skit. The tracks only get better following "DDT". My favourite songs on "Power in Numbers" are "One of Them" and "Thin Line". I hope to get another great album today. 4 stars for "Power in Numbers".

Like the Vibe

Dobra płytka, tak brzmi rapik, ale poprzednie recki miałem za wysoko ocenione. 3/5 jest uczciwe, bo pewnie nie wrócę do tego albumu xd

Started to be a good listened, then seemed to forget where it was headed and settled into gimmicks.

My first rap album that I've gotten from this list. I actually forgot that it had any at this point, I've gotten so much indie rock and soul. I might look back and not understand the 5/5 I gave this. It's not perfect. There is filler, and I think it definitely gets stronger in the latter half. But I think I kiiinda love this. My first (partial) listen was on a drive to work, and it didn't stick with me then. But I got home, put on my nice headphones, and it hit me. The beats are immaculate, the personality in their voices is great, the surprising darkness in One Of Them is fantastic, the charm in Thin Line, oh my goodness that echoing beat in Break, the music po-po-power of A Day at the Races...and the ending, Acetate Prophets! It reminds me a lot of some DJ Shadow cuts, as well as Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches. How about a 5/5 for Jurassic 5? Talk about power in numbers.

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl? ✅

a day at the races was on THUG ost and whats golden is on atv offroad fury aaaand forza something or other. chali 2na been my favorite rapper since fatlip's today's your day was on on yeah right

lowk after school special a banger josh ur wrong i enjoyed ts and it did not get weird ur just schizophrenic 7.3/10

lowk peak ash, you can see how influential it was a good mix of like fun songs to listen too and interesting skits or experimental stuff or wtv

ok

Charlie 2 na- ah I tried to place his voice, nice tracks here - decent album

This is good, but it's also kind of bizarre inclusion. This album sounds like it was released like 10 years before it was. This came out the same year as the Eminem show and the blueprint part 2. It came out three years after Dr Dre's 2001, another album where production is one of the main draws released by someone based in LA. I find it hard to think of something as essential when it so thoroughly sounds older than it is. That doesn't make it a bad listen, it's just not and album you have to hear by any means.

What’s Golden is a great pump up track. Reminds me of my college roommate Crow. Most of these tracks seems like they would fit well on a Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack.

First time listener, big time fan? The beats were fresh, the bars had their moments, and the boom bap kept me engaged. The only band that I would liken the unique beats to, which included a few flute-driven songs, was the beastie boys. Will have to give another listen but it should reaffirm this as a 4.5 rounded ... down

This was generally a fine rap album that I was vibing too, but then it took a weird swing with One of Them and its homophobia and fear of metro guys (remember when we had to coin a term to describe straight men who cared about their appearance? The early '00s were a weird time). And that just kind of pushed a perfectly serviceable album into the bad territory.

Weird homophobia randomly in One of Them. I’m not here for that. If I could have thrown the lyrics to that song out and just rated this based on the beats, it’d probably be a 4 or a 5.

Very enjoyable alt/hip-hop album

I liked the listen, but didn't take notes.

I like the concept of it but it feels stale by now.

Its a little more mellow then some other artists so maybe why they didn't make it mainstream. But I kind of like their chill laid back sound that focuses on social change. It is a slower rap but their rhymes are pretty good.

It's pretty good. Never listened to these guys before. I'm about a 3.5 with this but will go 4 for some great bass lines. Favorites: Freedom, Day at the Races, What's Golden, Sum of Us.

Get those dancing shoes on, this whole album is a total bop! They are so lyrically in sync song after song, and it's just a hip hoppin' great time with some important messages weaved throughout too.

Meh

No. 171 Cool rhythms here, from the beats to the flows! This album is paced really well.

This era of hip-hop is so good... and so is this record. Not fully my thing, but I enjoyed the hell out of it.

i do enjoy the chill out low key brand of hip hop here 3.5/5

Great album. Really like this. Need to add to rotation

This was a great rap album. I thought it was dinosaur themed at first glance.

Big fan of the beats here and some of the posse cuts give me Tribe vibes. Some of it reminds me of Digital Underground but not in a terrible way (as Sex Packets is one of the worst albums I've heard from this challenge). Pretty fun!

This was a great listen from a group that I haven't heard much from before.

What a suprise, not my usual genre but what a great record

TOP SHELF. J5 is on the regular rotation but had to listen back to back to back yesterday because I care for myself.

5 de 5 Buena construcción de canciones, sampleos y versos; ritmos hip hop clásicos, combinados con una producción impecable, apostando por las armonías y por letras que a toda costa evitan la violencia.

Funky, groovy

I liked it, despite the fact that their style was dated even for the time it came out. The track featuring Nelly Furtado was a standout.

Good message. But corny.

ce n'est pas un coup de coeur mais je trouve que c'est très bon album.

Yea okay

It is not for me, but is clear how this album ended on the list. Very good vocals and lyrics, also the beets are really nice

3.5-3.75 pretty cool

I really enjoyed this great hip hop album. Not a 5 but still really good. 3.9/5

love me a good oldschool hip hop album especially if you add a little bit of jazz😍

I like old school Hip Hop, but this was nothing special.3/5

3.75/5 The hip hop beats and rapping over the jazz/funk fusion is pretty good. Lyrics are grounded in the politics of the real world.

i was dreading listening to this one, but it wasnt that bad. it' wont make my rotation, but better than expected.

The more I listen to this 90s and early 2000s hip hop the more it starts to sound the same. But I'm sure people who mostly listen to that stuff thinks 70s rock all sounds the same. Nothing special here, but it did have fun beats and good rhyming.

Not a fan, but no repulsed

Well, I’ve listened to worse… see Leonard Cohen!

I liked this one a lot. Beats are energetic. “Break” stood out for me.

I personally like Quality Control a little better but damn is Jurassic 5 fun.

Poor man's a tribe called quest

wel paar goeie nummers

Possibly Revolutionary

a lot of the songs get pretty repetitive quickly but it's good fav song: Break

Really cool and interesting hip hop. Every rapper has their own voice but still sound really cohesive as a group, and the beat work underneath is super slick and easy to vibe with

Wow, a good off-brand hip hop album from these editors, who would have thought 😂

I found many of the tracks on this album impressive, despite not liking rap music generally. I found myself listening carefully to the instruments and sometimes would try to block out the vocals. In doing so, I often detected some really good tuneful compositions. Having so often reviewed rap albums as not actually music, this one I found to be very musical and engaging as a result . Still not keen on the actual rapping.

Early 2000s rap isn’t usually something I find myself listening to. This is probably one of the stronger albums of the era, but it didn’t really grab me. That said, there were enjoyable beats, good rhymes, and a positive message that I could easily get behind.

the production is fun, After School Special is fun but this felt longer than it needed to be

Great album, little simple and clearly oldschool but good

This shit is delicious. The beats are simple, but soulful and hit. The variety of voices from the four rappers offers a nice variety. Often in rap groups there are one or two really good voices, while the rest are okay. Not here, they support eachother really well and their parts flow into each other extremely well as if they are actually four heads of the same multiheaded dinosaur. The record is a tad long, but the songs are pretty varied, so that isn't a big negative. The only song I disliked was One Of Them. A more traditional 90's rap track with a darker track and tone. I don't think this fits their style and the casual homophobia is really unneccesary. The following "Hey" which is as soft as a summer breeze makes the dark sounds of One Of Them only more jarring. The track isn't bad enough to sour the entire record, however it is sad how close this record came to true greatness only to fumble at the last second. Another record that I probably would never have found without this list. A great addition. 8.5/10

This was a nice surprise. Really enjoyed this.

It was pretty good

Eh not really my thing but cool samples

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Power in Numbers es una cátedra de técnica y buen gusto. Lo primero que impacta es la estructura colectiva de sus MCs; no hay un líder que opaque al resto, sino una sincronía perfecta de voces donde destaca ese barítono profundo y grave que ancla el ritmo. Sorprende el "aire" que tienen para soltar rimas larguísimas sin cansarse, manteniendo un rap rítmico que se siente mucho más cercano a la calidez del funk, el jazz y el blues que al rap comercial convencional. El trabajo de los DJs es simplemente artesanal y humano. El uso del disc scratching y los detalles de producción —como esos tintineos de fondo o el "ruido" del silencio del vinilo— crean una atmósfera que, escuchada con audífonos, resulta fascinante y llena de texturas. Además, el álbum presume una variedad emocional muy rica: transita con naturalidad desde la celebración y el romance en temas como "Thin Line", hasta pasajes que se perciben tétricos y oscuros, demostrando que el hip-hop puede ser tan complejo y profundo como cualquier otro género clásico. Jamás me hubiese imaginado que Nelly Furtado canta en una de las canciones del álbum. Encuentro fuerte influencia de Jurassic 5 en Gorillaz.

classsic

🤙

Haven’t heard of these guys before but man this is a cool one It takes a lot of what I like about older rap (more instrumentation, got a bit more of a melody) and combines it with a lot of stuff I like about Wu-Tang (skits/spoken word sessions, stronger vocals). It’s obviously more hip hop than anything else but there’s a lot of really strong jazz influences. Vocals are great, and even though the lyrics aren’t particularly special, they’re still solid. Beats are really strong and keep you invested even on some of the longer tracks There’s a couple of songs that just kinda get a bit repetitive but other than that I don’t have many complaints. I guess there’s some songs that are a little too innovative and weird but nothing super unpleasant Not quite good enough for a 5 star, but this is a really great album. Starting to realize I really like this genre

Really fun; I don't like rap as much as other due to the repetitiveness of the music, as well as how it can often be a simple beat without much to offer. This was the first time I really vibed with the music. I liked the samples, the loops, the lyrics, the variety. They were catchy songs, man.

Early 2000s rap, R&B, and mixes/samples. Different styles, with jazz/hip-hop/funk/wordplay. OK, but not my bag.

I actually weirdly liked this album, and that's really weird for me. I thought the concept of the album was really interesting and the music was actually kind of nice to listen to. What I mainly like about this album is that it isn't like other forms of hip-hop which is just constant swearing that makes me feel uncomfortable, I was able to listen to this album normally. However, it's still a genre that I despise, but it gets a high 3.

It's a hip hop album. And a pretty long one at that. Overall, I'm not a fan. It may not be quite as laden with misogyny, violence, and homophobia as some of the others, but it's still the same thing over and over. I mean, of course those elements are there if you want them, just not front and center like most of the hip hop albums on this list. For the most part. But the lyrics are dumb and simple. The music is unoriginal and repetitive. The whole genre is just monotonous and irritating and this album is the same as all the rest. Though there were points where I was digging the grooves. I particularly liked the tracks where elements of funk/jazz were incorporated. But again, I was mostly not inspired by anything here. It may not be quite as bad as others but still, not for me.

Not for me.

If You Only Knew how great this album is

Very good rap for the paying masses. Probably needs a few more listens. Fun.

highly listenable, very 90s

This some gangsta shi

Not a big fan of this style of rap, but enjoyed the album. The lyrics were more meaningful than other similar albums I have heard

Solid beats, solid bars, nothing that really blew me away. Similar to how I felt about EPMD’s album on this list, I think I would have enjoyed this album a lot more if I’d listened to it back when it came out.

2.25 - not sure why I just couldn't get into this album. There's obviously some HOT TRACKS here though, and I will acknowledge that there is a place and time for this album, I just couldnt seem to find myself in it today.

def check out more; 5/5 normal hip rap album

A surprisingly enjoyable album. It's more than just rapping with a beat behind it: they used interesting melodies and clever rhymes. Four stars.

Great record. Amazing production. Favourite Track(s): Freedom, If You Only Knew, I Am Somebody, What's Golden Least Favourite Track(s): Sum Of Us

Jurassic 5 is a Los Angeles rap group which I never heard of until now. I think they should have eliminated about three tracks from this album, it seems a bit lengthy. The album started and ended well but bogged down in the middle. ‘I am Somebody” has a Sly Stone vibe, which I enjoyed. Overall this is sort of an eclectic rap album, better than most of the ones I’ve heard.

I've heard of this band, but I don't know if that's because we had them on here already or because I've listened to them in my real life. [According to my records, I briefly listened to them in 2007 and 2007 only. Hm. Doesn't bode well.] You know what.... possibly I mind-melded them with T.Rex + Electric Six. Understandable mistake. I think my college friend Alex liked them though. Chill beats, sometimes like jazz. I'm glad they're on here because this is a little different from most of the 90s hip hop and modern rap. But I also don't think the lyric delivery is that compelling. Slur count = 25. Highlights: 'Break' (never heard a group rap before!), 'What's Golden', 'Sum of Us'

flow muito bom, salvei algumas músicas na minha playlist. linda participação da nelly furtado.

A really strong album with interesting music and meticulously thought-out production. I enjoyed it more than I expected, though it isn’t my favorite style of music. Favorite songs: Freedom, What’s Golden

1. Acetate Prophets 2. I Am Somebody 3. Sum of Us

Excellent album introduced to me through tony hawk

Number 4

Never heard of them, and had no idea what I was going to be listening to. This older white lady really enjoyed it!

Jurassic 5 feel like the modern embodiment of De La Soul. Their overall vibe in particular. They both share that idea that hip-hop could be playful, collaborative, musically rich, and a bit of craic, rather than aggressive. The samples are fantastic, the beats are huge, and there are snippets of spoken word, random sound effects and a cacophony of noises to keep things interesting. There’s a huge amount of variety here too: funk, soul, jazz flute, and I even hear “Les Fleurs” in there too. They mess with form and structure too. One song is just sample mixing with no rapping, another is an acapella rap without any of Jurassic 5 performing at all. And they did something really interesting by starting off the album with the same closing double-bass line from their last album, making it feel like a continuation. “What’s Golden” is the best track on the album, where DJ Cut Chemist blended Public Enemy and 70s rock samples into something that is absolutely class. Overall, “Power in Numbers” feels like a throwback to late 80s hip-hop, bringing that old-school fun vibe back to hip hop.

stabil

gut, vibes

essa capa ta mim lembrando spring breakers FAVS (top 3): if you only knew, remember his name, sum of us mençoes honrosas: a day at the races, after school special, high fideelity, hey, i am somebody no começo fiquei meio assim hmmm e dps percebi q é um album hiphop generico, nao sei onde ele merece a participaçao nessa lista pq acho q em 2002 ja existiam varios assim, mas pelo menos é bom ne, imagine se fosse ruim! nota final: 3.5/5

I’m definitely going to revisit this album but I had never listened to classic hip hop before this album! I love the themes that this album touches on a lot and I really want to analyze this later. Love the clever sampling and the lyricism.

Ziek, nog geweten van deze groep

Pretty good

Makes me think of summer, calling your friends on landlines, and what it was like to have friends and neighbors before the iPhone age. Also realizing the supreme debt owed by all the 2020’s hip hop artists I listen to.

Really great beats and lyrics; a little repetitive towards the end for me tho

This was OK, but too much repetition

I might be more into hip hop than I expected, this was pretty good!

The start is strong but it’s a little long. I really like the style. Their best track is not on this album though: work it out (ft Dave Matthews).

Criminally underrated hip hop group. This is probably their best album top to bottom, but I don't think that they ever put together what I would consider a complete great album. They do have plenty of great songs, and many on this one.

Solid hip hop album by a solid crew

A two for me, but a bonus mention for the fact A Day At the Races gave me peak THUG Nostalgia Check it, man! Muska is actually coming to this dump for a skate demo. Get dressed and let's go! Home sweet home. What a dump... at least it has some killer spots. The old pool down by the highschool, scab land, the drainage ditch on the south side of town, and Elm Street, our own little strip of paradise. Complete with drug dealers who hate skateboarders.

00’s Hip Hop ⭐️What’s Golden

120. liked it 3.5

Vraiment pas mal ! J’ai bien aimé

Behageligt. De er sgu dygtige med ord - både at skrive og levere dem :i Sgu ret undervurderet ngl. Gode beats også!

Det meste er faktisk ok, men alle de konstante gimmick-afbrydelser undervejs bliver bare lidt for irriterende.

Det er fandme bare fed

*63 Solidt men forudsigeligt efter et par numre. Der var lidt for mange fillers til at komme højere op, men bundniveauet var alligevel ikke til en 2’er for mig.

Det her album skulle have lov til at vokse på mig hele vejen igennem - Og det er gjorde det faktisk også. Jeg er ikke sikker på, hvorfor et album som dette lander på en liste som denne. Det er fint, men der er (for mig at se) ikke noget banebrydende i lyden eller nogle store numre, som kan forklare det.

What's Golden er en af de helt store bangers fra de gode tider Glimrende album og egentlig utroligt, at de ikke nævnes oftere herhjemme En af rapperne lyder fuldstændig som en amerikansk blæs bukki 3.8

som det også er sagt andre steder er det meget fedt med hip hop der prøver at gøre noget anderledes og lidt mere eftertænksomt, men synes der er andre der gjorde/gør det en hel del bedre - og uanset hvor mange gange de selv benægter det, så bliver de sgu lidt corny. Okay catchy og funky, men kan ikke komme højere end en 2'er for kan heller ikke rigtig se at der her album skulle have haft speciel stor indflydelse for eftertiden eller have været specielt revolutionerende dengang

Of the "string-words-together-in-a-series-of-rhyming-sentences-forming-a-sequence-and-call-it-alternative-HipHop" variety. Not very good.

I love a classic " you have never heard any sound like ours don't even bother comparing us to other groups" song

I tried to start this album yesterday, but I was too focused on an impending copyediting deadline to focus. Once I finally submitted those notes this morning, I came back to this album with fresh ears. These kinds of group hip-hop projects like Jurassic 5 have long been a blindspot for me when it comes to rap, and I'm very glad this list has exposed me more to them. The short funky sample loops and soul basslines combine with classic-sounding flows, making this album feel like a chiller and more mellow A Tribe Called Quest. I also ended up recognizing Chali 2na by his incredibly distinctive, low-pitched voice, knowing him from a Monstercat feature of all places. What starts as a more laidback project picks up momentum as it goes on, with a series of great features helping carry it along (Nelly Furtado in particular carries her song). The album becomes deeper and more serious as it goes on, and then still ends on an incredibly funky jungle house best. This project only gets better the longer it goes on. Highlights: This Is, Freedom, If You Only Knew, Break, A Day At The Races, Remember His Name, What's Golden, Thin Line, After School Special, High Fidelity, Sum Of Us, DDT, One Of Them, Hey, I Am Somebody

Pas mon truc ! 😉 j’ai essayé deux fois mais pas de chance…

classic vibe

Notables: - What's Golden - Thin Line

Great flow great beats great album

I like this one, I just don't have much to say except that I thought including the kid in 'After School Special' was cute. Favourites: If You Only Knew, Break.

Best album so far, hip hop jazz fusion with classic flow and great beats, big sense of community, all around great album, album is long but none of the songs are bad.

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Good, but not great. Would have rather another De La or Tribe made it. Or RUN-DMC or Sugarhill Gang made it at all.

Loved it!! Perfect combination of jazz and rap

It has good beats and raps and thankfully it doesn't suffer from cringe skits or excessive misogyny that I can remember (I'm 5 or six albums behind in typing reviews so I don't remember too many of the lyrical topics). I can't remember any standout tracks or anything so I'm not sure if it's a repeat listen but definitely not bad.

very good production on this album, a couple of the hooks on some tracks are very catchy and will definitely being listen thru this again. very well done album!

The number one set and sound. Underground hip-hop. This put a name to a genre for me. Reminds me of my dad. Blackilious, Cut Chemist, Silver Skylarks, DJ Shadow. By far my favorite rap.

"What's Golden" looks like the biggest hit. It's very catchy, but kind of a departure from what I like about the previous tracks. I do very much like an album with an intro track. That feels very 90s to me. More distracting to me than what I usually listen to while I'm working.