Power In Numbers

I liked After School Special

Starts strong but tapers off pretty quickly. Also -1 for the homophobia in One Of Them.

Gute Stimmen, gute Rhymes. Das geht gut runter

Solid rap album. Definitely one of my favorites. It's a very underrated album and I think it should be recognized more. Very good!

I did like this one, its the type of hip-hop I can get into, although a bit less interesting than other groups I really like. The one guy with the low voice was off-putting though.

This is pretty ordinary. Nothing special about the beats. Some moments of decent flow - but not many.

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? I don’t really know anything about them Favorite song(s)? Thin Line, Day at the Races, High Fidelity Overall Thoughts: I didn’t know what to expect from this but I really liked it. Unlike some other rap albums I’ve heard, this one didn’t seem too repetitive. Each track sounded fresh to me. Overall, I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

beats are sick

Its solid

4.5 - Great

Pretty cool; beats are great and the lyrics and variety of vocals are both really nice.

I thought that this was going to be some rock album. I was extremely pleasantly surprised

Even doper than I remember.

No es mi estilo.

Not my groove but not bad

Crazy flute work. I like this. It's that early 2000s rap and r&b sound that I really like. It's just vibes. I really do like that flute. I wish I had found this in India it would've been so good. The tracks go by very quickly. I like the spoken word vibe. The tracks transition very seamlessly. I’m ngl I have no idea what they’re saying or talking about. Just some bullshit ngl. Interesting ig. Nelly Furtado? Canada reference. Some of these are kind’ve just forgettable. They transition very well but because of that they blend together somewhat and become homogenous. Holy shit they’re really coming for this guy. I am somebody that’s so true. Favourite: Sum Of Us Least favourite: Break

27/03/2026 1. this is - oo like the bass... 2. freedom - like the tambourine... nice, but a bit repetitive. 3. if you only knew - like the intro. lyrics are a bit cringe? just a bit surface level. maybe a bit slow? not sure why i'm not feeling it :/ flute is nice though. *4. break - loving the drums immediately. liking the beat a looot more in this one! love the scratching near the end!! reaallly nice :) *5. react - loove the bass. bit groovier... sampling and scratches are lovely! *6. a day at the races - bass is great! guitar is real nice aswell! looove the faster rapping in this one! maybe going on a bit long... stokely carmichael! 7. remember his name - nice but nothing really jumps out... *8. what's golden - liking this immediately! loove the synth(?) and the horns!! great! 9. thin line - loove the strings at the start.. loooove the sampling!! feels like it's going on abiiit long though... 10. after school special - nice :) like the ending. 11. high fidelity - like the horns. kindof just washes over a bit though. bit monotonous. love the scratching though. *12. sum of us - liking this one more... reaaally nice :) *13. ddt - great!!! 14. one of them - very much dragging on at this point... not bad just getting too long. *15. hey - loooooving the start!! dragged on a bit, just became a bit forgettable. 16. i am somebody - fine! *17. acetate prophets - sounds more interesting.... not my favourite, but would rather have an album of more experimental tracks like this instead of the same sounding tracks all over again for one hour. five minutes in and it's grown on me! some of the songs were really nice, but a lot of it just kindof washed over me? it wasn't bad, but especially with 17 tracks it got a bit repetitive and the beat stayed quite similar on a looot of the tracks. liked the deeper voiced rapper a lot! public enemy does a similar thing but feels a lot more energetic and abrasive - which i just enjoy listening more to! ddt was a really phenomenal change-up without any beat or instruments!!

This was ok. For me, there was nothing particularly special about it. Curious as to why it was in the list, if I’m honest. Good for what it is, but instantly forgettable for the most part. My favourite tune was What’s Golden. I’ll probably never revisit it though.

Delicioso

No me gusta el hip hop

I love that it has an introduction

Pretty acceptable hip hop, the vocals aren't too fast, however the album does feel a bit too long.

It’s a fun album, some decent beats, some clever lines. Reminiscent of Tribe Called Quest, just not nearly as tight. It may sound odd but there were moments on this album that had me think of MF Doom as well, with the sampling and lyrical style. This album could certainly benefited from some pairing down as it ran far too long and some of these songs didn’t age very well. I respect my fellow Canadian, Nelly Furtado but Thin Line fell flat for me had me rolling my eyes. Still, there was plenty on here that was entertaining. 3 stars

cooler sound stabiler rap nichts revolutionäres

Great beats and sampling. Another album whose length is a big hindrance. I found the album to be a little repetitive, staying at the same energy level for most of it. Maybe if it was trimmed down a bit, it would pack more of a punch.

Hold On To This Feelin' 1001 Albums Generator 254 (3/24/2026) A fine bit of hiphop that I have trouble justifying on this list. The production on some of these songs, especially Freedom, If You Only Knew, Break, A Day At The Races, and One Of Them is really interesting. The sound here is a mix of boom bap and jazz rap, and in a lot of ways it existed as kind of a summary of the sounds of the previous decade when it released. It's just too long and quite top-heavy. 3/5. Favs: Freedom Break A Day At The Races Least Fav: After School Special

Killer record, production is great, amazing rapping from all

3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jurassic-5/power-in-numbers/ Cannot deny the quality of this. Beats are cool, rapping is very solid, but at some point it becomes a bit too much of the same. Another victim of rap albums being too long, I guess.

this album is highkey amazing

oh yes, this is great. introduced the kids to J5 and now they sing along and request songs

2/3. Finally a bit of a hot streak for the album generator. I really enjoyed this project, more than most of the classic hip-hop albums I've heard so far. It reminds me a lot of MF DOOM, but less of the obscure/corny lyricism. This is definitely more grounded in reality, class/race consciousness, etc. The beats are always interesting, the samples are fun, lyrics are great, and overall, I think it earns its nearly hour-long runtime.

2.8

1.8

Old school vibe. Listenable without being essential. A tad formulaic maybe with lyrics often not saying much. Stand out tracks for me were A Day At The Races, Remember His Name and After School Special. A (maybe harsh) 3 for me.

Banging album from towards the end of my golden age of hip hop..particuarly enjoyed A Day at the Races and the one with the Les Fleurs sample.

Where has this album been all my life? This confidently stormed into the higher echelons of the Kelvino’ “go to rap album” charts. Loved the complementary flows, hard to pinpoint a weakness amongst them. Eclectic beats, and some absolute banging grooves. Maybe fade a little towards the end, but damn, the earlier stuff more than made up for that. Summary: A day at the races > A night at the opera, and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.

Good, but uneven. Some tracks are just filler, but when it's good, it's great.

a throwback hip hop album in 2002? this is 1 year after the blueprint was released btw. just listen to a tribe called quest

salam alaikum

I don't know if I'd even call them skits, but it's a nice change that the little interludes feel so at home, actually pulling you into the music instead of distracting from it.

I remember this being outstanding when I used to listen to Jurassic 5, but in the context of this list I feel like it is more middle of the pack.

This has a great vibe to it and seems really tight. I had heard of Jurassic 5 but never listened. Pretty solid.

Great energy, great flow. Not every track is amazing or holds up, but What’s Golden is a really good track. I enjoy this and I'm giving it a 4 for that, but I'm not even completely sold that this needs to be on the list. I guess it carries on a tradition, but I'm not sure how influential it was.

Obsessed

im not really into rap, but i like this album

Hell yeah. I would say however that it’s a little long which isn’t normally a problem for me but because it’s hip hop and so obviously uses a lot of repetitive beats and riffs, I struggled towards the end.

Wow, how refreshing! Really loved it. This is why I started this project. This is a gem. Gonna be one of very few 5 star albums from one listen.

Nice clean rap, rich melodies. I somehow missed this group, deserves further listening

Man I love this group. They opened the door to hip-hop for me, bridged a gap from punk and metal into a new world. This isn't their best album, but it is the only one on the list, so that'll help this score. Ensemble vocalists in hip-hop work so well, the combinations of tone, tambour, flow, lyrics keeps the whole thing engaging and fresh while giving a strong sense of the cyphers battling in the park. Pure energy. This album starts so strong, but dips a little towards the end.

Hip hop is not my typical go-to for music, in fact i don't stray too far from the Beasties or MF Doom, but this album is a keeper. I will be listening to this again and digging into it. Love the production and themes. Sum of Us is a killer song. I guess it qualifies as old school now and I dig it.

This review will not be lyric oriented, although I did read a couple of the tracks. "This is gonna be like Psyche Origami but technically better because they probably are the original" I say to myself as I hear the intro, I was kind of right (it does sound a little bit like them). Freedom has these syncopated slices of the guitar sample that are nice and the kick is lovely like a big ham hock being dropped onto the top of an empty cardboard box that came from a refrigerator. The chorus is clever with using the sample to name the song. If You Only Knew has Fluuuuuute. Break really shows off the layered vocals. Love the instrumental interlude React, really reminds me of something that would be on Psyche Origami's Is Ellipsis, A Day At The Races also reminds me of them in some way, I'm not sure, maybe it's the bassline. Remember His Name starts off with the words: "I was sitting at the television feeling disturbed" and this kicks off quite the story, top tier lyricism. With What's Golden being the hit of the album the sound makes sense for it. Thin Line is sooooo good, I love the Nelly Furtado feature and my mom does too. The chorus made me tear up reading it. The clean cut slices of the melodic samples I assume are mostly assigned to cut-chemist. Production, lyricism, features all good.

Loved it!

2002.

6/10 – Decent

I actually really liked this ! The last song especially I know it’s way different from the rest of the album but I loved it

Yes yall

Yikes. Super cringey.

Good

Okay. Not great

The J5 EP had me hooked from the start and Quality Control came out while I was still DJing in college so I was excited to listen to more than What's Golden from this but it wasn't that great. Did appreciate what was essentially a Cut Chemist track at the end, though. 3/5

Really good album. Would recommend to others. Gave you the 90s style flows, with moving beats. Glad to have found this. *EDIT* I can’t stop listening to this album. 10/10

Smart, tight and all 90s rap! Reminds me a lot of A Tribe Called Quest. I would definetly listen to this again. Also the amount of sampling is on a beastie boys level. 8/10 Favorite song A day at the races

Very solid album. Holds up well. Very listenable. Some great MCs

They keep saying how they're conscious, political rap but are they actually saying anything? Their main selling point is that they're not rapping about sex, drugs and violence but this just ends up sounding like Christian Dad rap. There's a lot of catchy tracks here. I was mostly just a fan of the beats though. I can think of so many better conscious rappers: Tupac, Kendrick, Mos Def, Common, Little Simz. This was just a bit surface level and didn't really say anything. Also a bit confused why they went in on RnB rappers and then literally the next song is over an RnB beat. This was a nice break from all the 70’s rock but I was a bit disappointed.

I may get this wrong, because my memory is foggy, but one fine zoomscotch I recall mentioning loving this album and my project partner responding with a story about one of his other friend’s perspective that Jurassic 5 is hip hop for white people. Beyond me whispering almost to myself “but…I’M white…” we didn’t really reckon with the racial profiling or discuss the implications. It therefore remains unclear whether the observation that Jurassic 5 is for white people is a diss on me, a diss on J5, or perhaps even intended as a compliment to J5’s crossover power. It also remains unclear whether he meant other races like J5 and so do white people, or that white people and only white people like J5. Regardless the intention, the viewpoint aligns with the popular right-wing conservative axiom “just because it’s racist doesn’t mean it’s not true.” My preferred interpretation is that by loving this album I am battling racism.

I listened to Jurassic 5 in high school/university. I went to their show. I bought a t-shirt. I wore the t-shirt a lot. But now, I get hit with this huge rush of embarrassment when I hear them. I understand that this is shouldn’t be. I understand people grow and tastes change and the cringe is a sign of development. I know this. I still feel embarrassed. A guilty pleasure is something you love that has no cultural capital. This feels like an anti-guilty pleasure: something that you went along with for cultural capital, but never really loved. Or am I being revisionist? I did by a t-shirt. Did I love this? Shit I don’t know. This is already too much analysis for one album, too many delicate little man feelings posted on the internet for one guy and his son to read.  So I just stopped all the hand wringing and played it. The kids liked it. They started dancing. I still knew a lot of the words. That’s a good record, right? That’s a good time, right? Right?

I found this to be surprisingly entertaining.

Not quite rap, not exactly trip hop but something along this lines. Cool from someone I've never heard of, not sure how well I'll render it though

Honestly I was pleasantly surprised by this! It was a ton of fun, and had some great features all throughout. The album flow was fantastic as well. "Acetate Prohpets" was kind of a weak closer imo but that's really the only complaint I have. "A Day At The Races" is phenomenal.

impressed by pace of vocals but not my type of music

It was meh

je ne mets pas souvent 5 étoiles à un album hip-hop, mais j'aime beaucoup les grooves et les loops. Le début est même quasiment microtonal. Je commence par contre à avoir une fatigue verbeuse, tous ces mots, je me suis tanné à lire les paroles des tounes dans ce challenge, ça prend beaucoup de temps et d'énergie. J'espère qu'ils disent des belles choses. Mais hey! Sont 6 les p'tits maudits!

Du rap comme je l’aime. Production intelligente, groovy et jazzy. Le mélange de voix est parfait. Donnez-moi en plus!

A fun but forgettable album.

Not my thing

Those 60-year-olds cruising around Raleigh drinking seltzer and blasting Jurassic 5, that's us. I loved this (although I acknowledge that the repetitive, hypnotic beats may not be for everyone). And I really liked the flute. 5 stars for pleasant surprise.

Loved it. Great beats, great album flow, great rhymes.

Better than expected

Great

Superb. Proper hip hop

Groovy but overlong

I’m kinda surprised an album which sounds almost exactly the same as other hip hop entries 10 years prior but a lil more cleaner entered this list. Like I liked it I just didn’t get anything outta it tho.

This is such an enjoyable hip-hop album with great production and sampling work that work really well together. There is nothing groundbreaking in this, but it works well.

6/10 Definitely my favourite hip hop which, while not saying a lot, is saying something. Like the sound, the music and the rap. I find it exhausting to try and follow the lyrical deluge, but I get the impression it isn't as mysoginistic, violent or pornographic as the worst of the genre. Still too long, by a good 10mins

Good, classic hip hop.

I got into this quite a bit. I really dug the grooves and flow to this album. 4/5

Super strong album. Enjoyed almost every track, and the skits weren't too long to be annoying. Super enjoyed the variety of voices in the group, I can't say I've heard too many rappers with THAT deep of a voice before.

I liked Remember His Name and Thin Line. The other songs made less of an impression.

Didn't grab me at all. Background music

I really must stop listening to an album and then reviewing the next day. Anyhew, this is freking great hip hop. Good energy, good vibes, good flow, good samples.

A couple of years into the new millennium, I was working in a school in East London where the big name in hip-hop were So Solid Crew. I wish I'd heard of Jurassic 5 because, to my untrained hip-hop ear, this flows so much better and just feels cooler. A lot of the backing tracks are hypnotic and edgy and the work of the DJs gives the album an unexpected cohesion. Highlights include A Day At The Races, Sum Of Us and the brilliant I Am Somebody and there are other songs deserving to be added to my Liked Tracks. I feel my street cred would have gone up if I'd diverted my class onto Jurassic 5 and this gets a low 4☆ from me. Doubt you'll find So Solid on the 1001!

Definitely very vibey and for sure radiates the color orange

really good love the message and all the songs a very nice

Ça manquait de dinosaures, rien à voir avec Jurassic Park

boh non mi è rimasto

what's golden is on this one, but idk. 2

Amazing rap record. Loved it. The storytelling, clear lyrics and infectious beats made this one of my favourite rap albums on the list so far. Wasn’t expecting a song with Nelly Furtado do be my favourite but Thin Line slaps. Great vibes here

A class act, inventive 5 - a near-perfect album

Pretty good and fun album.

actually hated the first 10 minutes. bog standard conscious hip hop that gets 6th graders going. but the project really sheds its cringe and gets pretty tight by the end

I always liked their debut LP and Quality Control better but this is good. 2na has a voice that is instantly recognizable. I could do without cut chemist interspersing every song with a bunch of old television and movie dialog. It's Golden is their biggest hit, it's a good song. It's weird that Nelly Furtado was such a big thing at the turn of the century. One of Them is a jam.

Top-shelf hip hop with tasteful music underneath. 4.2

Buena banda , chil americano, rap variado, esta perfecta para relajarse

lo recomende a dos varones diferentes y quede muy bien con ambos. excelente.

I'm not typically a hip hop listener, but I feel like this album was really well done and I can appreciate it. It's not likely to turn me into a giant hip hop fan, but I'm happy to have heard it.

Вау! Стиль дещо схожий на gorillaz, тому мені подобається. Але от що відрізняє його від ґоріллаз, то це те що тут йдеться про реальне життя тут і зараз (не про фаназію/нереальний всесвіт), А ЩЕ, (що мені надзвичайно сподобалося!) тут творці немов проломлюють стіну між ними та слухачем. - Слухач цінується настільки, що з ним немов ведеться діалог, дослухаються до нього, пропонують інше/різне, а ще діляться не просто досвідом, але й частиною простого, буденного, особистого життя. Це все дуже очманенно! (єдине що не сподобалися одна-дві пісні через їхні слова, але то таке. Загалом дуже хороший альбом.)

love it

found this album originally when I was a freshman in high school when I was really into 90's rap like Mobb Deep, Pharcyde, and stuff. But holy shit I forgot how good this album was, all of the drums in each song sound so clean, especially on 'Break'. The transition from 'React' to 'A Day At the Races' is still one of my favorites I've ever heard. Also having a Nelly Furtado feature ???? so good man. Album did lose me in the 2nd half tho, very strong start and great last song but the middle just got a bit boring.

- kinda blah and corny

Some of the tracks on this are basically everything I've wanted from hip hop of this era. Super smart lyrics, very talented rapping, interesting beats. Has a more classic sound than I'd expect from 2002. Break, day at the races, high fidelity particularly class. Bit too long, some tracks miss (particularly the nelly furtado one) but the majority of the album is quality. Will be listening to more Jurassic 5, glad they made the list! 4.5.

I really enjoyed the more caustic songs on this album - the harder beats and the more challenging topics. Some overly long tracks, and my favourite was If You Only Knew. Perhaps a 3 - just not quite enough there for me to fully relax and enjoy.

Man, what a treat! Didn't expect J5 to be on the list. Probably haven't heard this for 20 years. J5 were a staple of my teenage years. It's so good. This is what I think of when I think of hip hop. This is what I want it to sound like. Chali 2na's voice is so smooth and contrasts so well with the others. They all have great flow, they aren't rapping about the standard gangsta tropes. There are skits here, but they aren't intrusive and they lead into tracks seamlessly. Freedom, if you only knew, what's golden and sum of us are my favourites, but it's all good. First half probably better. Easy 5

I've heard of Jurassic 5, but I'm not really familiar with any of their music. I didn't recognize any of the songs on this album as I listened to it. I'm probably not the best judge of a hip hop album as it's just not a genre I know very much about or listen to much. This album was fine, but there wasn't anything about any of the songs that stood out to me and made me think it was something special. It was fine to listen to, but I wouldn't listen again.

Old school rap are just PEAK

Didn’t pay CRAZY attention to the lyrics so they might be VERY 2002 but as far as everything else at least it’s like riiiight up my street

I like Quality Control a lot more. 2/5

a good listen.

Damn! Rap/hip hop never really hit for me. But immediately I dug the production on this... a lot! Just flashed some tracks again. Production is sublime... I've always been more drawn to the instrumental side of music more than the lyrical. But I have to say, from a pure craftsmanship perspective, the lyrics on this are really, really well put together. Also, "What's Golden" was one of those songs you've heard ages ago and since almost completely forgotten about. Then when you hear it you have no clue when or where you know it from... It's a very special experience - another bonus of doing this list. Such a pleasant surprise, definitely something I have to go back and listen to again sometime.

Solid Album

Yeah this is killer. Really love the funk and soul samples and the bluesy phrasing when they rap, exactly what I want hiphop to sound like

Sehr coole Beats als Fundament für sehr unterschiedliche, aber sehr gut zusammen passende Rap Styles. Das Album ist vorne zu lang, in der Mitte und zum Ende hin aber echt stark, obwohl es manchmal so klingt als hätten sie die Demos mit eingebaut

Mir bisher nur vom Namen bekannt aber hey, was für gute Beats und Dynamiken in den einzelnen Songs. Stark produziert und abwechslungsreich.

Didn't know what to expect but did enjoy this, pleasant hip hop

If you have to keep saying you aren't corny, you kind of are. Not terrible though, just a tad long

Really enjoyed it. Great melodies throughout vocals and instrumentally. A bit of THUG nostalgia doesnt hurt either. Will happily listen to this again by choice.

if you only knew - 5/5 i was going to rate all the songs but honestly i think the whole album is a banger.

i’m just generally not a huge fan of the more classic hip-hop sound; however listening was never entirely unenjoyable and there was a few songs that hooked me. •standouts: if only you knew, thin line, one of them •honorable mentions: freedom, what’s golden •favorite: thin line

truly interesting and versatile, i felt all sorts of things while listening to it. a wonderful experience filled with passion and creativity. i loved it

Really liked Freedom, Break, A Day At The Races, and I Am Somebody. Break was the one I fucked with the most but I think A Day At The Races is my overall favourite. I think this is Alternative Hip hop? I need to familiarize myself with more music genres and sub-genres.

really solid hip-hop

Not bad, loved the production, but the spiritual lyrical miracle became kinda stale after 30-40 mins

Foundational.

solide hiphop album, niets baanbrekend kwestie van rap ofzo, gewoon, solid flow...

Hip Hop raiz

Craig: okay, not that special to me Courtney: good album, very cool vibes.

I listened to Power in Numbers by Jurassic 5, but I didn’t feel much. The production sounds polished, yet most of the tracks blend together for me. Nothing stood out strongly, either positively or negatively. It just didn’t leave an impression.

Horrendo hijo deputa

é legal de escutar gostei

So f good Talking “Latin” rap Background talking 5/5 Obsessed Car vibes af

this aint my type of music

I wasn't familiar with Jurassic 5 until today, though I did know Chali 2na from a record he did with Savoy back in 2015 that I quite enjoyed ("Love Is Killing Me") – I've actually got a poster of the Monstercat compilation that the track was featured on hung up like seven feet from where I'm currently sitting. Needless to say, I was interested to hear what Chali would sound like in proper context on this album! First of all, I'll just say that Power in Numbers was a solid listen – one of the better hip-hop albums I've heard during this challenge. The beats are bangin', the rhymes & flows sound totally locked in and the way the tracks are weaved together is exceptional. Perhaps best of all, the one rapper I actually recognized going into the album stole the show at pretty much every given opportunity! If there's one thing holding this one back, it's that it's got too much of a good thing. Power in Numbers never gets truly bad, but after the halfway point, it just feels like the album is spinning its wheels and never quite catches the incredible stride it had in the first half. It's definitely one of those albums that would have benefitted from someone taking a hatchet to around 15-20 minutes of material before shipping it, in my opinion. I was a bit conflicted about giving Power in Numbers three or four stars since it falls pretty much right between Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... and The Score for me, but I reckon a light four is warranted here – it's not perfect, but I had a positive experience with it and would definitely listen to the entire thing again (assuming I'm in the right mood for it and not pressed for time)! Highlights: Freedom, Break, A Day at the Races, Remember His Name, What's Golden, Thin Line, Sum of Us, One of Them, Acetate Prophets

Oh yeah, the venerable six are just honey. In retrospect, they were real throwbacks to the ‘90s with their unique flows, positive verses, lack of dancefloor hooks or shine, and focus on the essentials of bboy’ism (emceeing, turntabling, etc.) Chali2Na’s baritone has to be felt to be believed. I loved them at the time. 25 years on I can tell they belonged to a fading era, but man, it was a golden one.

THIS IS MY SHIT

A fun album.

I know I probably shouldn't like the "lyrical spiritual miracle" flow here but their voices are actually quite unique- especially Chali 2na, who sounds like if Keith David could rap. The hooks here tend to be pretty catchy, too. Solid skateboard-core rap. I was pretty impressed and would re-listen.

Positive and socially conscious hip hop. It reminds me a bit of De La Soul but with simpler and more repetitive beats. "Clean" is the best way to describe it, with the simple beats leaving plenty of space for the rapping to be clear and high in the mix while they tackle (mostly) kid-friendly topics. Not really my cup of tea but I can see why this would have broad appeal.

Decent early 2000s hip-hop. I liked the voice of the baritone guy (Chali 2na) and started getting annoyed when anyone other than him was rapping.

Как-то реп, не моё, больше 1 раза альбом даже не захотелось слушать

Didn't like it. Too "soft" and "toothless".

SO GOOD

J5 and the roots were my introduction to hip hop. This album brought back a lot of memories, such a classic album.

Catchy hip-hop with some real funky and danceable backing music. A pleasant surprise.

Viel Nostalgie bi jackson 5. Jurassic Park isch immer min Lieblingsfilm gsi. Jurassic 3 Pünkt

By far one of my all time favorite albums.

When hip-hop first started to develop, much of the focus was on ensemble performances by groups like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and The Sugarhill Gang. These were party groups, MCs, focused on moving a dance floor. That lineage lost favor with more serious acts, either through the grittier one-MC-one-DJ combos from New York or through more hardcore groups such as NWA. I see Jurassic 5 as a natural extension of the early groups. Their sound relies of relentless interplay of multiple voices and personalities. The lyrics are more focused on creative wordplay rather than content. That is a completely valid way for artists to express themselves. In fact, I've always been impressed with how the Jurassic 5 MCs execute their creative vision. It's just not my thing. Most of the rap I like is solidly placed in the hip-hop golden age, East Coast, crate-digging, jazz-influenced, boom-bap. On Power In Numbers, J5 has effectively split the differences. The production is aggressive, even dark in places. I was pleasantly surprised by how moving and appealing the beats were. Lyrically, the group seems to have matured as well. The verbal delivery is masterful as always. Here's the thing. I don't like "nice guy" rap. That's not to say that I don't like rap from good people. I just don't want to be told directly how nice an artist is or how whack gangsta rap is. If you have a voice, just use it. I'll see your value from what you produce, not from your complaints or overt virtue signaling. This is where I run afoul of many "alternative" rappers. As good as this record sounds, and how expert the lyrical delivery is, J5 just doesn't seem to fit the more hardcore mold easily. It feels like an identity crisis. I mean, did I hear this right, or is "The Thin Line" a celebration of being in the friend zone? Contrast with the copious use of the "N-word" on "One of Them," and it feels awkward and rubs me the wrong way. This album sounds great, and these MCs still display their acrobatic delivery skills, but that's not enough for me to return to this record. Three stars.

2,9/5

Yeah this is great, liked all the beats and the rapping is strong throughout.

Not my genre.

Parts of it were great, parts of it were just good. At no point was it bad, so that's good.

I liked this album lot more than I thought I would!

Loved this album. Had not heard of Jurassic 5, but will be listening to more of them. Classic 90s hip hop with a message of raising each other up. Nothing to hate here.

Not all 1089 albums can be winners

Remember His name is masterful. Great sampling all around and above excellent flow from the rappers here. 9 is great aswell with the singing and rapping blend. Usually I'm afraid when I see long hip hop albums from the 90's early 2000's, but this one is extremely fun and passed really quick! Yeh, it's not the most revolutionary thing I've heard, but all elements work very good, even the sound collage in the end. Another very high three, that like the b-52s record from yesterday, probably deserved a 4.

Decent hip hop album

It was good but too long. Nothing really grabbed me and was hard to stay engaged.

This was quite cool, chilled hip hop. A lot of the songs sounded pretty similar, so much so it felt like a continuous loop of music. Not a bad thing, but I didn't feel there were many stand out tracks. Enjoyable but overall a bit forgettable.

Although I am not a learned man when it comes to hip hop, West Coast Alternative is in the wheelhouse. Some fun samples and turntablism.

8/14, 57%

This is not an album I would have chosen. It sounds slightly derivative of Illmatic, but , idk, funkier? Rhymes are good but nothing I haven’t heard before. Great beats with a fresh variety of instrumentation. The message comes through loud and clear- sharing the struggles of poverty and social injustice- and it isn’t painful to listen to. EXCEPT Nelly Furtado’s vocals grated on my nerves - if I never hear her again I’ll die happy. Please don’t include any if her albums!!! … and High Fidelity rescues me from the proverbial Pit of Despair. This is the kind of old school rap I remember and can appreciate. The last track (Acetate Prophets) was inventive but unfortunately seemed to drag and I just wanted the album to end about 2 minutes sooner. I am not the target audience or demographic and that leaves me wondering if I just don’t “get” the music or is it the message I am missing? 2 star's

Conscious, positive rap…not bad. Has good bounce and flows to it, and lyrics can be uplifting. Gets a little derivative with 17 songs.

3/5

Never heard this before. Old-school hip-hop in an era dominated by commercialised "gangsta" rap. Better than most. Probably wouldn't relisten though. 3/5.

It’s ‘giving unc’ as the kids would say. Hate to break it to the boys, but you are in fact corny. Maybe if this came out in the late 80s like it sounds, it woulda meant something.

🙂

It's ok. Charli 2na and the gang are objectively great MCs, and there's some truly awesome tracks including an amazing Big Daddy Kane feature, bit this thing's too long and the production is flat in large parts.

Good old school boom bap type beat rap, J5 show a good command of a early 2000's east cost rap album. However it's a bit flat, I really like the last instrumental track, but the rest is a bit all same the same

It was decent.

My kind of rap. Not overly aggressive, good flow and punchy funk. Enjoyed. I am Somebody and What's Golden my picks

I understand why people would like it but it's just not my thing.

that was fire

206/1089 i’m a simple guy, i hear Nelly Furtado, I rate 5 stars. okay not quite but i did quite like this project. It has an effortless ease and flow to it that made it satisfying to listen to. I don’t have much that i can add beyond that after just 1 listen, but i could definitely see myself returning to it. faves: Thin Line, If Only You Knew, Freedom, Hey, A Day At The Races, What’s Golden, Acetate Prophets 75/100

Well done, but not for me. The funky interstitials were cool

It's a fun vestige of old school hip-hop but listening to this record it makes sense why this style went the way of the dinosaurs. It becomes uninteresting and feels like you can hear rhymes like this on any highschool playground nowadays. One of them also feels very out of place in this record that makes a point to push positivity on other songs

Necesitaba un album así, sin tanto rock

klonk als Weird Al op een zeer slechte dag

A fantastic album, one of several by Jurassic 5. This is easily my favourite of their albums. The 2 DJ's were at the most creative and the tracks are a perfect mix of music and vocals. The diverse rapping tones of the MC's actually weave together beautifully. A favourite album of mine for many years, I've no doubt I will be listening to it until my dying day!

Very good, they are solid performers individually but together they are great

Good solid jazz rap, very few misses here

This album is responsible for shaping my tastes in hip-hop. Really didn't like it much until I got into J5, and A Day At The Races was the song that turned me on to them.

Pretty good had some good highlights but some songs were a little boring

This was a really fun listen! It feels like if Wu-Tang were in LA and also had more electronic instruments. I loved the variety of styles that are played around with in rapping here and... I actually enjoyed the skits lol

I wasn’t really into this album. I feel like this style of rap should be in my wheelhouse but is just misses. It’s too laid back without being fun, flowing but not in a good way and just overall kind of boring. I don’t hate it like jazz but it’s nothing I would seek out.

Good

Music?

Love this. Great discovery.

Просто биты и просто реп Переслушивать не буду

Hip hop og me duele un poco la cabeza

I’m not a fan of hip-hop, but the rhythms and flow on this are really good. Still not my thing, but it was quite enjoyable.

New to me and loved it. Dude with the low voice 🔥

Yes please.

knew some of the songs.

Favorite Tracks: Freedom / Break / A Day at the Races / What's Golden / High Fidelity / Sum of Us Rating: 3.9 One of my favorite early 00's groups. The MCs are fire -- how can you not love Chali 2Na and that epic voice, he really steps it up on this album. The hella dope breakbeat, jazz-flute, uptempo beats from Cut Chemist bring the vibes. There's definitely an old-skool feel to this, and J5 leans into it with appearances from Pearcy P, Big Daddy Kane, and Kool Keith. "Quality Control" is usually the go-to J5 album for me, but this is a polished effort with great track flow.

Really liked the flow and beats on this album. After School Special stood out for me. 4/5

Once again, I am ignorant and am only now getting to hear some music I never gave a thought to...before listening for this project. The first half of this album is superb, but around sum of us, I found it less interesting (One of Them was stellar, though). That being said, 4 stars overall. I missed a lot of good music because I was a prig. My bad....

I feel like this hip-hop group was never talked about as much as A Tribe Called Quest or Wu-Tang Clan, but a lot of their songs have just as good beats.

How did I ever miss these guys, and the album is blowing my mind, I LOVE it, been on repeat all weekend.

Hey pretty nice, one of those guys does have a really deep voice that made me eh ? But yeah that was a little bit repetitive i feel but still refreshing in comparison to other albums

I always liked their debut LP and Quality Control better but this is good. 2na has a voice that is instantly recognizable. I could do without cut chemist interspersing every song with a bunch of old television and movie dialog. It's Golden is their biggest hit, it's a good song. It's weird that Nelly Furtado was such a big thing at the turn of the century. One of Them is a jam.

Amazing chill hip-hop

Love it. A little bias, as this is an album I have owned and listen to for years. J5 was the first concert I ever attended more than 20 years ago. This album is more refined than it's predecessors (Quality Control is their best work) and continues the groups social conscious rapping and great dj-ing. "What's Golden" is one of the best songs they have ever recorded. 5/5 Will definitely listen again

∑ Of Us are vibing

Verassend leuk!

I saw Jurassic 5 over a decade ago at a music festival and I often think of how dang good they were live. It translates pretty well to this studio album. What’s Golden is an absolute banger, and the flute on If You Only Knew is fantastic. Overall a great listen

This one I really liked. I like the beats, the flow and the musicality/melodic playing. Especially liked “I am Sombody” and “Acetate Prophets”.

Classic album, true hip hop

Eclectic, powerful, raw

I'm not the greatest fan of hip hop, but I respect the genre and recognise that this is a very good album. Overall I enjoyed the album, it's an easy listen and oozes cool. It's just not an album I would play on a regular basis. I can't think of a stand out track that gripped me, the vibe felt similar all the way through. 6/10 for me (3 stars on the app). Can't rate it low as the talent and production is undeniable, just not for me.

Very good!

Heard of them but never listened to them. Enjoyed it and added to my playlist.

Before: Never heard of this album or artist. I'm thinking some form of rap or similar based on the album cover and explicit lyrics warning. During: The first few minutes are not bad, hip hop? Discogs calls it Conscious Hip Hop, while Wikipedia calls if Alternative Hip Hop. Now up, "If You Only Knew", I do like this some. Maybe I'll find a contender for my favorites of 2002 list; let's see what else they got. "Break" is good. "React" is good. By the time we get to the 6th track though, "A Day at The Races" I'm getting tired of the music. Unfortunately Spotify does not know the lyrics for a lot the numbers on this album. Speaking of lyrics, one problem I have with rap, hip hop, and similar genres is that so much of it so self referential, it gets a little tiresome. I might like the music but the lyrics drag it down. After : It's a long album. Definately got tiresome by the end. So much so that I would rather not listen, than listen to it, which edges it just below a 3. I decided to give it another try but by the time we get to number 6 out of 15, "A Day At The Races", I'm done. I definately don't want to listen to the whole album again and overall I'd rather not listen to it, than listen to it, but I don't hate it. That sits it squarely in 2 territory, even though I did like a couple of tracks a little. There's nothing on this album that I love but my 2002 list if a little sparse at 47 tracks and my goal is between 50 - 100 so I skim through the album one more time to see if there is anything I can grab. I decide to add "React" to the 48th spot, just after Clinic's, "For The Wars", and "Thin Line", just below that. Naw, scratch "Thin Line", it's not that good, so I remove it. It's catchy but a bit too repetitive and long.

It’s a cute album, I enjoyed it a lot as a youngster

Very good album Obvious example of 2000s hip hop One of those albums where after 7-8 listens it sounds best 7.7/10 Mix of NWA (less political) and MF DOOM kinda vibes Beats are exceptional I will come back to this album multiple times

Pleasantly surprised. Really good album, in the vein of Tribe.

It’s good, but I’m unsure of whether or not I’d say this album is critical/influential. It’s a good example of the style and genre, but I don’t know if it’s a stand out. Could just be my lack of familiarity with the history/genre.

pleasantly surprised by my enjoyement :) top songs; thin line, freedom, if you only knew, what's golden

Some good Bush era socially conscious hip hop. Reminds me of the Key and Peele Old School sketch. But, it was decent and the one guy has a very cool voice.

Wake up people and look at life around you

It's albums like this that make me remember why I love hip hop to begin with. It's just great beats, entertaining raps and a lot of fun. The sound is very classy, vintage 90s boom bap done very well. The sample selection is very good, the instrumentals are just constantly fun and banging. It's just a very good time.

Really cool album, excellent hip hop. 5/5

THIS FUCKING RULES! The lyrics, the flow, the beats, the vocals, everything just clicks. This might be my favorite hip hop album of all time.

No individual part of this album will blow you away. The beats are fresh and slightly jazzy, but they can be a bit simple and rarely wow you. Outside of Chali 2na, with his deep and effortless flow, none of the rappers stand out much. Despite all that, the album's atmosphere and message carry it to greatness. The constant mic passing gives this a real communal feel. Rarely does a rapper stay on for what feels like a full verse, which makes it feel like the album is always moving forward. The exceptions are a few guest verses, including a great one from Big Daddy Kane. There are creative songs concepts like "Thin Line" and positive messages like "I Am Somebody." The conscious topics aren't always unique, but they're rarely preachy. While short on can't-miss songs, the beats and vibes make this feel shorter than its hour runtime.

Who doesn't love J5? This is a solid record - very reminiscent of early hip-hop, which is their whole schtick. That said, the schtick wears off after a while. A solid 6/10.

Wow, this is very highly rated on here for something I'd never heard of before. This flows, foot was tapping, head was bopping. What a great find. 5* Highlights: break, what's golden

I miss this kind of hip hop.

oooh ok i can get down with this. ngl i thought it was gonna be like indie rock. much better. this is--nice bass freedom--damn. if only you knew--lot of british sampling lol break--oooooh this is a groove remember his name--ok i'm legit loving this. the vocal variety is great. the beat is strong. the instrumentals have a great dialogue going with the rapping. i dunno how experimental this is in hiphop, but compared to my normal listening this is out there, and i am. loving. it. what's golden thin line--the friendzone, that perennial subject of song and verse after school special--haha love the intro. oh nice he's in the song feels like there's a good bit of social commentary going on here (no shit sherlock) but i'd have to listen a few more times to get a good handle on it. definitely freedom is about, well, lack thereof. ddt & the songs there are prob about toxicity in the LA hiphop world? acetate prophets--loving this one. i want to know more about the african sampling. vocals are getting more esoteric compared to the rest of the album. i don't think i can give less than 4.5 to an album that engaging. 5/5

Fav song-what’s golden

I enjoyed this more than many other hiphop albums here, much smoother and flow-focused than gangster rap sounding hard/tough. I listened through a few times while working and didn’t mind when it looped around. 3.5/5

Great, if not slightly safe rap.. Opened doors to many artists in the future. In isolation this album is fairly middle of the road with some great tunes and nice rhythm/funk but far from incredible.

Pop/punk classic

Finally, a good hip hop album.

75

du rap west coast comme on aime, very very good

Banger, until the hi-hats from a song three quarters or so down the album made me nauseous.

Pretty bangin vibes. 4 stars

I never heard this band and I'm not a fan of hip hop. Too repetitive. Overall an OK album.

Sounds like something that would've been on an early Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack

I like the flow and beat of this album, and it's pretty good lyrically. However it's a bit repetitive and too long imo. "One of them" was also weirdly hateful for a pretty upbeat album.

Really interesting album. The first few tracks weren’t quite for me but enjoyed the instrumentation (flute especially). By the second half was properly enjoying it. Really strong beats definitely helped. Overall a solid album even for someone not rap inclined. Favourite track- Thin Line

Decent rap for the times

Some very coooooool sounding musics and flows like rivers, the hits were really good, the other songs were like not quite as good echoes. 3.7/5.0 Best Song: A Day At The Races

I don’t mind J5, but this album doesn’t do a lot for me. It’s a little bit too much on the conscious hiphop scale for me, overall it’s not a bad album, but I don’t think I’d reach to chuck it on.

Good flows and instrumentals. The tracks are interesting and fun to listen to.

Chill and easy to listen to hip-hop. The beats are good, the flow is nice, and it isn’t bogged down with interludes like a lot of the albums from this era are.

Listened to this album dozens of times in college. Very good but may have aged a little weakly given some of the critiques in "One of Them" also the conscious vs party rap feels a little in tension. Still a worthy addition

A great rap album that manages to sound classic and modern at the same time. Socially conscious lyrics that don't sound preachy. Great beat.

Boring

Okay, I’m excited for this. Good reviews, been meaning to listen to them and fairly modern (for the list!). Let’s GO…. It’s a sweet groove. Nice beats, samples and vocals. Not blown away, but very pleasantly grooving. It’s nice. Kinda hard to comment on some specifics about it because there is a similar flow throughout, reminds me a bit of blackilicious. 3.5-4

I really enjoyed this. It was mellow with a few stand out songs.

favorites: tracks 1,3,8,9

Didn’t listen tbh

"We're not like those thug rappers, we're real artists", what a joke. Don't know how people rate this. Forgettable beats, lyrics that can be solid (especially in the first half) but are often preachy and surface level. And some pretty pathetic "political" statements that don't cover any meaningful issues. And did I mention homophobia. Jurassic 5 think they're Public Enemy, but they have far more in common with the "thugs" that they claim are poisoning hip-hop. They have about as much a chance at restoring hip-hop's early days as I do at winning an Oscar. Bunch of condescending jerk-off's, no wonder they never took off.

On the face of it this should be right up my street. Hip hop was a massive part of my teenage/early 20s soundtrack, coinciding with the golden age of the late 80s to early 90s. On first listen, this feels contemporaneous with that era, and with the Roots & Mos Def’s late 90s evolution of that sound. And that’s how it goes as it starts off with; some great flows, familiar-but-not-familiar beats and samples, and a renaissance of b-boyism. So far so good, but after a few tracks something feels off. It’s not bad, but it feels like it’s all a bit too studied. It’s something I can’t shake as the album plays through, and then it dawns on me; the problem is that it’s just too cleverly done. There’s a layer of grit and grime missing from the beats. The rhymes are expertly done, but rely too much on throwbacks to a bygone era, and it begins to feel one-dimensional. It’s not bad and it’s certainly not cynical, but it does feel a little too parochial and reluctant to innovate which is reflected in the way it feels way too long despite only coming in at 56 minutes.

Unusually, I was not late to the party with J5. However, I kind of lost step with them before this album was released. I felt they were on an upward trajectory from their earliest material through Quality Control. I’m hearing Power In Numbers for the first time and either it now seems dated or like I suspect, it sounds like J5 treading water. It’s sad to have to put it this way but maybe “another great J5 album” isn’t good enough. I guess by this stage my personal view is and artist should be pushing things forward. Maybe since this was followed by a disappointing album and the group falling apart (not handling the loss of Cut Chemist well?) the writing may have been on the wall.

Will keep listening to this. Perfect vibes and nice flows.

Not bad

This fun and fresh.

It's fine. The old school style is cool and was probably a welcome break from all the gangster rap that was dominating hip hop at the time. There's some nice samples and songs which have a strong soul influence. For me though, although it's solid and good, it's also unremarkable without any clear stand out tracks.

The reason I like Jurassic 5. Good melodies and cool rapping rhythms, you can't not bop your head along. I enjoy the call and response style - a lot less dated than other old school hip-hop. Thin Line is a banger

Started strong — i liked the first few songs a lot but my interest flagged toward the end. I might re-listen to some of the songs.

Le premier album hip-hop de la liste, qui fait sourire et bouger la tête, mention spéciale pour la voix d'enfant qui veut apparaître dans l'album

Solid classic rap album similar to A Tribe Called Quest

Yep, it's a hip hop album. And a pretty long one at that. 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. It may not be quite as bad as others but still, not for me, thank you. 1.75/5

Only really listened to half, wasn’t bad but just didn’t stand out to me.

I really like this album!! I like Sound effects, the singers' voice and manner of performance

Nie voor mij

Nelly furtado was here 👁️👁️

Not my genre or vibe but it's better towards the end of the album

A really fun rap record. Loved many of the tracks.

I'll admit, I haven't listened to a lot of hip-hop even though I like it when I hear it - and I really enjoyed this album. Great rhythm, great lyrics, lots of great underlying music and diversity to keep me interested. This is why I'm loving this project - it's exposing me to albums and artists that I wish I'd listened to earlier! - Heard before? No. - Will I listen again? Very likely. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? Definitely. The autoplay followed this album with a group called Lyrics Born that I'm also enjoying!

It was fine. Nothing about the production rhymes or delivery really grabbed me.

Impeccable beats, production, and rhymes. Fun grooves on the backing tracks, some jazzy, some funky, but all good enough to nod your head with. Decent samples. Smart rhymes with tight delivery. If you like Tribe Called Quest, this is similar.

Een stuk harder dan verwacht. Deed me qua beats af en toe onironisch denken aan Brainpower, op een goede manier. Ook niet geheel gek aangezien het uit hetzelfde tijdperk komt.

Vet. Lekker om een old school hiphop album hier tussen te hebben.

Bij dit soort old school hiphop vind ik vaak de flows wat corny a la 3kb rap, maar de vibes, hooks en beats zo goed dat ik het met gemak door de vingers zie Break gaat zeer hard Ook groot fan van de stem van Chali 2na 3,5 sterren

Ga erg goed op Thin Line met Nelly Furtado

Wat een productie god dang zeg. Dit is fire. Het doet me fysiek pijn dat deze lui met 6 zijn en jurassic 5 heten.

Love the old school flow.

I was surprised this released in 2002. I was even more surprised to see they're from LA. Just listening to this, I would have assumed it was an early 90s East Coast Hip Hop album.

the vibe of the time classic vibe

Solid 90s adjacent hip hop- East Coast jazz with West Coast harmonies. Solid 1-2 with Quality Control

This is fantastic. I was unfamiliar with Jurassic 5 before but this is quality straight through. The harmonies on the verses and choruses throughout are excellent. Not a weak song on this.

Its just not my music preference.

interessantes Neuland für mich

3/10

This one snuck up on me and I loved it! It was a really fun and unique take on hip hop that is the precursor to some amazing 20-teen hip hop fusion that I personally adore!

I found myself pretty confused while listening to this album. I really struggled to understand what this album was trying to be. It obviously is a hip-hop album, but it seems to be really stuck between ages and unsure which one it belongs to. There is nothing really bad about it, but the confusion ensured a not very high rating for me. 2/5

2000s hip hop. Very cool beats. Jazzy and latin elements.

Pretty nice album for its genre, al of the songs are nice to listen to but I would skip a few if they popped up

pas trop mon style, c’est quali mais voilà quoi, fin j’aime bien mais sans plus

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