Power In Numbers

Before Listening: I have never heard of this group and not sure what to expect, but I’m excited to hear something new! After Listening: I enjoyed this so much. I love rap/Hip-Hop and this was fantastic! I appreciated the social commentary and it’s so wild that these issues have not gotten any better. Really enjoyed this one.

Maybe I should have listened to Jurassic 5.

I’ll be damned I’d this didn’t take me back to the days of yes y’all-in’.

Pretty cool album. Some good hip-hop beats. Nothing special to me personally. Some of the songs were a bit too repetitive for my taste. I think this is an album that would grow on me over time, but for now? I don't see myself revisiting this anytime soon.

Very good, a bit long.

This is fun and easy to listen to with great production. I like the touches with all the different audio samples. I think I’ll definitely revisit this.

me ha sorprendido la selección de hip hop hasta ahora, este de plano no lo conocía. y por poquito y harían honor a su nombre, pero por ahora se quedan en jurassic 4

Liked this one a lot! Fav: Freedom What's Golden *A Days At The Races and Break I remember liking a lot toooo

I really enjoyed everything about this album. great intro great melodies thoughtful writing. It was impactful yet entertaining. I couldn’t tell a single thing I disliked.

Not my personal style but groovy and enjoyable at times

Great mixing. Covers many styles and samples.

Good album, gives me reminders of the 90's era of hiphop

I think power of numbes was an interesting composition. I had never heard of Jurassic 5, and I have to admit that even it is not the genrer I use to listen on my daily routine, it was amazing to listen such a diverse piece of music. It is nice how they connect memory and present, telling us how they music is a communication of a chain full of generations that had their own history, but at the end they communicate us that that past as well is part of them. In fact, one of the song that better communicate this, I think was freedom, because the sample used at the begginig and the hole backgrounf music, joined with the poweful message in the voices, was an entire combination that composed a clear concrete message. At the end music is what really weave our past in such an authentic way.

- Afro-rap album som smeller - Hint av Fugees, men mer rytmisk - Passer til pakking, hype matlaging

i can see myself relistening to this. the variety of instruments and styles???? the transitions between each song????

This Is - Good intro track! That’s all it is, but I like the tone it’s setting. Freedom - Oh I’m going to love this album. This is already incredible. Absolutely gorgeous instrumentals, and I really enjoy the lyricism. Immediate favorite, but I suspect most of these will be. If Only You Knew - Oh hey, is that flute in there? I’m biased but I love a good flute riff. Also loving this one. A real head bopper. Break - Oh I LOVE the beat on this one. This album is great. Every song becomes my new favorite immediately, haha. The rapping on this one is probably my favorite so far, there’s a really nice rhythm to it that feels great to listen to. React - I really like the intros and interstitials on this album. I like albums that feel like a full listening experience front to back. It definitely adds something important. A Day At The Races - Can I just say “favorite” for every song? These are all so good. This one feels the most fast paced so far, and I really enjoy that. I’m really enjoying all the super chill instrumentals on all these tracks, but this one is especially good. The guitar strums in the background give it a very particular feel that’s great to listen to. Some very satisfying lyricism and rhyme schemes in here too. Remember His Name - Oh wowwww. Okay. This is my new favorite for real. I love the use of sound bites to add to the overall soundscape. I love the conversational set up. I love the instrumentals. This is really something else, holy shit. Oh my god, the end? Okay yeah immediate favorite. I need to relisten to this one. What’s Golden - I feel like I’m still reeling from the last song, but this is great. Really fun little jam. Really enjoy the little breakdown on “hip hop music”. Thin Line - I can’t just say “this is a really nice jam” for all of these, but also it’s true for all of them! There’s a very specific feel being curated here that I really really enjoy. I really like the featured artist on this one too. After School Special - Oh, great beat on this one. Another one that just makes me instinctively bop my head. I really like the rhythm of the rapping too. High Fidelity - Oh really fun. Some great lyrics in here too. Another flute riff, I think? Which I always love. This is jumping up on the favorites list for me. I really like this. Sum of Us - I keep saying this but, great song, a jam, great beat, etc etc etc. This album is so consistently great I just keep saying how great every song is. It’s true though. There’s a really fun synth, I think, in the back of this one? Really good. Also really like the lyrics in this one. Really nice hook. Ddt - Ooh another great interlude. This is such a satisfying one. One of Them - Oh I looove the intro to this. Really great instrumentals going on here. Okay, this has a really nice sound, but I don’t think I as a white queer in 2026 have enough social context to have an opinion on the content of the lyrics, so I just won’t! Hey - Nice slow jam. This is great. Another head bopper. The instrumentals on this album are all so good. I Am Somebody - Really nice funky feeling to the instrumentals on this one that I’m really enjoying. Every song on this album is great and I’m running out of things to say about how great they all are, haha. Acetate Prophets - Oh very unique sound to this. I really like it. I really enjoy a good experimental track, and this one is awesome. OVERALL: I think this has to be my first 5 star. I loved this. Every song hit for me. I think Remember His Name was my favorite, but it was closely followed by literally every other song on the album. Pretty much all of this is going to make it into my regular listening rotation.

I enjoyed listening to this. Totally not offended. But I don’t think that this is essential listening yet. I’m finding the backing tracks to be kinda boring and one dimensional. The scratching is cool though! Likely will need to listen to this many times to understand fully because of all the words.

Jurassic park Jurassic coast Jurassic period Jurassic fossils Jurassic dinosaurs Thats five

Never liked Jurassic 5 much. Love boom bap production generally but feels too derivative with subpar rapping.

It was catchy! Not sure if I would chose it myself, but I enjoyed the songs.

2026.01.06.

This might be the jam

i likey!

I really enjoyed this, like the playlist that it lead to as well. will defo listen again

9/10 Best songs: Freedom, A Day at the Races, Remember His Name, What's Golden, Thin Line Great storytelling, voices complement each other very nicely. Enthralling. One of the best albums I've listened to during this project. Chali 2na's bass voice is probably the standout for me - it stands out and has this almost businessman-does-rap vibe to it? Idk. The mid-album stretch from A Day st the Races ro Thin Line is just perfection. Homophobic lyrics are not cute, but I guess it's accurate to the sociocultural context of this group, so sure, whatever.

To begin with, this was trending towards being a half decent and fairly palatable hip hop album with some interesting lyrical concepts, but it just went on far too long, and the stylistic samey-ness of it all meant that it blurred into my peripheral listening quickly. Not terrible for what it is, but evidently not my thing.

flute on "if only you knew" is sick. love the addition of a lil' jazz instrument solo, really fits the jazz rip vibes. dancing, sunlit streets, community

Not a big rap/hip hop fan, but this album isn't afraid to try different things in terms of sampling and backing music. Kind of a psychedelic vibe throughout. The album unfortunately suffers the same fate as many other rap records in that it has a few too many songs on it and feels a bit overloaded.

super smooth, a lot of fun

optimimal as hell. Went through all of the stages with this one. Started off wondering why this was on the list, into thinking "okay its got some good lyrics," all the way to this is spiritual. Some of the tracks really stick with me.

Nice. 4.2

Good but didn’t knock my socks off

A lot of fun!! Kinda hated the last track though, unfortunate that it had to end on a sour note

Wall to wall bangers, gifted MCs and great beats

3.5

Outro is so good, instrumental might be the best track on the album

Interesting and fun hip hop that I've never heard before.

i totally judged a book by its cover (the art on this sucks), this was much better than expected

8.5 / 10

This feels like hip-hop for people who don’t like hip-hop. It’s very smooth, very polished and very forgettable. It reminds me a lot of Me Phi Me but with more bite. The album is very mid 90s, and swings along for at least 20 unnecessary minutes.

Really enjoyed it. Took me back to my childhood and listening to NWA, Biggie Smalls, Snoop Dog, etc with my dad.

I like my conscious rap with more rizz basically. Loved some of those flows but yeah, a little lacking for me. I'll probably revisit it with more context. 1 - i have negative feelings 2 - i have no feelings *3* - glad i heard it 4 - "oh i like that album!" 5 - in the rotation

So groovy, great instrumentation. Really like the rhythms and melody within the rap. Really enjpyed, considering i don't really listen to much rap and find stuff without melodies difficult. Will definitely listen again! One song v homophobic - less good... Also a bit long - wouldve been better if 8-9 tracks.

A powerful album that's easy to jam to. It's well mixed and interesting.

Took a while to get used to but it ended up being pretty good. Nothing too special

If you only knew - soul music something we can all relate to.

Definitely has its moments, but like most hip-hop albums devolves into extremely similar sounding songs occupying the non-singles.

Enjoyed the production a lot and feel like there were a few songs that stood out (if you only knew i reckon) but not sure i was captured by the whole thing? Couple too many rhymes that felt like reaching for a turn of phrase because someone thought to put paracetamol in the line before. Overall p fun though!

no notes - i love bluesy bobby

Big Day Out mentioned!! My rap/hip-hop education really started in 2015 when I was tasked with putting together a History-of-Hip-Hop event for the USSC. Julian lovingly pulled together a playlist for the event (which never got used because DJ TJA was on the decks all night) and I still listen to that playlist almost weekly to this day. “What’s Golden” is like a top 5 song off that playlist for me, so I was stoked to see this album pop up yesterday. It’s by far the best track on the album and while I enjoyed listening to it in situ, “Concrete Jungle” being the first autoplay track after the album finished cemented for me that I didn’t really love it on the whole.

This was good. There are some great great songs here (What’s Golden) and lots of other really fun, well produced songs throughout. There’s not really a dud in the bunch but it also hasn’t grabbed me as something I want to listen to over and over again. Like it’s solid.

Nagyon meglepődtem, hogy ennyire fog tetszeni, pedig őszintén, annyira nem volt kedvem adni neki egy esélyt. Azóta is ezt hallgatom és most egy ideig ez lesz a gymes albumom.

What a great album, I'm surprised I've never heard of this before. Great listen.

This is a delicious album! I'm not sure I would have found this album on my own, and it's a great discovery. Really rich sounds, great beats. Fun, chill vibes. Love the variety of instruments, sounds, and textures. Was going to give it 5 stars until I saw someone else mention the homophobia in 'One of Them'. Went back and listened again more closely and... yeah, no thanks. Otherwise a solid album, though.

Not the worst and certainly not the best hip hop I’ve had to listen to. It was long. I did like the song Thin Line though

Hip-hop isn’t usually my thing, and listening to this album hasn’t changed my mind.

Not my fave J5 but definitely some new old heaters in this one I hadn’t paid attention to.

longest hour of my life

Æ likte det veldig mye bedre enn æ egentlig hadde venta, det va funky og hiphopate på en måte som passa mæ helt perfekt, sånn flaks!

Songs from this album were in pretty heavy rotation for me back in the day, so glad to hear it all in context of the album, which is overall solid.

Highlights: A Day at the Races, What's Golden

It is hiphop, but I give +1 star for the use of some nice samples

Was trying to justify why this was a 3 and failed. This is pretty fun/good.

Enjoyed the ride but didn’t feel strongly about any songs.

SOUNDS HELLA COOL

Album is well produced and sounds great but nothing groundbreaking. Thin Line, What's Golden and I am somebody are my picks.

This was good and I'd probably listen to more of their music.

This is probably my favorite type of hip hop. I like the understated beats and the vocals were crisp

This might get an extra star purely for nostalgia, but I love this album and it was my gateway into underground hip-hop. The relentless positivity was refreshing (even if some probably found it somewhat cheesy) but some great beats and rhymes throughout. Chali 2Na has one of my favorite voices/flows in all of hip-hop. What's Golden is probably the peak but A Day at the Races is pretty underrated, just bars stacked on top of bars. I'd call this a classic.

Never would have thought this album would appear here, but so glad it did. Diverse but cohesive.

Not a fan of hiphop but the vibes are immaculate. Very powerful messages hidden in the lyrics of the raps. Love love love the beats. Surprised this album isn't as popular as it should be.

Nort for me

Chunky and full of muscle. Heavy with the beat and the rhyme, flowing quite natural with the def cold rhythm. Hiphoppin in a family way, writing lyrics on your mama’s behind, stumpin with the flavor I have no idea. Fuckin great album yes

Not an album I would normally listen to. I found a couple jems on here. I especially like the song with the flute and the one with Nelly Furtado.

Enjoyed the Ozomatli overlap. Chali 2na fan.

Awesome and super groovy

I'm a big fan of hip-hop that gets branded "conscious", and this is a good but not absolutely amazing example. I had a good time the whole way through though.

I think I prefer rock over rap Even though I would love to say I love rap....I don't think I do.

I loved that they used so many different sound mediums!

🔥listening experience

So fucking chill

Good album with some great tracks. Always loved thin line and what's golden. First album is still better but J5 are good overall.

sorpresivamente no me gustó, le tenia mas fe

If I liked hip hop, I'd like this album alot. 24 hours on i can remember none of it

Yep, don't mind this, if a bit on the long side at 56 mins. There's little chance that I would consider listening again though. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆ (6/10)

Totalno ok i ništa više od toga.

I first heard "A Day at the Races" on Tony Hawk's Underground. The fast rapping and fun music samples were unforgettable. On Power In Numbers: The samples and musical choices are phenomenal. The rap flow and the personalities of the MC's really stand out (especially Chali 2na), but, lyrically, this album ranges from excellent to kinda cheesy after school program rap. Jurassic 5's messages are positive, which is sorely missing in hip-hop, but it also leads to some of J5's cornier moments. Stylistically they bridge the gap between the 80's and 2000's. A very fun and technically proficient hip-hop crew and a good album. I loved the flute on "If You Only Knew". "A Day at the Races" still rules.

these guys have a naaaasty flow 😮‍💨 not super practical for me but i enjoyed it faves/new discoveries: break, thin line, after school special album art: very cool i know diddy was jealous

Fun beats, nice flow

This album is a mixed bad for me. Some songs are really nice, good beat and smooth lines. the interludes and some of the later songs take me out of that good feeling though. Not something I will come back to in the future or something that I haven't experienced before.

I was unkind to this album back when it came out in 2002. The previous album (and their previous releases in general) was my favorite album of 2000. That came out between my junior and senior year of high school and was my album of the summer and fall in 2000. For whatever reason--being in college with shifting music interests, not living up to my lofty expectations after Quality Control--I wasn't a huge fan of this album. I had my first re-evaluation of this record in like 2010 and I've been a fan ever since. I think, doing this album listening project, I like the album far more than I realized in the past 20+ years. Happy to put it into a more regular rotation (and probably buy it on LP). Love the production and the vocals. Love that the bass line that ends QC starts this album. Fun little detail.

Simply superb!

Not my style of music but sooo vibey

Enjoyed it quite a bit, real flashback to hanging out at Mike Munroe’s house with Peter, listening to J5. Would definitely listen more. Great tunes, great balance & variety.

Some solid songs in this album.

bellissimo, l’ho ascoltato mentre cucinavo e mi sentivo uno chef di the bear. bellissime le transition tra una canzone e l’altra tracce preferite: a day at the races e ddt

Not reale my vibe. I get The Vision but it's Not really my Type of music...

That was a fun album to hear. We've heard similar music, but these escaped us.

Wow holy shit

Didn't know this, really liked it

Arranca increíble y después cae un poco en ideas poco originales. Pero gran sorpresa, la pasé muy piola escuchándolo. 6/10

Wasn’t really listening much- could re listen but from what I heard was just hip hop

I liked this one - but I forgot to pay attention to which track was what. I think it may have been because they flowed into each other in the way they did and the lack of defined song structures like traditional verse-chorus-verse that I didn't pick up on song names. Standouts - 4/5

Happy hiphop for the win!

The ultimate gateway hip hop group for basic British white indie kids (myself very much included).

Slick lyrics, clever samples, great stuff from J5.

A four for Jurassic 5. Fabulous beats and great flows.

It was ok, I wouldn’t be rushing back to it

Effortless lyrical flows over solid beats and samples. Keeps a good energy throughout the record.

Very solid. Melodic hip hop with smart bars …

First Listen; 3.5; This was a fun listen. Interesting and fun music and socially conscious lyrics.

Yeah, well, hip-hop and rap are just not my thing. And therefore, I can't really judge what makes a hip-hop album groundbreaking, but there was nothing on this album that changed my mind. Boring, bland, and way too long. It's good as background music though. 2/5

This started off promising, it’s always refreshing to hear a hip hop album that’s not full of misogyny and ridiculous posturing. The novelty started to wear off though and it all began to blend in to one. Still, at least it’s listenable, it’s got that going for it

good beats, bit boring album, nice in general, 3.5

Love the beats, love the sound of the lyrics, not enough hooks for me. When the songs have solid hooks it's pretty great (What's Golden as the prime example). But too many don't have hooks. Came close to 4, but couldn't get there.

Some great tunes, and impressive lyrical gymnastics. Feels somewhat dated now.

Ughhh....this is difficult. Being on this list really does the album a disservice. If I heard this for the first time on it's own merits, I'm guessing I'd appreciate it way more. EDIT: I'm going to bump the rating up from a 3 because I have been listening to it and enjoying it more.

I only knew Concrete Schoolyard by these guys, which I was surprised wasn't their most streamed song online. This record was great, jazzy, laid-back and thoughtful wordplay.

What a beautiful funky hip hop record. This process made me wonder if I actually like hip hop as much as I thought I did - a lot of the famous hip hop records here are a bit bloated and don't really flow as an album. This was so good though. Feels like a shorter record. Love the production. Love the rhythmic delivery. Love the way they've achieved some variety while keeping a consistent sound

I likeddd this one was fun and funky

The only Jurassic (park) where the bars actually worked. (GET IT GET IT!!!) Great albumcover, great opener on their spotify description: "Though there's actually six of them, Jurassic 5 got everything else right on their self-titled debut EP." and some solid 2000's Hip Hop. Some really solid bass lines on this album with songs like "Freedom" and "Break" getting carried by the bass. Overall great vocals and lyrics, it really feels like the inbetween era of 90's rap and 00's rap, with a lot of flows giving me NAS & Wu Tang vibes but with 00's instrumentals. "A Day At The Races" relax man, what a perfect high tempo Hip Hop song, the vocals on this with some switches to even faster tempo's, really got me wondering how I didn't know about these guys. Some really great features on here like Nelly Furtado with the most catchy song on the album "Thin Line". Overall a fun listen! 8.5/10.

Makes me want to dust off my old Tony Hawk'a Underground disc and fire up the GameCube. Good times.

Felt more Hip Hop than Rap. Enjoyable.

Ganske bra, sterk 3. Hadde jeg hørt dette rundt 2013 hadde det vært en favoritt 🙃

Jurassic Five were part of the whole alternative hip hop thing that was really big in the late nineties - stuff like The Roots, Mos Def, Common, basically everybody who was on Dave Chapelle’s block party. Not really sure why it was labeled alternative but it was generally pretty great. Anyway this album is a great example of that point in time. A bunch of great rappers with cool flow and delivery, interesting and imaginative musical production, good times throughout. There are better examples of this genre/scene (Blackstar, Things Fall Apart, Let’s Get Free) so let’s say it’s just four stars.

Starts slow but really good

Sounds like an 80s album in 2000s

Another hip hop classic

Nice and fun.

This was pretty entertaining.

Not really my cup of tea, however it had some good hooks.

I am a rock fan, through and through. But this was an absolute delight to listen to through and through. The kind of album I’d happily have on at home while I’m just relaxing.

Such a good album. I used to play it when I was in college and was a radio DJ.

This is more OG rap with a slight War vibe. Likeable.

I really just don't think this kinda thing is for me. I've heard 17 track albums that are about an hour that I've liked more (ie. Blonde by Frank Ocean or DS2 by Future), and this just struggled to justify the length. It also got weirdly homophobic in the middle? which I get rap does sometimes but it just felt kinda weird. Favorites: Freedom, If You Only Knew, A Day at the Races

This was surprisingly good. With a rap/hip-hop album emblazoned with parental warnings, my expectations weren't high, but I enjoyed the crisp delivery, limited profanity and smooth interplay between the members as well as the guest artists.

I didn't really like this as much. It just wasn't as strong with its hooks if that makes sense. It was fine tho. Acutal Rating...2.5 Liked Songs: "If You Only Knew" , "Break" , "What's Golden" , "Thin Line" , "High Fidelity" , "Sum Of Us" , "I Am Somebody"

2.5

Not the best but almost perfect

I really enjoyed this album. Have I said that about a rap album before? Something about the tag-team rapping really works here, and the energy is forward-moving and positive. Other than "One of Them", this is a great album.

Had forgotten how chill this hip-hop gem is. Great morning listen!

I recognized a bunch of these voices from Linkin Park’s reanimation. A really enjoyable, poetic MC album.

2002. Enjoyable album with some great throwbacks in its style. Conscious Rap music with great flow

nah

I was looking forward to this, since I've had quite a few enjoyable hip-hop albums recently, and while I didn't know about these guys, one of my friends was a big fan. I was very underwhelmed. There are a few songs with good beats, but the lyrics are pretty tame and the bests are mostly forgettable. The first song says something about not being a corny collective, but that's exactly what I thought they were at a number of times while listening.

7.6/10

Always enjoy listening to Chali 2na's voice

I've long loved this album. 👍What's Golden, High Fidelity

Oh man, I haven't heard these guys in a minute! But they are awesome! And great album!

Pu-pu-pu. Well, first of all, it’s a cool band name. The first third of the album is good: there are some interesting melodies. But the rest is boring, ordinary hip-hop. I don't understand why this album is on the list to listen to.

Faixa favorita: Sum of Us Letra favorita: “I spit Molotovs, it's time to floss My verbal affirmation is to always go off!” - A Day at the Races Como me senti: pronta pra festinha, dançante Resumo geral: Um hip-hop coeso, cheio de flow, rimas e harmonia entre vozes. Soa como um grupo trabalhando em conjunto, cada um do seu jeito sem tirar o espaço do outro. Reação pessoal: Esse álbum é para mim um grande suco dos anos 2000. É alto, é rápido, cheio de ginga e malícia.

Demorei a entender que Jurassic 5 era um grupo, e não uma dupla ou uma única pessoa. A sinergia entre os mc's dentro do album tão bem estruturada que torna o álbum extremamente agradável de ouvir. A maneira com que as vozes se complementam sem se sobressair cria uma harmonia perfeita de se acompanhar. Power in Numbers não tenta reeinventar a roda do hip-hop. Ele abraça os estilos que fazem o hip-hip ser o que nasceu e cresceu, mostrando quem nem sempre a essência deve ser reescrita para ser uma obra de arte. Obviamente não é um dos albuns mais famosos do hip-hip dos anos 2000, mas prova como química e algo bem feito pode perpassar a necessidade de revolucionar algo. Faixa favorita: Hey

I don’t know hip hop well but this spoke to me. Bass hits right right and the rap punctuates well. Love these dude’s low voices too. “What’s Golden” seems very familiar to me. I do remember an older burnout in high school who loved these guys. Maybe that’s why it’s so familiar.

I remember around the time this came out listening to it and not really being into it. Its grown on me over the years, But I can't quite put my finger on what it is that loses its appeal for me. I can hear its influence on other songs I know and there will be times that it catches me and I have to rewind/replay. But something about Jurassic 5 has always been like eh whatever for me. That said, it is a very good album.

Oh yeah that's what I'm talking about

Необычная манера исполнения и голос одного из участников. Но биты неинтересные, поэтому ни одна песня не зацепила.

Loved it! Especially like that all of the songs sound so different from each other.

Remains an absolutely stellar album. Great hip-hop top to bottom, fun to give it a re-listen!

Did nothing for me!

viiiiiibe

Good for working background music. Good beats.

It's chill to listen to, although I didn't particularly connect with any songs per se. And the album was a tad too lengthy for me. But definitely not bad.

Very nice and easy to listen to, just an album you can play while doing other stuff. Love the vibe and also a fan of hip-hop so yknow, right up my alley :). It is rather lengthy, which would be fine if the songs would be very recognizably different but they aren't. I would still occasionally put this album on loop tho.

it's very fun I like it Will I listen to again: 92%

What style is this? Reggae + rap + drum jam band + Japanese shamisen ? I enjoyed the last track 'Acetate Prophets', but it left me oh so very confused as to pick a genre, any genre. Interesting covers here and there. Rap alternative? Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Acetate Prophets, I Am Somebody ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it..but I am perplexed why

I grooved the whole time. Fantastic flows. Listened before? N Saved to library? Y Favorite track(s): Freedom, Break, What's Golden, High Fidelity, Sum Of Us, I Am Somebody ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Really liked it. Saved a bunch of tracks.

A hip hop album that seemed competent and fun, but didn’t move me much.

I really enjoyed this album, pretty upbeat and positive for a Hip-Hop album. Awesome!

Such a great album! I already knew What's Golden, but the rest was new to me - loved it

This is pretty good. Definitely a good group of rappers. Didn't know them at all, so cool to be exposed to them.

A lot of the albums suggested here are middle school albums like intro to music stuff

Not too bad. But for the most part, I am not a big fan of rap and/or hip-hop.

Though this album was pretty good, I prefer my Ozomatli without High Fidelity

Musically and rhythmically, Power In Numbers had been my favorite rap album on this project so far. The beats are good, the raps fast, there are some cool instruments and samples utilized; yeah, its got a lot going on! It's lyrically dense too, and I wish I had more time to sit and digest it. Favorite tracks were "Break," "High Fidelity," and "Acetate Prophets" This was a cool album and a pleasant surprise from a group I've never listened to before, although it's not totally my style. I really liked the instrumentals and breakdowns though. With more time and listens this would probably bump up to a 4 but for now it's a solid 3.5/5 from me.

I Am Somebody who really likes this album.

Finally an album that makes me feel something

wow this is amazing! really like everything about this. every track had me bobbing my head. I'm giving it a 4 instead of 5 because rap is typically outside of my 'taste zone', so I wont be spinning the record all the time -- but i will be putting it on, cover to cover, when the mood strikes. fav track: if you only knew. love the flute!

The early 2000's were the golden age of hip hop like this album that's right up my alley. Solid beats, great flows, thoughtful lyrics. Favorite track: What's Golden

Not a fan

Quality stuff. Just not my bag

Not my favorite genre but enjoyable

much better beats than i was expecting from the west coast but the Christian and homophbic were a major turn off for me

Overall: 7/10 A hip hop album that feels more old school than I expected. Other than the more modern (at the time) production, this sounds like it could have come out in the early 90s. I dig it, these guys have great voices for rap and great lyrics. Fav Song: After School Special

Always been one of my favorites. Great sampling / producing but songs are written in a unique way too. If You Only knew, A Day At the Races, What's Golden are all anthems

cool fun beats but a bit long and repetitive

À la tercera canción ya me vi el cotarro. A la sexta ya se me hizo bastante insoportable ni como música de fondo. No llegué a acabarlo.

Never knew this group and liked it enough to let play through. May need more listens to decide on adding to my playlist.

great album! has a fantastic flow from start to finish. Utilizes so many different sounds (If You Only Knew has a great jazz flute background) and the lyrics range anywhere from philosophical to relationships between friends and lovers (Thin Line). I havent listened to much in the way of alternative hip hop but I kept this on from start to finish with no breaks

One of my favorite hip hop albums. Funky and vibey and no one has a better voice for hip hop than Chali 2na. Endless good songs on here. Break, Freedom, A Day at the Races, High Fidelity, Thin Line, Hey, After School Special, and of course What’s Golden. The British dude saying “fucking good shit man fucking good shit” has lived rent free in my head since I first heard it. This album needs to be in my vinyl collection asap

Meh está bien

Solid mid-90s rap album. Fantastic drums and samples. The flow is definitely an evolved version of the early 90s style while also having a few sections that are an homage to the early style. I loved "What's Golden" and "High Fidelity". One of the better rap albums I've ever listened to. 6/10 - the second half of the album was weak.

Had an old school rap vibe. Enjoyed this.

that was fun. i liked the beats. i wasn’t paying much attention tho tbh sorry to all five jurassics

This was pretty catchy and cool. I loooove one guy’s voice and it was very mesmerizing whenever he had a verse. I enjoy this kind of alternative 90s hip hop sound and the incorporation of so many instruments so this was a good listen. *Fav tracks: A Day At The Races; Thin Line*

I AM, i am, SOMEBODY, somebody

Majestic

I just love their smooth flow. The songs all blended together, but not in a bad way.

This didn't leave as big a mark as I may have wanted, but it's still a real funky time for much of it. I like the way they rap together and the rhyme and flow is really good. I like the production too, and the music, samples and beats are always at least interesting. 3.5 rounded up.

Jazz rap absurdo! Um achado! Top 3: 1- Thin line 2- Freedom 3- I Am Somebody

I’m not normally a huge fan of rap/hip-hop, but I really enjoyed this - great storytelling and fun to listen to.

I liked this album quite a lot and was tossing up giving it 5 stars. In the end I didn't think there quite enough killer songs for 5.

🤷‍♂️ Ok! Nice

My first impression is that I’m surprised this came out in 2002. If I hadn’t seen the year, I might have guessed mid 90s, maybe earlier. This is conscious rap with an old school heart. They sound influenced by A Tribe Called Quest. My second impression is that with so many rappers on the album (4 who are officially in the group plus a few guest features), there’s always some new flow or voice pulling your attention in a different direction. They trade verses and lines pretty quickly. It feels very collaborative. “A Day at the Races” is an incredible track! Lightning fast flows from everyone, and every line is delivered with impeccable and precise diction. I love how when one verse ends, they don’t even let a single beat pass before passing the baton to the next guy and launching into another verse. Really awesome. Great funk and soul samples throughout. And this last instrumental track?! Wow, awesome showcase for the two DJs in the group.

Cool early 2000's rap that sounds like a holdover from the prior decade, which just happens to be one of my favorite periods of time for rap & hip-hop. Unfortunately this record didn't really do much for me. I remember hearing some of these songs when I was younger, like "What's Golden", but there's not enough magic in these tracks. There's not enough moments that make me stop and say "wow what was that?". There's a little bit too much of a focus on verses rather than some really well developed choruses. The last track was a really cool instrumental though. Maybe on a different day this is a 3 for me.

Damn gorgeous album. Still toe dipping in rap so call it a 4 sliding to 5.

This is a really well-made album. The lyrics are thoughtful, interesting, and smoothly delivered. The beats are funky and the rhythmic activity is super cool and creative. This is definitely my favourite hip-hop/rap album on the list so far. 8/10.

I’ve been semi-familiar with Jurassic 5’s music for a while. I’ve never really intentionally listened to Jurassic 5 but I always enjoy it. Learning that Jurassic 5 was one of the more prominent groups to make art rap or conscious rap and stray away from gangsta rap is cool. Many of my friends 5-10 years older than me grew up listening to their music at parties, etc. So they have a ton of nostalgia in regard to Jurassic 5. Which makes sense if they are one of the first bigger name groups to push away from more traditional gangsta rap creating broader appeal for folks that may not relate to that style. They are a classic posse cut rap style. Where four or more artists take turns trying to out rap each other. This style is less common these days for whatever reason I don’t know. The style in my opinion can lead to some very fun and playful rhyme structure and many of the OG rappers started in a posse that eventually split apart. The song What’s Golden is the only song I could say I truly knew. But Chali 2na is featured on so many songs in the modern day Canadian west coast edm scene. His vocals are so unique that you only really need to hear one bar to know who it is. So it’s fun hearing more of his origin work.

I loved this album. Banger through and through

Flow so buttery, you could make enough croissants to supply the whole neighborhood. The sampling? So inventive and rhythmic. At times I got so into the groove and rhythm patterns I forgot it was a rap album, hopping in and out of the beat throughout the album, offering smooth transitions from song to song. With each song you are delivered a unique flavor, and the random Nelly Furtado feature on Thin Line?! This might be crazy, but the last song on the album really stood out to me, Acetate Prophets, absolutely zero lyricism, but the sampling?! An instant head bopper, pulling you in further and further with every new sample integrated into the hypnotizing beat. Probably the best rap album on the list listened to thus far. Really cool album art too, diggin the vibes.

Pleasant alternative hip hop. I can get into it. Eventually. 3/5

Was a really nice listen, don’t think it’s going to stick with me but I loved a few songs, particularly “if you only knew” and “thin line”

J5 went commercial, good album

Hip hop is not my usual genre but this was pretty enjoyable! Was more upbeat than a lot of what I've heard in the field.

I really liked the flow, and the way this album is more reminiscent of older hip-hop/rap. Most songs are uplifting and empowering. Would have been a 4/5 if not for "One of Them," which is just several minutes of blatant homophobia for no reason.

I like it

A great, smooth rap album. Reminded me a lot of Tribe. Makes sense, since they're contemporaries. Lots of jazz samples, brought in some funk and soul elements. This is the kind of rap I like, I've found. It has something to say, it takes itself seriously, and the people behind it are coming at it with an artist's approach. They're trying to make a statement that is damn satisfying to listen to, one that keeps the listener returning. The entire thing is smooth, flows, and is a joy to listen to. The more of this, the better. Four stars. Standout Tracks: This Is, Freedom, If You Only Knew, Break, A Day at the Races, Thin Line, Hey, I Am Somebody

I absolutely loved it! I added “Thin Line” with Nelly Furtado and “High Fidelity” to my playlist immediately. The sound reminds me so much of the MTV Downtown show. Such a nostalgic 2000s sound!

So so chill, proper verses, top-tier sampling, great basslines, sweet vocals, love it

I'm not a massive hip hop fan, but I do enjoy the odd bit now and then and J5 is one of my go to albums. Perhaps if I listened to more, I'd appreciate the difference between that album and this one but, as it is, Power In Numbers just feels like a worse version of J5. Still good enough to get a four though.

Favorite tracks: Break, Sum of Us, What's Golden Definitely liked this album as a whole, but it lost a star for me because a lot of the backing tracks were just a little too boring. Acetate Prophets was really fun and I wish the same energy was there for the whole album! Also, it's so fun stumbling upon a sample I know in the wild a là High Fidelity (5th Element by Classified)

Same same same

It's not bad, and has its moments, but it is not particularly surprising. It is well produced, we can hear them very clearly which is a plus, but yeah it's simply very solid but not amazing. I'd like to be inspired by a hip hop album and this isn't it for some reason for me, but I recognize that it is well made. I just think by the end of it (which is quite long) I didn't feel much. Good sample of "les Fleurs" though.

Cool, but sort of all blended together

One song... on an Lp of 17 total? This is a must hear LP?

Good

On paper this is a solid hip hop record with quality production and versatile rapping. Yet for some reason I still remain unimpressed. While the quality of the beats is quite consistent, the rhymes and deliveries often lack sauce, making the overall listening experience somewhat bland for me. 6/10

Pretty good album

The only things I can say about hip-hop albums are whether the grooves are good and whether the flow of the rapping is enjoyable. In this case, it's tick in both boxes. One of the better hip-hop albums on this list.

Here's a broad genre, within which my own assessments and preferences vary a lot. Even on a daily basis. All gansta rap goes to trash and the loose-rolling stuff can even be exhilarating, depending on the day. Jurassic 5 fell into this latter slot.

Excellent, tastefully done hip hop with nice flair and touch of older school of the art. While Jurassic 5 is not unknown to me, I've not listened to an awful lot of their music. Mostly played by friends at work and while I've ment to come back to them, I always tend to pick something else. Maybe that'll change this time 🤷‍♂️

Doesn't really do it for me. Does not have the sample talent of public enemy in instrumentation, or the taste and lyrical playfulness they seem to borrow from tribe. Fairly corny, bragging is boring here. Some nice breakbeat production but this didn't grab me. Some MCs better than others

00's rap. I prefer some Talib, Mos Def, or Common. It was meh.

Strong start, bad middle, decent end.

Classic

I could not listen to a whole hour of this, but I do appreciate Jurassic 5 and they remind me a lot of vibrator Ashley because she was really into them. Now she’s a Trumper. Can you shake someone and say “remember who you were at 14???!!!” Man her husband and I did so much acid. What happened to themmmmm

Jurassic 5 reminds me of my college roommate and the smell of pot and coffee at 7:00 am. It kind of washed over me at that time but I really enjoyed this as western mass driving music

Very generic hip hop. Nothing objectionalble, but nothing stands out and a lot of the songs used very similar rhythms so that they blended together too much.

amazing

goated

Cool rhythms here, from the beats to the flows! This album is paced really well.

Quirky beats and lyrics. Good flow

This is a great album I listened to over and over once I finally bought it back when it came out. Listening to it now was a great reminder of how I got into hiphop

I thought this might be in with a chance at a 3, but too many annoying rubbing and squeaking sounds, as usual. 2.5

Exceptionally good toe tapping head bopper

Okay. Not bad. Just a solid little rap album. Don't know if it should be on the list, but I'm not mad that it's here.

Similar to ATCQ. Best song is "What's Golden" Couple of underwhelming songs in the second half lowers score for me.

Fantastic album! Reminds me of when I was younger.

Solid 5. Not the greatest hip hop album, but has some good beats behind the lyrics.

hip hop for white people

F U N

It wasn’t bad but I’m ready for the next album

Decent listen that has the same problem of many Hip Hop albums which is monotonous, repetitive looped samples. The absolute worst example is the Ennio Morricone sample in 'Remember His Name' that was so irritating I couldn't finish the track. There's some interesting and creative sounds added, but the constant looping of the same sample over and over again just doesn't do it for me. The intent and fact it is a staple of the genre doesn't make it interesting to listen to. Top Track = Freedom

Vraiment excellent, heureux d’avoir découvert ce groupe hip-hop.

Good stuff. I didn't really seek out or get into much hip hop back in the day, my loss.

Hip-hop/rap with soul and jazz samples, political lyrics. Nice hooks and samples, nice flow, mellow sound. The effect does wear off a bit but the premise is solid. Rhymes are tight throughout. Is that Quest in there? Thin Line is a nice conventional track about relationships One of Them is homophobic, but tongue-in-cheek I hope? Similar to Gorillaz in places. I guess because of funk/soul samples with rap. Fun eastern sample on Acetate Prophets Best track - Freedom, If You Only Knew 4 stars

I really like this record. I need melodies in my hip hop so this works way better for me than Enter the Wu Tang which came up this week as well. Need to go back to it more.

Not really sure how to rate this. Feels corny but it’s not bad. Mid album to cap off a mid week

top top 5

I am not sure what I was doing in 2002 to miss this, but I'm glad I heard it now!

Powerful album. I've never listened to J5 before but I enjoyed most of the tracks on this album, I was quite surprised that I hadn’t heard of them before considering how much I’m into hip hop. I really enjoy conscious rap it’s my thing, intelligent, fluid, laid back hip hop. From the start I found myself bopping up and down to this. The enjoy the tight flows, scratch-heavy DJ work, and the overall old school style mixed with jazzy and reggae undertones create such a smooth sound. The samples on this are insane too! Overall I feel this album doesn’t get nearly as much credit as it deserves Favourite Tracks: Freedom, Break, A Day At The Races, What's Golden, Thin Line, After School Special, One Of Them, Hey, I Am Somebody

My first music language is rock. I’ve noticed Gen X rockers like me are more likely to identify with this kind of hip hop, and I am no different.

Rb

4 stars

i really love "Thin Line", not sure about the rest of the album but it feels solid enough, i mean, for a hip hop album.

Not great

the quintessential skateboarding album of the early 2000's

J5 at the top of their game. This album gets a lot of nostalgia points for me as I had it on repeat for my early 20s... They just sound good.

This is quality hip hop. Beats and flow are class.

Okay, so I’d heard of Jurassic 5 and thought they were hip-hop and I was right. I didn’t think I knew any of their music until I got to the song What’s Golden. And I guess for a summer or a year, that song was everywhere and it’s a banging track. Jurassic 5 are labeled as an alternative hip-hop group, whatever that means. I guess it means they aren’t rapping about killing people and smacking hos. Jurassic 5 is more old school and fun. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have political songs or songs about society. And like most songs from the past, because people are idiots, the problems they were writing about are still happening today. These dudes come out of L.A., the birthplace of gangsta rap, but they went another way. And there isn’t anything wrong with gangsta rap, at one time it was most of what I listened to, but you get tired of some things after a while. Jurassic 5 uses samples combined with live instruments for their music and the songs have a great flow. They reminded me of later Beastie Boys work. Their voices are perfect for rap. They kind of reminded me of Arabian Prince’s voice, at least one of them. Arabian Prince wasn't a great rapper and he didn’t become a star, but he had a voice that couldn’t be confused with anyone else. He was on the N.W.A. and the Posse album. I actually really dug this album. I found myself bobbing my head and chair dancing. During a later listen, when reading the lyrics, I could tell these guys were craftsmen. The rhymes and words fit together perfectly, no hitches, nothing out of sorts, very unique. Plus, the album has some cool guest spots from Big Daddy Kane, Kool Keith and Nelly Furtado. Where is Nelly Furtado these days? Is she married? Would she like to be married? Anyway, if you’re a fan of hip-hop and haven’t heard Jurassic 5, this is probably the best example of their style. Is this an album to hear before you die? Probably not, but I sure dug the hell out it and I know hip-hop fans will enjoy it more than me.

Infectious beats, lyrically precise. I'd never heard anything from this album before. It's good, but nothing hooked me to pull me back in to it or play it again.

Early 2000s hip-hop album. it's ok. Pitchfork: 6.1 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs What's Golden

this was fun, but nothing really jumped out at me.

Jurassic 5 are always great. Doesn't matter the circumstances/event. Play them at my offloading meeting when I'm fired and I'll still think they are appropriate

I really liked this one. I remember hearing of Jurassic 5, but I can't say that I have ever actually listened to them before now. This was great - really fun, great lyrics, and some really interesting social commentary. I really enjoy this genre, kind of an alternative hip-hop. It reminded me of A Tribe Called Quest, Us3, and The Roots.

Overall, it was decent, and at a few times I thought it was very good. But it wasn't anything outstanding. Too often it just meandered along without going anywhere, and for a 17 song album it gets old fast. There were some songs that I really did enjoy, with my standout being Thin Line with Nelly Furtado. It gets a high 3

Best: Whats golden

First time hearing Jurassic 5 and I’m wondering why it took so long

Good record of rapping

I tried but it's just very boring a few good songs though

it was a fun album!! i probably wouldn’t listen again but it was pretty cool!

Ehh better than queens of the stone age

Overall pretty good! I really like the funky samples and instruments like flutes and things in it. Overall a decent 4 star album, another surprise for me for a hip hop album, not really being a hip hop listener.

4/8

Amazing! Old, but gold. This style of rap sounds a bit dated now, but it’s delivered SO well, with confidence and conviction, that it’s still a pleasure to listen to. These guys knew how to tell stories in rhyme and how to make space for each other. They were a crew — a form that seems out of style now. Jurassic 5 makes me wish that style would come back. A 4.

This rap album was fine. Decent production and great rhythms, would relisten again.

HipHop not really my Taste

Don't like hip hop

real good! I like this. reminds me of psyche origami. also Neil degrasse Tyson from epic rap battles is in this group and I called it

not bad.

Dope classic

The vibes of this album were interesting. Going for the vibe of a radio station was unique, but it fit the album well. Musically, it was a pretty standard hip hop album. I appreciate getting a hip hop album once in a while so I can see what I'm missing, but I don't think I'll ever choose to listen to it.

This is my favorite type of hip hop. I thought this was a really fun, energetic and sometimes emotional album that I enjoyed listening to. I don't listen to much hop hop outside of when it pops up on the generator, but I would come back to this in a heartbeat. My standouts are "If You Only Knew" "Break" "Remember His Name" and "Sum Of Us." It may not be perfect, but it's just a great listen.

I was a bit dubious as this followed another hip hop album that I really did not like … but I should have known that the Jurassic 5 boys wouldn’t let me down 😎

Alors, mettons les choses au clair tout de suite, le hip-hop et moi, c'est une histoire... compliquée. Pour moi, le rap, ça a longtemps été ce truc qui passait en boucle à la radio, une sorte de bruit de fond commercial qui glorifiait des valeurs aux antipodes de mon panthéon personnel. Le bling-bling, les grosses bagnoles, les meufs à poil... très peu pour moi. Alors quand le générateur du projet "1001 Albums" a craché le nom de Jurassic 5, j'ai levé un sourcil sceptique, prêt à dégainer ma plus belle plume trempée dans le vitriol. Et puis, j'ai appuyé sur "play". Et là, mes a priori se sont effondrés comme un château de cartes un jour de grand vent. "Power in Numbers", sorti en 2002, m'a rappelé une chose essentielle que mon snobisme de vieux rocker avait fini par occulter : le hip-hop, avant d'être une caricature pour MTV, c'était avant tout une putain de culture, un art du rythme, de la rime et du sample. Et Jurassic 5, avec cet album, en sont les gardiens du temple. Ce qui frappe d'emblée, c'est ce son résolument "old-school", comme disent les jeunes (et les moins jeunes). On est à Los Angeles, mais à des années-lumière du gangsta rap de N.W.A. ou de la G-funk clinquante de Dr. Dre qui dominait les années 90. Ici, pas de synthés menaçants, pas de glorification de la violence, non Jurassic 5, c'est l'autre face de la West Coast, une face baignée de soleil, de funk organique et de soul chaleureuse. Les deux DJs, Cut Chemist et DJ Nu-Mark, sont des orfèvres, ils découpent, assemblent, scratchent avec une précision et une inventivité qui forcent le respect. On pense à DJ Shadow pour ce côté "turntable psychedelia", cette science du collage sonore qui crée des ambiances cinématiques. C'est riche, c'est dense, mais ça ne tombe jamais dans la démonstration technique stérile. C'est du groove, du vrai, celui qui te prend aux tripes et te fait hocher la tête sans même que tu t'en rendes compte. Et puis il y a les voix, quatre MCs (Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir alias Soup, et Marc 7) qui s'entremêlent avec une complicité et une harmonie vocale qui rappellent les grands groupes de doo-wop ou de soul. On est loin du flow agressif et linéaire qui commençait à devenir la norme au début des années 2000. Ici, chaque voix a sa propre texture, du timbre profond et caverneux de Chali 2na à la nonchalance plus décontractée des autres. Leurs flows s'enchaînent, se répondent, s'harmonisent dans un ballet verbal d'une fluidité confondante. Ça cause, ça rappe, mais ça chante aussi, et ça fait un bien fou. C'est l'anti-bling, l'anti-macho. Leur truc, c'est le plaisir des mots, la joie de construire ensemble quelque chose de cohérent et de musical. On sent les heures de répétition, le plaisir de jouer ensemble, un peu comme un quartet de jazz qui improvise sur un thème. Loin de l'egotrip et des thèmes racoleurs, Jurassic 5 nous parle de liberté, de la vacuité de la société de consommation, d'unité et de positivité. C'est du "conscious hip-hop", comme on dit, des paroles qui ont du sens, qui critiquent l'apathie ambiante sans jamais tomber dans le prêchi-prêcha moralisateur. Ils ne sont pas là pour faire la leçon, mais pour partager un état d'esprit, une vibe. L'album est truffé de collaborations prestigieuses et intelligentes : Big Daddy Kane, Kool Keith, Nelly Furtado... Chaque invité apporte sa pierre à l'édifice sans jamais déséquilibrer l'ensemble. Alors oui, on pourra toujours leur reprocher ce côté un peu trop lisse, trop "old-school" justement, à une époque où le hip-hop se voulait plus rugueux, plus "dans ta face". "Power in Numbers" est un disque confortable, chaleureux, presque trop poli. C'est un disque qui réconcilie et il m'a réconcilié avec un genre que j'avais trop vite enterré sous des montagnes de clichés. Cet album est une bouffée d'air frais, un rappel que le hip-hop peut être intelligent, funky, drôle et incroyablement bien foutu. C'est une porte d'entrée idéale pour ceux qui, comme moi, sont passés à côté du wagon. Une excellente surprise, un disque qui respire l'amour de la musique et rien que pour ça, il mérite amplement ses quatre étoiles et sa place dans ce foutu bouquin.

I feel like hip hop just doesn't sound like this anymore.

Alternativ hip hop Boom-bap/oldschool revival. Det har fokus på oldschool lyden tunge beats og trommer med scratchy lyde og jazzet samples og godt flow. De moderniserede lyden og viste at "what's golden" også godt kunne leve i verden med rappere som Jay-z, eminem og 50 cent. Jeg fik faktisk 50 cent forleden og jeg kunne slet ikke overskue at lytte til det, fordi jeg vidste præcist hvad det var. Men dette det er lige mig og så på en søndag hvor man bare går og chiller lidt. Inspireret af Run D-M-C, a trible called quet, grandmaster flash osv selvom lyrikkerne ikke er politiske.

Fine. I guess I'm not that into hip-hop. 2.5/3

3.6

i am not into hip hop

best wel funky