Jurassic 5
{{short description|American hip hop group}}
{{About|the hip hop group|the fifth film in the Jurassic Park movie series|Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jurassic 5
| background = group_or_band
| image = Jurassic Five 04.jpg
| landscape = yes
| caption = Jurassic 5 in 2002
| alias =
| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|alternative hip hop}}
| occupation =
| instrument =
| years_active = 1995–2007, 2013–present
| label = {{hlist|Rumble|Pan|TVT|Interscope|JVC}}
| associated_acts = Ozomatli, Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Dave Matthews Band, Big Daddy Kane, Heavy D, Percee P, Nelly Furtado, The Pharcyde, Supernatural, Mos Def, DJ Format
| website = {{Official URL}}
| current_members = Akil
Zaakir
Marc 7
DJ Nu-Mark
Chali 2na
Cut Chemist
| past_members =
}}
Jurassic 5 (stylized JuraSsic 5) is an American alternative hip hop group formed by rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Soup, {{aka}} Zaakir), and Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist).[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pop-jurassic-5s-monster-success-1159447.html "Pop: Jurassic 5's monster success"] by Tim Perry, The Independent, May 16, 1998.
The six-piece crew came out of the Los Angeles venue Good Life.[http://www.last.fm/music/Jurassic+5/+wiki] by Last.fm, "Jurassic 5", Retrieve April 7, 2012.
The group broke up in 2007,[https://archive.today/20130204162940/http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/learning+swim+alone/3567124/story.html 2na learning to swim alone] by Mike Devlin, The Times-Colonist, September 23, 2010
shortly after releasing the LP Feedback, citing "musical differences,"[https://archive.today/20120716021800/http://music.aol.com/artist/jurassic-5/biography] by John Bush: Rovi, "Jurassic 5 Biography", Retrieved April 7, 2012. but returned to the stage in 2013 and released a new track in 2014.{{cite web|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|title=Jurassic 5 Sample the White Stripes on "The Way We Do It", Their First New Song in Eight Years|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/55274-jurassic-5-sample-the-white-stripes-on-the-way-we-do-it-their-first-new-song-in-eight-years/|website=Pitchfork Media|date=20 May 2014 |access-date=11 December 2014}} The members have continued to release music individually.
History
Jurassic 5 debuted nationally in 1995 from TVT Records with their first single, "Unified Rebelution". Jurassic 5 released Jurassic 5 EP, their first record, in 1997. It "cemented their position in the 1990s alternative hip hop movement, alongside artists such as Company Flow, Black Star and Kool Keith."{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The group later signed to Interscope Records, and the EP was repackaged with additional tracks and released in December 1998 as the full-length debut album, titled Jurassic 5. In a 2002 interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the group explained the origin of their name. Chali 2na said, "I played the song to my friend's mother and she made a joke: 'You guys think you sound like the Fantastic Five, but you sound more like the Jurassic Five.' And we started laughing but, well, the name stuck."{{cite web|url=http://rapdirt.com/jurassic-5-explain-origin-of-their-name/599/|title=Jurassic 5 Explain Origin Of Their Name|access-date=11 March 2015}}
This was followed by the album Quality Control, which peaked at #43 on the Billboard 200.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jurassic 5|chart=all}} Jurassic 5 Chart History], billboard.com, Retrieved October 18, 2010.
In 2002, they released Power In Numbers, which peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jurassic 5 eventually toured without Cut Chemist,{{cite web |url=http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=241 |title=www.pixelsurgeon.com |access-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060811172451/http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=241 |archive-date=11 August 2006 }} who left the group to pursue a solo career.{{cite web|url=http://www.cutchemist.com/#/bio|title=Home - Cut Chemist|access-date=11 March 2015}} The remaining five members released Feedback, their final album, on July 25, 2006. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.
The group split in 2007.{{cite magazine|title=Jurassic 5 announce split|url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/27208|magazine=NME|access-date=23 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712093108/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/27208|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead}} The break-up was attributed to disagreements among members of the group.{{cite magazine|title=Rapper Bitter About Jurassic 5 Split|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/rapper-bitter-about-jurassic-5-split_1025611|magazine=Contactmusic.com|access-date=23 August 2011}}
In 2013, the group re-formed, including the return of Cut Chemist, for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and an international tour, primarily in the UK but also including dates in Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Japan and the United States.{{cite news |title=Jurassic 5 Talks Reunion, Doc Plans Backstage At Coachella |first=Nicole |last=Pajer |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/1557420/jurassic-5-talks-reunion-doc-plans-backstage-at-coachella |work=Billboard.com |date=April 13, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2013}}{{cite news |title=Jurassic 5 Announces International Summer Tour Dates |first=Jake |last=Paine |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23693/title.jurassic-5-announces-international-summer-tour-dates |work=Hip Hop DX |date=April 24, 2013 |access-date=27 October 2013}} They played at Glastonbury in 2014 and had a Word of Mouth Reunion Tour during the Summer of 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/ |title=2014 - Glastonbury Festival |author=Pretty Good Digital |access-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417014545/http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster |archive-date=17 April 2010 }}
In 2016, they released their first new song in a decade, "Customer Service".{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/news/jurassic-5-customer-service-mp3.html|title=Hear Jurassic 5's First Song In A Decade "Customer Service"|date=6 June 2016|access-date=6 December 2017}}
In other media
Jurassic 5's music has been used in several video games. In 2000, "Jayou" was featured in Grind Session. The track "Improvise" from the album Quality Control was featured in the localized versions of Jet Set Radio, also released in 2000, and also the Japanese 2001 reissue De La Jet Set Radio, along with the instrumental of the song.{{cite video game|title=Jet Grind Radio|developer=Smilebit|publisher=Sega|date=October 31, 2000|platform=Dreamcast|level=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4mF2nEQEI Credits]}} The following year, the track "Great Expectations" from the same album was also included in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2706661.html |title=Soundtrack for Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX announced |publisher=GameSpot.com |date=2006-05-17 |access-date=2012-04-13}} In 2002, "What's Golden" was featured on ATV Offroad Fury 2. The song was additionally included in the video game Forza Horizon 3 on the fictional radio 'Block Party'. "A Day at the Races" featuring Big Daddy Kane and Percee P appeared in the 2003 skateboarding game Tony Hawk's Underground.{{cite web|last=Thorsen|first=Thor|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-sounds-of-tony-hawks-underground/1100-6077293/|title=The Sounds of Tony Hawk's Underground|website=GameSpot|date=October 24, 2003|access-date=February 7, 2017}} The song "In the House" from Feedback was featured in NBA Live 06.[http://music.ign.com/articles/650/650620p1.html NBA Live 06 Soundtrack] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105162343/http://music.ign.com/articles/650/650620p1.html |date=2007-11-05 }}, ign.com, September 13, 2005 and "Work it Out" was in NBA Live 07, while "Red Hot" was featured in SSX on Tour.[http://www.totalvideogames.com/SSX-On-Tour/news/SSX-On-Tour-Soundtrack-Announced-8007.html SSX On Tour Soundtrack Announced] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211125334/http://www.totalvideogames.com/SSX-On-Tour/news/SSX-On-Tour-Soundtrack-Announced-8007.html |date=2008-12-11 }}, tvg.com, by Jon Wilcox, September 12, 2005 "Sum of Us" and "High Fidelity" from Power in Numbers was included in the 2019 game Trials Rising.
The group was featured in the 2001 hip hop documentary Scratch{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143861/|title=Scratch|publisher=IMDB|access-date=2013-09-28}} and ranked among the online magazine UrbanSouth{{'}}s elite list of underground hip hop albums.{{cite web|url=http://urbansouth99.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/top-5-underground-hip-hop-albums-that.html|title= Top 5 underground hip hop albums that will cleanse the soul|date= 3 August 2013|access-date=2013-09-28|publisher=UrbanSouth}}
In December 2024, “Jayou” received renewed attention when it was used in the “See You in the Morning” advertising campaign by Kellogg’s.{{cite web|url=https://www.creativeboom.com/news/the-og-of-kelloggs/ |title=The OG of Breakfast: Cornelius the Cockerel struts Kellogg's into a new era |date=16 December 2024 }}
Discography
=Studio albums=
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of extended plays ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Album details |
| scope="row" | Jurassic 5 EP
|
|
|---|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US R&B {{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/1493174/jurassic-5/chart?f=367 | title=Jurassic 5 – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | magazine=Billboard | access-date=November 11, 2014}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.9em;font-size:90%;" | UK
|
|---|
| scope="row" | "Unified Rebelution"{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/unified-rebellion-mw0000180119 | title=Unified Rebellion – Jurassic 5 | work=AllMusic | access-date=December 23, 2013}}
| 1995 | — || — || — || — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Jayou"
| rowspan="2" | 1998 | — || — || — || 56 | | rowspan="3" | Jurassic 5 |
| scope="row" | "Concrete Schoolyard"
| — || — || — || 35 | |
| scope="row" | "Improvise"
| 1999 | — || 41 || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Quality Control"
| 2000 | 96 || 12 || — || — | | rowspan="3" | Quality Control |
| scope="row" | "W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)"
| rowspan="2" | 2001 | 94 || 8 || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "The Influence"{{cite AV media notes | others=Jurassic 5 | date=2001 | title=The Influence | type=track listing | publisher=Up Above Records | id=UA 3117-1}}
| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Hard Times" (with The Pharcyde) | rowspan="2" | 2002 | — || — || — || — | | Straight from the Crates, Vol. 1 |
| scope="row" | "What's Golden"
| 90 || — || — || — | | rowspan="5" | Power in Numbers |
| scope="row" | "If You Only Knew"{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-only-knew-mw0001340869 | title=If You Only Knew – Jurassic 5 | work=AllMusic | access-date=December 23, 2013}}
| rowspan="3" | 2003 | — || — || 99 || — | |
| scope="row" | "Freedom"
| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Thin Line"{{cite AV media notes | others=Jurassic 5 | date=2003 | title=Thin Line | type=track listing | publisher=Interscope Records}} (featuring Nelly Furtado) | — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Hey"
| rowspan="2" | 2004 | — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Linguistics"
| — || — || — || 143 | | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Red Hot"{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/red-hot-mw0000419703 | title=Red Hot – Jurassic 5 | work=AllMusic | access-date=December 23, 2013}}
| 2005 | — || — || — || — | | rowspan="3" | Feedback |
| scope="row" | "Canto de Ossanha"{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/canto-de-ossanha-turn-it-out-single-mw0000745686 | title=Canto de Ossanha/Turn It Out [Single] – Jurassic 5 | work=AllMusic | access-date=December 23, 2013}}
| rowspan="2" | 2006 | — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row" | "Work It Out" (featuring Dave Matthews Band) | — || — || — || 116 | |
| scope="row" | "Customer Service"
| 2016 | — || — || — || — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Guest appearances=
=Music videos=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Jurassic 5}}
- {{official website}}
- [http://www.interscope.com/ Official Interscope Records site]
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000308261}}
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