Jurassic 5
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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, Template:Aka Zaakir), and Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist).<ref>"Pop: Jurassic 5's monster success" by Tim Perry, The Independent, May 16, 1998.</ref> The six-piece crew came out of the Los Angeles venue Good Life.<ref>[1] by Last.fm, "Jurassic 5", Retrieve April 7, 2012.</ref> The group broke up in 2007,<ref name="timescolonist">2na learning to swim alone by Mike Devlin, The Times-Colonist, September 23, 2010</ref> shortly after releasing the LP Feedback, citing "musical differences,"<ref>[2] by John Bush: Rovi, "Jurassic 5 Biography", Retrieved April 7, 2012.</ref> but returned to the stage in 2013 and released a new track in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The members have continued to release music individually.
History
[edit]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."Template:Citation needed 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.<ref name="timescolonist" /> 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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
This was followed by the album Quality Control, which peaked at #43 on the Billboard 200.<ref name="billboard">[[[:Template:BillboardURLbyName]] Jurassic 5 Chart History], billboard.com, Retrieved October 18, 2010.</ref>
In 2002, they released Power In Numbers, which peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jurassic 5 eventually toured without Cut Chemist,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> who left the group to pursue a solo career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The remaining five members released Feedback, their final album, on July 25, 2006. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200.<ref name="billboard" />
The group split in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The break-up was attributed to disagreements among members of the group.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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.<ref name="Billboard2013">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="HipHopDX">Template:Cite news</ref> They played at Glastonbury in 2014 and had a Word of Mouth Reunion Tour during the Summer of 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2016, they released their first new song in a decade, "Customer Service".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In other media
[edit]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 on the North American version of Jet Set Radio, also released in 2000.<ref>Template:Cite video game</ref> The European, Australasian, and Japanese pressings of the game have the track Concrete And Clay instead, and an instrumental version of the same song. The following year, the track "Great Expectations" from the same album was also included in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The song "In The House" from Feedback was featured in NBA Live 06.<ref name="ea1">NBA Live 06 Soundtrack Template:Webarchive, ign.com, September 13, 2005</ref> and "Work it Out" was in NBA Live 07, while "Red Hot" was featured in SSX on Tour.<ref name="ea2">SSX On Tour Soundtrack Announced Template:Webarchive, tvg.com, by Jon Wilcox, September 12, 2005</ref> "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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and ranked among the online magazine UrbanSouthTemplate:'s elite list of underground hip hop albums.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In December 2024, “Jayou” received renewed attention when it was used in the “See You in the Morning” advertising campaign by Kellogg’s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
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| Quality Control |
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43 | 33 | — | 69 | 51 | — | — | 37 | — | 23 |
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| Power in Numbers |
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15 | 13 | — | 16 | — | — | 22 | — | 96 | 46 |
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| Feedback |
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15 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 136 | 39 | — | 25 | 59 | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
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| Jurassic 5 EP |
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Singles
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| US R&B <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
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| "Unified Rebelution"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 1995 | — | — | — | — | Template:N/A | ||||||||
| "Jayou" | 1998 | — | — | — | 56 | Jurassic 5 | ||||||||
| "Concrete Schoolyard" | — | — | — | 35 |
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| "Improvise" | 1999 | — | 41 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Quality Control" | 2000 | 96 | 12 | — | — | Quality Control | ||||||||
| "W.O.E. Is Me (World of Entertainment)" | 2001 | 94 | 8 | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Influence"<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Hard Times" (with The Pharcyde) |
2002 | — | — | — | — | Straight from the Crates, Vol. 1 | ||||||||
| "What's Golden" | 90 | — | — | — | Power in Numbers | |||||||||
| "If You Only Knew"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2003 | — | — | 99 | — | |||||||||
| "Freedom" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Thin Line"<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> (featuring Nelly Furtado) |
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| "Hey" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Linguistics" | — | — | — | 143 | Template:N/a | |||||||||
| "Red Hot"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2005 | — | — | — | — | Feedback | ||||||||
| "Canto de Ossanha"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2006 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Work It Out" (featuring Dave Matthews Band) |
— | — | — | 116 | ||||||||||
| "Customer Service" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | Template:N/A | ||||||||
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Guest appearances
[edit]| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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| "Improvise"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 1999 | Sway & King Tech | This or That |
| "Lunchtime"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2001 | Click Tha Supah Latin | Square Won |
| "Verbal Gunfight"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2002 | Template:N/a | One Big Trip soundtrack |
| "iPictorial Wallet"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2022 | Canibus | One Step Closer to Infinity |
Music videos
[edit]| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Concrete Schoolyard" | 1999 | Delaney Bishop<ref name="vevo">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| "Quality Control" | 2000 | Jeff Richter<ref name="vevo"/> |
| "The Influence" | 2001 | Marcos Siega<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| "What's Golden" | 2002 | Logan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| "Work It Out" (featuring Dave Matthews Band) |
2006 | The Malloys<ref name="vevo"/> |
| "The Way We Do It" | 2014 | Alex Knudsen |