Jurassic 5 (EP)
Jurassic 5 is the first official release by American hip hop group Jurassic 5. It is an EP that includes much of the material that would later appear on the full-length album Jurassic 5.
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| Released | October 13, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 23:31 | |||
| Label | Rumble Records J0001 Interscope INTD-90289 | |||
| Producer | Cut Chemist, DJ Nu-Mark | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| RapReviews | 8.5/10[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| Spin | [5] |
Release
The first version of the EP to be released contained nine tracks and was available in CD single or double-12" single formats. It was released in October 1997 on the band's own short-lived label, Rumble Records.
Although the label only released one record, it did give the band a platform and allowed them to be heard.
- "I urge every independent artist to put something out first. Prove yourself to yourself, to people that pick up the records, then the [labels] will come looking for you. If they know that you can score, they gonna pass the ball to you." — Akil[6]
The band signed to a major label, Interscope Records, in 1999. Their first release on Interscope was the re-issue of the Jurassic 5 EP in an 8-track version in 1999. This had the same listing as the original EP, excluding the final track "Blacktop Beat".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "In the Flesh" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Quality Control Part II" | 0:42 |
| 3. | "Jayou" | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Lesson 6: The Lecture" | 6:35 |
| 5. | "Concrete Schoolyard" | 5:23 |
| 6. | "Setup" | 0:32 |
| 7. | "Action Satisfaction" | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Sausage Gut" | 0:22 |
| 9. | "Blacktop Beat" | 1:25 |
References
- Bush, John. "Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5". AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- Ridge, B. (September 1998). "Jurassic 5 :: Jurassic 5 EP :: Interscope". RapReviews. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- Kun, Josh (February 5, 1998). "Jurassic 5: Jurassic 5 EP". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2002. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- Sarig, Roni (2004). "Jurassic 5". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 445. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Hultkrans, Andrew (February 2009). "Reissues". Spin. Vol. 25 no. 2. p. 82. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
- Jurassic 5 – The Elements
