''Jurassic 5'' is the first official release by American
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
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Jurassic 5
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 (Jurassic 5), Soup, Zaakir), and Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mar ...
. It is an Extended play, EP that includes much of the material that would later appear on the full-length album ''Jurassic 5 (album), Jurassic 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
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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
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1997 debut EPs
Jurassic 5 albums
Interscope Records EPs