Jurassic 5: Quality Control Vinyl 2LP
$28.95
<meta charset="utf-8"> <p><em>Jurassic 5 flexed serious old-to-the-new muscles in the '90s</em>, beginning with their independently-released single <em>Unified Rebelution</em> in 1994, and book-ending with their stellar debut full-length: 2000's <em>Quality Control</em>. They walked a tightrope between underground and mainstream hip-hop, and toured alongside rap peers as well as punk rockers on the Vans Warped Tour. With double the pleasure of your average hip-hop group – two DJs and producers (<a href="http://turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=cut%20chemist" target="_blank"><strong>Cut Chemist</strong></a> and <a href="http://turntablelab.com/search?q=dj+nu-mark" target="_blank"><strong>DJ Nu-Mark</strong></a>); and four MCs (<strong>Chali 2na</strong>, <strong>Akil</strong>, <strong>Marc 7</strong> and <strong>Zaakir</strong> aka <strong>Soup</strong>) – they brought the late 1970s “unison MC” style of pioneering groups like the <strong>Fantastic 5</strong> and the <strong>Force MCs</strong> to a new generation. Even more surprisingly, they did so out of Los Angeles, whose hip-hop flavors generally leaned towards Gangsta, G-Funk or Electro lines. Musically inventive and lyrically forward-thinking, each song on <em>Quality Control</em> is an adventure, exploring engaging territory, delivered via one of the best live hip-hop acts to come out in years<i>. </i></p> <ul> <li>black double vinyl pressing</li> <li>gatefold sleeve</li> <li>original release year: 2000</li> <li>music label: Get On Down 2015</li> </ul> <h6>reviewed by Kool Moby 07/2015</h6>