Jurassic 5

On their vibrant debut LP, the six-man hip-hop outfit Jurassic 5 -- MCs Chali 2NA, Zaakir, Akil
and Marc 7, and DJs Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark -- breathe new life into old-school hip-hop.
Dusty samples abound, thumping drums burrow deep, and the rappers chant in unison with
barbershop-quartetlike precision. But J5 are not some nostalgic novelty act -- they're the
big cats of the set-to-blow-up West Coast underground, a place where innovatio... More >