''Jurassic 5'' is the first official release by American hip hop group

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. It is an EP that includes much of the material that would later appear on the full-length album ''

''.

Release

The first version of the EP to be released contained nine tracks and was available in

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or double-

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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

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will come looking for you. If they know that you can score, they gonna pass the ball to you." — AkilJurassic 5 – The Elements
/ref> The band signed to a major label,

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, 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 debut EPs Jurassic 5 albums Interscope Records EPs