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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
afrocentricity ain't all that out of date, September 19, 2004
JB's, the Native Tongues, Jungle Brothers, whatever you want to call them, all stood up with black pride and kicked off the Native Tongues era with Straight Out the Jungle, released in '88. Public Enemy stood up with pride, A Tribe Called Quest stood up with pride, De La Soul stood up with pride, Big Daddy Kane stood up with pride but I had never seen anyone stand up with as much pride as the Jungle Brothers and represent the black nation to the fullest. This is the most definitive declaration of Afrocentric pride and genre-splicing experimentation.
Political but incredible, the Jungle Brothers were tired of the style used in the days where you would introduce yourself too much. Instead, they rapped about political reform and struggle, though they still had the guts to talk about themselves in their sex rhymes (I'm Gonna Do You, anyone?)
Their What's Goin On, sampling Marvin Gaye's track of the same name, inspirational Black is Black, featuring a very young Q. Tip of A Tribe Called Quest where every rapper was a potent race manifesto and the gold-spanking Straight Out of the Jungle all put Jungle Brothers on the map. And what's a good rap album without a dance track? The Jungle Brothers took it to the next level and created a hip-house type song titled I'll House You.
Though A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul gained more recognition, the Jungle Brothers were the first to do it. They paved their way for spiritual and influential hip-hop and they did it. Nas' Illmatic was described as the ghetto's declaration for independence, let this album be described as the black nations' declaration for peace.
Best moments= Straight Out of the Jungle, Black is Black, Jimbrowski and On the Run
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The JB's changed hip-hop forever., November 26, 2002
I'll never forget the first time I heard "Jimbrowski". I was twelve years old, and it made its debut on college radio, the only place you could hear hip-hop in Chicago at the time. I was writing a rhyme, and I involuntarily dropped my pencil. Compared to what else was going on, Cool J etc., it was artistic and cerebral. I instinctively knew something special was happening. In the following years, De La Soul and Tribe emerged with a new style of rap after the JB's paved the way, proving that MC's didn't need Kangols and Fat Gold Chains to rock a mic. They also had another impact on pop culture (grimace and grin): how many frat boys called condoms "jimmies", not even having heard of Afrika, Mike G, and Sammy B?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Hip Hop, April 11, 2003
The tracks may not be that complex, neither were the tracks on BDPs first album, but the songs on this album definitely moved hip hop along the creative line. For those that want to hear hip hop in one of its purest forms this album is a must and deserves the label of "Classic."
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