Kali Yuga's Mediafire account was shut down, so all of his posts with Mediafire links are down and WON'T BE REUPPED! At least anytime soon. All other download links still work (such as all radio posts).
Early work from Busdriver, various 4-track songs recorded in the 90's. There's no tracklist on the cd, but half of the songs appear on "This Machine Kills Fashion Tips".
A few additions and corrections to my earlier post about J5 @ the Goodlife café.
Jurassic 5 was formed from two crews coming together: Rebels Of Rhythm (Nu-Mark, Zaakir and Akil) & Unity Committee (Charli 2na, Cut Chemist, Mark 7, Jahli, Kemit, Longevity and Metalogik - the 4 mentioned last are members of the still active crew Darkleaf). They met at the Goodlife cafe where they held talent showcases every Thursday night. Both crews performed there the same night (by coinsidence?), liked eachother's sets and hooked up (reveals an interview on Bombhiphop).
They didn't use the name Jurassic 5 until their first record contract. Their first single "Unified Rebelution" came out in 1994 which was self-released. In '95 it was re-released by Blunt Recordings and that's when the name Jurassic 5 first appeared.
Thanks for my man Iwere for the knowledge. He also corrected me that, to his knowledge, the name Project Blowed wasn't used until they moved from Goodlife café to Kaos Network.
REQUEST: Rebels Of Rhythm "Homeless Superstar" (2001) CD
Here's a few vids / songs of the pre-J5 Unity Committee / Rebels Of Rhythm:
Just as I've been wondering how come there are no old demos and Goodlife Café recordings of Jurassic 5 around (yes, J5 too originates from Project Blowed nights at the Goodlife), I ran into this double-LP.
It includes some of their early recordings and rare collabos. I was especially thrilled about the song "Evolve or Dissolve" that's on Jizzm's Illasophic Vol. 1 cassette which is one of the dopest tapes. It's produced by Slant, and features Jizzm, Slant, J-Smoov, Akil & Chali 2na.
Like I wasn't lucky enough just finding this 2LP, there was a third record inside the sleeve for an unknown reason - the J5 EP. All love for The Funkiest record shop, big up!
1: Unified Rebelution
2: Verbal Gunfight
3: Soul Searching (remix) (feat. Tech N9ne)
4: Evolve or Dissolve (feat. Jizzm, Slant & J Smooth)
5: Vocal Artillary (feat. Ozomatli, Kenetic Source, Dilated Peoples & DJ KidWik)
6: Concentration (feat. Quannum MC's)
7: Join the Dots (feat. Roots Manuva)
8: Life Goes Onn (feat. Long Beach Dub All-Stars, Half Pint & Tippa Irie)
9: Untitled Track Side B (Buck Santa)
10: Ghetto Diplomat
11: Worlds (feat. Texta Tariq & Click Tha Supah Latin)
12: Get Original (feat. Black Eyed Peas)
13: Its All About the Hip Hop (feat. DJ Yutaka)
14: Untitled Track Side C
15: Unibomb (feat. Self Scientific)
16: Hard Times (feat. the Pharcyde)
17: Long Road to Glory
18: The Bread Winner
19: Jaw Jabbin (feat. Click Tha Supah Latin)
Check this Goodlife recording of Chali 2na from 92-93.
I dig the part where he goes "They call me 2na, as in fish in sea/ self-efficiency/ that's my mission, see/..." which he later used on the song "In The Flesh" on their first EP in '97.
A few early-career reviews of Awol One, Emanon, and on top of all, The Farm, which was an Oxnard crew with the producer Kankick. I haven't seen those tapes mentioned anywhere else. Subculture magazine 1996 (thanks to my man Plankton for these).
An interesting mail-order catalog on the same issue. Masters Of The Universe stuff, incl. a tape by Bassment, which I haven't run into much either. Also some interesting Project Blowed stuff among others.
Man, a real history research going on right here. Hah!
