JURASSIC 5 : B-Boy Retro Hip-Hop with a Social Conscience

If you only knew, the trials and tribulations we been through. But if you only knew, we’re real people, homey, just like you. We humble, but don’t mistake us for some corny ass crew. What we do, is try to give you what you ain't used to. Soul music, somethin' we can all relate to. These lyrics sum up JURASSIC 5’s promise to deliver their soulful retro hip-hop at the Commodore Ballroom this weekend. The April 22nd is SOLD OUT, but a second show was added Sunday, April 23rd, so get your ass on it!

JURASSIC 5, the LA-based hip hop sextet (4 MCs and 2 DJs), continues to break new ground with their incredible beats and intelligent rhymes that call for social action. Social action? Social conscience? Yeah, JURASSIC 5 rap about stuff that matters beyond sex, drugs, and violence (think The Roots, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest…and you’ll get it). Listen to the jazzy track of “Freedom” (sample here), which contains this very aware, very focused and very relevant message about our world today:

Hold on to this feelin', Freedom…
Yo, Seldom travel by the multitude
The devil's gavel has a cup of food
My culture's screwed cause this word is misconstrued
Small countries exempt from food cause leader have different views
You choose


What mean the world to me is bein' free
Live and let live and just let it be
Love, peace, and harmony; one universal family
One God, one aim and one destiny

Are we there?
Imagine life without a choice at all
Given no hope without a voice at all
These be the problems that we face
I'm talkin' poverty in race...

* JURASSIC 5 with SPECIAL GUESTS
Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville Street, Vancouver
(1) Sat, April 22, 9:00 door/10:00 show (SOLD OUT!)
(2) Sun, April 23, 2006, 8:00 door/9:00pm show (-12am), Price: $40.00

More:
Get TICKETS at Zulu Records (here), Highlife Records (here), or succumb to Ticketmaster (here).
For the JURASSIC 5 website, click here.

Listen to JURASSIC 5 samples (windows media player):
GREAT EXPECTATIONS, here , and LAUSD, here.