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Jurassic 5
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1993
Jurassic 5 formed in 1993 in Los Angeles, United States. Jurassic 5 has 20 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What's Golden”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #40. The station that charted Jurassic 5 most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Jurassic 5 grew out of the Good Life, a Los Angeles venue, where they came together in 1993 as a six-man crew: rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir and Marc 7, with DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist on the turntables. Their whole approach was a throwback to hip-hop's block-party roots: four MCs passing the mic like a relay baton, trading lines and harmonizing routines, with two DJs cutting up breaks underneath.
The Jurassic 5 EP in 1997, with the laid-back bounce of "Concrete Schoolyard", put them on the alternative hip-hop map; TVT Records was their label. Power in Numbers in 2002 gave them "What's Golden", a head-nodding groove of crisp scratches and tight, playful back-and-forth rhymes, the sort of track that sounds like it was built in a basement full of records.
Feedback in 2006 brought "Work It Out", but the crew split in 2007, not long after it came out, blaming musical differences. The members kept releasing music on their own, and in 2013 they got back on stage together, putting out a new track the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jurassic 5 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What's Golden | 10 | #40 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Work It Out | 6 | #46 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Thin Line | 2 | #503 | – | – | |
| 4 | Concrete Schoolyard | 1 | #602 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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