Length 56:11 | Release date 8 October 2002 | |
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Released October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08) Similar Jurassic 5 albums, Alternative hip hop albums | ||
Jurassic 5 freedom
Power in Numbers is the third studio album by American hop group Jurassic 5.
Contents
- Jurassic 5 freedom
- Jurassic 5 power in numbers semifull album
- Musical style
- Release
- Critical reception
- Songs
- References
It picks up where their previous album, Quality Control "left off", with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on Quality Control, "Swing Set", ended with.
Jurassic 5 power in numbers semifull album
Musical style
The album features a number of differing song styles. One track, "React", composed by Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist, is sample-based and contains no raps. "Acetate Prophets" has the same structure, but is much longer and also features production from Jurassic 5's other DJ, DJ Nu-Mark. Many tracks start or end with a sample of speech, usually inserted by Cut Chemist. The track "DDT" is an a cappella track rapped by renowned underground emcee Kool Keith, featuring no raps by Jurassic 5 themselves.
Release
The album later had a limited re-release, which came with an accompanying DVD. The DVD consists of three featurettes on the group, one of which is a live performance. The UK version of this re-release also included an additional track on the CD, an alternative version of the track "Thin Line", featuring Mýa in place of Nelly Furtado.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Power in Numbers received an average score of 76% based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Songs
1This Is0:55
2Freedom3:21
3If You Only Knew3:54