Pitchfork

Some day years from now at some future-store, two friends will see Jurassic 5's debut LP, J5. They'll listen to it, and one of them will say, "Now this is golden age hip-hop," before the other chimes in, "Um... this came out in 1997, in EP form, dummy." Then they'll agree that it doesn't matter because it's a perfectly pleasant record, and they'll go home and play it while imagining how cool Chali 2na must have been.

But the reason J5 will be there in the first place is because Decon Records rescued it from being out of print since 2004 with a deluxe reissue that is out this week. In addition to the original EP, J5 Deluxe Re-Issue includes the material tacked on to create 1998's J5 full-length and a bonus disc of exclusive and rare tracks. It also comes with a documentary called The Jurassic Period, 30-minutes of performance footage in the form of Jurassic 5 at Brixton Academy, and the video for "Concrete Schoolyard".

J5 remain broken up, but members Chali 2na, Cut Chemist, DJ Nu-Mark, and Akil all have shows listed on their MySpace pages.

J5 Deluxe Re-Issue:

01 In the Flesh
02 Quality Control, Pt. 2
03 Jayou
04 Lesson 6: The Lecture
05 Concrete Schoolyard
06 Setup
07 Action Satisfaction
08 Sausage Gut
09 Improvise
10 Blacktop Beat
11 Without a Doubt
12 Lesson 6 (Reprise)
13 Action Satisfaction (Dub)

Bonus Disc:

01 Ignition Sequence
02 Ducky Boy
03 Verbal Gunfight
04 Rubber Tires
05 Long Road to Glory
06 Ghetto Diplomat
07 Lesson Four: The Radio
08 Jayou Remix
09 The Rhythm
10 (Who's Gonna Be the) Next Victim
11 The Joint Freestyle
12 The Joint Promo
13 Wake Up Promo
14 Power 106
15 Unified Rebelution