Jurassic 5 and Dilated Peoples LIVE in Santa Clara, 5/23/06

(Shoddy CamPhone pic of J5)

Last night I recieved a quaint harmonious hip-hop injection from the likes of J5 and Dilated out at Santa Clara's Leavey Center. Let me say this, I saw Jurassic play 6 years ago at the Warped Tour, and boy they were tight. Sadly, the years have worn on them, with certain members starting to show significant graying of the hair. This is not something you want in your rapper. However, J5 managed a solid set with DJ Nu-Mark getting Emeril (BAM) on the group's hits like "Quality Control", "Jayou", and "What's Golden", but the energy just wasn't what I was hoping for. The atmosphere was not assisted by the group constantly telling the crowd to buy their soon to be released new album. Seriously, let us know it's coming out, but don't bring my wallet into the discussion, this about music not sales. Can't say I'm not skeptical about how their first disc in 4 years will sound, but what it will NOT do is top their old skool materials. So that's what I'll leave you with. Check out how true hip-hop sounds, when rappers 1. Don't need to prove their masculinity by repping weapons, and 2. Try singing instead of spitting monotone like a chemistry lecture (both Three 6 Mafia and my Stats prof trying to drop knowledge, I am trying to hear neither.)

Jurassic 5 - "Jayou"

http://www.stanford.edu/~joshsc/Jurassic%205%20-%20Unknown%20Album%20-%20Flute%20Loop.mp3

Thank the Lowwd openers Dilated Peoples were trying to exert. They really impressed an unsure crowd and as they say "We make it hard when we go on first".

Hear that line in their classic:

Dilated Peoples - "Worst Comes to Worst"

http://www.stanford.edu/~joshsc/Dilated%20Peoples%20-%20Unknown%20Album%20-%20Worst%20Comes%20To%20Worst.mp3