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January 27, 2000

Jungle Brothers Perform in New York

The legendary JBs bring their new sound to the Bowery Ballroom
March 25, 1997

JUNGLE BROTHERS

Wetlands, New York, March 20, 1997

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Raw Deluxe

At their prime in the late '80s, the Jungle Brothers reflected all of hip-hop's potential – their second album, 1989's spiritual, street-wise Done by the Forces of Nature, was as conscious as it was funky and stands out as one of the most overlooked rap albums of that decade. On 1993's JBeez...

1997 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

J. Beez Wit the Remedy

1993

Done By The Forces Of Nature

1989

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A crucial group in hip-hop's evolution, New York's Jungle Brothers embodied the link between the self-respecting street knowledge of Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu Nation and the positive Native Tongues movement that De La Soul brought to prominence at the end of the 1980s. With conscious lyrics over swinging jazz and upbeat funk, Straight Out the Jungle was a debut by a group (Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee,...

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