March 21, 2007
The Extinction of Jurassic 5
Bad news for fans of Jurassic 5’s positive, old school-flavored hip-hop: the group has officially broken up.
A spokesman for J5 has just confirmed to CMJ that the Los Angeles-bred collective has gone their separate ways after snatching up some final checks on their recent tour of Australia and Japan.
This comes a month after rumors of a break-up first started when group member Soup told an Australian paper: “I don’t want to sit here and fake around with it—we’re not seeing eye-to-eye right now…People see us as a harmonising, loving group, but that’s far from the truth…I’d like to keep it going, but you can’t force grown men to do what they don’t want to do.”
The representative also made clear that some members could possibly collaborate in the future. Charli 2Na is prepping his solo album Fish Out of Water, while DJ Cut Chemist, who left the group last year, is also focusing on solo material.
The good news? No more hip-hop singles with Dave Matthews. We hope.
More producer/DJ/industry-related news:
Dallas Austin apologizes to Christina and Joss Stone.
Marley Marl and KRS reveal some details about Hip-Hop Lives, their new album on KOCH.
Interesting profile on Black Chiney, the prominent dancehall DJ collective from Miami.
HipHopDX has an interview with Black Milk, while HipHopGame has an interview with Domingo.
The new Apple TV ships today, letting you play music and video wirelessly on your television.
6 Responses to "The Extinction of Jurassic 5"
Mar.21 at 2:23 pm
sublicon says:
Dave Matthews is not hip-hop!!!
Mar.21 at 11:33 pm
Evorgleb says:
its sad to see them breaking up like that
Mar.22 at 1:59 pm
[Music] End of an Era (J-5) « Zay’z - [ Den ‘O’ Slack ] says:
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Mar.23 at 8:54 am
er!ck says:
That’s some bullshit.
Mar.26 at 1:35 pm
Jesse says:
Hip-Hop is whatever I say it is. ttp://myspace.com/jessecastrojr
May.18 at 4:41 pm
I Screwed Your Wife says:
F*ck off Jesse. You fagot ass bitch, stop posting spam. Nobody cares about your gay ass music.
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