{"id":9236,"date":"2014-02-27T06:12:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/uncategorized\/feature-13\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:12:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:12:50","slug":"feature-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/interviews-2\/feature-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Jurassic 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

(this interview originally appeared in issue #6 of Modern Fix Magazine in 2001).<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n– interview by brian greenaway<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nThe near universal praise for the four MCs and two DJs from Los Angeles has earned J5 myriads of accolades and a dedicated, growing base of fans. Growing up in a small, mostly-white California town meant my ears were largely unaccustomed to the Black end of the music spectrum. Groups like De La Soul and Public Enemy often took a back seat to Operation Ivy and The Vandals. College life however, quickly expanded my world, adding color to my life (and my record collection) as I was introduced to acts like The Roots, Hieroglyphics, the Pharcyde and my favorite – Jurassic 5. Their self-titled EP quickly became one of my favorite albums, only to be usurped by the follow-up smash “Quality Control”, available on Interscope Records.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The infectious beats of DJs Cut Chemist and Nu-Mark, coupled with the smooth rhymes, verbal skills, and tight melodies of Chali 2NA, Soup, Marc 7, and Akil have created something markedly different in the often cookie cutter world of hip-hop. Jurassic 5 has kept busy of late, working on a new album and shooting videos, as well as keeping the fans happy with their legendary live shows. So for those of you who shed a tear when A Tribe Called Quest broke up-and for those of you who didn’t – Modern Fix proudly presents J5’s Soup and Marc 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alright, we’ll start off with a question that I know is on all of Southern California’s mind: What’s up with the Lakers?<\/b>
\nMarc 7: The Lakers’ problem is that they just won a Championship and they still a little high on themselves right now. They may need to lose in the first round of the playoffs to get back to where they need to be. It would be a good reality check. I don’t think they should have got rid of Glen Rice and now that they have Rider they should run a three-guard offense and put in Horace Grant, who can rebound. I don’t know what they’re going to do…
\nSoup: You know, the Lakers are my team. I love the Lakers. It’s the role-players man, they got to step up. Tyrone Lue’s no good. Ron Harper-I’ve always liked Ron Harper but he’s getting old and he can’t give them too many minutes. Horace Grant has been pretty horrible, too. Robert Horry, he’s not what he used to be and he has some of the worst entry passes I’ve ever seen. I think Phil Jackson’s gotta slam the hammer down. I think they need to pick up somebody who can play. Give them a decent contract with incentives to come play on the Championship Team, you know? They got their problems and they need to get them sorted out. Kobe and Shaq have the whole world at their feet and they need to sort it out.<\/p>\n

You sound like you’re lobbying for the GM job right now.<\/b>
\nSoup: Well, they need help and they need to be able to deal with someone criticizing them.<\/p>\n

Would you guys let Shaq rap with you?<\/b>
\nSoup: I don’t know, man. Maybe I’d rap with him, you know what I’m saying? I think the MCs should stick to MCing and the basketball players should stick with basketball. It works both ways though. I mean Master P tried out, but they didn’t want him.<\/p>\n

Hey, why no love for Santa Barbara? When are you guys going to play up here?<\/b>
\nMarc 7: You know what, we’re working on that. We just spoke with our tour agent over at William Morris and we’re trying to do that. As soon as we can get up there, we’ll be there.
\nSoup: I love Santa Barbara. Nice place.<\/p>\n

‘What should people know about Jurassic 5 who aren’t necessarily familiar with your work?<\/b>
\nMarc 7: Just that we put a lot of care into what we do. We’re real nitpicky about our music. There’s definitely quality control going on. The pieces of music that we do we look at as an art. We attack every song with the intention of making something different than the last thing we made. We just have a real appreciation for what we do and we take it seriously as artists.<\/p>\n