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Q MagazineA return to their roots. [Aug 2006, p.113]
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Entertainment WeeklyThe guileless, old-school vibe... feels tired. [28 Jul 2006, p.67]
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BlenderTheir nostalgia is occasionally endearing but usually curdles into crotchetiness. [Aug 2006, p.110]
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UncutIt's original member, turntablist Nu-Mark, who still provides the highlights. [Aug 2006, p.96]
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Feedback, for the most part, disintegrates into a cloud of unremarkable noise.
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Five Jurass's virgin excursions into P-Funk and electro find some comfortable new sonic territory.
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Against productions this diluted, Jurassic's top-notch rhymers -- Chali 2na, Soup, Akil -- fail to make any headway, usually spitting rhymes already familiar to listeners of their earlier work.
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No doubt it will be disdainfully ignored by teenagers, who will be equally oblivious to guest slots by the earnest Mos Def and a weary-sounding Dave Matthews, but it will enliven thirtysomething dinner parties.
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Too much of the album either throws the group into truly unflattering contexts or returns them to the hamster-wheel formalism they’ve been running into the ground for years now.
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New Musical Express (NME)Ho-hum. [22 Jul 2006, p.39]
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In the future, the guys in Jurassic 5 need to do a better job picking their friends and their song subjects.
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Rolling StoneMost of Feedback is lightweight and forgettable. [7 Sep 2006, p.107]
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Nu-Mark's beats still refresh the old school in the J5 way we've become accustomed, but the other beats here represent a sad cross-section of mainstream styles, totally missing the point of their first three albums.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 31
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Mixed: 5 out of 31
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Negative: 10 out of 31
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ColbyCMar 1, 2007
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DJJimiNOct 31, 2006Jurassic 5
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TylerrMOct 20, 2006