| Jurassic 5 | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | Jurassic 5 |
| Cover: | Jurassic5EP albumcover.jpg |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Rumble Records J0001 Interscope INTD-90289 |
| Producer: | Cut Chemist, DJ Nu-Mark |
| Next Title: | Jurassic 5 |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Jurassic 5 is the first official release by American hip hop group Jurassic 5. It is an EP that includes much of the material that would later appear on the full-length album Jurassic 5.
The first version of the EP to be released contained nine tracks and was available in CD single or double-12" single formats. It was released in October 1997 on the band's own short-lived label, Rumble Records.
Although the label only released one record, it did give the band a platform and allowed them to be heard.
"I urge every independent artist to put something out first. Prove yourself to yourself, to people that pick up the records, then the [labels] will come looking for you. If they know that you can score, they gonna pass the ball to you." — Akil[1]
The band signed to a major label, Interscope Records, in 1999. Their first release on Interscope was the re-issue of the Jurassic 5 EP in an 8-track version in 1999. This had the same listing as the original EP, excluding the final track "Blacktop Beat".