@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Jungle Brothers - Raw Deluxe (Limited Edition) Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Hip Hop, Alternative East Coast Hip Hop, New York, New York 7/26 Matrix #: 63881-27001-1 Condition: VG+, sounds great, light marks, limited edition (CC) | Members: Mike G (65' - Alive), Afrika B (70' - Alive), Sammy B (N/A - Alive) Cultural Facts:
Personal Struggle: Warner Bros. rejected an earlier version of the Jungle Brothers' previous album, leaving the group caught in label conflict and commercial decline before Raw Deluxe became a comeback attempt.
Scene Ecology: As founding members of Native Tongues, the Jungle Brothers helped open the lane for De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, mixing Afrocentric ideas, jazz samples, humor, and house music.
Studio Lore: Raw Deluxe returned the group to a stripped, dusty sound after earlier experimentation, reconnecting their late-90s comeback with the loose chemistry of their earliest records.
