Power in Numbers

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Power in Numbers
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Studio album by
Jurassic 5
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length56:11
Label Interscope
Producer
Jurassic 5 chronology
Quality Control
(2000)		Power in Numbers
(2002)		 Feedback
(2006)
Alternative cover
Jurassic5 PowerInNumbers DVDversion albumcover.jpg
Re-issue cover

Power in Numbers is the third studio album by American hip hop group Jurassic 5, released on October 8, 2002, by Interscope Records. It picks up where their previous album, Quality Control "left off", with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on Quality Control, "Swing Set", ended with.

Contents

Musical style

The album features a number of differing song styles. One track, "React", composed by Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist, is sample-based and contains no raps. "A Day at the Races" is based around a sample of David Axelrod's "Urizen" from the album Song of Innocence. "Acetate Prophets" has the same structure, but is much longer and also features production from Jurassic 5's other DJ, DJ Nu-Mark. Many tracks start or end with a sample of speech, usually inserted by Cut Chemist. The track "DDT" is an a cappella track rapped by renowned underground emcee Kool Keith, featuring no raps by Jurassic 5 themselves.

Release

The album later had a limited re-release, which came with an accompanying DVD. The DVD consists of three featurettes on the group, one of which is a live performance. The UK version of this re-release also included an additional track on the CD, an alternative version of the track "Thin Line", featuring Mýa in place of Nelly Furtado.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Resident Advisor 4.5/5 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 7/10 [11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Power in Numbers received an average score of 76% based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [12]

Track listing

Power in Numbers track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."This Is" Cut Chemist 0:53
2."Freedom" DJ Nu-Mark 3:19
3."If You Only Knew" Juju 3:51
4."Break"Cut Chemist3:16
5."React"Cut Chemist0:56
6."A Day at the Races" (featuring Big Daddy Kane and Percee P)Cut Chemist4:02
7."Remember His Name"DJ Nu-Mark3:44
8."What's Golden"DJ Nu-Mark3:09
9."Thin Line" (featuring Nelly Furtado)Cut Chemist4:45
10."After School Special"DJ Nu-Mark2:41
11."High Fidelity"DJ Nu-Mark3:07
12."Sum of Us"DJ Nu-Mark3:28
13."DDT" (featuring Kool Keith) 0:42
14."One of Them" (featuring Juju)Juju3:18
15."Hey" Sa-Ra Creative Partners 4:25
16."I Am Somebody"Cut Chemist4:05
17."Acetate Prophets"Cut Chemist, DJ Nu-Mark6:31

Singles

Singles from Power in Numbers
TitleSingle information
"What's Golden"
  • Released: October 22, 2002
  • B-side: "High Fidelity"
"If You Only Knew"
  • Released: November 25, 2003 (Australia only)
  • B-side: "Quality Control" (Live), "Concrete Schoolyard" (Live), "If You Only Knew" (Live)
"Freedom"
  • Released: December 2, 2003
  • B-side: "One of Them"
"Hey"
  • Released: January 27, 2004
  • B-side: "If You Only Knew"

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Power in Numbers
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 96
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 46
US Billboard 200 [17] 15
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [18] 13

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Power in Numbers
Chart (2002)Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [19] 82
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [20] 43

Certifications

Certifications for Power in Numbers
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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