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Straight out the Jungle
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Studio album by
Jungle Brothers
ReleasedNovember 8, 1988[1]
Recorded1987–1988
GenreHip hop
Length48:31
LabelWarlock
Producer
Jungle Brothers chronology
Straight out the Jungle
(1988) 		Done by the Forces of Nature
(1989)

Straight out the Jungle is the debut album by the American hip hop group Jungle Brothers. The album marked the beginning of the Native Tongues collective, which later featured popular artists such as De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep. The album's masters have a lower quality to other hip-hop albums of its kind, compared to the singles.

The single "I'll House You", added to the album in late-1988 reissues, is known as the first non-Chicago hip-house record to be a sufficiently big club hit.[citation needed]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[2]
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MojoStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[4]
NME9/10[5]
The Philadelphia InquirerStarStarStarStar[6]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[7]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[8]
The SourceStarStarStarStarStar[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[10]
The Village VoiceA−[11]

The Los Angeles Times noted that, "From romance to racism, the JB's tell it like it is with a charismatic and suave funkiness."[12] Trouser Press concluded that "despite strong entries like 'Because I Got It Like That' and 'Sounds of the Safari', several duff tracks diminish the album, while the vestigial old-school beats and rapping style leave the rest sounding dated."[13]

In 1998, Straight out the Jungle was selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Albums".[14] In 2022, Rolling Stone placed it at number 116 on their list of the "200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time". The magazine's writer Christopher R. Weingarten said, "[T]he inaugural volley from the Native Tongues collective, the debut from the Jungle Brothers was a playful, loose, try-anything album that machete'd its own path."[15] In 2025, Pitchfork placed it at number 71 on their list of the "100 Best Rap Albums of All Time". The website's writer Philip Sherburne said that the album's "funk breaks, rainforest sound effects, and call-and-response rapping established the sampledelic baseline for future Native Tongues classics from De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest".[16]

Track listing

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# Title Producer(s) Performer (s)
1 "Straight out the Jungle" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
2 "What's Going On" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
3 "Black is Black" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee, Q-Tip
4 "Jimbrowski" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
5 "I'm Gonna Do You" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
6 "I'll House You" Todd Terry (uncredited) Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
7 "On the Run" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
8 "Behind the Bush" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
9 "Because I Got it Like That" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
10 "Braggin' & Boastin'" Jungle Brothers Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee
11 "Sounds of the Safari" Jungle Brothers *Instrumental*
12 "Jimmy's Bonus Beat" Jungle Brothers *Instrumental*
13 "The Promo" Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip (uncredited) Afrika Baby Bam, Mike Gee, Q-Tip

Charts

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Album

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
Billboard Top R&B Albums 39

Singles

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Year Song Chart Peak
1989 "I'll House You" Billboard Hot Rap Singles 16
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 28

References

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