The Jungle Brothers have been around since hip hop's Golden Age, and they continue to adapt creatively to the changing soundscapes of both hip hop and DJ culture. Afrika Baby Bam and cohort Mike G have been progressing since they first appeared (then with DJ Sammy B ) on the NYC hip hop scene with the release of the groundbreaking Straight Out The Jungle in 1988. A prototype for later envelope-pushing crews like the Wu-Tang Clan , the Jungle Brothers were among the first groups to aggregate a like-minded posse of fellow rappers (the legendary Native Tongues :De La Soul ,A Tribe Called Quest ,Black Sheep , and later Mos Def ) in which intellect and vocabulary dominated the game.

Following up their raw, energetic debut, the group went into the studio with NYC underground club and house DJ/producer Todd Terry , and hip house was born. "I'll House You" became a bona fide international hit, making Terry one of the most in-demand remixers to this day. A major label bidding war ensued, and the Jungle Brothers subsequently signed to Warner Bros . Free to sample and manipulate in a more sophisticated setting, the JBs mixed up breaks and beats that recalled the Bronx block parties of their youth, incorporating elements from jazz, soul, and funk classics. The resulting album, Done By The Forces Of Nature , ranks with other masterpieces of the era like the Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique and De La Soul's seminal Three Feet High And Rising .

Following the release of the sonically glorious but ill-fated J Beez Wit Da Remedy , their last album for Warners Bros ,Afrika and Mike moved to a new home on Gee Street .Raw Deluxe , the comeback, found them revisiting the Native Tongues era, and featured De La and Q-Tip on the advance single, "How You Want It We Got It." Both The Roots and the Stereo MC's repaid their debt to the innovators by producing and remixing singles.

But it was another Gee Street connection that would put the JBs back in the spot where styles intersect and musical hybrids are born. Shortly after the band's chance introduction to jungle on U.K. radio, British drum and bass duo Urban Takeover (Aphrodite and co-conspirator Mickey Finn ) took the eponymous "Jungle Brother" and made it something completely new. The track introduced the sound of jungle to hip hoppers all over the globe, becoming an anthem of the massive drum and bass assault on the U.S. club scene in mid-'98, and spawning a generation of drum and bass remixes of hip hop hits.

During the same period, the Propellerheads ' first full-length, Decksdrumsandrockandroll , detonated on the dance scene in the U.S. and the U.K. Alex Gifford , one half of the Propellerheads , also produced the JBs album, V.I.P. , perfectly complementing the JBs' broad spectrum of lyrical styles with his live rhythms, DJ cuts, and rootsy funk and blues motifs.

Two years later the JB’s would leave V2 and start their own label Jungle Brothers Records and release “All That We Do” enlisting the production talents of Todd Terry, this album is yet another classic to bless listeners ears. Currently the JB’s continue to tour the globe bringing the block party to every stop along the way and prepare to release their 7th album in early 2005 Ital Stew. For more info check out www.jbeez.com.