De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest may have been more commercially successful, but the afrocentric, jazz political rap movement and unfadeable Native Tounge Massive started with the Jungle Brothers. Their debut full length 'Straight Out The Jungle' opened up many doors later walked through by artists like Mos Def, Common and even Kanye West. Their taste for jazzy horn samples helped kick-start the entire jazz-rap movement, and their James Brown fixation was one of the first. Plus, the group's groundbreaking collaboration 'I'll House You' with legendary house producer Todd Terry paved the way for numerous hip-house hybrids that shot up the charts in its wake.
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