Straight out the Jungle

Infobox Album |
Name = Straight out the Jungle
Type = Studio album
Artist = Jungle Brothers


Released = November 8, 1988 [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18395765/hiphops_greatest_year_fifteen_albums_that_made_rap_explode/print "Hip-Hop's Greatest Year: Fifteen Albums That Made Rap Explode"] , "RollingStone.com", February 12, 2008. Retrieved on July 27, 2008.]
Recorded = 1987–1988
Genre = Hip hop
Label = Idlers/Warlock Records
WAR-2704
Producer = Jungle Brothers
Todd Terry
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yptxlfje5cqu link]
* The Source Rating|5|5
Last album =
This album = "Straight out the Jungle"
(1988)
Next album = "Done By the Forces of Nature"
(1989)

"Straight out the Jungle" is the debut album from hip hop group Jungle Brothers. The album marked the beginning of the rap crew Native Tongues Posse, later featuring popular artists like De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep. The album received a perfect 5-star rating from both Allmusic and The Source Magazine. In 1998, the album was selected as one of [http://www.rocklist.net/source.htm "The Source" Magazine's 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums] . The single "I'll House You," added to the album in 1989, is known for being the first hip-house record recorded outside of the Chicago scene, which was a club hit that drastically changed the way the hip-hop and dance music industries worked.

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