# Power in Numbers

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{{for|the book by Talithia Williams|Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Power in Numbers
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Jurassic 5](/source/Jurassic_5)
| cover      = Power in Numbers.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2002|10|08}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative hip hop](/source/Alternative_hip_hop)
| length     = {{Duration|m=56|s=11}}
| label      = [Interscope](/source/Interscope_Records)
| producer   =
* [Cut Chemist](/source/Cut_Chemist)
* [DJ Nu-Mark](/source/DJ_Nu-Mark)
* [Juju](/source/The_Beatnuts)
* [Sa-Ra Creative Partners](/source/Sa-Ra_Creative_Partners)
| prev_title = [Quality Control](/source/Quality_Control_(album))
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [Feedback](/source/Feedback_(Jurassic_5_album))
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Jurassic5 PowerInNumbers DVDversion albumcover.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Re-issue cover
}}
}}
'''''Power in Numbers''''' is the third [studio album](/source/studio_album) by American hip hop group [Jurassic 5](/source/Jurassic_5), released on October 8, 2002, by [Interscope Records](/source/Interscope_Records). It picks up where their previous album, ''[Quality Control](/source/Quality_Control_(album))'' "left off", with a short double bass sample playing the same riff that the last song on ''Quality Control'', "Swing Set", ended with.

== Musical style ==
The album features a number of differing song styles. One track, "React", composed by Jurassic 5 DJ [Cut Chemist](/source/Cut_Chemist), is sample-based and contains no raps. "A Day at the Races" is based around a sample of [David Axelrod](/source/David_Axelrod_(musician))'s "Urizen" from the album [Song of Innocence](/source/Song_of_Innocence_(album)). "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](/source/a_cappella) track rapped by renowned underground emcee [Kool Keith](/source/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](/source/M%C3%BDa) in place of [Nelly Furtado](/source/Nelly_Furtado).

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 76/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/power-in-numbers/jurassic-5|title=Reviews for Power in Numbers by Jurassic 5|work=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)|publisher=[CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive)|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/power-in-numbers-mw0000226007|title=Power in Numbers – Jurassic 5|work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3118/reviews/5149|title=Album Review: Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers|work=[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)|first=Chris|last=Nettleton|date=October 21, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev3score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/10/18/power-numbers/|title=Power in Numbers|magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)|first=Evan|last=Serpick|date=October 18, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223254/https://ew.com/article/2002/10/18/power-numbers/|archive-date=October 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/oct/04/popandrock.artsfeatures6|title=Jurassic 5: Power in Numbers|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|first=David|last=Peschek|date=October 4, 2002|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-06-ca-rack6-story.html|title=Jurassic 5's Power Surge|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|first=Dean|last=Kuipers|date=October 6, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev6score = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4331-power-in-numbers/|title=Jurassic 5: Power in Numbers|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|first=Sam|last=Chennault|date=October 13, 2002|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Jurassic 5: Power in Numbers|journal=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))|issue=196|date=November 2002|pages=103–05}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[Resident Advisor](/source/Resident_Advisor)''
| rev8score = 4.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/670|title=Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers|work=[Resident Advisor](/source/Resident_Advisor)|author=JJ|date=November 12, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jurassic5/albums/album/151285/review/6212674/power_in_numbers|title=Jurassic 5: Power In Numbers|magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)|first=Peter|last=Relic|date=November 28, 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jurassic5/albums/album/151285/review/6212674/power_in_numbers|archive-date=May 18, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| rev10score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H54z_qZN4pMC&pg=PA124|title=The Breakdown|journal=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))|volume=18|issue=11|date=November 2002|access-date=October 8, 2018|page=124}}</ref>
}}
At [Metacritic](/source/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".<ref name=metacritic/>

The album was also included in the book ''[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die](/source/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die)''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Power in Numbers'' track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = This Is
| writer1 = {{hlist|[Dante Givens](/source/Jurassic_5)|[Mark Potsic](/source/DJ_Nu-Mark)|[Charles Stewart](/source/Chali_2na)|[Courtenay Henderson](/source/Soup_(rapper))|[Lucas Macfadden](/source/Cut_Chemist)|[Marc Stuart](/source/Jurassic_5)}}
| extra1 = [Cut Chemist](/source/Cut_Chemist)
| length1 = 0:53

| title2 = Freedom
| writer2 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra2 = [DJ Nu-Mark](/source/DJ_Nu-Mark)
| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = If You Only Knew
| writer3 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra3 = [Juju](/source/The_Beatnuts)
| length3 = 3:51

| title4 = Break
| writer4 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart|Ernest Burt|Michael Franklin}}
| extra4 = Cut Chemist
| length4 = 3:16

| title5 = React
| writer5 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra5 = Cut Chemist
| length5 = 0:56

| title6 = A Day at the Races
| note6 = featuring [Percee P](/source/Percee_P) and [Big Daddy Kane](/source/Big_Daddy_Kane)
| writer6 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart|[Antonio Hardy](/source/Big_Daddy_Kane)|[John Percy Simon](/source/Percee_P)|[David Axelrod](/source/David_Axelrod_(musician))}}
| extra6 = Cut Chemist
| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Remember His Name
| writer7 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra7 = DJ Nu-Mark
| length7 = 3:44

| title8 = [What's Golden](/source/What's_Golden)
| writer8 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra8 = DJ Nu-Mark
| length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Thin Line
| note9 = featuring [Nelly Furtado](/source/Nelly_Furtado)
| writer9 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart|[Nelly Furtado](/source/Nelly_Furtado)|[Charles Stepney](/source/Charles_Stepney)|[Richard Rudolph](/source/Richard_Rudolph)}}
| extra9 = Cut Chemist
| length9 = 4:45

| title10 = After School Special
| writer10 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra10 = DJ Nu-Mark
| length10 = 2:41

| title11 = High Fidelity
| writer11 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra11 = DJ Nu-Mark
| length11 = 3:07

| title12 = Sum of Us
| writer12 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra12 = DJ Nu-Mark
| length12 = 3:28

| title13 = DDT
| note13 = featuring [Kool Keith](/source/Kool_Keith)
| length13 = 0:42

| title14 = One of Them
| note14 = featuring [Juju](/source/The_Beatnuts)
| writer14 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra14 = Juju
| length14 = 3:18

| title15 = Hey
| writer15 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart|[Shafiq Husayn](/source/The_Sa-Ra_Creative_Partners)|[Om'Mas Keith](/source/Om'Mas_Keith)|[Taz Arnold](/source/The_Sa-Ra_Creative_Partners)}}
| extra15 = [Sa-Ra Creative Partners](/source/Sa-Ra_Creative_Partners)
| length15 = 4:25

| title16 = I Am Somebody
| writer16 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart|[Kenneth Gamble](/source/Gamble_and_Huff)|[Leon Huff](/source/Gamble_and_Huff)|[Roland Chambers](/source/MFSB)}}
| extra16 = Cut Chemist
| length16 = 4:05

| title17 = Acetate Prophets
| writer17 = {{hlist|Givens|Potsic|Stewart|Henderson|Macfadden|Stuart}}
| extra17 = Cut Chemist, DJ Nu-Mark
| length17 = 6:31
}}

'''Sample credits'''
* "Freedom" contains samples from "This Feeling", written and performed by Julius Brockington.
* "Break" contains elements from "Love to Hate", written by Ernest Burt and Michael Franklin, and performed by [Freddie North](/source/Freddie_North).
* "A Day at the Races" contains excerpts from "Urizen", written and performed by [David Axelrod](/source/David_Axelrod_(musician)).
* "What's Golden" contains elements from "Prophets of Rage"; written by [Carlton Ridenhour](/source/Chuck_D), [Hank Shocklee, and Eric Sadler](/source/The_Bomb_Squad); and performed by [Public Enemy](/source/Public_Enemy).
* "Thin Line" contains elements from "Les Fleurs", written by [Charles Stepney](/source/Charles_Stepney) and [Richard Rudolph](/source/Richard_Rudolph), and performed by [Minnie Riperton](/source/Minnie_Riperton).
* "After School Special" contains samples from "Ben" written by [Bill Cosby](/source/Bill_Cosby) and [Stu Gardner](/source/Stu_Gardner), and performed by Bill Cosby.
* "I Am Somebody" contains elements from "Love in Them There Hills", written by [Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff](/source/Gamble_and_Huff), and [Roland Chambers](/source/MFSB).
* "Acetate Prophets" contains samples from "Golden Scarab", written and performed by [Ray Manzarek](/source/Ray_Manzarek).

== Singles ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Singles from ''Power in Numbers''
! Title
! Single information
|-
! scope="row"| "[What's Golden](/source/What's_Golden)"
|
*Released: October 22, 2002
*B-side: "High Fidelity"
|-
! scope="row"| "If You Only Knew"
|
*Released: November 25, 2003 (Australia only)
*B-side: "Quality Control" (Live), "Concrete Schoolyard" (Live), "If You Only Knew" (Live)
|-
! scope="row"| "Freedom"
|
*Released: December 2, 2003
*B-side: "One of Them"
|-
! scope="row"| "Hey"
|
*Released: January 27, 2004
*B-side: "If You Only Knew"
|}

== Chart positions ==
=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Power in Numbers''
!scope="col"| Chart (2002)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|16|artist=Jurassic 5|album=Power in Numbers|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|22|artist=Jurassic 5|album=Power in Numbers|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|96|artist=Jurassic 5|album=Power in Numbers|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|46|date=20021013|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Jurassic 5|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|13|artist=Jurassic 5|rowheader=true|access-date=May 11, 2023}}
|}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Power in Numbers''
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
! scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums ([Nielsen SoundScan](/source/Nielsen_SoundScan))<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032620/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b.html|archivedate=October 12, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b.html|title=Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"|Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032336/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_rap.html|archivedate=October 12, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_rap.html|title=Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>
| 43
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Power in Numbers''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2002|certyear=2023|id=9912-1207-2|artist=Jurassic 5|title=Power in Numbers|access-date=March 4, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|19553|Power in Numbers}}

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