'J Beez' back in town

If you were to flip through a DJ's records during the late 80s and early 90s, chances are you would find the Jungle Brothers.

They would be peering out from behind exotic foliage on the covers of Straight Out the Jungle and Done by the Forces of Nature -- records that deserve the title seminal.

DJ Sammy B and rappers Mike G and Afrika Baby Bam took the beats and rhymes of New York's mean streets to a new level, inspiring the Native Tongues movement that De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest encapsulated.