V.I.P. is the fifth studio album by American hip-hop group the Jungle Brothers. It was released on January 4, 2000, via Gee Street/V2 Records. The recording sessions took place at The Würx, Harold Dessau Recording and Greene St. Recording in New York City, Criteria Recording Studios in Miami, and Geejam Studios in Jamaica. The album was produced by Alex Gifford of Propellerheads. It features guest appearances from Alex Gifford, the Holmes Brothers, Black Eyed Peas and Sense Live. The album peaked at number 50 on the US Heatseekers Albums and number 22 on the UK Independent Albums charts.
The album was supported by three charted singles: "V.I.P.", "Get Down" and "Freakin' You", which made it to the UK singles chart, peaking at No. 28, 52 and 70, respectively.
AllMusic called the album "fun, funky, and infectious -- a party record where everyone sounds like they're having a blast". Entertainment Weekly wrote that "excessively eclectic production ... smothers the hip-hop duoâÂÂs jazzily organic rhymes". The Riverfront Times called it "a great ... melding of progressive electronic grooves and rhymes, a contender for Album of the Year".
Salon wrote: "Most disturbing, the pallor of the dead lingers all over V.I.P. Not dead like Tupac and Biggie but, rather, the end of an era and a style, and of the individuals who were first responsible for those innovations".