Old School
* Mantronix: We Control The Dice (7.0 mb) | Music Madness (8.5 mb)
From Music Madness : Traffic Entertainment : teg7651cd
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I know precious little about old school hip-hop. Most of my hip-hop type listening is the new breed of indie hip-hop. But every once in awhile, I like to break out the old classics like this electo-hip-hop masterpiece, Music Madness by Mantronix. I mean, just look at them (up above). If that doesn’t give you a warm feeling in your special place, then I don’t know what else can.
Mantronix is the duo of Mr. Kurtis Khaleel (aka Kurtis Mantronik ) and Mr. Toure Embden (aka MC Tee). They got together in 1984 and quickly caught the ears of pretty much everyone with their debut album. Their second album was just as good and lit up the clubs with its unique blends of synthetic polyrhythms and turntable work. Even though this album was released in 1986, it still sounds just as fresh now as it did when it was first released.
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rauwe_bieten said,
February 22, 2006 @ 11:19 am
hi, just ‘discovered’ your site and i love it.
i like all kinds of music, but in the past old school hiphop was my thing. so if you like mantronix, you should certainly check out ‘ta la rock’ and ‘just ice’ debut albums, both mantronix productions. these are ont of the finest hiphop albums in my collection.
cheers!