TAG: Afrika Bambaataa

Jan04

The Funk League – The Boogie Down Bombers feat. Diamond D & Sadat X (MP3)

The Funk League, the production duo consisting of Paris representatives, Hugo and Soulbrother Suspect, are preparing to release their album “Funky As Usual” on January 24th. Their love for record digging and sampling caught the attention of folks like Diamond D and Large Professor, two artists who have supported this project via their participation in the album. The album is entirely produced by the Funk League but features artists such as Diamond D, Large Professor, Sadat X, Afrika Bambaataa, Gift of Gab, A.G., and others.

Check out the free download of the song “The Boogie Down Bombers” featuring Diamond D and Sadat X

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Apr27

Black Devil Disco Club Track-By-Track

In 1978, Bernard Fevre released Black Devil Disco Club, a seminal record in dark electronic music that influenced Aphex Twin and Metro Area among others. Far from a relic of the past, Fevre continues to release compelling music to this day under the name Black Devel Disco Club. His latest, Circus, recruits myriad vocalist to his disco-goth vision, including Jon Spencer, Faris Badwan of The Horrors, Afrika Bambaataa, Yacht and Nancy Sinatra. Fevre explained to URB a little bit about each darkwave gem found on the record. …MORE

Oct25

Statik Selektah & Termanology, 1982 (Review)

Statik Selektah & Termanology

1982

Released by Showoff/ST./Brick


In 1982, hip-hop was still something of a cranky toddler poised to make serious noise. Yes, infamous biters The Sugarhill Gang were already on their second album (8th Wonder), breakdancing was catching on in the mainstream (thanks in part to the release of Thriller in November) and bare-knuckle hip-hoppers and breakers alike had anthems in Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message" and Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock," respectively. But to put things in perspective, the fledgling MTV network was still favoring Dire Straits and The Go-Gos; hip-hop was ...
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Jul16

Fort Knox Five – Shift feat. Afrika Bambaataa & Mustafa Akbar (Video & MP3)

The 2009 Inaugural weekend saw massive celebrations in Washington, DC and worldwide. The legendary Afrika Bambaataa, who helped launch the hip-hop generation with hits like Planet Rock and Searching for the Perfect Beat was in town to celebrate the historic moment. While Barack Obama was being sworn in as President, the Fort Knox Five teamed up with electro-funk innovator Afrika Bambaataa and Mustafa Akbar to create the funk anthem Shift. Originally released on the 2009 compilation The New Gold Standard 2, Shift has been reinvented in both audio and visual form.

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Jul08

Bustin’ Out 1982: New Wave to New Beat Vol. 2 (Review)

Various

Bustin Out 1982: New Wave to New Beat Vol. 2

Released by 101 Distribution


The last thing this retro-fueled world needs is another compilation about how fabulous the early '80s were. We get it, the birth of punk, hip hop, new wave. Yadda, yadda, yadda. But here comes Mike Maguire of Juno Reactor with Bustin Out 1982 New Wave to New Beat Vol 2, a savvy collection that focuses not on a single artist, label or scene, but cleverly, a single year. Picking up where Bustin’ Out New Wave to New Beat: The Post Punk Era 1979–1981 left off, Maguire charts the rise ...
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