Planet Rock: The Album

Capitalizing on the massive, culture-shifting success of the title track, 'Planet Rock: The Album' is a compilation of 12-inch singles that fundamentally redefined urban dance music. Bambaataa famously sampled Kraftwerk's mechanical synth-pop and melded it with heavy Roland TR-808 drum machine rhythms, inventing the electro genre in the process. This specific collection serves as an indispensable primary source for the technological evolution of hip-hop and techno.