Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980-1985

by Afrika Bambaataa

Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980-1985 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 20 March 2001
  • Label: Tommy Boy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:11:04
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documents the revolutionary, profoundly influential early years of the Bronx hip-hop pioneer and Universal Zulu Nation founder. The compilation captures his groundbreaking synthesis of Kraftwerk-style synthesizer programming with heavy funk breakbeats, a fusion that single-handedly birthed the electro genre. The collection is an indispensable document of hip-hop's transition from live park jams to the recording studio.

Genres

Descriptors: party, electronic, sampling, funky, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Zulu Nation Throwdown (7:06)
  2. Zulu Nation Throwdown (6:07)
  3. Jazzy Sensation - Bronx Version (9:43)
  4. Planet Rock (6:22)
  5. Looking for the Perfect Beat - Original 12" Version (7:02)
  6. Renegades of Funk - 12" Vocal Version (6:43)
  7. Frantic Situation - Vocal Version (5:00)
  8. Unity Part 1 (The Third Coming) (3:24)
  9. Who You Funkin' With? (4:54)
  10. What Time Is It - Live Version (8:55)
  11. Funk You (5:43)

Credits

  • Cosmic Force - composed by
  • Soulsonic Force - composed by
  • Kenton Nix - composed by
  • Amad Henderson - composed by
  • Ellis Williams - composed by
  • LeRoi Evans - composed by
  • R. Allen - composed by
  • Rae Serrano - composed by

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