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Don't Stop...Planet Rock - The Remix EP

Afrika Bambaataa

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Album Review

An updated EP takes the by-now-ancient "Planet Rock" beat and runs it through the 1990s hip-hop production machine. The results aren't all that successful, even though the sound is now contemporary. But its hook was old-school, as was its charm. The newer version lacks bite.

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The VIP of Electronic Music

Kraftwerk might not have found it's way to to the US public were it not for Bamabaataa. Although his style may just sound like old school rap at first, he differs from groups like Run-D.M.C. in that he incorporated many aspects of techno from Kraftwerk and others that were not nearly as popular in the US as they were in Europe.

the real old-school- Renegades of Funk

I was 14; mom and dad were out of town. I was up late watching some obscure music video channel BEFORE MTV! It was a review of NYC's underground music scene and Planet Rock was the video. I recorded it on my BETA tape.... but alas, it is lost. One of the greatest classics of all time- you need to own it if you dare to claim to be a Hip-Hop fan.

Afrika Bambaataa, Pow Wow, MC GLOBE, Mr. Biggs

This is cool. You can find cool tracks somewhere else on his albums 1. Dont Stop...Planet Rock (Original Vocal Version) 2. Jazzy Sensation 3. Looking for the Perfect beat 4. Zulu Nation Throwdown 5. Almighty Ra

Biography

Born: April 17, 1957 in New York, NY [The Bronx]

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

A seminal Bronx DJ during the 1970s, Afrika Bambaataa ascended to godfather status with Planet Rock, the 1982 hip-hop classic which blended the beats of hip-hop with techno-pop futurism inspired by German pioneers Kraftwerk. Even before he began recording in 1980, Bambaataa was hip-hop's foremost DJ, an organizer and promoter of the large block parties during the mid- to late '70s which presaged the rise of rap. After the success of Planet Rock, he recorded electro-oriented rap only sparingly, concentrating...
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