Looking For The Perfect Beat: 1980-1985 Free MP3, Song Download, Lyrics, Album Track List

Looking For The Perfect Beat: 1980-1985

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PLAY QUEUE 1 Zulu Nation Throwdown		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Zulu Nation Throwdown (Alternate Version)		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 Planet Rock		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 Looking For The Perfect Beat		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Renegades Of Funk		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Frantic Situation (Vocal)		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Unity Part 1 (The Third Coming)		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Who Do You Think Your Funkin' With? (Hip Hop Mix)		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 What Time Is It (Live Version)		save
PLAY QUEUE 11 Funk You!		save

MOG Editorial Review

A massive influence to multiple generations of hip-hop and electronic artists, Afrika Bambaataa's collection of early singles is required listening for fans of either genre. Bambaataa first rose to legendary status with the release of "Planet Rock" a Kraftwerk-sampling party jam that gave birth to modern electro as we know it, but the rest of the songs here are treasures in an of themselves. The two "Zulu Nation Throwdown" songs as well as "Renegades of Funk" serve as predecessors to rap's political future, while other tracks like "Jazzy Sensation" were so groovy even the Beastie Boys couldn't resist sampling it. Though hip-hop has splintered into a million subgenres at this point, we have the tracks found here to thank for some of the first and best of them.
AMG Review of Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980-1985

John Duffy
All Music Guide

As a major architect of early hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa is perhaps more deserving of a respectable compilation treatment than anyone. And while his considerable influence has largely been brushed aside by a rap world that sadly ignores far too many of its innovators, Looking for the Perfect Beat may help to change that. Whatever your opinion on the shelf life of his music, Bambaataa was an innovator of the highest order. While many rappers would be content to sample and name check James Brown ad nauseam, Bambaataa collaborated with the Godfather of Soul himself on the sharp "Unity Part 1 (The Third Coming)." The amazing double-punch of "Planet Rock" and "Looking for the Perfect Beat" serve as the centerpiece of this disc, while "Zulu Nation Throwdown" sits as a perfect opening track, in its time initiating a back-to-roots aesthetic that was years ahead of the Afrocentric rap explosion of the late '80s. Looking for the Perfect Beat also nicely augments the résumé of producer Arthur Baker, a trailblazing dance remixer of the early '80s. Sadly missing are any significant liner notes or photographs. Also available as a limited edition two-LP set.