Here’s an overlooked treat released last week: a double-disc compilation honoring influential hip-hop/dance duo Mantronix. In the mid-1980s, as the New York rap scene blossomed and all sorts of rhythms were seeping into pop music, fewer dance acts were more exciting than Mantronix. Comprised of DJ/producer Kurtis Mantronik (nee el-Khaleel) and rapper MC Tee, Mantronix won club kids over with their sample-ready electronic sounds, combining processed beats, synthesized bass and turntable scratches to create something that sounded like the logical sonic progression from “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic…
All Hail the “King of the Beats”: Mantronix Anthology Released
January 30, 2012
by Mike Duquette
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