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Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock

submitted by yoghurt

1 decade 6 years 2 months 1 week ago

Possibly the most classic electro/hip-hop track of all time! "Gotta rock it, don't stop it. Gotta rock it, don't stop!"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602077.html
"PLANET ROCK, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force (Tommy Boy, 1982). As one third of the holy trinity of DJs (along with Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc) credited with creating hip-hop music, Bambaataa's philosophy was to cast as wide a net as possible when assembling his party-rocking weapons -- even if that net ensnared a weird German synth band called Kraftwerk. In his role as "Master of Records" he established a critical characteristic of hip-hop music: re-contextualizing any source material regardless of origin. "Planet Rock" is a universal b-boy anthem ("Rock it, don't stop it/Gotta rock it, don't stop!") and has a timeless ability to destroy dance floors. This seminal record also birthed hip-hop offshoots such as electro and Miami bass. (Available on "Hip Hop Essentials: Volume Seven.")"