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Mantronix - Fresh Is The Word, Released in 1985.
Early Hip Hop, Rap Music. Kurtis Khaleel & Touré Embden
Profile:Mantronix, one of the most innovative hip-hop acts of all time, was founded by Kurtis el Khaleel, who was born in Jamaica, though his family soon moved to Canada and ended up in New York by the late 1970s. During high school, Khaleel wanted to be in a band but couldn't find anyone who wanted to be in a band with him, so he bought a Roland TR-606 drum machine and a Roland TB-303 bass machine, and mastered them quickly. Taking the stage name Mantronik (although some sources claim he was born with that name), he soon began DJing around the city and was working behind the decks at Manhattan's Downtown Records when he met Haitian-born MC Tee, né Touré Embden. After the duo had assembled a demo tape, they gave it to William Socolov, president of Sleeping Bag Records. He signed Mantronix soon after hearing it, and released its debut single, "Fresh is the Word." The track lit up New York's streets and clubs during 1985.
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@bqe1985 Hip Hop will never die, Wu Tang is forever...
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@thedarkchild86 I had it.
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it's good stuff,trying to get multi cultures together,nowadays I dunno,I love this stuff to this day, white man 46 years old.
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it was shit
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this was HARD back then, str8 thug, real, subway, new york, bboy, real block head, clockers, real street hip hop, gang, crew, making money, high rise projects, 4 real hip hop!
3 weeks ago 2
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real hip-hop
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rap before the violence, it used to be so live!!!
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Regardless of talent, this song inspires one to get funky! Nothin like the good ol' hip hop...
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@bqe1985 Pure Hip Hop was about the DJ and the Rapper. The Rapper wasnt shit without his DJ , Word up man, You know Hi Hop..
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@bqe1985 Smartest thing anyone has said on HIPHOP Thank you. I
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I miss that whole Sleeping Bag records line-up man, these cats TLa Rock and Just-Ice RIP Juggy Gales.I dare ANYBODY to tell me the 80s wasnt the best decade.
mookeychase0907 1 year ago 33
Hip hop does not exist anymore because it does not contain the esential elements of the scratching and samples, of old school from the 80's.
bqe1985 1 year ago 11