So, here we go with my favorite Hip Hop artist. Afrika Bambaataa.
Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980-1985, released in 2001 contains some of the best songs I love to listen to when I just want to let go of my cares and dance in my head or on a dance floor. Containing such hits as Planet Rock, Frantic Situation, and Looking for the Perfect Beat, the origins of Hip Hop with a nod to Krautrock and electronic music in general demonstrates that early Hip Hop is comparable to Punk in its DIY creation of dance music and activist lyrics, such as the song Unity (with James Brown) with it's refrain "peace, unity, love and having fun."
Not included in this collection that are great to have on hand are the songs Metal(a Gary Numan cover) and Afrika's collaboration with John Lydon (PiL/Sex Pistols) as Time Zone with their cross genre hit World Destruction, which was before the Run DMC/Aerosmith collaboration.
I aspire to have turntable skills like Bambaataa, that's for sure.
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