Ultramagnetic MC's

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Members Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love released their debut album Critical Beatdown in 1988 and inspired the world of hip hop with their original sound of unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery. Produced by the now-legendary producer Paul C, Critical Beatdown ushered in a revolution in hip-hop which has unfortunately been obscured by the pop rap trend.

Kool Keith went on to work with many other groups and solo projects including The Cenobites, Dr. Octagon, Masters of Illusion and Dr. Dooom

Their work has been often sampled, most notably in the Prodigy song “Smack My Bitch Up”

1	Critical Beatdown	78
2	Give the Drummer Some	76
3	Watch Me Now	66
3	Ease Back	66
5	Kool Keith Housing Things	59
6	Moe Luv's Theme	53
7	When I Burn	44
7	Ain't It Good to You	44
9	Poppa Large	43
10	One Minute Less	41
11	Break North	40
12	Ego Trippin'	36
13	Ced-Gee (Delta Force One)	31
14	Raise It Up full track	30
14	Travelling at the Speed of Thought (remix)	30

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jimmy-jimmy wrote:
last month

There's an apostrophe because the plural form of letters are made by adding 's, like "x's and o's." Woo grammar

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roko1 wrote:
last month

personally i like funk ya head up better, just cause i used to rock it in my walkman non stop. i also love the way the album starts.

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TehSpiral wrote:
last month

why is there an apostrophe in "MC's"?!!! That always bothers me for some reason...it's not a possessive noun, goddammit!

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BoGaNMS wrote:
last month

Legends.

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the-catalyst wrote:
July 2008

critical beatdown = great album

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AssasinTap wrote:
June 2008

are they still doing performances?

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Darkmonkey12 wrote:
June 2008

I don't know, Paid in Full is so damn good. But as far as "under the radar" golden age rap, critical beatdown takes the cake and eats it.

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koolgfunk187 wrote:
June 2008

critical beatdown = best golden age album ? what y'all thinkin ?

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ForSatori1919 wrote:
May 2008

what the fuck happened to these guys? they used to be so good....

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Jn_Barnes wrote:
May 2008

I should be seeing Kool Keith at Glastonbury soon...

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boothanew wrote:
May 2008

HOW are they so fucking amazing?!

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6:00 wrote:
May 2008

MC's ultra (magnetic, magnetic, magnetic)

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Blue_Key wrote:
April 2008

dude, fuckin slept on....

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DEVluke wrote:
March 2008

I WOKE UP AT 8 O CLOCK... IM FUCKIN READY!

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Garcian wrote:
February 2008

You got a knife, yes I wanna scrape it.

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Trippar wrote:
February 2008

hold it, mold it shape it.

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same_K wrote:
January 2008

CONTROLLED BY GAMMA LIGHT

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ckypissdrunk wrote:
December 2007

change my pitch up, smack my bitch up

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szyszkowski wrote:
December 2007

Ego Trippin'! Serious ultramagnetic skills ;]

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vuxBeast011 wrote:
December 2007

'give the drummer some' is fucking genius !!

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