''That's My Beat'' is a

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hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

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electro funk Electro (also known as electro-funk, and sometimes referred to as electro-pop)
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musician

Kurtis Mantronik Kurtis el Khaleel (born Graham Curtis el Khaleel, September 4, 1965), known by the stage name Kurtis Mantronik, is a Jamaican-born hip hop and electronic musician, DJ, remixer, and producer. He was the leader, DJ, and keyboardist of the influent ...

and features tracks selected by Mantronik and cited as influences to his work with his hip hop/electro funk group

Mantronix Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro (music), electro funk music group from New York City. The band was formed by Disc jockey#Hip Hop DJs, DJ Kurtis Mantronik (Kurtis el Khaleel) and rapper MC Tee (Touré Embden). The group is ...

. The album was released on the

Soul Jazz Records Soul Jazz Records is a British record label based in London. Outside of releasing records, the label also publishes books, occasionally films and performs as a DJ set. The music releases labels from a variety of genres, including reggae, house, ...

label in

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Background

The compilation started with Stuart Baker, the head of Soul Jazz Records, stating he had just asked Kurtis Mantronix to compile the album in an interview published in August 2001.

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Andy Kellman of

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gave the album a four star out of five rating, stating that

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's phenomenal Perfect Beats series, calling it "a rather happy medium is found between scene standards ..and less-popular but inspired choices". The review concluded that "While it's true that old jocks and younger trainspotters might groan at the availability of most of these tracks, those who are returning to this music or are finding it for the first time are in for a real good time." Mark Richardson of

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stated that the album "really is fun, funky and educational from start to finish" while finding that "the older rap material is the iffiest stuff here" with its "singsong Sugarhill style is difficult to listen to now as rhyming has grown increasingly sophisticated with each passing year.", specifically noting

Jimmy Spicer James Bromley Spicer (May 12, 1958 – September 27, 2019) was an American hip hop recording artist who released a number of old school rap singles during the late 1970s and early 1980s including the classic "Dollar Bill Y'all," for which he w ...

's "Super Rhymes".

Track listing

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– "High Powered Rap" (1:53) #

Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, ...

– "Computer Games" (5:51) #

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– "Get On Up And Do It Again" (5:57) # Visage – "Pleasure Boys" (7:32) # Funky 4 Plus 1 – "That's The Joint" (9:20) #

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– "There But For The Grace Of God" (5:14) #

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Bostich Ramón Amor Amezcua Sánchez (born November 10, 1962), a.k.a. Bostich, is an electronic music composer. Amezcua is an important figure in electronic music, especially in Mexico, Tijuana, and along the Mexico–United States border regions, but a ...

" (4:33) #

– "Super Rhymes" (4:59) #

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– "Beatbox" (8:31) #

Unlimited Touch Unlimited Touch was an American, New York–based disco and post-disco group, most active in the early 1980s. The group's most famous song in its short lifespan was "I Hear Music in the Streets", which made number 6 on US Dance chart in 1981. O ...

– "I Hear Music In The Streets" (6:46) #

Ryuichi Sakamoto was a Music of Japan, Japanese musician, composer, keyboardist, record producer, singer and actor. He pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the Synthesizer, synth-based band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his ...

– "Riot In Lagos" (5:38) #

T La Rock Terrence Ronnie Keaton known by the stage name T La Rock, (born September 16, 1961) is an American old school hip hop, old-school emcee best known for his collaboration with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin and the 1984 in music, 1984 Si ...

– "It's Yours" (4:16)

References

Sources

* * * * {{Mantronix 2002 compilation albums Soul Jazz Records compilation albums