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Critical Beatdown

Ultramagnetic MC's | Format: Audio CD

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Product details

Audio CD (29 Sep 1997)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Enc Entertainment
ASIN: B000003RRM
Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #20 in Music > Hip-Hop & Rap > Old School

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1. Watch Me Now (Album Version) 4:49 �0.69 Buy MP3

2. Ease Back (Album Version) 3:24 �0.69 Buy MP3

3. Ego Trippin' (MC's Ultra Remix) (Album Version) 2:32 �0.69 Buy MP3

4. Moe Luv's Theme (Album Version) 2:20 �0.69 Buy MP3

5. Kool Keith Housing Things (Album Version) 3:16 �0.69 Buy MP3

6. Traveling At The Speed Of Thought (Remix) (Album Version) 1:51 �0.69 Buy MP3

7. Feelin' It (Album Version) 3:32 �0.69 Buy MP3

8. One Minute Less (Album Version) 1:58 �0.69 Buy MP3

9. Ain't It Good To You (Album Version) 3:33 �0.69 Buy MP3

10. Funky (Remix) (Album Version) 3:42 �0.69 Buy MP3

11. Give The Drummer Some (Album Version) 3:43 �0.69 Buy MP3

12. Break North (Album Version) 3:24 �0.69 Buy MP3

13. Critical Beatdown (Album Version) 3:43 �0.69 Buy MP3

14. When I Burn (Album Version) 2:33 �0.69 Buy MP3

15. Ced-gee (Delta Force One) (Album Version) 2:47 �0.69 Buy MP3

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Part B-Boys and part Bad Boys, the Ultramagnetic MCs took a series of mind-blowing singles, including "Ease Back" and "Funky", wrapped them around at least as many new tracks and released Critical Beatdown, one of the greatest new-school albums. Combining seriously dog-eared samples (James Brown's "Funky Drummer" appears out of tradition more than necessity on "Give the Drummer Some", and the Meters' "Look-Ka Py Py" provides the backbone for "Ease Back") with very clipped rhyme patterns from the Kool Moe Dee-Big Daddy Kane school of linguistics, Ultra's style lives on in everyone from 2Pac to Company Flow. Production is tight, and the two-headed leadership of Ced- Gee and lunatic genius Kool Keith (just try to decode his astral cipher on "Ain't It Good to You") makes this album shoulders above other new-school heads. --Todd Levin

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Hip-Hop 1 Dec 2002

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As an album, Critical Beatdown just falls short of being 5 stars but there are enough fantastic tracks on here to make up for a couple of weaker efforts. The trouble is that the good tracks are timeless classics so make others seem weaker than they are.

Kool Keith showed the world that he was the greatest rapper out and Ced Gee and engineer, Paul C pioneered new sampling techniques and really started to work the samples in original ways. Ced Gee (Delta Force One) is one of my favourite tracks, mainly for the ingenius and infectious chop of Bob James' Nautilus.

This record has influenced so many people, from the vocal samples The Prodigy have used to Fatboy Slim's production blueprint (the big drum sound) and it's essential for everybody to hear - just to appreciate the affect they have had on modern music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome 26 Nov 2003

By Thomas Leggett

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As a white, middle aged physiscs teacher, you might not think that I would be into this kind of music, but it is excellent. I really enjoy the beats and the MC-ing is out of this world.
Thankyou Utramagnetic MCs, keep up the good work!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ultramagnetic 31 Mar 2013

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As I remember from the original release. Another tick on the list. One more blast from the past accounted for!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars stands the test of time

listen to this now, and you would not think this is over 15 years old now !

up there with all of the classics from the 80s and 90s. Read more

Published on 2 July 2004 by RL81

5.0 out of 5 stars A HIP HOP CLASSIC AND MUST HAVE.

From start to finish an ablum of complex rhymes and funky beats. Every true hip-hop fan should own this masterful LP

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