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Ultramagnetic MC's

Ultramagnetic MC's

Arising from the Boogie Down Bronx in the mid-'80s as a far-flung hip-hop trio with a heap of new ideas to try out, Ultramagnetic's Kool Keith, Ced Gee, and DJ Moe Love occupy something of a singular place in the old-school pantheon. Combining funk-heavy tracks with jeep-rocking beats and obscure lyrical references, Ultramagnetic MC's have a list of firsts to their credit: the first rap group to employ a sampler as an...
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by Sean Cooper

Formed

1984 in New York, NY [The Bronx]

Genre

Rap

Styles

  • East Coast Rap
  • Underground Rap
  • Golden Age

LATEST REVIEWS

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  • Best Kept Secret

    The revived 2007 edition of the Ultramagnetic MC's finds Tim Dog gone and some new members, and as far as Kool Keith, he's excited and inspired for the most part. There are some grand ... More ...

  • Four Horsemen

    Ultramagnetic's final album featured the foursome trying to balance Kool Keith's bizarro battle raps with the kinds of beats and rhymes that would put them in company with other East Coast... More ...

  • Funk Your Head Up

    Four years in the making, the follow-up to Critical Beatdown was somewhat easy to ignore, overly crowded with half-thought ideas and water-treading glances back. Still, Funk Your Head Up did... More ...

Angus & Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone's intimate folk music is anchored by the band's namesake siblings, with percussionist Mitch Connelly and bassist Clay McDonald adding their own contributions to the mix. Growing up on the northern beaches of Sydney, the Stone siblings were schooled in pop music at an early age by their father, who played in a local cover band. In 2005, Julia Stone began teaching trumpet lessons while her brother Angus worked as a laborer. She convinced him to test his musical talents by performing locally, and he responded by bringing her on-stage with him as a backing musician.

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