Ultramagnetic MCs – Mixtape

1. Ultramagnetic MCs – Raise It Up 0:00
2. Ultramagnetic MCs – Two Brothers With Checks 4:10
3. Ultramagnetic MCs – One Two One Two 8:51
4. Ultramagnetic MCs – Time To Catch A Body 11:33
5. Ultramagnetic MCs – Mechanism Nice (Born Twice) 15:00
6. Ultra (Kool Keith & Tim Dog) – Get Off The Dick 18:36
7. Ultra (Kool Keith & Tim Dog) – NYC Street Corner Battle 22:15
8. Ultra (Kool Keith & Tim Dog) – The Industry Is Wack 25:32
9. Ultra (Kool Keith & Tim Dog) – No Face 29:51
10. Tim Dog – Mind Games (feat. Ultramagnetic MCs)32:22
11. Tim Dog – Love For Us (feat. Ultramagnetic MCs) 37:26
12. Ultra (Kool Keith & Tim Dog) – Super Luv 41:14
13. Ultramagnetic MCs – Bring It Down To Earth 44:27
14. Ultramagnetic MCs – Don’t Be Scared 47:53
15. Ultramagnetic MCs – Grip the Mic 52:49

The Ultramagnetic MCs is an American hip hop group based in The Bronx, New York City. Founded by Kool Keith, the group also includes Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee was added as a road manager and backup DJ. Big.D was put down with the crew by Kool Keith in 1989. A former member, Rooney Roon, was fired following an assault arrest. Beat-boxer Rahzel was also involved with the group early in its career. The group’s work was associated with unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery.

The Ultramagnetic MCs formed in 1984. Their first single was “To Give You Love” (1985) on the Diamond International label. The group released “Ego Trippin'”, its first 12-inch single on Next Plateau Records in 1986. It was the first hip hop song to feature the “Synthetic Substitution” drum break sample, composed by Melvin Bliss and one of the most sampled songs of all time.[3] The group’s next single was “Travelling at the Speed of Thought (Original)”/”M.C.’s Ultra (Part Two)” followed by “Funky”/”Mentally Mad,” one of their most sought-after 12-inch singles. “Travelling” used extensive sampling from “Louie Louie” by the Kingsmen while “Funky” was based on a Joe Cocker piano sample later used as the basis for 2Pac’s “California Love”. The single was released in 1987, and led to the release of the group’s first album.

The Ultramagnetic MCs released a new school classic in 1988, Critical Beatdown, introducing many new sampling techniques. Many believe[who?] that without the group’s primary producer, Ced Gee, the golden era of sampling may have looked very different. Ced, while uncredited, also produced the majority of Boogie Down Productions’ seminal Criminal Minded. These albums are among the first to use “chopped” samples, rearranged and edited to change context. Both albums also feature many James Brown samples, which became prominent in hip hop in ensuing years. KRS-One has been quoted as saying that he was close to joining Ultramagnetic MCs early on. Paul C. was also a major contributor to Critical Beatdown, producing “Give The Drummer Some,” and engineering most of the album. Paul C. also produced the Hip-House mix of “Traveling At The Speed Of Thought”, which was used as the group’s first music video, and was their sole release in 1989. The single’s b-side, “A Chorus Line”, became one of Ultramagnetic’s most popular songs and introduced new group affiliate Tim Dog. A variation of the “A Chorus Line” instrumental was used as the basis of Tim Dog’s debut single, the Ced Gee-produced “Fuck Compton”, which became a modest hit and is credited with helping to spark the East coast/West coast feud of the mid 1990s.

The group went on a hiatus for several years, breaking up temporarily in 1990. They returned on Mercury Records in 1992, with the album Funk Your Head Up. The album received a muted response, in part because many tracks had been given a commercial sheen, having been remixed by outside producers at the label’s insistence. Alternate mixes of this album’s songs along with unreleased tracks from the sessions have appeared on later compilations. The song “Poppa Large”, remixed by Da Beatminerz, became a hit and remains a staple of Kool Keith’s live show. The song’s video featured Keith in a straitjacket, his bald head encased in a birdcage.

In 1993, the group released the album The Four Horsemen, which featured guest production and vocals by Godfather Don, who produced solo Kool Keith sessions in 1992. Some of those tracks appear on The Four Horsemen, and also on Cenobites. The former was the last official album the Ultramagnetic MC’s released until their 2007 reunion.

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