Keith just so underrated... he was KILLING it back in the 86-93 era ...

@finkployd6110

5 жыл бұрын

And he kept killing it well into the late '90s.

@stirlingpickett5253

5 жыл бұрын

💪

@reedcole5780

4 жыл бұрын

@@finkployd6110 He's still killing it, he put out three albums last year

@finkployd6110

4 жыл бұрын

@@reedcole5780 He's very prolific, but I don't know about his recent albums, they're decent, but they just don't seem to be as good as his stuff before 2000.

@cypriano8763

3 жыл бұрын

@@finkployd6110 dr octogon i mean thats good

Thanks Paul C for introducing our young ears to The Dee Felice Trio. Paul C to the organizms

@pastorpresent3873

6 жыл бұрын

MEMORIES OF PAUL C McKASTY REVISITED kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3eDyMp9Y5O5Z9I.html

On Kool Keith's second verse for "Ain't it good To You", he dissed Rakim's "Follow the Leader" lyrics. Dope. Moe Love's needle skipped on "Delta Force". They kept the take on the album. Dope. For lack of better terms, Ultra's "Critical Beatdown" album changed my life. Lol. Spectacular #RGM

Would get amp listening to Ced Gee Delta Force lacing up my Nike Delta Force before a game in 10th grade. My favorite group back in the Day. I remember hearing Funky on a promo for Red Alert back in 86-87 and that put me on a relentless hunt to find that damn song. Ced Gee will forever be my favorite producer!!!

Kool Keith is in my top ten of M.C.'s.....thanks again bruh.

Yes thank you brother for showing love to my favorite hiphop group of all time..still ego trippin

Kool Keith always had a rhyme in his verses about the brain.

@forevershampoo

6 жыл бұрын

Fredicago Illanoise the brain likes to rhyme about itself

@RubenGarcia-rs6vk

3 жыл бұрын

Lol true bro. Kinda violent but funny at the same time

that RED ALERT promo at 11:30 is still priceless. Before social media, we had the tape deck ready on a Sat night

When I was in 6th grade a bunch of Jamaican dudes were playing "Bait"...it took me time to catch on to Ultra. Red and Chuck definitely played them a lot. Give the drummer some is the one to push me over the edge.

absolutely excellent! jayquan is an amazing hip-hop historian!!!

Kool Keith thornton is one of hip-hops most entertaining eccentrics.

“Make you Shake” on the flip side of their first single is among my favorite Ultramagnetic joints! Great channel!

Never doubt it Jay. Your work & dedication to hip hop is marvelous. No amount of appreciation could compensate you.

Thank you very much for this JayQuan i am a Ultramagnetic Die Hard and what you did in this video is enough i agree with you The Critical Beatdown was a perfect album in my opinion it's the greatest hip-hop album from the late 80's once again keep providing real hip-hop to Young Brother Peace

@sexxmode3197

5 жыл бұрын

That joint still is better and gripping than all of these corny wanna be rappers

@terencebuie2158

4 жыл бұрын

Best ever LP indeed. Crictical breakdown an all time Classic top hip hop album ever

Mister Foundation, this is the most informed piece on Ulramagnetic MC's I've ever seen, and I've followed Ultramagnetic since '87. Unskippable!

@TheFoundationhiphop

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Respect. Thank you!!

I’m 23 about to change the whole game bringing that real back with youth.. I never knew who Ultramagnetic was but I came across some new CedGee interview and already knew I’d find all I needed about him and the group thru this channel like I have for a while now... To find out that your from my city The 804 Richmond VA gave me hella motivation 😤 You droppin so many Gems OG I appreciate it 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@TheFoundationhiphop

3 жыл бұрын

Respect young bro. Can't wait to hear what you have...

@Nemarr

3 жыл бұрын

& S/O to a SUPER legendary Group UltraMagnetic.. Them & BDP changed the game when they dropped The Bridge Is Over. Ain’t no tellin where HipHop would be if that never came out.. Or Funky 🔥🔥🔥

@Reelphresh

3 ай бұрын

kzread.info/head/PLHFRwlGPve7_NYeWUVOchJbsfhiS4O9ZI&si=pR_1f-dtYN7X7mtF

easily one of my favorite groups, period. definitely appreciate you, brother for doing this. Ultramag, ill rhyme schemes, ill production. pioneers of hip hop and Ced Gee has over the years become one of my favorite producers with a lot of production outside of Ultra; Synquis and Finesse with a slew of others. salute to the legends, salute.

jayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy you just gave me a MOVIE to watch today for dinner! i say it again salute to your hard work and the proper lessons of our rich culture thank you young man again!

love these 3 albums. i remember when funk your head up dropped, I was slightly disappointed because they dropped all the scientifical madness they used to spit but after 2 listens I was like....yo this joint is phat!

Peace to you Brother...Your Platform on this Ultra Mag MCs..Takes me back late 80s Rap...Kool Keith and the whole Ultra Mag Crew was ahead of there time in Rap...Peace and Blessings

The name and song titles is what caught me along with the beats but put all that with that super scientific rhyme flow blew my mind . Nobody I mean nobody out of New York City sounded like them when they came out and they had radio play on KISS FM with red alert 🚨. I loved these niggas a great contribution to the culture .

THIS WAS WELL NEEDED Thanks, RESPECT AND PEACE

All of these lessons are Incredible

Hands Down Poppa large east coast version Rules

I would advise anyone who wants to know about old school hip hop to tune in to this brother!!! Peace God, you do good work!!!

Man, you listen to the energy of tracks like Ego Trippin and it's mind blowing how far modern 'so called hip hop' has strayed from it's roots.

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Aint it?

@stirlingpickett5253

5 жыл бұрын

I'm telling you I don't know what happened how did we get where we are when you had so many great artists before to go on as a blueprint

@Matoaka365

4 жыл бұрын

@@stirlingpickett5253 The tide is about to turn. I feel it. Pages like this are becoming more and more popular. People are hungry. This dry spell's about to bring on some lyrical beasts lol.

@the-engneer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matoaka365 My crew is one of them! Look out for HTR when we come out on top with wicked hard hitting lyrics like nothing you've ever heard

It’s amazing how hip hop terms definitions changes. Back in the day a freestyle was a rap that just really wasn’t about anything subject wise it was the rap version a free writing. And if you didn’t write your rhyme first it was called going of the top of my head. But now anytime someone don’t write they call it a freestyle.

A Mantronix one DEFINITELY needs to be done. Producer ahead of his time!!! Also all the acts/performers he produced in hip hop & freestyle tracks!!

Good review. Ultramagnetic defines pure hip hop. Big up !

Give the drummer some was released in UK as a single, definitely a favourite track as well as Chorus Line ft Tim Dog.

Ultra is what I like to call scientific street, they're talking about packing Uzis with laser to perform a fly by in their space ship.

15:01 *Ced Gee, the first user of E-mu SP-12* . He figured in their mind that the revolutionary technique of Marley Marl was provided by that machine (when actually was a TR-808 trigerring chop samples from a couple of Korg SDD2000 units).

@laurenklitsch3600

5 жыл бұрын

True ced gee the first wit tha sp 12

@7thstspeakez280

4 жыл бұрын

wowwwww

your channel is always on point...hip-hop and you don't stop!!

Did I miss something? (House D.J. Jive 5 from B & B at the Harlem Karate Inst.) I first met Ced Gee, Kool Keith and the rest of the groups at the Wild Style concert down town. Too bad I missed the World Tour at Manchester and Europe. However, I took many photos and video's of them. They are down to earth, and just like Doug E Fresh and Red Alert, the most nice and respectful Entertainer's I have ever work with. When Mike the Millionaire hired me to take pictures of them at the El Cortez Club, I heard their famous hit "EGO TRIPPING" on Next Plateau Records. I told Mike that's the Record I played at all my parties. Didn't even know it was them. We had the best of times after that. Can't waite until the next tour. I hope not to miss that. High Five! Thank you Jayquan.

This is the most entertaining yet educational channel that I’m subscribed to 💪🏽. Keep em coming

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking!

Jay you outdid yourself on this one , I’ve always been a fan of Ultra, still got their songs on 12” , Ced Gee is very underrated as a producer. You definitely gotta do one on break beats brother.

@jayquan2727

6 жыл бұрын

dmc357 thanks for looking/listening!

One of my faves, very overlooked and under appreciated.

The Foundation: If you listen closely to Break North it contains the sample "Fly like an Eagle" from The Steve Miller Band. They used half a bar of it. Its the background sound that loops in between the drum beat as they are rhyming. Also Ain't it good to you is a jab at Rakim who used the same beat around the same time.

Always been my favourite band since I heard critical beat down in the 80s which blew my head off, still pump the album the four horesman which is largely ignored ..the best ❤️☮️

I really feeling this lessons however you killed me with not letting CedGee be heard...As a day one Ced fan he was sooo under appreciated as a emcee compared to Keith but they complemented each other perfectly. At least I heard The Delta 👍🏾

@Reelphresh

3 ай бұрын

Kool Keith wrote Ceds verses in the beginning.

You’re right about Chuck D & Kool Keith; 2 MCs with styles so idiosyncratic that they’re almost beyond comparison to other MCs. Good luck with that Kool Keith lesson, all things considered. Good stuff as always. Peace.

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking bro

@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_

Жыл бұрын

Check out the Chuck D & UltraMagnetic interview on channel Zero

Diamond Shell's joint "Captain Speakin" used the "Watermelon Man" sample.. Also Super Cat laced it on "Dolly My Baby".

@DavidR-ub2dp

4 жыл бұрын

I agree the watermelon man beat was a nice sample that slot of rap groups used don't forget LL cool J used the watermelon man on 1800 LL cool J song on the panther album

Wow thank you for this one, I've always considered them to be one of the best and most innovative groups of the eighties..

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking!

@laurenklitsch3600

5 жыл бұрын

Of all time

I can hear where the Beat Miners sound was influenced from them.

JayQuan I like the way you document Ultramagnetic. Much respect to you.

Acole1974 sent me here...❤ You should do one on Just-Ice from the Bronx!!!!

@blackpegasus1807

6 жыл бұрын

Rock-N- Robin Justice aka Just-Ice is actually from Forte Green Brooklyn. The same hood where DJ Moe Love from UltraMagnetic MC'S is from.

@bxdale83

5 жыл бұрын

@@blackpegasus1807 He's from Fort Greene but spent the majority of his life in the Bronx, Castle Hill Projects!

@blackpegasus1807

5 жыл бұрын

@@bxdale83 I've always known Just-Ice is from Fort Greene. Moe Love from Ultra and Dana Dane are both from Fort Greene.

@7thstspeakez280

4 жыл бұрын

definitely should, both Just-Ice and The Blastmaster dedicated their careers to giving the true history of HipHop. If anybody deserves documentaries they do.

@franknitty8184

4 жыл бұрын

Just-Ice for sure!!!

Thank you 🙏🏿 Brother Jay....... Greg Nice was Beat Boxing On That Bait promo for Kool Dj Red Alert......

@jayquan2727

6 жыл бұрын

Hassan Burton d Definitely, I neglected to mention that. Thanks for watching!

@blackpegasus1807

6 жыл бұрын

Jay Quan respect for this bro! Kool Keith killed Moe Dee on "Bust The Facts" and kissed him in the Source Magazine in the article "Bronx Bombers". I believe Moe Dee never wanted to acknowledge him because Keith would have been too much of a challenge lyrically. It became easier for him to just ignore him.

@vibez_kru01

6 жыл бұрын

Hassan Burton there’s an idea! An episode on X-Clan and Brother J. As Sean Price once said “Brother J is one of the most slept on MC’s”.

@xroadwalker

3 жыл бұрын

@@vibez_kru01 yup

Two brothers with checks!

Good lesson Big Bro 💪

Oh, and Two Brothers w Checks n We Are The Horesmen! Moe Luv Basement Tapes also has lots of lost cuts.

I hear a lot of Paul C. in Ultra's production. Paul C. was phenomenal!

ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS ARE THE DOPEST UNDERGROUND RAP GROUP . TIMELESS

Much appreciations. Ps I have it like that , I need it like .... Pps That Melvin Bliss "Synthetic Substitution," is one of best songs ever created. And Bob James is no joke.

Dope. We need Stetsasonic soon

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Very Soon

@insanelook

5 жыл бұрын

Just say stet !!!!

@texad69ad

5 жыл бұрын

Already....

@kendu1327

4 жыл бұрын

Daddy o was wack , he on the internet playing hating on Strong Island and spreading poison to the youth .. that shit is corny

@GDaddyK

4 жыл бұрын

@@kendu1327 Yeah, I saw that too. Hating and being salty is sad look.

This is great many thanks! Critical beatdown is probably one of my most played albums of all time. I really should check the rest of their catalogue, I really like the Cenobites era of kool Keith, him and godfather don made a great duo

Skull Snaps is definitely used on "Two Bros. With Checks"...

@jayquan2727

6 жыл бұрын

rbiznezz2 Yeah Don killed it. A lotta unreleased Don stuff on KZread. Don is crazy underrated.

@fredicagoillanoise1309

6 жыл бұрын

rbiznezz2 Godfather Don had arguably the best tracks on the album. "Man On The Street" is one of my faves.

@rbiznezz2

6 жыл бұрын

yessir! Don was like Streetlife or Big Noyd on those Ultra tracks, the dope '5th Beatle'

@monsieurgetladyboss805

5 жыл бұрын

And Kool G Rap,Krs 1,Pharoahe Monch too...

critical beatdown is one the best albums yet!!!

6 mins in and you hooked a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking! ..and subscribing!!

One of the best Rap albums and also one of the best Hip Hop groups ever!!!

It is amazing that Ced Gee doesn't get enough credit for his production along with the upper echelon of producers of all time.

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

A couple tidbits re: Nautilus, Ced Gee, JMJ & Onyx - Chyskills (RIP) did the heavy lifting on 'Throw Ya Guns", but a funny thing about that Nautilus sample is that Ultra used that exact same piece that Onyx used on Tim Dog's opening track on Penicillin On Wax when they produced his album. I wouldn't be surprised that JMJ & Chyskills heard that joint and went with it....

@jayquan2727

6 жыл бұрын

rbiznezz2 good points bro...

@fredicagoillanoise1309

6 жыл бұрын

rbiznezz2 They sure did almost exactly one year earlier.

Bait made me fall in love with these dudes Kool Keith killed it his voice alone them Rakim, and later Lord Finesse, but Bait awwww man had me writing rhymes I was 10

Been waiting on this one Jay!! Lovin it.. One thing, in Mississippi we always get music MAAD late. "Ego Trippin came out in 86 but it didn't appear in stores here until early 87, that's when I copped it. " Bait" I got on the "Red Alert Goes Berzerk" comp that didn't come here until 1987 by that time it was OLD!! LOL... I thought Ego came out before "Bait". I got "Mentally Mad/Funky" right between Ego and Bait. Plus the version of it on the comp didn't have the 4th Kool Keith verse. So my intro to UltraMagnetic happened in 1987.

@laurenklitsch3600

5 жыл бұрын

Real shit respect

mc's ultra was the shit for real remember driving around listening to Ease Back in the Blazer mad bass i was loving how deep there bass hit

Another great story about one of the finest groups of their era thanks Jayquan for the hard work you put into every one of these commentaries

Also the rap pattern of Ego Trippin was literally parallel to the synthetic substitution drum pattern...crazy!! Mentally Mad was their illest of all Ultra Records!!

I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to creating this Jay. Big respect bro. Coming from Melbourne Australia. Peace out.

I remember back in '88 they were in Philly at a old club called "The After Midnight." I was 16 yrs old and they wanted 2 people to dance for them on stage while they performed. They got me and my friend Jay to do it and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Afterwards Ced complimented us on how dope we were. I wasn't even supposed to be in that club. A few weeks later we did it again for Public Enemy. I was always a fan but after THAT..mega fan lol. I still rock Critical Beatdown to this day.

Omg thank you very much sir for this nuff respect to you

Thank uuuuuu, JayQuan!!!!!!!!!!!!! U never disappoint! Most High bless u and ur fam always💕

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking!

Great lesson!! Ultramagnetic are one of my fav groups. Also a breakbeat lesson would be dope

Another great breakdown of great hip hop....You should do 1 on mantronik just ice mc t and dem

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Soon

@terrytees

6 жыл бұрын

Mantronix is underrated. KLC and Mannie Fresh, in there opinion, both sight Matronix as the greatest Hip-Hop producer of all time.

Thanks for the great lesson JayQuan!! Best series I've seen on YoutUbe for a long time!!! You're brilliant for this!! All about the music, no bullshit!! Just education. I think you went too hard on Ced Gee for his voice on Four Horsemen though...I always enjoyed his verses on there...it's a dope contrast to Keith's high pitch...gives gravity . Peace and keep the great work coming!!

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking bro!

@7thstspeakez280

4 жыл бұрын

nah, Ced voice sounded crazy and choppy, with all due respect.

@nthatomokgata

4 жыл бұрын

7th St SpeakEZ 😂🤣😂 I’d rather listen to Ced on an Ultra horseman tip than 99% of the rappers out now incl. J Cole etc 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

I'm not even a dj and i got two copies of critical beat down on vinyl they were way ahead of there time even andre harrell knew they were dope that's why he managed them .

Great upload- very informative...

De La Soul was influenced by ultra magnetic they didnt copy or bite but develope their own Esoteric. Style

I'm 21 y old but Ultramagnetic is without no doubt my favourite Hip Hop ever. As you said, they just so different from any other Hip Hop group but that's what makes them so special. Their Rhymes together with the Production, matches just so perfectly. Hope that the Kool Keith lesson comes soon.

Respect & Gratitude to Jayquan for these Hip-Hop gems. Keep ‘em comin’!!! I’d Love to see SCHOOLY D!! Also…Audio 2 (and ALL the First Priority label heads), Shinehead, Asher D and Daddy Freddy, EPMD, Redman, LL, Flavor Unit (Chill Rob G, Lakim Shabaz!!) & The 45 King…man!! What a blessing to have grown up when we did, huh?!! In addition; since I came up outside Washington DC, any chance that some Go-Go (the less talked about/known step child of Hip-Hop!) artists could get a ‘lil Love? Nuff Respect!!

Thank you Jay! Ultra is favorite group from 86. Keep up the good work!

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

you mentioned Dela soul not for nothing I was the dude in the buddy video that they was chasing so i been around you got some real knowledge bruh keep doing your thing

‘two brothers with checks’ sounds like skull snaps and atomic dog layered. criminally underrated but yet highly recognized. great episode.

two years later.... still wait'n on that Kool Keith lesson.my favorite MC of all time!

I hung out with Kool Keith a couple times. I was rapping and producing in LA in the late '90s. During UMC's initial outing, I had been living with my pops and he was super strict. This meant that I missed out on lots of rap during 86-89. So upon meeting him I didn't really know who he was. His personality in-person matches his rhymes. I think I met him when I was hanging out with Raheem of the Furious Five. Raheem is a nut! Hilarious and we smoked a lot of chronic mixed with Morrocan h-ash.

I love the part about the Funky single... there are so many original tracks that were ruined by 'the remix' back then... Funky is my favorite Ultramagnetic record.

Ultra/ Keith are the BEST....Lyrical imo Kool Keith is above all....Ultra just had it all, the Paul C connection, the art and creation...avantgarde....I got all the early stuff being there form the mid 80s.... interviewed Keith along with Kurt in mid 90s after their concert,,,,, took loads of pictures with keith, such a humble guy, anyway it was all so cool, remember Krown Rulers/ Camden Philly connection with Ultra...?

@7thstspeakez280

4 жыл бұрын

what's the connection??

@MultiMrMiles

4 жыл бұрын

@@7thstspeakez280 Paul C producer

Loved Checkin My Style from the 1994 album

1 minute in and I already subscribed! This is no doubt gonna be an ill channel...

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Much appreciated!

Great vid! .. and thanks for mentioning Kings of Pressure 'You Know how to reach Us.'

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking!

Great work as always JayQuan. We was lucky in London, in 1990 we had Tim Westwood dropping a few tracks we thought were going to be on the second Ultra LP, only to be disappointed when it finally dropped a couple years later. I thought you might have mentioned Paul C, I wonder if he had been around for the 2nd LP how it might have sounded.

@jayquan2727

6 жыл бұрын

Lee Lawrence thanks for watching. Someone else mentioned Paul. I did briefly mention him as an engineer, because the group members have said that he only engineered the sessions. Hopefully that Paul C doc will see the light of day..

@pastorpresent3873

6 жыл бұрын

MEMORIES OF PAUL C McKASTY REVISITED kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3eDyMp9Y5O5Z9I.html

@leelawrence3291

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm already in the process of watching the Paul C doc, it was open in my web browser for months but never got around to it, but this has gave me the push to start it.

@leelawrence3291

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hear you, I'm bad I must have missed the mention. Paul was credited as producer on Give The Drummer, one of the biggest tracks of the LP, would be interesting to know how involved he was with the rest of it.

@Madscience81

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Lee Lawrence, have to mention the original version of MC Champion and Message from the Boss, so raw and so dope compared to what arrived on the 2nd album.

Jayquan much respect from Jamaica

Thanks again for this outstanding lesson! Knowledge is king. Peace from Amsterdam.

@TheFoundationhiphop

6 жыл бұрын

Peace and thanks for looking

Ultra was so ill !! Jay U a Real Head knowing that it was Diamond Shell using that Promo Beat. Teach

just watched this again ..the saga dandy devil and day should go down as a hiphop classic

dr octogon is what got me into hip hop. dident even know about ultramagnetic mcs. its funny cause id been listening to whats the original break beats without knowing, like james brown, the meter, herbie hanckock, booker t and the mgs and p funk. really like the early golden age stuff, like 86,87,88

Ultra magnetic MCs=god LEVEL Olympus, chaos to Kemmet.

@The Foundation Yes Sir, I do love the Ultra Magnetic track with the Star 🌟 Wars loops, like the X-Wing Fighter ship. They looped the engine noise through out the whole track, and it was musical, pure genius, and the end with Luke Skyway ( we’re going in full throttle, that ought to keep them fighters of our back….)

One thing you have to say is Ultramagnetic introduced having a drum rolls, something people like Just Blaze and Kanye perfected later on in Hip Hop.

The Four Horseman was an Art-Rap album. Taking chances inside the genre. Its an underrated gem

THIS is GOOD content. PEACE God! Do Organized Konfusion!!

Some favorites: NY What Is Funky, Funk Radio, Is It Them, Poppa Large Benitoloco Remix, many more. Thx 4 mentioning the production. Ced Gee is great.