KURTIS MANTRONIK - KING OF THE BEATS - PART 1 - FOUNDATION LESSON #28 - JAYQUAN
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- JayQuan discusses Kurtis Mantronik and his legacy as a beat programmer, producer & Dj. Written,narrated,edited and lived by JayQuan. Part 2 will discuss Music Madness, In Full Effect, King Of The Beats & his R&B/Freestyle productions.
It's amazing how today in the 50th anniversary of hip hop Mr Kurtis mantronik wasn't ever mentioned or remembered because i remember this era in hip hop very well and he is definately a pioneer.... He should definitely be in the hall of fame!!!
Agreed 100% 🎤🎧❤️
Mantronix kurtis belongs in the hall of fame one of the very best musical entities ever without a doubt not to many come close to his production skills
Agree.
How is he not? That's crazy. I had no idea. He was the beat behind many of my favorite songs back then. He'd be a 100M guy today.
100 % agree here
It's obvious that he was like a ghost writer for beats back then.
We used the "E-MU Emulator" keyboard to sample the drums off "take me to mardi gras". Then we sampled only the snare and bass drum and I myself played the beat to a metronome on a sequencer as Mantronik looked on.
Mantronik then threw in the hi hats and percussion. I also produced "Lyrical King From The Boogie Down Bronx along side with T La Rock. We all worked hard together and it was surely a blast back in those days and to have people enjoy the work that was put into these records. Peace & love to all....DA ORIGINO DJ LOUIE LOU
***Respect and Praise to Origino Pioneering DJ LOUIE LOU!!***
Yo what up Louie Lou!!! Scratch Monopoly is so dope. You did your thing sir
BIG RESPECT DUE. I remember your name indeed, sir! Thanks for your contributions to the incredible music of my youth!
Thank you
Cool!
Mantronik is a living legend. I saw Mantronix live in London in 86 at the Town & Country Club, where they first dropped "King Of The Beats" and MC TEE dropped the lyrics to "Simple Simon" over the top. The Bass in that venue was immense that night, I could hardly breathe.
We control the dice, Who is it, Bassline and Needle to the groove are my utmost favorites. GOD bless Mantronix. Your music will be heard forever
Keep these videos coming. All our old school beginnings need to be worshipped. This was our golden age!!
Hip Hop in its pure form. Whatever this mainstream "high fructose corn syrup and meat-by-product" stuff is, it is not true hip hop.
The only thing worth of worship is Allah Almighty , blasphemy
This guy is the reason why I started making beats around '86 and never looked back. He is the original King of The Beats and remains the King in my book. Super important video and glad you posted this!! Also, the sound you're liking from the 808 is the 808 Cowbell.
This is excellent !!!!!!!!!!!! you need a TV Show or a Radio hour for this !!! For real no Joke ! This is pure hip hop history ! Great lesson !!
Thanks for the kind words. Im working on something on that level bro. Peace & Respect
Cold getting Dumb was a RIDICULOUS record. I've blown a 15 inch woofer on that track
there were some hard core beats in those tiimes ...def jam was probably the first with those woofer blowin basslines.but mantronik..one of the best producers in the 80s..renergdes of funk..loved the stan lee style cartoon sleeve as well as the tune ..spupidly lent it out and you know whats happens to that when its *borrowed* had to get it again years later ..wonder if anybody else had that limited edition car sticker
Yo change the bass ...
I still got my cassette tape.
The album was hard.
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Thanks for posting this. Mantronik was always slept on by mainstream even as they were dancing to his hits. It’s downright criminal that supposed hardcore hip-hop heads forget this genius.
I still bump "Cold gettin Dumb" today, both versions...definitely one of my top 5 old stool tracks.....Just Ice forever 👊🤖
Same
Wise words
It gives me chills watching the old school get some shine. I salute you for putting this video out.
Salute!!
I'm 50 years old and until this day I haven't heard beats like the ones Mantronik made, he is the one and only King of the Beats, my fav. is Back to Burn!!!!
YESSIR
Me too still trying figure how N.W.A. got the title for Hip-Hop Gangsters when Just-Ice had that title in 85 3yrs. before them (Just-Ice the Original Hip-Hop Gangster) he was the first with the gold grill
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you must have missed the evolution, jungle, drum and bass etc
Hmmm. I think J Dilla can be considered a “king of beats”, he ironically sampled Mantronix repeatedly his album donuts. But Wow, how I used to study all Mantronik’s beats along with his album cover. True underground legend.
I think one of Mantronix best work was on the Joyce Sims album. Especially on the song All in All. That beat is so dope!
Yeah, that was the shit.
Nushoes joint too
Summertime
Nocera
Agreed. Joyce Sims, Lifetime Love, best melodic and electronic song. Unreal
Yooo...As a beatmaker and former Club DJ/Turntablist, this is the most detailed and intricate feature about an 80's producer period. Let alone someone like Mantronik, who often is overlooked. This is the kind of stuff we need out there available so that millennials and some older cats understand and learn why we say the 80's and 90's was/is the Golden Era of Hip-hop. If you was not there, you missed it.
I was a part of the hip hop/ breakdancing movement back in the day, and what I remember most about Mantronix and what made me like them so much, is how different they sounded from everyone else. It can be compared to the first time you ever heard a Kraftwerk song, so different. I love their music, MC T ‘s voice is just so catchy, more than any Mc, especially back in that time. They were just amazing back then to dance to.
Agree 100%.... fresh is the word stopped me in my tracks and cold getting dumb in my opinion is not only Mantronik’s best beat, but also Just-Ice’s best record, followed closely by the KRS-1 produced goin way back... keep dropping that real, relevant hip hop history... hope to see a full feature length doc from you on Netflix sooner if not later 🤙🏽
MY JAM BUT DON'T FORGET TURBO CHARGED STILL MY KILLER JAM!!!!
@@keiththomas111 That song is the ILLEST!!!👊🏽
Cold Gettin' Dumb is one of the baddest beats ever made!
Dam that was dope
And breaking bells.
T la rock yeah dope
you throw that on at a house party at the right time and fools get down to this day
TRC 931 fasho, but i don't even need a house party i have a man cave my turntables i stay out there bumpin.
T Larock's Bass Machine produced by Mantronik is the foundation of todays Jungle Trap Music.
Mantronik is on my Top 10 list of greatest producers of all time. Underrated to say the least. He did everything. Rap, R&B, Electro, House, Freestyle and even alternative stuff. Most importantly he's always been a humble person and not a clout chaser.
I just learned about him and Larry Smith
Studying Mantronix turned me on to the tape edits of Chep Nunez and Omar Santana...unsung wizards behind Mantronix in the studio.
I remember waitin on line and seeing Mantronik enter the Latin Quarters with the 909 just like the album cover!! That night, Just Ice told the crowd DMX is better than Biz Markie!
NEXT week Biz showed up with Kane and CRUSHED it!!
Wow!! AMAZING memory!! Thnx for telling it like it was!! I really dig watching the Schooly D video at the Latin Quarters…it’s from a European TV show…it looks SO fun and seems like an awesome time in our history!!
One Love all hip hop heads and original pioneers!!
Yassssss someone older than me with great stories!!!!
Man.... What an awesome memory!!! Was too young on the west coast to be there but I loved Mantronix beats...
Priceless!!
Mannie Fresh cites Mantronik as his primary influence. Even his name, "MANnie Fresh".
Don't sleep on Larry Smith 😉
rbiznezz2 Larry Smith Lesson coming soon.
Mannn... I was into hip hop since 83 elementary... Started djing @ 14... F-fwd... by college, seg-way'd into making beats, writing... yada-yada-yada... Never knew about Brotha Larry Smith (hadn't placed the person with his music) until after reading 'Queens Reign Supreme'...
You are right! Great call! Stay Up!
Oh, and MANTRONIX... Jeff "The Wizard" Mills, from Detroit, opened me up to that Genius on, the very 1st Wizard-WJLB Mixtape, I ever made... 'FRESH! is Word' (long Dub Version), last song on that set, bled into Jeff's set-ending "Classical Music outro"... and 'SCREAM' was toward the top of the set, being cut, scratched and mixed into Whistle's 'BUGGIN'... (Same dj that Big Daddy Kane called, "the greatest radio mix dj of all time)(jeff is a techno-God of sorts now but, look for him here on youtube... Katz have loaded his old mixtapes... pre 89 when JLB forced him to ONLY mix the popular stuff...)
Glad you cleared that up about Mantronik the group and the person
Larry Smith's sound was HUGE! Big drums and ill synths...
Larry Smith was the lowkey Quincy Jones of Hip Hop!
Kurtis Mantronik is the reason I make beats today and I’m 46. My level of beat making will blow these youngsters away.
I STILL HAVE MY ROLAND 707 AND DOCTOR RHYTHM BUT NOW I USE MACHINE STUDIO IT HAS ALL THE ROLAND SOUND BUT THEY REMADE THE 808 AND 909 AND I'M GONNA GET THEM!!!
I try to tell these dudes the same thing
Thanks for this important document. I worked with Kurtis during the '90s, including his projects with people like Malcolm McLaren and Shirley Bassey. He didn't talk much about back in the days; he didn't enjoy reminiscing, and seemed barely in touch with most of the people who made part of hiphop history with him. In the decade or so that we worked together, I spoke with MC Tee exactly once. But, I was able to convince both Omar Santana and Albert Cabrera (of Latin Rascals) to do edits of new tracks we worked on, including dubs that were never released.
Shot out to MC tee,mantronik,t la rock, just ice,jazzy jay,run dmc, the fat boyz, whodini,kurtis blow, you all were a part of my childhood growing up in the early mid eighties and made me love real hiphop and the underground era ... Thank you pioneers for your contribution to the culture!!!
Look at the Just-Ice "Back to the old school" album cover and Mantronik is holding a 909
The original incarnation of Mantronix is the best one. Mantronik was 20 years ahead of his time.
I agree on both points. Thanks for looking!
+The Foundation yo, Foundation...I LIKE UR GROOVE!! Definitely keep droppin' that knowledge. Yes!!!!
Thank you!!
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Mantronix is the crew that you must hear! Sleeping Bag Legend
The most UNDERRATED COLDEST Hip Hop producer Beat makers that ever did it!! Good to see someone acknowledge the true G.O.A.T.
When I first heard "Fresh Is The Word" I fell in Love, and I couldn't stop listening to it. Mantronik is the Master Of The Beats!!!!!!!!
That was my beat hero, Mantronik ! He inspired me to start making/producing in 1985 as well. His beats were so futuristic along with the sampling/cuts and MC Tee were a killa brew ! Thanks Mantronik/Mantronix for the memories. I still bang'em in my ride today ! GOD Bless 😇👍🏼
I had always gotten them confused! Thank you for clearing this up! Miss those days!
Fantastic Jayquan, many thanks for all your work on this and others. Saw Mantronix at the Hacienda around 87,88, I remember he started off djing to warm up, there was a big screen showing close up of his hands as he scratched that word F F R R E SSSSH over the Rock the House beat, blew my young mind!! Cold Gettin Dumb AND the B side version absolutely kill it to this day.
Wow...I never caught Mantronix live :( Thanks for looking!
+The Foundation yo, Foundation...you might need to give us a word on 'electro-funk.' About '81 to '85. 'Planet Rock' made more noise instrumentally, than lyrically. Whutchoothink???
Seen mantronik at the uptown in philly on broad st next to temple college and first time i seen an 808 and fresh gordon was on the drum machine incredible.
Another masterpiece...Mantronik was the king of the beats for Just ice, TLarock and the album Music madness is still untouchable to this day dont believe me listen to We control the dice
Dok Holaday We Control The Dice...one of my favs
tlarock now ya talkin.. defjam huh ... just cant BEAT those times
A really, really slept on production by Kurtis was "Listen to the Bass of Get Stupid Fresh!! I always try to destroy my speakers with this joint! WHOEVER thought a head would be boppin off of a HARMONICA, SON!!!
"Listen to the bass "was my jam also!!!
Yep you are correct....his work is still Future!!! Worrddd!!!!
Not only did KRS-1 come in without a beat he had the Beatles Hey Jude flow in his rhyme. I always thought that was dope. It made me extra excited when ever I dropped Criminal Minded. Thanks for the lesson, I learned a lot even tho I do know a lot about this already. Because I lived it. Lol. And Was / still a Dj. Great video- Thank You....teach on.
im from edmonton canada and i can honestly proudly say i was the only kid in my entire hood if not the city rockin this shit ... thanks for this
Don’t get discourage by somebody saying you talk to much we want you to talk a lot ain’t nobody did a Mantronix documentary! Blessed it the way you did thank you Good Brother
Agreed. Peace.
Off subject you saying that's Robert Smith in the lead singer from The Cure you should turn some cure into hip-hop and do the black Robert Smith like Boys Don't Cry...lol just saying
Anyone who is saying he talks to much has something to hide.
Mantronix was just...different. Complex, like a flip side to the post-disco and Rick Rubin stuff, but still crazy dope. LOVED IT! Mantronik is the reason I spend two hours on hi-hats! Then, after flipping out over Kool & Deadly, imagine when I went back and found Back to the Old School! Cold Gettin’ Dumb is IT.
I'm glad you made this video. I'm in Cali and not alot of people even know Mantronix here. I used to bump them in the 80s. They were one of my favorite groups for sure. Simple Simon was the song that was played on the radio. Some of the best songs ever!
Oh ya, also Love Letter (Dear Tracy), should have had air play , I still love that song!👍👊
Mantronik use to live out here in Toronto before he moved state side I'm still trying to cop a studio 440 sampler because of him to this day .
Well done & can’t wait for the second installment. Mantronix’s “In Full Effect” is still my favorite album of his and was the soundtrack to my summer the year it came out. Kurtis will always have fans with a deep appreciation for his music, ingenuity and skill.
I agree with you, Mantronik is not mentioned with the greats that are recognized in his era. I also said.the same thing, when I first heard his sound I knew it was definitely special.
I enjoyed this piece of History of Hip-Hop, very informative. I'm a beat-minded person so I definitely understand when you're explaining all these sounds on Mantonik productions. Thank you.
I had that oooo feeling when I first heard Run-DMC "It's Like That" that Rattle sound that is heard in between the drum beat. I thought that was unique
I can't thank you enough for doing these historical Hip Hop casts. Your right on my level, & I hope on a lot of other people's too, who lived thru these early days. Going in deep, breaking things / beats down, & explaining things, + the amount of work that went into making these tunes, in the old, pre computer days, ways!
Your the first person I've found on here, that I can 100% agree with, on 99.9% of what you say!
Cheers Jay from the UK, keep 'em coming.
Respect to you and thank you!!
This is refreshing to hear... A very nostalgic period of HipHop growth 👍🏾💐
The best era. 👍👍
I’m glad you gave “cold gettin dumb II” some love and those T La Rock joints are my some of favorite rap records. Most cats now days are sleeping. Mantronik is the shit.
Stumbled on this video while cooking and cleaning the house. It was like hearing myself talk. His beats had me memorised .I was huge into beats and his were so very different and clear is best I can describe. Him, Paul C, Rick Rubin and Marley marl were in my atmosphere. No social media so I would read the records and inserts of the cassettes and notice the names. I can go on and on but this video is like the beginning of my love for hip hop
Joyce Sims Lifetime Love is to this day, one of the baddest jams ever! Props!
Thx J for taking the time to produce this informative video. I was always fascinated with Mantronik. He was like a mythical creature that you could never see enough of. The younger generation should know who that man is and pay homage. Thx again.
Thanks for looking!
Very unsung!
As a DJ since the age of 12, I understood how my music knowledge was greater than most, but I never understood why Mantronik wasn't absolutely praised by DJ's, beat makers and producers over the years. Being from New Orleans, it was very refreshing to eventually here Mannie Fresh refer to Mantronik as the best.
Saw mantronix around 86/87 at rock city nottingham fantastic.great videos keep it up takes me back to good times
Straight dope my man. The information packed in these videos are off the charts! I reminisce and get all misty eyed hearing these old school joints. I started high school in 1983, so these songs were my high school soundtrack, a part of my life. I think of TV shows, toys and cartoons being a part of my childhood, but man...my teen years in THE BRONX..?! Special times indeed! Keep up the good work. And one other thing...if maybe you could consider chronicling our slang language and style of dress throughout our Hip Hop years, that would be dope too. Peace!
Thanks for looking bro! Yeah 70s & 80s music, toys,cartoons etc definitely a magical era! Good idea on the slang and dress. Will do. Peace
Mr. Taylor I started high school in 1982 so I agree 100%
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This is an absolute knock-out lesson. I rarely learn new aspects of this era and you did that and more. I was so fortunate to be a young kid during this era and be present for the birth of the rap genre in real time. Your comment at around the 26:15 is spot on. I bought Johnny the Fox strictly because of the label and visual. That was how I discovered half my collection. Great job on this and thank you for the lesson and the trip down memory lane! #8thWonder
Hiphop History Youngsters Take Note!! 😎💿🎵🎼🎶🎼💿👍👍👌✌
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right if it's was'n for mantonik their would not be dj premier or dr dre diamond d
I would trace Premo and Diamond D's lineage back to Marley Marl more so than Mantronik in my opinion. Let's not forget, in 1985, Dr. Dre was producing around the same time Mantronik was and mixing his productions on his legendary mixtapes.
Sadly they're not interested. 5 dislikes already so that's 5 poor souls who are more than likely only interested in N***A this & N***A that. Calling women B****H, thinking they're slim Jesus and all that other nonsense music polluting their minds.
good point!
Definitely one of my top Hip Hop heroes. I had a hefty conversation with Dj Louie Lou about him and learned a lot about the man
I want to add, i am louie L who did the scratches for fresh is the word,if you look on the 12 inch you will see me, anyways i wanted to add that i knew curtis because we both worked at downtown records in manhattan, we did fresh is the word in end of 1983 on a 8track in the back of the store, in 1984 we went to ins studios with the sleeping bag budget,after that project we parted i went to jersey city and curtis left to london, i want to add that i remember when we did fresh is the word, we shopped that record everywhere but being we worked at a record shop in nyc we finally got will to believe in that record, wow just telling my story takes me back to a time when records, vinyl dominate.....
Anthony Ortiz he's just incredible!!
Anthony Ortiz word💯bro... do you have an Instagram sir?
I appreciate your knowledge Brother. I grew up in the eighties, and finally made my way into production about Ten Years ago. Your conversation and vast knowledge takes me back to those inspirational times. Respect.
Thanks a lot... My request was completed. Keep up the good work ;)
*Also, the sound you like on the Roland TR-808 is the (cowbell) sound,
unlike the TR-909 that did not have a cowbell. I still own both original
machines. They are timeless for fans of analog and modular programming function.
Excellent video and walk back down memory lane! I have the 12 inch copies of all the records in your video and Cold Getting Dumb, Put That Record Back On, Back To Burn, Bass Machine, Breaking Bells, Bassline, Ladies, Who Is It, Music Madness, Listen To TheBass Part 2, Join Me Please, Gangster Boogie, Sing A Song, Do You Like Mantronik, King Of The Beats and TakeYour Time are why Kurtis Mantronik is one of the GOATS of our music!
Peace & Respect
I love your Foundation posts!! Make me rethink the whole period that was so important for my youth. Mantronik is a magicial beatcreator. Something about the 909, on Johhny the Fox you hear the 'shuffling' style of programming. That was (beside Mantronik's excellent programming) also a function on the 909 called Shufle/flam. He used it to make his beats even better. Greetings from the Netherlands!
Thanks for looking! And I totally forgot about the shuffle feature on the 909. Peace
Wwoowww you had me glued to my UA-cam lol can’t believe I finally found someone else who thought highly of this brotha Mantronik!!!hes the reason why I got into making beats!!BY FAR THE MOST UNDER APPRECIATED PRODUCER IN MUSIC HISTORY CAUSE HE DID EVERYTHING FROM DANCE,HOUSE,HIPHOP AND R&B I believe!!!!his 808s and high hats and hand claps are clearly heard today in TRAP MUSIC 🎶 hopefully he gets the credit he really deserves in hiphop one day 🙏🏽👍🏽🙏🏽
Thanks for looking!!
The knowledge you have and the delivery of that info is unbelievable. You touch on things that I even forgot I wanted to know.
Needle to the groove is my favorite hand drawn cover ever.
My all time favorite cover is undecided from needle to the groove utfo' s cover showing mix master ice and his flight cases and ninja gear. Malcolm McLaren and that badass boom box cover. Not talking art or design just influence. I stared and studied every detail .
I did too. Thanks for the kind words and for looking bro
Gnome was a master at bad boy characters. The Just Ice lp cover is dope too ;)
My favourite hardcore hip hop
Well said El Meistro! Our artistic influences seem to parallel one another!! Big up from Northern California!!
I was a young kid listening Mantronix on my walkman a lot. Love the 80s.
Class is in session once again. I love this shit!!!
Thanks for looking!
but i got kicked out for laughing loud at duke bootee name
Dude! I saw this UA-cam was slightly over an hour. I was originally thinking, let me listen for a moment because I am a Mantronik fan and he was a pioneer. I am typing 2 min from the end of the historical, extremely engaging your knowledge of hip hop, bringing me back. Thanks for doing this!
I had to come back thru and re watch this one ...Man I don't usually comment on you Vids because I could go on and on for days we are 2 cats in the same bag when it comes to Hip Hop and Bruh I 💯% Appreciate you...But I came back thru to this getting prepared for that Just Ice Lesson and how to leave a little tid bit on how I won $25 in 85-86 for Catching every word to Cold Gettin Dumb AND how I used my Mommas GOOD water glasses to hit the Bell samples in the Beat!!😂🤣 HIP HOP IN THE 80'S WAS THE SHIT!!...
"Cold Gettn Dumb" is also my Hands Down FAVORITE beat as well, when I 1st heard that beat change back in the day it knocked the ISH OUT OF ME! 👊🏾💥matter of fact it's in my old school Playlist and I STILL play it TODAY! 2022... Forever Peace & Love to Just Ice & Dj Mantronik
Dude, you got every mark. The time and the place.... I was thinking AT that time... I think only ppl who were out are into the back story! Which I always have been. Hearing those tweaks and pings knowing shit just got real next level, Great job Bruh ✌️😎
Heavily influenced by Mantronix, grew up listening to electro and early hip hop music. Still impressed how Curtis did all the edits and glitch and chopping repeat effects back then. Bassline was for sure one of my favorite tracks and Needle to the groove. Big fan of the Mantronix sound, so typical and unique. Respect!
Controlling and strolling, my mind will be probing... and the drums that come in are dope as hell.... complex intellect like a rock I'm rolling..... I wish Mantronik would put out some new hip hop music and change the game again.
I am late in this conversation, but thanks for putting this together so its now available for younger generations to get the right info on how music has evolved. I was born in the UK and am 52 years old now living in Cali. Kurtis Mantronik was the reason I started producing in 1990. HipHop was hard to access for us and US imports was slow in the early days but hearing sampling was like magic to my ears and made my passion to make beats and still inspires me now. It made me who I am today. That one in a million artist that is now getting recougnision for his creative techniques and his benchmark tracks of modern music. Mike Alan on Capitol Radio had a show back then and introduced me to Electro and early Hip Hop, T La Rock, Mantronix and so many of the original artists of the time. World Class Wrekin Cru.. Dr Dre Dre Dre.. cant imagine a world without them all.
this man is the foundation of the digital movement NORTH SOUF EAST AND WEST
I TRULY appreciate the research required to do what you do. I watch one of the lessons and got stuck in binge mode. THANKS AGAIN!!!
Respect! Thanks for looking!
Big up to my favorite producers of all time, Mantronik, Marley Marl, The Bomb Squad of Public Enemy. And a special big up to The Foundation, for sharing information about music from my favorite time, and era in Rap music! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for looking. means everything truly
No doubt, it is what it is. It's really refreshing to have you giving lessons from our generation, much peace and respect to you fam! And there's so much reminiscing in these vids for me, especially my first record that I started DJing with back in 1980, was Spoonie Gee's "Spoonin Rap", AMAZING! I just subbed to your channel yesterday as well, AMAZING! Now the newer generations can really learn from your vids correctly! Also, I hope that you will give a lesson on P.E.as well.
I remember seeing Mantronik tuning a TB-303 before a show...it blew my mind.
Great info. Thanks!
I was in Air Force Basic Training with Toure back in '88.
Thank you for covering Mantronik history INCREDIBLE!!
10 minutes into it and already learned several things i didnt know about hip hop history period..Larry Smith needs some light too..good stuff big bro
Thank you for looking!
Thank you so much for taking me back 40 years! Mantronik is the one who made me want to make beats, he is literally Godlike to the boom bap community
My main inspiration for making music, salute Mantronik
Kurtis Mantronik needs to get his props by the Hip Hop community. There is very few interviews and history recorded of one of the best producers in Hip Hop, Freestyle and Techno.
Im glad you did this one cause he is forgotten about and he made alot of good music.
Thanks for looking!
I must say I am quite the Hip Historian, and Mantronik has always been on my top list of foundational discussion...much much respect for this dope video...you open my eyes to so much that I didn't know bruh.
Thanks for watching!
Kurtis Mantronik is STILL around, thank God! Peace.
Yes, and still creating!
RESPECT JayQuan!! I have always been a big Mantronix/k fan and I been following his music since he first came out. I been waiting for an exclusive upload like this one!Thanks for this gem!
I think Hardcore was one of the most slept on joint to me from the intro all the way to the end
Thank you for giving this subject (early hip hop) the serious analytical study it deserves. You devotion and scholarship is much appreciated. 💪💖✊
The Graffiti Artist that did the album cover name is “ Gnome from Brooklyn he also did the cover for Just-ice back to the old school.
yes sir gnome cwk sbk 100%
Not only are these videos entertaining but they are important as they document the culture. Thank you, they are greatly appreciated.
I've always considered Mantronik my favorite beatmaker even those his era was slightly before my time. I grew more with the 90's rappers and was lucky enough to see Busy Bee, and Slick Rick down in South Florida I think at Club Boca. Either way, something about his beats just signified the ultimate B-Boy sound to me. Many thanks for this video...I had little knowledge of much of this and it's great stuff to learn. Keep em coming!
Thanks for looking
Thanks for taking the time to document Hip hop. I did follow your website,good work meng!
Justice, first rapper with full gold grill. Trend setter. Krs,Busta,and a couple more borrowed his style.
Luis Perez thanks for looking and listening!
props for this Mantronik is my fav of all time, good to see others appreciate him as well!!
Definitely. Thanks for looking
Thanks for this. Watching this kept me from thinking on whats going on in this country these days. You have a voice for it. Perfect. Growing up when rap hit the airwaves was like no other.
Manny Fresh has been the most vocal about Mantronik's influence on his music
G C I have heard him cite Mantronik. Indeed...
Dude. Thank you so much...as a 28 year old Hip Hop Scholar & Historian , i've been waiting for a Mantronix documentary . "Little Bad Johnny" by Just-Ice is impeccable..........
Music Madness is my favorite
Peaaace.
I'm both happy and sad that I just recently found this channel.
Thank you for your contributions and for the lessons.
I'm not a dj/musician, but many of us grow up around folks with aspirations, so we're exposed to the game on some level/s.
That said, I came to this country in maybe 83 as a teen, 7th grade, and was immediately taken by hip hop.
I always found a connect to the various dance genres that evolved the following years - freestyle, house, jungle, drum n bass, trance, etc.
In browsing thru my dj friends' records and reading labels and jackets and liner notes, I'd always notice that many records of different genres were recorded in the same studios, mixed/mastered by the same dudes, etc. so it seemed obvious that these folks knew each other.
In some areas/markets, bboying would be considered played out, but I always saw bits n pieces of it in the newer genres, so in my eyes it never really got played out.
I love how you connect the dots, and the stories that go with em.
I look fwd to listening to the other teachings.
Fyi, when I was first listening to this I didn't read the title to well, as I was just interested in mantronik/x, then your voice had me like WTF cuz I thought maybe marley or ralph mcdaniels had a podcast lmao.
Anyway keep up the great work.
Thank you again!! Stay up.
One love ❤ to Bronx am sitting in glass city at my job at sabrro 🍕
Bruh! You teaching a master class on old school hip hop. I got chills when I heard that Fantasy Three cut. Ain't heard that joint in 35 years!
Thanks for the education.
Music Madness is my intro to Mantronix.
The history is so important.
Thanks for looking!
Mantronix was my favorite beat maker ever had the pleasure of meeting kurtis in london in 1987. This is the guy who most of the new generation followed, Dr.Dre,Timberland,Mannie fresh etc... The best song i say is how mantronix created "Scream" & "ladies" true skill listen to the melodies! Cant wait on your part 2,3,4 on Mantronix, also hopefully you do a piece on Steady B, X-Clan or The 45 king!!! 100