And so my grand plan reveals itself: Afrika Bambaataa was influenced by Funkadelic (themselves influenced by James Brown) and sampled Trans-Europe Express (by Kraftwerk, who were contemporary German electronic music purveyors with Tangerine Dream) and was a predecessor of NWA, who featured Dre, who made The Chronic, which sampled Funkadelic. I'm not sure that wholly hangs together, but there's an interesting web emerging here.
There's some pretty great stuff here - the title track is apparently hugely influential, and I'm starting to see some of these origins falling into place. The real standout is Searching for the Perfect Beat, which transcends party rap and turns into some different kind of pumped up thing altogether. I never knew Renegades of Funk was a cover (as done by Rage), this is a cool version.
Some of the production gets thin on the later tracks, which is a drag, and I don't much enjoy the "3 guys rapping together" style, but the dense, spazzy production, especially on SftPB and Who Do You Think You're Funking With, is a lot of fun 3.5/5
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