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Mantronix: The Album [Deluxe Edition]
Release Date: 2008 02 12
Label: Warlock

Curtis "Mantronik" Khaleel was often quoted as saying that his mission was to "take rap a step beyond the streets," and the innovative producer/mixmaster accomplished that goal on Mantronix's debut album, Mantronix: The Album. This excellent 1985 LP was way ahead of its time; while the rapping of Mantronix's partner MC Tee is pure mid-'80s New York hip-hop, the production is anything but conventional. On gems like "Needle to the Groove," "Bassline," and the hit "Fresh Is the Word," you can hear the parallels between Tee's rhyming and the East Coast b-boy rhymes that Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, and the Fat Boys were providing in 1985. But the album's high-tech, futuristic production sets it apart from other New York hip-hop of the mid-'80s, and even though one of the LP's tracks is titled "Hardcore Hip-Hop," Mantronix had a hard time appealing to hip-hop's hardcore. Mantronix: The Album actually fared better in dance music, electro-funk, and club circles than it did among hardcore b-boys. But this is definitely a hip-hop record, and it is also Mantronix's most essential release. [Traffic Entertainment released a two-disc deluxe edition in 2008.] Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Bassline	Mantronix, MC Tee	5:25
2	Needle to the Groove	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:41
3	Mega-Mix	Mantronix, MC Tee	5:34
4	Hardcore Hip-Hop	Mantronix, MC Tee	6:17
5	Ladies	Mantronix, MC Tee	6:54
6	Get Stupid "Fresh", Pt. 1	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:51
7	Fresh Is the Word	Mantronix, MC Tee	5:31
8	Bassline [Club Version]	Mantronix, MC Tee	6:00
9	Needle to the Groove [12" Version]	Mantronix, MC Tee	6:26
10	Fresh Is the Word [12" Version]	Mantronix, MC Tee	5:51
11	Ladies [UK Remix]	Mantronix, MC Tee	5:49
12	Bassline [Radio Version]	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:26
13	Bassline [Instrumental]	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:20
14	Needle to the Groove [Alternate Version][#]	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:14
15	Jamming on the Groove	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:06
16	Needle to the Groove [Live]	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:04
17	Ladies [Live]	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:45
18	Ladies [Acapella][#]	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:41
19	Get Stupid "Fresh", Pt. 1 [Acapella][#]	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:47
20	Fresh Is the Word [Radio Version]	Mantronix, MC Tee	3:43
21	Fresh Is the Beat	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:57
22	Fresh Is the Word [Acapella][#]	Mantronix, MC Tee	4:47