That's My Beat

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That's My Beat
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Compilation album by
Mantronix
Released2002
LabelSoul Jazz
CompilerKurtis Mantronik[1]
Mantronix chronology
The Best of Mantronix 1985-1999
(1999) 		That's My Beat
(2002) 		Remixed & Rare
(2004)

That's My Beat is a compilation album by hip hop–electro funk musician, Kurtis Mantronik and features tracks selected by Mantronik and cited as influences to his work with his hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix. The album was released on the Soul Jazz Records label in 2002.

Background[]

The compilation started with Stuart Baker, the head of Soul Jazz Records, stating he had just asked Kurtis Mantronix to compile the album in an interview published in August 2001.[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
Pitchfork Media8.2/10[4]
Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 stars[5]

From contemporary reviews, Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album a four star out of five rating, stating that Tommy Boy's phenomenal series, calling it "a rather happy medium is found between scene standards [...] and less-popular but inspired choices". The review concluded that "While it's true that old jocks and younger trainspotters might groan at the availability of most of these tracks, those who are returning to this music or are finding it for the first time are in for a real good time."[3] Mark Richardson of Pitchfork Media stated that the album "really is fun, funky and educational from start to finish" while finding that "the older rap material is the iffiest stuff here" with its "singsong Sugarhill style is difficult to listen to now as rhyming has grown increasingly sophisticated with each passing year.", specifically noting Jimmy Spicer's "Super Rhymes".[4]

Track listing[]

  1. "High Powered Rap" - The Crash Crew (1:53)
  2. "Computer Games" - Yellow Magic Orchestra (5:51)
  3. "Get On Up And Do It Again" - Suzi Q (5:57)
  4. "Pleasure Boys" - Visage (7:32)
  5. "That's The Joint" - Funky 4 Plus 1 (9:20)
  6. "There But For The Grace Of God" - Machine (5:14)
  7. "Bostich" - Yello (4:33)
  8. "Super Rhymes" - Jimmy Spicer (4:59)
  9. "Beatbox" - Art of Noise (8:31)
  10. "I Hear Music In The Streets" - Unlimited Touch (6:46)
  11. "Riot In Lagos" - Ryuichi Sakamoto (5:38)
  12. "It's Yours" - T La Rock (4:16)

References[]

  1. ^ That's My Beat (Media notes). Soul Jazz Records. 2002. SJR CD62.
  2. ^ Wilder 2001.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Kellman.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Richardson 2002.
  5. ^ Brackett & Hoard 2004, p. 512.

Sources[]

  • Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743201698.
  • Kellman, Andy. "That's My Beat". AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  • Richardson, Mark (October 29, 2002). "That's My Beat". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref>
  • Wilder, Gabriel (August 3, 2001). "Funk Soul Brothers". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 21.
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