Ultramagnetic MC's : Rolling Stone

Recordings and Reviews

Critical Beatdown [Bonus Tracks]

The 1988 debut album by the Bronx's Ultramagnetic MC's was the first full-length showcase for wack-job Kool Keith. "I swarm around with a thousand bees/Absorb earth and the honey from trees," Keith rhymes on "Break North," as producer Ced Gee laces the block-rocking beat with what sounds like a dice...

2004 RS: Not Rated

2004

Biography

The Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC's -- MC Kool Keith, MC/producer Ced Gee, and DJs Moe Love and T. R. Love -- debuted with 1988's Critical Beatdown, which blasts off with frenetic scratching on "Watch Me Now" and inflamed tea-kettle whistles on "Ease Back," and keeps the energy level off the meters. Funky James Brown samples and raw boom-bap beats fly at a fast and furious pace, while Ced Gee's...

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