Tracklist
This Side | |||
Bassline | 5:24 | ||
Needle To The Groove | 3:41 | ||
Mega-Mix | 5:49 | ||
That Side | |||
Hardcore Hip-Hop | 6:11 | ||
Ladies | 6:54 | ||
Get Stupid "Fresh" Part I | 3:48 | ||
Fresh Is The Word | 3:48 |
Credits (5)
- Michael MendelArt Direction [Album]
- Herb "Family Man" Powers*Mastered By
- Geoff SpearPhotography By
- Mantronik*Producer, Written-By, Mixed By
- M.C. Tee*Producer, Written-By, Mixed By
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Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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![]() | The Album LP, Album | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Promo | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Misprint | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Test Pressing | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | The Cassette Cassette, Album, Dolby System, Grey Shell | Sleeping Bag Records – CLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | 1985 | US — 1985 | ||||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Grey Labels | 10 Records – DIX 37 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | Top Tape – SBR-601022, Top Tape – SBR 601022 | Brazil | 1986 | Brazil — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Cassette Cassette, Album | 10 Records – CDIX 37 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | Body Beat – BBLP 5126 | Australia | 1986 | Australia — 1986 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | 10 Records – T 207.736 | Spain | 1986 | Spain — 1986 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | 10 Records – DIX 37 | UK | 1986 | UK — 1986 | New Submission | |||
The Album Cassette, Album | 10 Records – V 407736, Virgin España, S.A. – V 407.736 | Spain | 1986 | Spain — 1986 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | 10 Records – DIX 37 | New Zealand | 1986 | New Zealand — 1986 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album CD, Album, Reissue | Warlock Records – WR-8707-2 | US | 1999 | US — 1999 | Recently Edited | |||
The Album Cassette, Album | Warlock Records – WR-8707-4 | US | 1999 | US — 1999 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | The Album CD, Album, Promo, Reissue | Warlock Records – WR-8707-2P, Warlock Records – WR-8707-2 | US | 1999 | US — 1999 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album CD, Album, Reissue | Warlock Records – WR-8707-2 | US | 1999 | US — 1999 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Virgin – 0946 3 11281 2 7 | UK | 2006 | UK — 2006 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album CDr, Album, Promo | EMI – none | UK | 2006 | UK — 2006 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Mantronix The Deluxe Edition 2×CD, Album, Deluxe Edition | Warlock Records – TEG-76532, Sleeping Bag Records – TEG-76532, Traffic Entertainment Group – TEG-76532, Warlock Records – TEG-76532-2, Sleeping Bag Records – TEG-76532-2, Traffic Entertainment Group – TEG-76532-2 | US | 2008 | US — 2008 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Reissue, 180g | Demon Music Group – DEMREC 364, Sleeping Bag Records – DEMREC 364 | UK | 2019 | UK — 2019 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | Octave Lab – OTLCD-5449, Sleeping Bag Records – OTLCD-5449 | Japan | 2019 | Japan — 2019 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Album LP, Album | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | |||||||
![]() | The Album LP, Album, Reissue | Sleeping Bag Records – TLX-6 | US | US | New Submission |
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Reviews
referencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
Mantronix and Hashim were in a class by themselves. Nobody has ever come close.referencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
This blew my mind when I was 13 I don't like hip hop any more but Mantronix was different. So ahead of the curve. Still sounds mindblowing 36 years later. Still my No 1 album ever doubt it will be knocked off.referencing The Album (LP, Album) DIX 37
This was my jam back in 1986 !! ... Mr Kurtis turned electro funk hip-hop to a new dimension !! ... I was 16 at the time and believe me this changed the game !! ... Sounds so clean & stripped still !! ... Superbad // Tommyreferencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
I heard Needle To The Groove on Capital Radio's Mike Allen's Army On Manoeuvres show in 1985 when I was 12 and it was THE S**T. I bought this on vinyl in a record shop in Kingston Upon Thames after school, in my ridiculously coloured blazer, a week later. It was an import and, for the time, horrendously expensive (£15.99 or thereabouts, in 1985). I begged my Mum for the extra cash I needed. The West Indian guys who owned the shop pi**ed themselves at this little white kid in his school uniform splashing the cash for it. I'm sure my Mum regretted giving me the cash as she was subjected to it on a daily basis. Buying it is a very fond memory and it's still loved and looked after 33 years later. Now it's my wife who rolls her eyes when I play it. But, when Bassline starts, I just sit back and smile.- Edited 7 years ago
referencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
Hardcore Hip-Hop must be the most underrated jam by the Mantronix duo. I mean, seriously. What the heck?! Why is it never mentioned in reviews or comments? Futuristicly Electro in style, seriously old school hip hop in attitude, and most definitely hardcore-to-the-bone in terms of attitude, hardness, rawness and intensity. It's a 'KIN belter. referencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
What can I say other than this and a few other LP's from the 80's were THE essence of Hip Hop. You look up Hip Hop in the dictionary and this album should be one of the few that is almost a perfect representation of the term. So many have copied this sound and the cool thing to me is Mantronix even influenced many House, Techno and break beat music forms from this album alone. The man the myth the legend...Mantronix.- Edited 19 years ago
referencing The Album (LP, Album) TLX-6
If by any means you never heard this chef d'oeuvre, do not miss the chance to hear this quintessential album made by one of the masters of the old school Hip Hop Kurtis Mantronik and his companion MC Tee. Perfect for the break dance lovers, the tracks brings the roots of Hip Hop melted with electro-funk influences. "Needle To The Groove" is a shining example and perhaps the most important tune of this Long Play, even though "Bassline" is another massive hit of that time, specially edited by The Latin Rascals. The Mega-Mix, specially edited by The Diamond Two of Chet Nunez & Charlie Dee is also highly recommended.
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