Hip-Hop Icons, Ultramagnetic MC's Celebrate The 30 Year Anniversary of ‘Critical Beatdown'

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Komentáře • 231

  • @terrytees
    @terrytees Před 5 lety +121

    Ced is the most underrated producer if all time in hip-hop, crazy cause he is one of the best that ever did it.

  • @MaryPoppinOfPimpin
    @MaryPoppinOfPimpin Před 5 lety +99

    I can't believe some old heads never heard of these guys and I'm 26. They are legendary. Critial Beatdown is that Hidden Gem classic. GTA San Andreas too.

    • @taylorchasesteele
      @taylorchasesteele Před 5 lety +5

      Im 24 thats why i love sway. I get to hear mc's i should but dont know about. Helps me learn and hearing old heads talk teaches you some hip hop and life lessons. You got to really pay attintion though.

    • @Digamortis
      @Digamortis Před 5 lety +11

      Exactly I'm 21 and Ultramagnetic MC's are one of my favorite groups of all time. If it wasn't for hearing Ego Trippin on THUG 2 I probably wouldn't be here lol. Also I feel like Ced Gee deserves a lot more credit as a producer.

    • @deathhop1
      @deathhop1 Před 5 lety +3

      Hidden Gem classic?
      There's nothing hidden about one of the best Hip Hop LPs of the Golden age.

    • @kmc1steelers998
      @kmc1steelers998 Před 4 lety +11

      They are not real hip hop heads if you don't know Ced Gee, and Kool Keith period

    • @smithydavis1033
      @smithydavis1033 Před 4 lety +3

      22 Though I first heard of Kool Keith from Dr.Octagan with Dan the Automator. I heard Ultramagnetic Mcs and I was attached from then

  • @TheBigShotTMD
    @TheBigShotTMD Před 3 lety +10

    Critical Beatdown is 1 of the most underrated and overlooked gems of 80s hip hop & also 1 of the best group albums ever made period. This does NOT get enough props or mentions that it rightfully deserves in hip hop history by the majority of fans.

  • @ministerservertavares4714
    @ministerservertavares4714 Před 5 lety +47

    Wooow!! Nuff respect to to Sway and the crew for having Hip Hop pioneers Ultramagnetic MCs on the show!! Kool Keith and Ced Gee are LEGENDARY in Hip Hop as DOPE eMCees and producers!! Why was the interview so short?! They need to return, I know that got maaaad stories to share, WORD!!

  • @highfived
    @highfived Před 5 lety +25

    Ced gee is one of the nicest guy I have ever met in hip hop always have time for his fans

  • @chrismclaren75
    @chrismclaren75 Před 5 lety +44

    Ced Gee = Paul C = Large Professor.

    • @iketyson718
      @iketyson718 Před 5 lety +4

      Paul showed them all how to work that SP12...

    • @lroy74
      @lroy74 Před 3 lety +3

      Man if Paul C didn't die so young... He'd be harder than Rick Ruben

    • @diggindan1498
      @diggindan1498 Před 3 lety +1

      @@iketyson718 Exactly Paul C before them & Marley Marl

    • @dawolf856
      @dawolf856 Před 3 lety +1

      FACTS

  • @fiyahriddims
    @fiyahriddims Před 2 lety +5

    In my 50 years of living nothing in hip hop has stayed in my brain as ultramagnetic MC's. The best is captivating and unique, the rhyming, on a PHD level. Pure 🔥🔥🔥

  • @craigdavis4265
    @craigdavis4265 Před 4 lety +8

    The Ultramagnetic M.C.s are Hip Hop hidden gems man.

  • @robertgirdwood1801
    @robertgirdwood1801 Před 5 lety +11

    I don't usually comment on videos but Kool Keith is just on another level looking down.

  • @tizosh7
    @tizosh7 Před 4 lety +6

    These Brothers were just waaaaay ahead of their time!! People still not caught up since 30 years ago

  • @mikemiller5257
    @mikemiller5257 Před 5 lety +30

    My favorite group: Mentally Mad!

    • @lroy74
      @lroy74 Před 3 lety +1

      Im like a sniper when im loadin my gun/ I got the suckers paranoid and they on the run FUUUUCK YES!! My fav too

    • @cjhepburn7406
      @cjhepburn7406 Před 3 lety +1

      That Joint Was Something Else!

  • @drfangaz-pronouncedlikefan4019

    Salute to Ultra Magnetic MCs and Sway. Thanks for giving these brothers their just due. 💙💙💙✊🏿

  • @chrismclaren75
    @chrismclaren75 Před 5 lety +21

    hands down THE BEST ALBUM of all time! Nothing comes close.

  • @carlosrob6494
    @carlosrob6494 Před 5 lety +44

    peace; The baddest hip hop group ever

  • @djarchive8303
    @djarchive8303 Před 5 lety +23

    The Greatest Hip Hop Album Of ALL Time!

  • @elboogie4u
    @elboogie4u Před 5 lety +22

    Shout out to the true hip hop legends. Coming through with the history lesson. 💯

  • @messiahblack4816
    @messiahblack4816 Před 5 lety +5

    Peace and Blessings I rocked CRITICAL BEATDOWN daily in my Walkman in 89'.....

    • @inquizative44
      @inquizative44 Před 4 lety +2

      Me too! Just pressed play. You didn't have to rewind or fast forward nothing. Just pressed play and let the tape rock till the tape pop!! with auto-reverse.

  • @sidneyjohnson1965
    @sidneyjohnson1965 Před 5 lety +24

    Yo that's what's up Sway. M.C. Ultra Magnetic in the house. Grew up listening to these dudes.

  • @jasonhardy142
    @jasonhardy142 Před 3 lety +3

    England UK 1988.
    Critical Beatdown album on the pirate radio every single day, especially Watch Me Now and Ease Back.
    I was in awe of them two tunes back in the day and in 2020!

  • @LIONKING1103
    @LIONKING1103 Před 5 lety +11

    All I can say is.... "Mr magic on wbls friday nights"🖤🖤🖤👊🏿

  • @loma-uu5mg
    @loma-uu5mg Před 5 lety +32

    edit: Where's the whole video??
    " It seems weird, ya head is triangle!! "
    " Mandatory, capital statements, I am the teacher, teaching what makes sense "
    Critical Beatdown has so many off-kilter rhymes and they're still fresh today. The album still stands up production wise and I know fans of the album that are electronic music nerds/metalheads/psychedelic rock fanatics etc. It has a wide appeal because of the color, personality and overall quirkiness of the album. And it absolutely BANGS.

    • @foarfield
      @foarfield Před 5 lety +4

      Stuttering, uttering, parkay margarine, everything's butter and
      another thing, you shoulda been a muppet!

    • @cld_crush_brthers_ultra_ma60
      @cld_crush_brthers_ultra_ma60 Před 3 lety

      Think there’s another part of the video with Roxanne Shante

  • @trzarector
    @trzarector Před 5 lety +20

    HUH!!!! Why this cut off like that!!!

  • @mrstevens70
    @mrstevens70 Před 3 lety +2

    I thoroughly enjoyed Ultramagnetic MC's. This takes me back to my youth(NYC).

  • @TravelingTal
    @TravelingTal Před 4 lety +6

    I Refuse to Put any Hip Hop Album ahead of Ultramagnetic's Critical Beatdown Based simply on the fact that it Inspired so many MC's and DJ's during that Golden age of Hip Hop. Paid in Full, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Enter the Wu Tang 36 Chambers and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back are in the same Category but Critical Beatdown is at the top.

  • @4evertwisted
    @4evertwisted Před 5 lety +6

    Still listening to that album today from when I first bought it on vinyl back then. When they dropped chorus line man I had that on repeat. I think I bought 2 live crew album too on the same day. Best days back then. Would buy a record every 2 weeks.

  • @Iamnobodyelseinc
    @Iamnobodyelseinc Před 5 lety +17

    I hit the like button before I even watched the video. #Legends

  • @Neckproblems78
    @Neckproblems78 Před 5 lety +7

    I always loved Ced-Gee style! And Keith was way ahead of his time and should be considered one of the goats

  • @brunoiciano
    @brunoiciano Před 5 lety +7

    Sway please upload the rest of the interview. My favorite group I never forget seen them live at USA Roller Skating Ring in Queens NY.
    They rolled like 30 man crew on the stage and destroyed Ego Tripping, Funky, Feeling it.
    32 year ago awesome times..

  • @sidneysnyder854
    @sidneysnyder854 Před 5 lety +6

    Ultra and Mantronix. Changed my life.

  • @ogmarkcurry
    @ogmarkcurry Před rokem +2

    Man.. this is amazing.. they are very very very important in our history.. thank you for recognizing

  • @marcyme444
    @marcyme444 Před 5 lety +13

    Rip Tim Dog.

  • @dawb86
    @dawb86 Před 5 lety +15

    Bruh, that's wild as hell. Why was I literally just listening to "Ego Trippin'" YESTERDAY thinking how ahead of their time Ultramag was not even realizing the 30 year anniversary of the album was today?!? Legends right here, respect to big OG Sway.

  • @aslaammahdi3244
    @aslaammahdi3244 Před 5 lety +3

    STILL one of my favorite albums PERIOD!!!

  • @charlesscott27
    @charlesscott27 Před 4 lety +4

    Critical Beatdown: Classic !

  • @barty2381
    @barty2381 Před rokem +1

    Critical Beatdown definitely best Hip Hop album ever made.
    I remember when I first purchased in 88, I got home and played that album and it just blew me away!

  • @kmc1steelers998
    @kmc1steelers998 Před 5 lety +8

    Ced Gee...master of beats... I love beats...

  • @tiesheawilliams9004
    @tiesheawilliams9004 Před 5 lety +4

    One of my favorite groups hands down 😍

  • @jayelbee1111
    @jayelbee1111 Před rokem +1

    I remembered hearing the Ultramagnetic M.C.s for the first time in 1986 when I purchased "D.J. Red Alert Goes Berserk" compilation album. Ultramagnetic M.C.s had two singles on the album called "Ego Trippin" and "Bait." I was hooked since. They started releasing singles "Traveling at the speed of thought", "Funky", "Funky Introduction" Ced-Gee is a pioneer using the SP-1200 sampler. He produced Boogie Down Productions "Criminal Minded" album and produced the Grandmaster Caz single "The get down". Ged-Gee is so underrated as a producer and Kool Keith is so underrated as an emcee-Legends!!!

  • @tee356
    @tee356 Před 5 lety +5

    Nuff respect to sway for bringing in a massive massive iconic group. Highly respected, STILL loved and revered here in the U.K & Europe -ULTRA!!

  • @casualworker45
    @casualworker45 Před 5 lety +16

    Instant notification, I clicked fast and liked immediately. Thank you UMC's for your contribution to Hip-Hop/Rap and being influential to a lot of MC's styles.

  • @johnniemurray986
    @johnniemurray986 Před 5 lety +8

    Yes we got some legends "Critical Beatdown" was my shit when i was a kid

  • @walterdavenport9562
    @walterdavenport9562 Před 5 lety +15

    Legendary 🔥🔥🔥

  • @sparkzmentalz2
    @sparkzmentalz2 Před 3 lety +2

    Salute to Ultra! Critical Beatdown inspired me so much. Glad to see Ced Gee getting recognition for his innovative production and Kool Keith for his unorthodox style.

  • @victorortiz6483
    @victorortiz6483 Před 4 lety +2

    Legends , ultra please give us another album!!!

  • @Dablkwid0w2008
    @Dablkwid0w2008 Před 5 lety +4

    You know u dope when u bob ur head to ur own record

  • @jerryspearman
    @jerryspearman Před 5 lety +5

    Man..........that’s one of my favorite albums of the golden years of hip-hop respect ✌🏿🎼

  • @jaywyse4720
    @jaywyse4720 Před 3 lety +3

    Legends in the game! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @marcmason165
    @marcmason165 Před 5 lety +3

    The four horsemen is their best album to me.. Production was tight also

    • @aslaammahdi3244
      @aslaammahdi3244 Před 5 lety +4

      I have to disagree it was dope, but critical beatdown was the better!!!

  • @octagonseventynine1253
    @octagonseventynine1253 Před 2 měsíci

    I was introduced to Keith from The Prodigy sampling him in the early 90s and eventually even doing tracks with him. I have bought 30+ of his albums and group projects over the years. One of my favourite rappers of all time.

  • @Sispex
    @Sispex Před 5 lety +4

    It should be hard for me to pick my fave Hip Hop LP of all time. I would struggle to select my fave soul, Jazz, Reggae etc albums BUT Its an easy one for me. Critical beatdown hands down. So ahead of its time both lyrically and Production wise. All crafted under the masterful ear of the late GREAT Paul C. MAXIMUM RESPECTto everyone involved in this bona fide masterpiece.

  • @Migsycruz
    @Migsycruz Před 5 lety +9

    Salute to the kings 👏👏👏👏

  • @apollobelladona
    @apollobelladona Před 5 lety +2

    Critical Beatdown is for me the blueprint of Hip Hop. A pure classic.

  • @keithcarter1424
    @keithcarter1424 Před 4 lety +3

    They change the lyric game right along with Rakim

  • @KuttyJoe
    @KuttyJoe Před 5 lety +5

    This is definitely a legendary group. I always loved their style. Crazy energy in theor style.

    • @TrevorHamberger
      @TrevorHamberger Před rokem

      Im a fan. Huge fan. Didn't hear them til like 2020 at best

  • @cdjxman
    @cdjxman Před rokem +1

    They’re STILL one of my favourite groups!🤩👍

  • @CGY-
    @CGY- Před 5 lety +4

    Moe Luvs on the Mix tonight. Moe Luvs Theme.

  • @Plexpara
    @Plexpara Před 4 lety +4

    ced gee is extrem underrated.i would love to hear more from him but he Chose they way as a prducer.i was in love with his style of rappin.want to see more of them

  • @tiesheawilliams9004
    @tiesheawilliams9004 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm still listening to ultra magnetic MCs

  • @fab5frk
    @fab5frk Před 5 lety +6

    Abstract Legends !!

  • @cliftoncameron5632
    @cliftoncameron5632 Před 2 lety +1

    What a gift. Thank you

  • @yuatjawarriorcityhunter1782

    One of my favorite groups. Ego Trippin!!!

  • @carlmuhammad3938
    @carlmuhammad3938 Před 5 lety +9

    Ego Trippin was a diss record at Run Dmc

    • @TpXThinner
      @TpXThinner Před 5 lety +3

      Care to elaborate?

    • @mannysavage88
      @mannysavage88 Před 5 lety

      @@TpXThinner listen to the opening lines to the song... it's obvious

    • @TpXThinner
      @TpXThinner Před 5 lety +2

      @@mannysavage88 yeah after I responded I listened and clocked.... never noticed in over 30 years!. Same year as Peter Piper... "simple back n forth' 'nursery rhymes' etc...
      Kind of takes a tangent after that mind you...

    • @DermDZL1
      @DermDZL1 Před 4 lety +1

      To be fair, they dissed EVERYBODY

    • @BrotherApexx
      @BrotherApexx Před 3 lety

      If you hear Keith tell it, he was dissin lines more than emcees.

  • @harrypool71
    @harrypool71 Před 3 lety +1

    🌸🌼🌺🌷🌺🌼🌸. These are the Flowers that Ultramagnetic Magnetic MC’s deserve. Salute!!!!

  • @inquizative44
    @inquizative44 Před 4 lety +3

    Critical Beatdown was the tape you just popped in and pressed play. Didn't matter what song played it was all dope! Classic, iconic album.......and Keith, rap general chief? Nuff said....

  • @oblivion_007
    @oblivion_007 Před 5 lety +8

    "Here's the K, combined the double-O
    Swing in the L, I'm ready to go
    as Keith, Rap General Chief Executive
    plus exquisitive
    Mandatory, capital statements
    I am the teacher, preaching what makes sense
    Class, you wasn't able to pass
    For any germ or lice who come last
    I'm boric, high computing acid
    Get off the mic and won't you please pass it
    to me, for a one-two check
    Give me a pound and lots of respect
    No hands, you dissapointing my fans
    You on reverb, and talking to cans
    Hello - how are you doing?
    I come to wreck, and parties I'll ruin
    with rhymes, pumpin up smoke
    Diesel advances makin them choke
    and cough up, the hard-headed I'll soften
    spongee, then after that drink a ?
    Roll the sess, the buddha with the ganji
    Puff up, while I make tough stuff up
    I'm Kool Keith, cold rippin MC's
    I'm hype - for the critical beatdown!"

  • @bxdale83
    @bxdale83 Před 5 lety +18

    Ced Gee is one of the most underrated producers in Hip Hop History. Which record came out first MC Shan's "The Bridge" or Ultramagnetic's "Ego Trippin"?

    • @BlindassassinMGTOW
      @BlindassassinMGTOW Před 5 lety +1

      INFINITE 2020 the bridge did come out in '85? I believe.

    • @BlindassassinMGTOW
      @BlindassassinMGTOW Před 5 lety

      @JezBollah 667 no '87

    • @BlindassassinMGTOW
      @BlindassassinMGTOW Před 5 lety

      @INFINITE 2020 hmph interesting thanks.

    • @BrotherMan1969
      @BrotherMan1969 Před 4 lety

      The original Traveling at the speed of thought came out in 85 when the Bridge came out. Then Ego Trippin came out.

    • @andrewbintang4591
      @andrewbintang4591 Před 3 lety +1

      ego trippin ain't their first single though, that was the one they were talking about in the beginning of this video when lyor cohen was listening and wanted to sign 'em: make you shake/to give you love.
      then there was this 1985 track they made before that:
      m.czcams.com/video/51ML2s-qQ_E/video.html

  • @manjuanprinceofthepowerdel2740

    Love how Sed said: he had to come back with frequencies and data, after he heard Kieth spit, choosing scientific matter😝...they both murdered mentally mad!!! Shalom and May YAHAWAH continue to bless both them Kings 👑✊🏼🙏

  • @impotep9
    @impotep9 Před 5 lety +9

    KOOL KEITH IS THE BEST MC IN THE UNIVERSE!!

  • @patrick3926
    @patrick3926 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent interview! Legends!

  • @koolkeithultra1715
    @koolkeithultra1715 Před 5 lety +7

    Critical beatdown

    • @Sispex
      @Sispex Před 5 lety

      Maximum Props sir!

  • @kmc1steelers998
    @kmc1steelers998 Před 4 lety +3

    My Ceddy..... History right here. ♥️

  • @matthewcoundon9603
    @matthewcoundon9603 Před rokem

    Critical Beatdown is an absolute belter! Been listening to it since I did my paper round (tape version) in the early 90's and still love it today. Great rdp group album. Love Horns of Jericho by Hijack too👍👍

  • @user-rl4iz4fi1g
    @user-rl4iz4fi1g Před 2 lety +1

    Kool Keith 4 Real !!!Big Respekt From Saint-P (Russia)

  • @Panabandit
    @Panabandit Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome 2, 4-5a every Sunday morning

  • @dddlll2471
    @dddlll2471 Před 13 dny

    kool Keith n ultra magnetic was so ahead of its time.... they are fukin ROYALTY

  • @ivelissefranco8127
    @ivelissefranco8127 Před 5 lety +4

    Bait ! Best song ever.

  • @wisewerethewords
    @wisewerethewords Před 5 lety +4

    WTF?! Actual airtime for our giants? Had to know it was going down on Sway's show.

  • @ashfaq1999
    @ashfaq1999 Před 10 měsíci

    One of legends of 80’s rap 👊

  • @emjayel206
    @emjayel206 Před 3 lety +1

    We need some proteges of the Ultra magnetic to bring hip hop back to when it was dope...

  • @twilson2605
    @twilson2605 Před 5 lety +3

    Ain't it good to you!

  • @4TheExec
    @4TheExec Před 3 lety +3

    *FEELIN' IT* my favourite track!

    • @BrotherApexx
      @BrotherApexx Před 3 lety +1

      "And if you bad I'll smack you through/a glass of rhymes/shattering/now you cut up/say what up/shut up/ cause I'm feeling it"

    • @rickphilly1975
      @rickphilly1975 Před 2 lety

      @@BrotherApexx in the best MC in the whole wide world

  • @rdmkemestry510
    @rdmkemestry510 Před 5 lety +2

    Good interview!

  • @austinbailey5990
    @austinbailey5990 Před 3 lety +1

    Got mixed tapes from NYC with Ultra Magnetic

  • @SurfDUI
    @SurfDUI Před 5 lety +2

    Royalty. Critical Beatdown... man.

  • @dannyravel9237
    @dannyravel9237 Před 3 lety +1

    I met Kool Keith once,very cool and humble dude.

  • @jerryspearman
    @jerryspearman Před 5 lety +3

    Real hip-hop that is ✌🏿🎼

  • @oblivion_007
    @oblivion_007 Před 5 lety +24

    Kool keith's Dr octagonecologyst is easily one of the top ten hip hop albums ever. Anyone disagree with my statement knows nothing abt hip hop.

    • @malakisands8180
      @malakisands8180 Před 5 lety +2

      I saw him in N.Y. upstate. Keith talked to the audience. He is so real. I play any of his stuff DR. Doom 2 my neighbor had me turn it up. He was sick of most of the wackness that exist today

    • @columbusohio72
      @columbusohio72 Před 3 lety +1

      Fact

    • @KAVMCCESQ
      @KAVMCCESQ Před 3 lety +1

      Dr. Octagon paramedic fetus of the East
      With priests I'm from the Church of the Operating Room

    • @hyakugame
      @hyakugame Před 3 lety +1

      Anyone who keeps saying that just hasn't heard every other record by Kool Keith. Even Keith hates the Dr Octagon album nowadays. He definitely has made better records since then through the years.

    • @oblivion_007
      @oblivion_007 Před 3 lety

      @@hyakugame nah. Noone of his other works come close though he had few other solid albums. He said that because people not showing much love for his other albums. He was so pissed off.

  • @highfived
    @highfived Před 5 lety +7

    WESTWOOD bootleg Mc champion what I need to here more ? You still should of put it on the album

  • @louiswilliams1529
    @louiswilliams1529 Před 3 lety +1

    Much respect to UltraMagnetic MC's!!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @mhc12k
    @mhc12k Před 5 lety +3

    God level right here

  • @omarhendricks9756
    @omarhendricks9756 Před 5 lety

    Legends

  • @apollobelladona
    @apollobelladona Před 5 lety +3

    I don't think Tim Westwood bootlegged it, he just played that shit heavy on the radio. Those original tracks sounded so iLL that I was thinking you guys would top Critical Beatdown.

  • @omararcher7105
    @omararcher7105 Před rokem

    Legends in hip hop! Critical beatdown, Funk your head up and not to mention, Kool Keith's catalog.

  • @CleanSox
    @CleanSox Před 3 lety +2

    Ced Gee voice is the dopest !!!

  • @cjhepburn7406
    @cjhepburn7406 Před 3 lety

    Bounce tracks. Wow...going bk!

  • @highfived
    @highfived Před 5 lety +4

    Where is the rest of this interview I saw a section with Roxanne Shante speaking

  • @dustyddrumologistdubreggae3066

    The best rap group and MC'S ever!!!777

  • @KAOMProductions
    @KAOMProductions Před 5 lety

    RESPECT

  • @1995RangeRover
    @1995RangeRover Před 10 měsíci

    Big love to Ultra Mag!!

  • @roverwaters3875
    @roverwaters3875 Před 3 lety

    dope
    Kool Keith was rhyming with the beat