- Soulsonic Force
The Soulsonic Force (also referred to as Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force) are an American
hip-hop ensemble led byAfrika Bambaataa who helped established hip-hop in the early 1980s with songs such as Planet Rock. They were also influential in the birth of the electro movement in America and helped paved the way for modern dance music styles such asTechno and House, as well as hip-hop sub-genres such aselectro-funk andelectro-hop .In 1982, Soulsonic Force and
Afrika Bambaataa released a single called "Planet Rock". The song borrowed musical motifs from German electro-pop, British rock, and African-American disco rap. All the different elements and musical styles were blended together; and in doing so, they offered hip-hop as a new vision for global harmony. The song became an immediate hit and stormed the music charts worldwide [Chang, Jeff. “It’s a Hip-hop World.” Foreign Policy 163, Nov/Dec 2007, 58-65.] .Lineup
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Afrika Bambaataa
*Mr. Biggs
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*Jazzy JayDiscography
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Planet Rock - The Album (1986)
*"Planet Rock" (Swordfish Mix) on the "Swordfish" soundtrack (seeSwordfish (soundtrack) ).Their most well-known songs are Planet Rock,
Looking for the Perfect Beat andRenegades of Funk (which is one of the earliest political-conscious rap songs alongsideGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five 's "The Message".References
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