Music Madness
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Music Madness is the second album by old school hip hop
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

 and electro funk
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...

 group Mantronix
Mantronix
Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee...

. Music Madness was the final Mantronix album released on the independent
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 Sleeping Bag Records
Sleeping Bag Records
Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...

 label.

Track listing

  1. "Who Is It?" (MC Tee
    MC Tee
    Touré Embden , known by the stage name MC Tee, is a Haitian-American emcee and co-founder of the 1980s old school hip hop and electro funk group Mantronix.- Early years :...

    , Mantronik)
    – 6:05
  2. "We Control the Dice" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 3:53
  3. "Listen to the Bass of Get Stupid Fresh Part 2" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 4:22
  4. "Ladies UK Remix" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 3:35
  5. "Big Band B-Boy" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 4:40
  6. "Music Madness" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 5:23
  7. "Electronic Energy Of..." (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 5:29
  8. "Scream" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 5:23
  9. "Mega Mix" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 4:00

Bonus tracks

In 1987
1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

, Sleeping Bag Records released the album on compact disc with the name Music Madness Plus, which included five bonus tracks from The Album
Mantronix: The Album
- Track listing :# "Bassline" – 5:26# "Needle to the Groove" – 3:41# "Mega-Mix" – 5:35# "Hardcore Hip-Hop" – 6:18# "Ladies" – 6:55...

.
  1. "Bassline" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 5:23
  2. "Needle to the Groove" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 3:40
  3. "Hardcore Hip-Hop" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 6:20
  4. "Get Stupid 'Fresh' Pt. 1" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 3:53
  5. "Fresh is the Word" (MC Tee, Mantronik) – 5:28

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
Year Chart Chart position
1987 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #27

Billboard (North America) - singles
Year Single Chart Chart position
1987 "Who Is It?" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #21
1987 "Who Is It?" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks #68

External links

  • [ Music Madness] at Allmusic
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