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    Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (/ˌæfrɪkə bæmˈbɑːtə/), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx...
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  • (also referred to as Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force) is an American electro-funk and hip hop ensemble led by Afrika Bambaataa who helped establish...
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  • of Funk" is a song written by Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller & John Robie and recorded by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force. Released in...
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    hip hop awareness group formed by and formerly led by hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa.: 101  According to the website of the UZN. The Zulu Nation stands...
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  • The Light is a studio album by Afrika Bambaataa and Family, released in 1988. UB40, Jaki Graham, and Boy George were among the guest musicians. "Reckless"...
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    Planet Rock (song) (category Afrika Bambaataa songs)
    "Planet Rock" is a song by the American hip hop artists Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force. The song was produced by Arthur Baker and released by...
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  • interview of Afrika Bambaataa by Michael Holman in the East Village Eye. The term gained further currency in September of that year in another Bambaataa interview...
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  • The Decade of Darkness (category Afrika Bambaataa albums)
    musician Afrika Bambaataa, released in 1991. Bambaataa is credited with his backing musicians, the Family. The Decade of Darkness was Bambaataa's first album...
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  • Afrika Bambaataa (Lance Taylor, born 1957), American DJ, rapper, and producer Cecil Afrika (born 1988), South African rugby player Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920-2002)...
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    breaking. Campbell's DJ style was quickly taken up by figures such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Unlike them, he never made the move into commercially...
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  • Planet Rock: The Album (category Afrika Bambaataa albums)
    Planet Rock: The Album is an old school hip hop album by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, released in 1986 as a collection of previous singles. The...
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  • "Unity" is a song recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown as a duet in 1984. It was the first recording in which Brown collaborated with a performer...
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  • "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa, and the 1982 song "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye. In 1982, producer Arthur Baker, with Afrika Bambaataa, released the...
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    community leader Afrika Bambaataa also credits Lovebug Starski as the first to use the term "hip hop" as it relates to the culture. Bambaataa, former leader...
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    "crate boy" for Jazzy Jay, who was the DJ for Afrika Bambaataa. In 2016, he publicly accused Bambaataa of sexually molesting him. Savage also is the service...
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  • Looking for the Perfect Beat (category Afrika Bambaataa songs)
    "Looking for the Perfect Beat" is a song by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. The song was produced by Arthur Baker and John Robie and was the follow-up...
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  • Stealth in 1999, and features the vocal talent of American musician Afrika Bambaataa. It was released on CD and 12" on 6 September 1999 on the Hard Hands...
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  • electronic pop music. The genre emerged with musicians Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, Warp 9, and Hashim. Seminal electro tracks included "Planet Rock"...
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    Tatianna in a "lipsync for your life". In 1988, a rap and Hip Hop artist, Afrika Bambaataa recorded a cover version of "Something He Can Feel". The cover, released...
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    hip hop genres, popularized by early hits such as "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force and "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye. The 808...
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  • with helping and launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Amber, Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Coolio, De La Soul, House of Pain...
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  • Supremacy Belt. In the early 1980s Afrika Bambaataa asked Busy to join his Zulu Nation where the young MC would DJ for Bambaataa's Zulu Nation parties. Busy Bee...
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    Firecracker was a success and sampled in the famous Death Mix by Afrika Bambaataa. Afrika Bambaataa's influential song "Planet Rock" was partly inspired by YMO...
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  • Arthur Baker, who collaborated with music artists including Freeez, Afrika Bambaataa, and New Order. Both albums even entered the Billboard 200 and R&B...
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    known as "reading the crowd". DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa were members of a block party at South Bronx from 1973 onwards. Kool...
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    artists as diverse as Devo, EPMD, Minor Threat, Cypress Hill, the MC5, Afrika Bambaataa, the Rolling Stones, Eric B. & Rakim, Bruce Springsteen, the Stooges...
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    Laswell after Lydon and Bambaataa had acknowledged respect for each other's work, as described in an interview from 1984: Afrika Bambaataa: I was talking to...
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  • such as Grandmaster Melle Mel, Marshall Jefferson, Colonel Abrams, Afrika Bambaataa, and many others. Screamin Rachael's first release with Trax Records...
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  • Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) (category Afrika Bambaataa albums)
    Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) is a studio album by Afrika Bambaataa, released in 1986 by Tommy Boy Records. From contemporary reviews, Melody Maker reviewed...
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  • album consists of covers of songs by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Afrika Bambaataa, Minor Threat, Eric B. & Rakim, The Stooges, MC5, The Rolling Stones...
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