''Funk Your Head Up'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group
Ultramagnetic MCs
The Ultramagnetic MCs is an American Hip hop music, hip hop group based in The Bronx, New York City. Founded by Kool Keith, the group also includes Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee ...
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[ It was released on March 17, 1992, via ]Mercury Records
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/PolyGram
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Many of the tracks were remixed by outside producers at Mercury Records' insistence. The result was an album that disappointed hardcore fans of the group, while doing little to improve their sales. The sole hit single was a Beatminerz remix of "Poppa Large" that was not included on the album.
Critical reception
''Trouser Press
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'' wrote: "If hip-hop were only about clever lyrics and concrete breakbeats, the UMC’s might have been on top of the world. But next to the street socio-politics of Ice Cube, the gangsta dramatics of Dr. Dre and the shock gimmickry of Geto Boys, Ultramagnetics were beginning to sound nostalgic."The Quietus
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Content
''The Quiet ...
'' called the album "flawed but frequently magnificent," writing that the production "redefines the concept of funk for the hip hop era and gives Keith's rhymes, in particular, the sort of blaxploitation-via-sci-fi setting they uniquely demanded."
Track listing
Personnel
* Keith Matthew Thornton - main artist, producer
* Maurice Russell Smith - main artist, producer
* Cedric Ulmont Miller - main artist, producer
* Trevor Randolph - main artist, producer
* Timothy Blair - featured artist (tracks: 21, 23)
* Henrik Milling - featured artist & producer (track 9)
* Charles Lewis - producer (track 17)
* Henrik Leif Marquart - co-producer (tracks: 3, 16, 19)
* William "Spaceman" Patterson - guitar (tracks: 10, 15, 16, 21)
* Alli Truch - art direction & design
* Michael Bays - art direction
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- photography
References
External links
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1992 albums
Mercury Records albums
Ultramagnetic MCs albums