Ultramagnetic MC's_Unreleased Versions (90s)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- 00:00 01-MC Champion (demo)
03:35 02-Message From The Boss (demo)
08:36 03-Bust The Facts (demo)
14:10 04-Smack My Bitch Up (demo)
MC Champion (full release, ft. Brother James)
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Ultramagnetic MC's
Kool Keith, Ced Gee, DJ Moe Love, TR Love, Tim Dog
One particular album birthed an unhealthy amount of studio out-takes, elusive and unreleased cuts, Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up. In the UK, from April 1990, pioneering DJ Tim Westwood was broadcasting a handful of demo versions of tracks from this LP on his iconic London based Capital Rap Show, straight from tape, that never saw the light of day. These cuts are true classics to those that tuned in during the 2 year period before the albums full release in 1992, because they were BANGERS. For some reason, the versions of tracks like Bust The Facts, Ya Not That Large and Message From The Boss that were aired on Capital Radio during this period never received official releases, they were re-programmed by Ced-Gee, the rest of Ultra and a Danish producer by the name of Phase 5, and as a comparison, they just did’nt cut the mustard. They had the shit bootlegged & re-pressed out them in later years by Tuff City Records and others, but one cut, MC Champion with a verse from an unknown up until that point, Brother James never even got the booty treatment. This verse was seemingly faded out on every radio recording that was made, but evidently not all of them, this is one of the reasons why RRR is in operation, to continue to dig, unearth and to share these gems. For the record, it remained on Tim Westwoods NME Future Rap Chart for weeks on end, ramping up the excitement in prep for the full release.
Until June this year the Brother James verse was’nt even out there. But it’s almost 2014, and we can all finally enjoy the full grainy version that until RUclips uploader Madscience81 kindly shared, might’ve been buried forever if it was’nt for their generosity, so big shouts to him/ her, and to Beatlover for bringing it to our attention. To anyone that held onto a copy and shouted from rooftops that they were sitting on it but did’nt wanna play, go back to the duck pond. Brother James was an MC that recorded with a group by the name of Call Us What You Want, and was reportedly dropped from the finished release for legislative reasons but very little information about him or them is available. Kool Keith admitted to Angus Batey last year that he was ‘so pissed off that that energy of production was lost’ on F.Y.H.U. and that is unquestionable, but listening back to James droppin’ rhymes about typical Ultra subject matter like pterodactyls, highlights how he could’ve become another Nasty Nas, in the same way as Nas blessed us on Live At The BBQ. We’re fortunate to even have this lost verse in the first instance.
RRR have blatantly grabbed the Madscience version and hastily tacked it onto the highest quality available of the original demo, we’ve got no idea if the version of the verse is from a Westwood show or not, but who cares, it’s finally here, the full version of MC Champion, with the ENTIRE verse by Brother James in all its hissy glory. Now all we need is for the original demo cassette to find its way into the hands of a label like DWG, Slice of Spice or one of the handful of others that take the care and attention to bring this kinda jewel back to peoples record players.
Trumungous propers go out to Dynomite from Daily Diggers, to Beatlover and Madscience81 for bringin this to our ears for the first time in over 23 years.
(Source: randomrapradiodotcom, by randomrapradiocraig)
00:00 01-MC Champion (demo)
03:35 02-Message From The Boss (demo)
08:36 03-Bust The Facts (demo)
14:10 04-Smack My Bitch Up (demo)
Kool Keith was so ahead of his time
That's why he was influential for such a long period of time. From 1986-1999 and it's not even disputable
Kool Keith escaped time 🌌
Strange that The Prodigy sampled a lot from Ultramagnetic MC's according to "who sampled" on "Out of Space"
They had 2 other Keiths who playing an important role for the band 🤔
There's a message in the music that will bring you peace of mind.
Damn, that demo version of Message from the Boss is so much better than the album version.
Damn straight!
Had it on cassette back in the day. Took me a while to track it down on youtube... So much more rawness to it.. Nice sample of Kool & the Gang on the chorus...
I take this Version back in the days from the Tim Westwood Radio Show in germany. So much better than the lp Version
I remember these demos well, they got played out on radio over here in the UK. Much better versions than those that showed up on funk ya head up LP.
So true. I have been searching for these ever since.
Yep on the tim Westwood rap shows
Ultra was one of my favourite rap groups in the 80's. They inspired me to do some of the stuff I made with Music of Life records and Koldsweat Records. Long live Hip Hop!
Way ahead of their time and never duplicated. Anyone who loves Ultra I feel connected to 👊🏻
Ced one of the best producers ever
KOOL Keith one of the most original and talented rappers .....had his own style....
My mic is loaded with Rhymes that flame on.... jeeeeezzz.. these dudes were lyrically way ahead of their time, the industry wasnt and still isn't ready for Ultramagnetic... too advanced too scientific.. a blast from the past ?? Nahh the future.. 🔥🔥
Thank you x3 for posting this - had the demo version of ‘MC Champion’ on an old radio tape and was sooo excited to see it on ‘Funk Your Head Up’ - until I listened to it. No comparison to the dope, dope demo mix. Why’d they redo it? If it ain’t broke… (which it certainly wasn’t). Props to the diggers and true heads.
I know people hate the mix that came out--but I actually loved it. I love these OG versions too, though.
Nice one I remember listening to bust the facts back in probably 88/89 but didn't know the name of it then and now hear it is all these years later
Thanks very much!!
I remember banging this on tour with Outlaw Posse and wondering how Ultra never released it we knew every word used to wait for their exclusives on Westwood 🔥🔥🔥💯
Wow. Still got these from Westwood tapes. But not at this quality or completeness.
Magnificent.
I know some of these were on the Tuff City collections--but I would KILL for a remaster of Funk Your Head up that includes another disc with these OG versions. This album was my jam in high school--I was probably the only person listening to it, though :)
I've got a couple of Ultramagnetic tracks that ive never seen online anywhere. Demo version of mentally mad and feelin it with an additional verse by tr love. both recorded from new York radio stations in the 80s. I should really upload them for all the ultra heads.
Yes!
That Mentally Mad version I'd love to hear, but weirdly, you can catch the extra verse from TR on the Instr - ruclips.net/video/QeVoqEY1WBQ/видео.html
AND, there was a promotional American Airlines video that had some nutty Rap by Ultra, called Personalities & Humour Of The NBA [not the same song as that NBA All Stars that showed up on that Tuff City comp Smack My Bitch Up].....to add to the long lost tracks...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghh !
hey friend. could you upload them songs please?
Send plz
I still have my tape from that capital rap show with message from the boss from 1990. I think this version didn't even made it to the basement tracks releases. Thanks a lot for uploading. I have great memories of it flying my first time to Japan as a teenager! Thanks, thanks, thank you!!!
Mixrasta - Sir, if you have any of these and can transfer them, or need them transferred, get in touch with me here - craig@randomrapradio.com
Wow! "Message From The Boss" is soooo dope!
In my opinion, this is the best version of it. Great arrangements in the other versions, too, though.
Thanks for posting. Best quality versions I've heard. Better than my hissy tape from Westwood back in the days!!!
Old school memories when mc was a sacred art.
Cool they used Babe Ruth on that Boss version.. flows maybe a bit better than the LP version but I get it that sample was old at that minute - and that breakdown after the rhymes is way harder than the album version better horn sample and vocal clip 'message in the music that will bring you peace of mind..' . IMO
Big respect to all oldtimers in the world...real hop hop in the house. Paris france
Damn, these were in 1990? Funk Your Head Up really had the potential to be a great follow-up to Critical Beatdown. Shame this got delayed and poorly handled by the higher-ups, by 1992 the album sounded quite outdated.
Yep. I remember hearing M C Champion and message from the boss on Westwood summer 90 and being wowed by them thinking what a great album this is gonna be. Never happened.
Who ever put thumbs down to this is on crack rocks
Thank you for the up load 👏👏👏
Bust the facts is class.
True that!
Many thanks for sharing. Not heard these versions since they were last played on the radio decades ago. Saw them live in Manchester around the same time. Ridiculous.
Love this version better,real raw
Dope Ultra Compilation! Long live the Ultramagnetic MC's. Seek out the unrleased MC champion with the 3rd verse...
Madscience81, I made a comment as Music-Man under your video and put up a link in the description for the James from Call Us What You Want verse when I made this compilation. Reading it again, I see you are even mentioned.
I had these demos separate on my Music-Man channel, compiled them for this one.
@@BigBrotherBeat ahhh that works
ruclips.net/video/nPolp-HmHGA/видео.html
This is the 3 verse version. Unfortunately the quality isn't great!
the meddling with funk ya head up proves the people in charge ruined what should of been a great followup to critical beatdown. Keith although still evolving on the mic hadn't reached that pinnacle of being the ruling eccentric of hip hop yet and Ced Gee was stellar on the production. Message from the boss demo absolutely slams.
Unreal ! And I thought I knew all ultra!
Salute to the MC Champions
These versions have also been played on VPRO Dutch radio and I still have it on tape. Funny thing is that I always thought it was recorded live in the radio studio not knowing these were demo’s....Anyhow better versions that the ones that appeared on Funk your head up!!
Check out Ultra on Sway in the morning. Ced reveals that Westwood's actions meant that these original versions had to be changed or not released.
Hé dik, heb je nog tapes van de VPRO radio die ze wekelijks draaiden ik heb er geen meer helaas zou super zijn om dat weer te horen
@@K.Jankula ik heb nog wel tapes met fragmenten, maar geen hele shows….ik heb de laatste villa65 Dutch Mastas uitzending nog op tape en een uitzending met alleen maar exclusives. Heb wel een hoop Fatbeats radio en hiphop120 uitzendingen op tape….
@@Madscience81That sucks …. these were mostly better than the ones on the album.
You can hear the Ultra influence in a lot of Tim Dogs tracks
That’s cause he’s kinda part of the whole crew, a close affiliate, ced produced all of the tracks on his first album
This is RAD!!
Thank you very much for the upload!!!
Very good !,,
Hail Ultra -
Mentally Mad
Funky
Critical Beatdown (Album)
MC Champions ( Full UG Version)
Poppa Large ( UG Version)
You Ain't That Large (UG Version)
The Greatest Series in Music of All Time...
Tri Atlantican Creativity built out of nothing, negativity and loss at its finest...
By God or The Devil
A shining example of
The Optimum Geniuses & Mighty Works Such do.
#TriAtlantica #HeirsOfTheCreator #Harnessians #SonsOfPan #BuiltOfTheBlues
Only just found these - no "I Aint Taken No shorts" ?
The best rap group of all time, should be on the wall with Public Enemy, Run DMC, Eric B and Rakim, and Wu Tang Clan. Kool Keith # 1 MC Best ever.777
For those who know, they are
Kool Keith is the final boss of all rap gods
Critical Beatdown & Criminal Minded are the Greatest Rap Albums of All-Time 🙏
walking around smelling pissy and smelly - classic rhyme re-use not many can get away with that.
Sick share... Thanks!! So underappreciated
And now
Your MC Champions, Ultramagnetic
[Spoken word]
It's flaming!
I am sealing off the dimensional window
Closing the hole in the fabric of the cosmos like a scar
[Ced Gee]
Ah yeah
One two, one two
This is Agent Bless Ced Gee
Ultramagnetics in full effect
We in here dropping freestyle rhymes like MC Champions
So Keith, take it away
[Kool Keith]
Power compactor, brain distractor
Dropping a bomb right in your anal connector
Sector, vector, the lyric inspector
X-Ray vision, power perfector
Lecktor, Megator, Igor
Ah yes yes y'all, and you don't stop
The rhythm the drop the hit the top to make ya swing or pop
As I flow, pick up the micro-
Phone get hypotension is original
Lyrical miracle, back to attack one
Black one, white one, green one or blue one
Colorful street rhymes, I'm back to do one
Or two of you, three of you, or four of you
Five or six or seven, eleven of you
Wack MCs get back in the last line
And wait on the mic, you think I'm ready to pass mine
Up in the roach hand, with clever ability
I know when to sting a brain, just like I'm a killer bee
Hitting em hard with the rhyme as the flame grow
Hardcore, softcore, and even the rainbow
Polka-dot MC's, African, Indian
Spanish-American, mixed with Panamanian
Arabian Nubian, speaking Siberian
Japanese, Chinese, and regular MCs
Preachers, teachers, and negative creatures
I roll and kick a rhyme, you grab your mic back
Sidewind and rattle like a snake I strike back
I chew your brain and, the monkey behind you
Your company management, the dummy who signed you
To pick up the slack but the hype ain't selling many
Records and tapes cause your rap ain't telling any
Metaphor phases, think that amazes
Me, the next man, no biter but innovator
With lyrical instinct, you look like a duplicator
Bite my style, nibbling on the big jock
With rhymes so tight, they keep your brain in a headlock
Count the one two three four five
I'm like The Bushwhackers tag-teaming your dome
I'm just a champion
[Ced Gee]
Ah yeah, yo Keith, bust this
I got some freestyle rhymes too
I'mma warm up, then I'mma get deep
Bust it, check this out
Yo, poetic genius, kicking metaphor
Ced Gee is the big boss, making it better for
A pile of them, MCs again, I'm ragging them
So listen up my friend
I'm rapping to manifest, people so blind I guess
Type of hype I select, when I rap come correct
My mic is on, and it's loaded, and it's lethal
Here's a dose, a taste of my potential
My super menu winds you bends you sends you
To watch a brother like me, continue
Out on the warpath, flashback, sit back
Kick back with that, dope rap attack
Those that can't rap, with that weak rap
Need to get back, and just to add to that
Fact, with words from the knowledge tip
My rhymes are swift, I have the gift
Like hocus-pocus, Ced Gee, and I'm still on
My mic is loaded with rhymes that flame on
Now you know just what I am creating
We call it mega funk, a plan stating
I'm verbally passing, rhymes are outlasting
Waxing and smashing and kicking more ass and
With intensity, Ced Gee has got to be
Schooling the wannabes, rappers who try to be
Like me, C-E-D
To flow on the mic and show no mercy
I'm a champion, I'm undefeated
My rep is strong, no hype is ever needed
To grow and grow, to grow and grow
To grow and grow, and grow and grow
To grow and grow, and grow and grow
Rap taller than Buckwheat's afro
I'm a champion
Future
When they switch up the beat temporarily for both Kool Keith & Ced Gee in 'Bring It Down To Earth'...does anyone know if they actually used that beat/production in a song?
Thanks!
Braniac poetry
Mc's ULTRA !!!
Wow these are FIRE
🤯🤯🤯 #KoolKeith #CedGee #MoLove #UltraMagnetic #UltraClassic 🧲🧲🧲
Peace im ego tripping ova this
❤❤❤
I loved "Ya Not That Large" by Kool Keith. Unfortunately the demo has been removed from RUclips.
Here's a live demo version @ 34:08 where he raps the first verse.
I'll put the whole song up next time
Ultramagnetic MC's Radio Live Shows (1989/1990)
ruclips.net/video/MzQddwPuCVE/видео.html
i can send it to you. someone uploaded it in VK, probably before the youtube ver was removed
Brain food
Bronx hip hop..
underrated
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I know ced was not happy about these Demos bring played
Whys that fella ? Westwood played them for almost a year, and the recordings were circulated round serious NY heads in and out of the industry, so I'd be curious to know how youve come to this conclusion highfived ?
@Stuart Dooley - highfived Maybe ya meant that Ced wasnt happy about the length of time theyd been getting aired, rather than them 'being played' period ? I guess an artist wants promotion, then it's understandable that theyd get hacked off if an exclusive track was being played over and over. There must be a fine line, when promotion turns into a song/ tracks gettin rinsed. That's a fair call as it goes.
Ced Gee said on sway in the morning that Westwood bootlegged the tracks, not sure what exactly he meant by that.
WESTWOOD played the Demos continuously in the UK for months without ultras permission meaning the tracks could not be released properly and the new record company decided to get new producers to re do the tracks. This is why the tracks were not in funk your head up. True ultra fans know this and Ced Gee has mentioned this in interview before
@@highfived Your not telling me anything I don't already know. Its the term bootlegging I was questioning. playing a demo tape he was given doesn't qualify as bootlegging, I was wondering if there was more to the story.
Why miss the third verse on Mc champion 🙈🙈🙈????
For the full version
ruclips.net/video/nPolp-HmHGA/видео.html
Yo!! You got smiling Faces?
Ultra song? Never heard of
@@BigBrotherBeat Yeah they use this break ruclips.net/video/g0WPPAN9JyM/видео.html. It's heavy!! Got it on tape somewhere but well hissy. Same kinda time Westwood was playing these ones. Unreleased too.
@@lawyerdablack Allright, thanks for the heads up.