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Critical Beatdown
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Length
15 tracks
Release Date
4 October 1988
Critical Beatdown has since been lauded as an underground classic since its 1988 release, despite its failure to compare in unit sales with contemporary releases. Kool Keith is usually regarded the driving force behind the vocal style of the record, but most songs featured group members Ced-Gee ("Delta Force One") and Moe Love as well. Produced by Ced Gee, the album features audio sampling techniques which had rarely, if ever, been used previously. In particular, Ced's syncopated drops of chopped, out-of-context samples, along with his production work on the majority … read more
Critical Beatdown has since been lauded as an underground classic since its 1988 release, despite its failure to compare in unit sales with contempor… read more
Critical Beatdown has since been lauded as an underground classic since its 1988 release, despite its failure to compare in unit sales with contemporary releases. Kool Keith is usually r… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Watch Me Now
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 4:47 26,970 listeners
2 Play track Ease Back
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 3:24 26,112 listeners
3 Play track Ego Trippin' (MC's Ultra Remix)
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 2:32 4,673 listeners
4 Play track Moe Luv's Theme
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 2:13 20,491 listeners
5 Play track Kool Keith Housing Things
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 3:15 25,209 listeners
6 Traveling at the Speed of Thought (Remix)
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 1:51 3,555 listeners
7 Play track Feelin' It
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 3:31 15,085 listeners
8 Play track One Minute Less
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 1:58 18,439 listeners
9 Play track Ain't It Good to You
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 3:33 17,334 listeners
10 Play track Funky (remix)
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 3:40 11,494 listeners
11 Play track Give the Drummer Some
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 3:43 39,525 listeners
12 Play track Break North
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 3:24 16,976 listeners
13 Play track Critical Beatdown
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 37,693 listeners
14 Play track When I Burn
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 2:32 15,202 listeners
15 Play track Ced-Gee (Delta Force One)
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 2:50 13,225 listeners

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Members Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love released their debut album Critical Beatdown, produced by Paul C., in 1988 and inspired the world of hip hop with their original sound of unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery. Kool Keith went on to work with many other groups and solo projects including The Cenobites along with Godfather Don, Dr. Octagon, Masters of Illusion with Motion Man and Kutmasta Kurt, Dr. Dooom and Project Polaroid with Bay Area producer TomC3. Their work has been often sampled, most notably in The Prodigy song "Smack My Bitch Up" View wiki
Members Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love released their debut album Critical Beatdown, produced by Paul C., in 1988 and inspired the world of hip hop with their original sound of u… read more
Members Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love and Moe Love released their debut album Critical Beatdown, produced by Paul C., in 1988 and inspired the world of hip hop with their original sound of unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and b… read more

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