Ultramagnetic MC's "The B-Sides Companion" LP Next Plateau Records (US)

Vinyl is EX, Jacket is VG+

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Track Listing:

A1Ego Trippin' 2000A2Watch Me Now ('97 RMX)A3A Chorus Line 2000 (RMX)A4Liva At Tramps (July 11 '97)A5Feelin' It (Radio Promo Mix)A6Ultra ReuinionA7MC's Ultra Part 2 (RMX)B1Mentally MAD ('97 RMX)B2Break North ('97 RMX)B3Message From The Source (RMX)B4I'M OnB5Bait ('97 RMX)B6Kool Keith Model Android #406B7Funky (12" Version Mix)

The Ultramagnetic MCs is an American group based in . Originally founded by , the group is composed of , , and . became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, was added as Roadmanager and backup DJ. A former member, Rooney Roon, was fired following an assault arrest. Beat-boxing legend was also involved with the group early in its career. The group's work was associated with unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery.

The Ultramagnetic MC's formed in 1984. Their first single was "To Give You Love" (1985) on the Diamond International label. The group's worldwide buzz started with "Ego Trippin'," its first on Next Plateau Records in 1986. It was the first hip hop song to feature the "" drum break sample, composed by and one of the most sampled songs of all time. The group's next single was "Traveling At The Speed of Thought (Original)"/"M.C.'s Ultra (Part Two)" followed by "Funky/Mentally Mad," one of the most sought-after 12-inch singles of its career. Funky was based on a Joe Cocker piano sample later used as the basis for and 's California Love. It was released in 1987. This led to the release of the group's first album.

The Ultramagnetic MC's released a new school classic in 1988, , introducing many new sampling techniques. Many believe that without the group's primary producer, Ced Gee, the golden era of sampling may have looked very different. Ced, while uncredited, also produced the majority of ' seminal . These albums are among the first to use "chopped" samples, rearranged and edited to change context. Both albums also feature many samples, which became very prominent in Hip Hop in ensuing years. has been quoted as saying that he was very close to joining Ultramagnetic MC's early on. was also a major contributor to Critical Beatdown, producing "Give The Drummer Some," and engineering most of the album. Paul C. also produced the Hip-House mix of "Traveling At The Speed Of Thought", which was used as the group's first music video, and was their sole release in 1989. The single's b-side, "A Chorus Line", became one of Ultramagnetic's most popular songs and introduced new group affiliate Tim Dog. A variation of the "A Chorus Line" instrumental was used as the basis of Tim Dog's debut single, the Ced Gee-produced "Fuck Compton", which became a modest hit and is credited with helping to spark the East coast/West coast feud of the mid '90s.

The group went on a hiatus for several years, breaking up temporarily in 1990. They returned on in 1992, with the album . The album received a muted response, in part because many tracks had been given a commercial sheen, having been remixed by outside producers at the label's insistence. Alternate mixes of this album's songs along with unreleased tracks from the sessions have appeared on later compilations. The song Poppa Large, remixed by became a hit and remains a staple of Kool Keith's live show. The song's video featured Keith in a straitjacket, his bald head encased in a birdcage.

In 1993, the group released the album , which featured guest production and vocals by , who produced solo Kool Keith sessions in 1992. Some of those tracks appear on The Four Horsemen, and also on . The former was the last official album the Ultramagnetic MC's released until their 2007 reunion.

There were many semi-legitimate and compilation albums to follow, the most official of which was Next Plateau's , which featured a new song, some unreleased 1989 songs recorded for a second Next Plateau LP and most of the group's classic singles, albeit in newly remixed form. Ced Gee and Moe Love both provided demos and unreleased songs spanning the group's entire career to Tuff City for a series of four albums which were released without Kool Keith's consent. A live album, Brooklyn To Brixton, was announced but abandoned.

As a reaction to Ced and Moe's involvement in the Tuff City releases, Kool Keith and Tim Dog reunited on the album Big Time, released under the name Ultra in 1997. Kool Keith went on to record many solo CDs, including several under aliases such as and . His abstract rhymes and syncopated, off-beat delivery influenced many rappers, including from and of .

In 2001, Ultramagnetic MC's released a single, "Make It Rain/Mix It Down" which whetted fans' appetites for a reunion album. Two other songs, "Baby, I'm Mad" and "Who Am I?" were recorded at the same sessions, but remain officially unreleased. In 2004, the original versions of the Next Plateau singles were finally released on CD as bonus tracks on the remastered Critical Beatdown. In a 9 December 2005 interview on Houston's Late Nite Snax radio show, Kool Keith confirmed rumours that the Ultramagnetic MC's had reformed and recorded a new album. Founding Ultramagnetic MC's member Ced Gee has set up . A new Ultramagnetic MC's LP, Back to the Future—The Bronx Kings Are Back, was scheduled to be released in 2006 but was later named The Best Kept Secret and released January 2007. Although the album's cover features the original line-up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, Moe Love and TR Love, TR (along with Tim Dog) is notably absent. Instead, guest verses are provided by newcomers like Grafiq Malachi Sebek. However, Tim Dog and TR Love have each recently released songs featuring Ultramagnetic under their own names. The group also released a new song after the album's release called "We About Chix", the video can be seen on .

The group performed live at the festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

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