Funk Your Head Up

Funk Your Head Up is the second studio album by American hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs.[4] It was released on March 17, 1992, via Mercury Records/PolyGram.

Funk Your Head Up
Studio album by
Ultramagnetic MCs
ReleasedMarch 17, 1992
Recorded1990-1992
GenreHip hop
Length1:09:54
Label
Producer
Ultramagnetic MCs chronology
Critical Beatdown
(1988)		 Funk Your Head Up
(1992)		 The Four Horsemen
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
RapReviews9/10[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[4]

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 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."[5]

In a retrospective review, The Quietus 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."[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Introduction to the Funk" 
0:20
2."Intro"
  • DJ Moe Love
2:16
3."MC Champion"
3:27
4."Go 4 Yours"
  • C. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • TR Love
  • Ced-Gee (co.)
2:54
5."Blast from the Past"
  • C. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
DJ Moe Love0:42
6."Funk Radio"
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
4:08
7."Message from the Boss"
  • C. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • Ced-Gee
  • TR Love (co.)
4:45
8."Pluckin' Cards"
  • Kool Keith
  • DJ Moe Love (co.)
5:00
9."Intermission" (featuring Dr. Jam) 
  • Kool Keith
  • The Brothers Of Funk
  • Dr. Jam
0:31
10."Stop Jockin Me"
  • C. McIntosh
  • W. Patterson
  • C. Miller
  • P. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • TR Love
  • Dinky B (co.)
4:49
11."Dolly and the Rat Trap"
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
Kool Keith1:49
12."The Old School" (featuring The Cold Crush Brothers)K. Thornton
  • TR Love
  • DJ Moe Love (co.)
0:16
13."Bust the Facts"
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
Kool Keith4:52
14."Murder and Homicide"K. ThorntonKool Keith0:21
15."You Ain't Real"
  • W. Patterson
  • C. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • TR Love
  • DJ Moe Love (co.)
4:18
16."Make it Happen"
  • Ced-Gee
  • DJ Moe Love (co.)
  • TR Love (co.)
  • Phase 5 (co.)
4:30
17."I Like Your Style"
  • C. Lewis
  • C. Miller
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • M. Wiley
  • Charlie Beats
  • Ced-Gee (co.)
3:45
18."Bi-Lingual Teaching"K. Thornton
  • DJ Moe Love
  • Kool Keith
0:05
19."Poppa Large"
  • C. Miller
  • K. Thornton
  • Ced-Gee
  • Kool Keith
  • Phase 5 (co.)
4:17
20."Moe Love on the 1 and 2"M. SmithDJ Moe Love3:37
21."Porno Star" (featuring Tim Dog)
  • T. Blair
  • C. Miller
  • W. Patterson
  • T. Randolph
  • K. Thornton
  • M. Smith
  • DJ Moe Love
  • Kool Keith
  • TR Love (co.)
7:00
22."The P.M.R.C. ID" DJ Moe Love0:20
23."Chorus Line Pt. 2" (featuring Tim Dog)
  • Ced-Gee
  • DJ Moe Love (co.)
  • Kool Keith (co.)
  • TR Love (co.)
5:46
Total length:1:09:54

Personnel

References
  1. Cooper, Sean. "Funk Your Head Up - Ultramagnetic MC's". Allmusic. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 342.
  3. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 2, 2001). "Ultramagnetic M.C.'s :: Funk Your Head Up :: Mercury Records". RapReviews. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 418–419.
  5. "Ultramagnetic MC's". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | 20 Years On: Ultramagnetic MCs' Funk Your Head Up". The Quietus.

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