Funk Your Head Up

Funk Your Head Up
Funk Your Head Up
Studio album by Ultramagnetic MCs
Released	March 17, 1992
Recorded	1990–1992
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:09:54
Label	Mercury; PolyGram;
Producer	TR Love; Moe Love; Kool Keith; Ced-Gee; Charlie Beats; Dr. Jam; The Brothers Of Funk; Phase 5 (co.); Dinky B (co.);
Ultramagnetic MCs chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
RapReviews	9/10^[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10^[4]

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.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction to the Funk"		DJ Moe Love	0:20
2.	"Intro"	M. Smith H. Bohannon	DJ Moe Love	2:16
3.	"MC Champion"	C. Miller T. Randolph K. Thornton M. Smith	Ced-Gee DJ Moe Love (co.) TR Love (co.) Phase 5 (co.)	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 Love	0:42
6.	"Funk Radio"	T. Randolph K. Thornton M. Smith	DJ Moe Love Kool Keith TR Love (co.)	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"	W. Patterson T. Randolph K. Thornton M. Smith	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 Keith	1:49
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 Keith	4:52
14.	"Murder and Homicide"	K. Thornton	Kool Keith	0:21
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"	T. Blair J. Brown C. Miller T. Randolph K. Thornton M. Smith F. Wesley W. Patterson C. Bobbit	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. Smith	DJ Moe Love	3:37
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 Love	0:20
23.	"Chorus Line Pt. 2" (featuring Tim Dog)	C. Adams R. Bell R. Bell T. Blair R. Mickens C. Miller T. Randolph D. Thomas K. Thornton M. Smith	Ced-Gee DJ Moe Love (co.) Kool Keith (co.) TR Love (co.)	5:46
Total length:				1:09:54

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
Michael Lavine - photography

References

^ Cooper, Sean. "Funk Your Head Up - Ultramagnetic MC's". Allmusic. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 342.
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 2, 2001). "Ultramagnetic M.C.'s :: Funk Your Head Up :: Mercury Records". RapReviews. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 418–419.
^ "Ultramagnetic MC's". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | 20 Years On: Ultramagnetic MCs' Funk Your Head Up". The Quietus. 20 March 2012.

External links

"Ultramagnetic MC's - Funk Your Head Up". Discogs.

[1] Cooper, Sean. "Funk Your Head Up - Ultramagnetic MC's". Allmusic. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 342.

[RapReviews-3] Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 2, 2001). "Ultramagnetic M.C.'s :: Funk Your Head Up :: Mercury Records". RapReviews. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[SP-4] Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 418–419.

[TP-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. 20 March 2012.

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