"Now he took the music of like Mandrill, like "Fencewalk", certain disco records that had funky percussion breaks like The Incredible Bongo Band when they came out with "Apache" and he just kept that beat going. It might be that certain part of the record that everybody waits for ]]— they just let their inner self go and get wild. The next thing you know the singer comes back in and you'd be mad."
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Musicians from the United StatesImmigrants to the United StatesRappers from the United StatesMusicians from JamaicaDJs
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Afrika Bambaataa quoted by David Toop (1991). Rap Attack 2: African Rap To Global Hip Hop, p. 60. New York. New York: Serpent's Tail. .
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