Beat machine wonder kid Kurtis Mantronik had a nice little run over at Sleeping Bag Records, where he split his time between hard hitting electro hip-hop beats for T La Rock and Just-Ice and Freestyle/dance music for artists such as Joyce Simms. After three Mantronix albums with MC Tee on the mic, Tee decided to join the airforce and Kurtis recruited Bryce Luvah from Queens Brooklyn Connection to fill his shoes for the next two LP’s before moving onto to dance music for good. Shout out to Chep Nunez and Omar Santana on some of those razor blade edits.
Download: A Salute To Mantronik [Zippyshare Records and Tapes, 2015] [re-upped July 2020]
Track list:
01 ‘Cold Gettin’ Dumb’ – Just-Ice
02 ‘Breaking Bells’ – T La Rock
03 ‘King of the Beats’ – Mantronix
04 ‘Needle To The Groove (Alt Version)’ – Mantronix
05 ‘Let’s Take It From The Top’ – Antoinette
06 ‘Get Stupid Part IV (Get On Up ’90)’ – Mantronix
07 ‘Bass Machine’ – T La Rock
08 ‘Fresh Is The Word’ – Mantronix
09 ‘This Is Called Hip Hop’ – Queens Brooklyn Connection
10 ‘Listen to the Bass of Get Stupid Fresh, Pt. 2’ – Mantronix
11 ‘The Fox That Rox The Box’ – Antoinette
12 ‘This Beat Kicks’ – T La Rock
13 ‘(I’m) Just Adjustin My Mic’ – Queens Brooklyn Connection
14 ‘Johnny The Fox’ – Tricky Tee
15 ‘Mega-Mix 3’ – Mantronix
Zippyshare Records is the label to watch for in 2015
Thank you Robbie! This dude is low key my hero. We NEED an interview with him. A thousand “thanks” in advance if you ever make that happen.
I’ve tried a few times but no luck so far, he’s notoriously evasive when it comes to talking to people about his career.
Sam Sever made a few of those beats Kurtis got credit for. He was amazing though.
Davito – which ones? Sounds believable .. Always dug Sam Sever Productions.
Nice one Robbie. It’s not a rap track but ‘Got To Have Your Love’ still sounds dope, and pisses all over this current EDM/ r&b-dance bullshit that’s everywhere at the minute.
Cats just don’t be knowledgeable of pioneers like Mantronix. And Spell check always unkut damn!
I am pretty sure that I read that Kurtis now resides in the UK.
Robbie – I live in the UK. Drop me an email if you want me to try and locate him for you.
Agree with sonny7
@sonny7- true. ‘Got to have your love’ is in heavy rotation for me. That initial bass synth gets stuck in my head for days.
@Eastwood – if you were talking about the spelling of the name, his last name is spelled with a ‘k’ and the group name is spelled with an ‘x.’