Soulsonic Force

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The Soulsonic Force (also referred to as Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force) are an American hip-hop ensemble led by Afrika Bambaataa who helped established hip-hop in the early 1980s with songs such as Planet Rock. They were also influential in the birth of the electro movement in America and helped paved the way for modern dance music styles such as Techno and House, as well as hip-hop sub-genres such as electro-funk and electro-hop.

In 1982, Soulsonic Force and Afrika Bambaataa released a single called "Planet Rock". The song borrowed musical motifs from German electro-pop, British rock, and African-American disco rap. All the different elements and musical styles were blended together; and in doing so, they offered hip-hop as a new vision for global harmony. The song became an immediate hit and stormed the music charts worldwide ^[1].

[edit] Lineup

• Afrika Bambaataa
• Mr. Biggs
• Pow Wow^{[citation needed]}
• MC Globe
• Jazzy Jay

[edit] Discography

• Planet Rock - The Album (1986)
• "Planet Rock" (Swordfish Mix) on the Swordfish soundtrack (see Swordfish (soundtrack)).

Their most well-known songs are Planet Rock, Looking for the Perfect Beat and Renegades of Funk (which is one of the earliest political-conscious rap songs alongside Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's The Message.