"LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT"
This was the second single from Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force album “Planet Rock” back in 1983. Due to his early use of drum machines and computer sounds, Afrika Bambaataa was instrumental in changing the way R&B and other forms of Black music were recorded. Bambaataa described the emerging hip hop culture as being comprised of four key elements: deejaying; lyricism and poetry of emcees; the dancing of b-boys and b-girls; and graffiti art. His creation of Electro Funk, beginning with "Planet Rock," helped fuel the development of other musical genres. He vowed to use hip hop to draw angry kids out of gangs. Through his co-opting of the street gang the Black Spades into the music and culture-oriented Zulu Nation, he is responsible for spreading rap and hip-hop culture throughout the world.
