Mantronix up close and personal pt1. Kurtis Mantronik speaks about his early days starting out !

[@dnbaddict]

"Fresh is the Word" is one of the songs that made me fall in love with Hip-Hop. The song is pure and raw and I just want to thank Mantronix for changing my life. Hip-Hop is my first love and will always be!

[@tennaj1367]

LIVING LEGEND who doesn't get the respect he earned from most. But WE all know how special he is ! Detroit here,. Peace

[@mecdj]

100 !! Absolute Legend and Hero to use who know !!

[@samuelstevensoniii6747]

MANTRONIX!!!!!! The King of the beats! I used to play your tapes so much when I was young. My friends would say "Man, can we please listen to something else". I would say "Well, I can drop you off at home and you can listen to what ever you want!" LOLOL!!! You were the soundtrack of my Junior High and High School Years. I'm so happy seeing that you are alive and well. Peace!

[@keiththomas111]

Def big mantronik fan still got the vinyl of justice with the first DMX and singles of all jams from joyce sims too bass machine

[@StylesLee]

MANTRONIX are still The KIng Of The Beats! I'm from New Zealand & at that time 1986 MANTRONIX & RUN DMC was compared. All my homies love MANTRONIX cos they had a futuristic style with Synth Basses, Wild Scratching & Electronic FX that made them the OG's & Famous for there New wave of Hip Hop! Today MANTRONIX:: Is in my soul for Hip Hop. They are True Legends::

[@angelsantiago1430]

The legendary mantronix...when hip hop was hip hop

[@Ozziemints]

Much respect. An absolute Beats Legend. His Joyce Sims joints pumped hard in NYC back in 86-88.

[@TeddyRockSteady]

Kurtis Mantronik is so important to the Boom Bap community he is Godlike to many of us! Thank you for this post

[@WARAT69]

Hip Hop pioneer and legend! ✊

[@Moshe.1972]

This man is a FUCKING LEGEND KING OF THE BEATS MANTRONIK

[@theoriginal668]

Dudes a true legend. Him and just ice made great music together.

[@mixxndj]

Still the King of the Beats!

[@olusphone]

I wish I could meet him and express how much of an epiphany his music was for me and how much his musical expression changed me back in the day. They say you should never meet your hero's but for me, mantronik and krs1 are the exceptions to that rule.

[@intromix]

Damn, talk about a true innovator right here, a legend way ahead of his time! Making beats with an 808 in a damn bathtub and still his sound was HUGE!

[@seanbrewster9018]

Mantronix!! still as fresh as 86!

[@deonwhite201]

I’am glad that I happened to stumble upon this video

[@AMOKIAN]

Thanks Mantronik for the incredible beats and inspiring me to get into drum machines and production.

[@cozmikfunkrabbitt30]

THE TRUE KING OF BEATS HANDS DOWN!!!!!!

[@marvingonzalez6891]

SO MANY QUESTIONS !!! I have For this legend

[@mecdj]

I had the pleasure to spend the weekend with him drinking beer and chatting about back in the day I wish I had a head cam, he didn’t disappoint and an even bigger legend to me afterwards, I proudly display my signed copy of Music Madness on my wall.

[@thedjkingassassin]

Mantronik for President!!

[@fanboykillah5142]

The Man! MANTRONK

[@crazycuts6891]

I would like to take producing lessons from Mantronik, it'll be worth every dime.

[@StylesLee]

MANTRONIX:: is the reason why I do Hip Hop Electronically. There beats & scratching are the Sir-Mix-A-Lot & Skrillex Today & there's no doubt about it" They were So ahead of their time I Thank GOD For them & there Hit Albums & Mega Mixes they shared to the world. Every Time someone brings up the 80's Rap Stars? MANTRONIX:: Is First on Mine & The 80's Hip Hop Crews list AMEN::

[@LGKids]

You can tell this a humble cat, who just does what he does! Peace!

[@muzikxpress]

I recently did an interview with Kurtis about "Got To Have Your Love". You can find it on my channel now. Enjoy!

[@mecdj]

muzikxpress yes thank you I have seen and enjoyed it . I spent the weekend with Kurtis and it was both amazing and revealing I’m a huge fan and even bigger one after spending time with him even having a few beers !

[@godscience7821]

Genius, Legend, Trendsetter, creator of trap facts, go listen to his music you will see the foundations of Trap.

[@donniecatalano]

One word only: RESPECT

[@Deanne380]

I was in your video scream in England 1987 at Brixton Academy

[@Zeebo89]

MANTRONIX WAS THE SHIT BACK THEN OMG WHAT 30 35 YRS AGO DAMNNNN

[@andrehatch2536]

Still my favorite mantronix hell yeah

[@QuanticeProductions]

He's A Top Bloke, Massive Influence... 👍

[@pmootthegreat1437]

WOW! MANNIE FRESH AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKIN FOR HIM!! WOW!!

[@NPG4EVER]

Legend

[@pumpkineater..]

Good to see this

[@cliftennille]

love

[@raysharpe8644]

Pioneer 🙌🏾👊🏾

[@LGKids]

Side Note: you can kinda tell how the bass bumps on Fresh is the Word how it was produced! Peace!

[@charlenecole1325]

Wish there was more

[@mecdj]

I have one more video where I ask Kurtis about the Music Madness album which I put up, the thing was I only had so much memory on my phone and this was the beginning of an epic weekend !

[@kollusion1]

@@mecdj FM I bet that didn't happen again.

[@markcookman2261]

@@kollusion1 what didn’t?

[@euperia]

I that Morgan Khan I see having a beer in the background?

[@shawnturner1645]

Where's MC T?

[@kollusion1]

Looks like Morgan Khan at the end? Mr Mantronik should be levitating around this dive.

[@markcookman2261]

He was only visiting while in England and is close friends with Morgan .

[@nolaeast7412]

we control the dice was my shit

[@glorygiftsglory2771]

Kurtis should have never signed with Capitol Records should have stuck with Sleeping Bag Records because it was all down hill when he went pop and couldnt live up to the demand to produce hits for Capitol and they sued him but he was the man back in the day

[@mecdj]

Well Sleeping Bag never paid him and Got to have your love and king of the beats were on Capital both big earners for , I guess street cred don’t pay the bills !

[@glorygiftsglory2771]

@@mecdj True , The contract he got was a lot of money back in the day and most artist wouldnt have turned it down but at least he was getting a lot of air play and was making a name for himself as a top producer in hip hop and R&B while on Sleeping Bag. I knew a guy that worked at Sleeping Bag Records at the time Kurtis was there and he kept me informed with the whole Mantronix situation and i believe there was other labels interested in kurtis as well.Just think if he would have started his own indie label back then.Also i got a chance to meet and talked to Kurtis and Mc Tee around that time and Kurtis was a quiet guy but very cool

[@thehealthychefri]

Mantronix takes a back seat to nobody!

[@QuanticeProductions]

He's A Top Bloke, Massive Influence... 👍