Mixmaster Gee and The Turntable Orchestra - The Manipulator

[@pstrscott]

Man I just turned 60 yrs old and I have played this about 10 times today. Goosebumps. Hardest hip hop song ever!!!

[@fakerabi]

I’m 22 and my brothers put me on this song before I liked music. Good taste

[@EliWard-sm3tz]

Got this on wax and I'm 59 rocking it

[@3-13ENT]

Who came out first him or ll cool j??

[@jogolock1190]

On Streetsounds 14 with the Skinny Boys Rip the Cut, two bad assed tunes.

[@crystalchisholm7915]

I turned 60 in 2024 this was my jam 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sexxxnine69]

No drugs, no guns, no degrading, just hard rhymes and beats. Real rap

[@thatsenoughreally4609]

if you think they weren't doing drugs, you are high...

[@slipper-uk9878]

Music was da drug trust me

[@12w0]

leigh husker i think he meant constant references to drug use, murder/homicide, calling women bitches/hoes in the lyrics

[@mr_diatribe2324]

I think he meant not SHIT DRUGS!

[@jonesynahmeen9088]

Craig Thomas and Godzilla !!

[@pstrscott]

This song kills alot of this mess out here now. All he's talking about is his craft. Back when Hip Hop was real.

[@reallyfedup5070]

2022. 💖

[@badlieutenant3822]

Word

[@timothyblack1979]

Real hip hop

[@philipfranklin8273]

I love your comment

[@philipfranklin8273]

​@@timothyblack1979I love your comment

[@onewmnman]

I drove around for hours, playing this back in the day (age 16)...just so I could show off my new Alpine stereo!! I mean you could clearly understand the words of music in our era! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@tonimaree5099]

onewmnman me too i had an 1980 chevy citation with alpine and 6x9's and 2 12's and banging m a n i p u l a t e r hard excellent memories 😁

[@hoseahanslip9190]

I was driving from NC to NY in 2015 playing this, and was surprised at how hard this beat was STILL!!!

[@lamont28sg]

Alpine ! I had Pyramid EQ

[@GunninRebel55]

Man if you would’ve pulled up at a red light in my neighborhood bumpin this at that time I would’ve jumped my 13 year old ass in for sho. I fell in love with this the very first time I heard it. It still sounds brand new to this day.

[@GunninRebel55]

Bongo_Yoot You ain’t lying bruh. That baseline and the bells still hit like a mf. Mixmaster Gee was so far ahead of his time with this....

[@Charles-tt3dr]

Thirty years later & this song still sounds as good as it did when i first heard it!!

[@mr_diatribe2324]

I wonder how much MCA paid him? ;)

[@Charles-tt3dr]

+MR_DIATRIBE 23 Probably not a whole lot. He only made two songs for them. He probably made most of his money being a producer & a recording engineer on sessions like Dr Dre's The Chronic.....

[@mr_diatribe2324]

Whoaaa didnt know that...Yes he would have probably got paid royally for that session..Cheers for the know the ledge! Peace ;)

[@BlackPDigitalMedia]

2022 fresh

[@richardadlam7351]

Dre sampled this on "bitches ain't shit". Peace people

[@pierreking9883]

Nostalgia from peaceful times in my mind when you was the man if you had double cassette player on your jam box.. won my first kiss off this song pop locking

[@marcellax4556]

One of those classic rap/hip hop joints that still gives you goosebumps 30 years later!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️that damn bell tho!😂😂😂

[@garysimcock9816]

Ding dong ding dong dong dong 😂

[@sirjer73]

Yea that bell sound reminds of Bobby Brown Dont be cruel. Even though this came out bout 2 years prior to B Browns classic

[@Yellav64mo]

Marcella X it’s all bout the bell loooool👍🏽

[@GunninRebel55]

Yes indeed! Classic timeless Hip-Hop in its purest form.

[@GunninRebel55]

sirjer73 Man I would’ve thought The Manipulator was about ‘83ish but you’re correct. 1986. And that was a beautiful year for Hip-Hop music. I got so much love and respect for this music. It really has changed the world.

[@nathanharris7815]

I shared this with my son who's 26. He loved it

[@RoxineCrew-v9f]

🫡

[@sethbrown6670]

Strong beat! strong vocals! This song was just DOPE!!

[@errollbrantley]

It is, the beat is great work, ahead of its time . I was just singing it to my friends and haven’t heard it since I was about eleven., I am 47 now and it holds up

[@rlee269]

I've been looking for this song for 36 years. The first time I heard, I was on a radio station in Dallas, Texas. When I got back to Cali, I never heard it on the radio or played anywhere. I always asked about it, but no one heard it. Tonight, I typed in, "I am the manipulator 80s rap song, and it popped up. This beat was hitting then and still hits hard now.

[@andrepotts4493]

I was 14 or 15 when this came out in 86 a high school freshman back then.

[@laylapeppers9861]

I was 14!

[@pstrscott]

This was my DJ Anthem!!! I used to go crazy when this came on. This kills it today!!!

[@ricotubbs5238]

The Godzilla roar scratch tho that rip there was awesome ! Bring music like this back! 💪💯

[@navyman4]

This is the ABSOLUTELY HARDEST rap song to date. NOT ONE CUSS WORD..... NOT ONE MENTION OF A GUN.... Yet when I hear this I'm not afraid of anything or anybody!

[@eddiepatterson5025]

You’re right Not One Cuss Word. Not mentioned a single Gun.

[@hoisetheprotector7847]

😊

[@daillmeskin]

I still got my original 12 inch vinyl of this. As a kid I would just sit and stare at the album cover for hours. Mixmaster Gee was an early inspiration for me. After hearing this joint I remember trying to find all sorts of records that had that Godzilla roar on it! It doesn't get any better than this for that time period.

[@cpoky]

This and DJ Cheese, King Cut...two most underrated old school jams

[@christopherread2510]

Will check King Cut out now!

[@djdarrinb677]

CLASSIC! I've been a DJ for over 40 years and I remember first seeing this 12 inch cover in the record store and I was pissed! I had an idea of performing with a group of DJ's and calling them my turntable orchestra. I wanted them in the boxes with their turntables and my initials on the front of the box like Lawrence Welk had for his orchestra. Once I heard this joint...can't front...wasn't mad no more. He beat me to the idea and on top of that, the track, the rhyme is PERFECTION! THIS IS HIP HOP MUSIC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Big ups to Mixmaster Gee & the Turntable Orchestra...M-A-N-I-P-U LATOR!

[@shiggity42]

This song still HARD AF. If you were banging this back in the day, you was on another level. And if you’re still banging this in 2022, you’re still on another level.

[@richeyaundray2886]

Boy this cut is nuthin but fire with nitro glycerin added to it! Shit is absolutely ferocious MixmasterGee was a beast! One of the best hip hop songs ever🔥🔥🔥

[@NOTODIVERSITY123]

This track still rocks in 2022.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥holy Toledo

[@sobaclipper]

I had this on cassette recorded from the radio m-a-n-i-p-u-lator!!!

[@davidlewis1957]

SO DID I!!!

[@sirjer73]

Damn Me 2 Magic 108 St. Louis Missouri 1986!!!

[@sobaclipper]

I want to say WRIU 90.3 Rhode Island oct 86

[@sobaclipper]

Yo and not to mention Craig G was the shit on Marley Mark vol 1

[@spazkong]

Brilliant. I borrowed a cassette from the library and copied it. I feel lucky they had this stuff in Rural England.

[@vancozzin8998]

This was one of my favorite back in the day! Scratches, cuts, use of an echo chamber, clear pronunciation of words, descriptive lyrics, one subject and concept and a flowing funky beat! The epitome of what a rap song should sound like!!

[@OldSkoolMuzik2]

HARD AS HELL!!! I used to play this at every jam I DJed in the 80's. Still have the record and original cover...always wondered if he really used 8 turntables during live shows

[@icefrostwolf7250]

Fuck me, is this the greatest Hip Hop tune of all time? Rhymes, cuts, breaks, synths, production all on point. He goes in HARD. A lot of Hip Hoppers need to learn from this.

[@akumazero13]

....but therein lies the problem. The rappers today threw away the fundamentals of the genre to make a quick buck and get a little fame. They are simply ignoring the basics of what makes the genre amazing. Thats like Lebron and Steph Curry ignoring the skills, talent and fundamentals displayed by Jordan, Ewing, Irving and the other legends of the game.

[@MrDJ3940]

damian williamson yea bro this beat goes hard as chit still after all thia time

[@claypleasant6327]

I agree. This was my favorite song for a long long time

[@spazkong]

Nicely said

[@renwickwebster4491]

Cruisin' in my hood with my crew in my mom's black 1979 Chevy Caprice Classic with the sunroof open bumpin' this like crazy! Damn, so many great memories!

[@dianeberry8824]

Still rocking this joint September 24th 2020. Who listening with me ? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Cecils Palace Long Beach Ca the 80s. Dance all night to this.

[@garyculp4179]

A true hip-hop legend, way beyond this amazing track!! Look him up!

[@darionmcdonald4950]

this is hip hop at its finest

[@mauricehunter6737]

one most Funkiest hip-hop from way Back in the Day!

[@forbesjefferyc]

Ah YEAH! Take me back to the days when DJ's busted their behinds scratching on real vinyl. Back when one slip or skip separated the pros from the scrubs. Back when scratching was just as important as the verse AND the hook. That is, if the scratchin wasn't ALREADY the hook. Hip Hop started with just the DJs. Then they delegated the lyrics to the MCs. Then the MCs became the focal point and the DJs slid into the background. Now, we see MCs but where are the DJs in moderern Hip Hop? I literally grew up in the 80's (being born in 1970) and I remember my moms calling rap "the devil's music." Now we have people 60+ years old rapping! But back to the DJ's. Back in the day, the old school crews made sure the DJ got his props. I used to wonder about that. Why DJ names came first in the title of some artists... Rockmaster Scott &..., Grandmaster Flash &..., DJ Jazzy Jeff &..., Jam Master Jay Run DMC....... Scratchin did just what it's name meant. It got that itch I had when listening to old school rap. I think it evolved or dissolved into the foundations of hip hop over time. Hip hop would not be the same (if it were here at all) were it not for the creative brothers finding new ways to entertain in the streets of NYC. So, if you got nothing better to do after reading all of this, just listen to "The Show" by Dougie Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, featuring Slick Rick. Right around 2:33, you'll hear some of the smoothest scratches ever. Like an exacto knife through butter. LOL. Peace!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHXOoq1reJtlia8

[@dionjessup5854]

i grew up on this

[@LordLorenzo271]

No matter how many times I leave a comment, I'm a say, they'll never be hip hop music like this again. I'm 53, and in my day the circle I came from in the mid 80s was the 💣 back then at basement and backyard house parties.

[@Gil-s5n]

Yes Sir!!! No Doubt!!!

[@donnemoore3717]

THIS SONG BRINGS SOME GREAT MEMORIES. FOR ONE I WAS BEING TAUGHT HOW TO WORK TWO TURNTABLES AND MIXER BY A DJ BY THE NAME OF DJ JUNEBUG FROM OUT OF CONNECTICUT. HE HAD DOUBLE COPIES OF THIS RECORD. ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES.

[@ONEPLAYK_]

I still remember the chills i got the first time i heard this song. Diggin thru my uncle's crates and being so fascinated with the album cover (im an album art lover) and when he played it i was so hype #hiphopforever #muchlove #fromSavannahGA

[@kennythomas2516]

Me too, bro, ..straight outta Hitch Village!

[@ONEPLAYK_]

​@@kennythomas2516 cpote!!!!

[@TYRONEAC01]

this was one of those head banging joints ,mix master gee was tight wit his, straight classic

[@enesdenes6540]

To me it is definitely the best hip hop song ever! It is top notch! Second to none! Non plus ultra! Absolutely Perfect!

[@dianeberry8824]

Best song ever ! Who still listening with me July 1 2020 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏

[@keyonsnoel6653]

Brings back memories of my first year in high school.Long live old skool!!!!!!

[@hoseahanslip9190]

2020, and this beat still BANGS!!!

[@philipfranklin8273]

I love your comment

[@dianeberry8824]

Best song ever no cussing & just hard rhymes & beats ❤❤❤

[@dannysandy5309]

I can't promise no cuss words on songs on all

[@coreyvaughan5624]

Omg I found it at last such a great tune haven't heard this since I was a teenager 😳

[@PrAnG2000]

Greg Royal a.k.a. Mixmaster Gee went on to work with Dr Dre on The Chronic

[@King__XL]

Word Up!

[@jboslim]

for real. i didn't know that . big ups for the info man . peace.

[@user-go8cu5ex7u]

Then like I said in my previous comment, Gee was rockin the bells before Cool J and way before Dre. For real it looks like Gee brought the bells to the table. Turn table.

[@OldSkoolMuzik2]

Cracked in two or missing a piece, you'll be rubbing your eyes in disbelief!!! DAMN I LOVE THIS SONG!

[@jason3843]

still go's hard to this day

[@BBoyBiff]

Its fuckin timeless ! 😍👊🏽

[@danawhitesr8859]

I'm from the nasty natti. Cincinnati,Ohio. I'm 1 of the 2 best DJs here for the past 30 yrs. For cutting, scratching, transforming, and flat out trick mixing. I miss the style on wax..👍

[@Jwbagz21]

I heard this on Backspin on XM and had to have it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vincentself8662]

I used this mix master G instrumental as an intro to the demonstration of my skills on 2-12's

[@ricksanchez3501]

I was 11 years old when I heard this song for the first time it came on the radio and I thought it was the greatest song I ever heard in my life requested it everyday at least 5 times

[@yaktown1985]

Damn what a beast of a song back in the day!! Blasting this on Pioneer speakers and equilizers!

[@traviscook63]

Damn, think I still have this on VINYL!

[@rodneyclark9353]

Travis Cook i do to, along with Fresh Gordon and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. and other east coast 80's shit

[@12w0]

Travis Cook let me know when you want to sell

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@12w0 i SOLD MINE IN 2014...

[@donmega9006]

That's as real as it gets, I mean in the L we had cardboard and was spinning, egg rolling running wild. You a real G to put this out there M. A. N. I. P. U. Later God bless you brother.

[@morningstar1423]

Don Mega right on man! First heard it on Streetsounds Electro 14..shine up the lino and spin all day!! When Hip Hop was "our" thing!!! Peace

[@JimLigon]

This brings back crazy memories!!!

[@westucker9806]

Jim Ligon. yes sir go Steelers

[@RobDarkhalf]

I love this track, it has so much energy in it! It's good to let rip into vocals sometimes and not enough do it.

[@blackstonechariot]

this one of the coldest dudes from the 80s,rakim and mix master Gee set the bar for real ryhming as far as formating word play.cold AZZ beat to. nuff said.

[@timsnel123]

This goes hard!!!

[@bruteluv]

this song was before its time

[@joachimkeitrel44]

Dre Jackson fire was beat! damn I been lookin for this for DECADES

[@bruteluv]

joachimkeitrel44 hell yeah lol

[@BBoyBiff]

For sure , amazing timeless joint 👊🏽

[@kevinjenkins6136]

Especially when he mentions rocking the party with a compact disc at a time when the format was relatively new.

[@andrejackson1199]

@@kevinjenkins6136 yep

[@WARDOG5112]

When i get a fresh cut!!!!!!

[@TheMelancholicTigah]

I Bust The Seal!!!

[@vincentlynn3815]

MoeSteady Moore I buss the seal!!!!

[@ramongoudeau4390]

I pull it out the cover and 0lace it on the wheels

[@GunninRebel55]

Ramon Goudeau Release the arm, let the cue down, hit the start button the platter goes around.....

[@ramongoudeau4390]

@@GunninRebel55 Pick up the headphone, slip them on turn up the volume, so I can hear the song. Using the cross fader and the 1200 Technic, I'll mistreat the beat and suffer no defeat

[@calvinwomack2232]

19 years old, in college, strolling with my letters around the floor with my brothers.. ... classic

[@garysimcock9816]

Immaculate cuts With immense precision

[@TheBangkokB]

This bell is a punishment of your sins and transgressions Punishing!

[@marcusbreakfield1527]

The only DJ to scratch Godzilla!!!!!

[@cpoky]

YES....my favorite part, always wished back in the 80s when i heard this it would be longer/more. As a kid i was like OHHHHHH SHIT!!! Godzilla...for REAL!! Lol

[@michaelshorter2041]

I thought that Godzilla scratch was dopest thing I heard back then! Don't know how many times I hit rewind on that!

[@calvinc5888]

Yep. The only one to bring in Godzilla’s roar smoothly…

[@brotherfugue]

Listen to what he's saying at 4:59 regarding how hard it can be to maintain and protect vinyl: "Fortunately, technology has created crystal clear clarity that eliminates pops, ticks and hiss, which is why I rock the house via COMPACT DISC!" (ALMOST) NOBODY was DJing with CDs back in 1986. Prophetic shit here!

[@kevinjenkins6136]

That was the coldest line in the song to me

[@strong-tower]

I remember the first time I played this in my dorm room at Hill Air Force Base. I was fresh outta Korea with the dopest stereo in the dorm and my Sansui speakers were thumpin hard! All the brothers were asking me to make them a tape with this as the first cut.

[@alstan631]

I played this song to death during the 86-87 school year. My senior year.

[@clees501]

man, I remember going to the skating rink waiting for this song to come on so I could hit the floor...still dope! Holy Toledo!

[@EnvoyExpress]

i like the Godzilla sound at 5:30

[@seasonedveteran3517]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🦖 #🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@eklipz72]

Man, whoever posted this THANK YOU. i was reminiscing about my days in jr. high and was just reciting this joint!

[@samakrosario5546]

I remember being at a school dance back in 86 when they rocked this and the entire dance floor doing the Wop. Dope ass song.

[@vincentvandevelde1453]

How underrated classic can you get!! Damn.. Fresh in 2021

[@VictorAli_0209]

Cover artwork is just fantastic...love it ❣😎

[@nathanielgoodwin1236]

Fort Riley KS 86 I was rocking this. My East Coast friends from Philly knew nothing about this track. Hip Hop used to be so regional I miss those days

[@ricksanchez3501]

My last name is Goodwin

[@ray-xr9ro]

The greatest hip hop song ever in my book 🎙️🎤

[@jimmiejam1200]

STILL FRESHHHHHHH IN 2017

[@dpflemons6810]

Still fresh in 2020

[@MrSpeedking41]

I'm now 42 years old and this jam was the shyt when I was 17! I remember cruisin the strip in my home town in my Feiro GT jammin this cut to like no tomorrow, over and over again!

[@jandevery]

Still HARD! Good times in the early 80's.... no music can touch this era! Pack Jam, Clear, Don't Stop the Rock, etc... Saturday nights in the parking lot after cleaning the car ALL DAY! Can't beat it! LOL!

[@phillyfanatik]

Could you post up the dub? There was an extra rap he did - sick....He sounds like a mad LL Cool J...lol Who'd think he'd be so prophetic when he said "THAT'S WHY I ROCK THE HOUSE VIA COMPACT DISC!!!!"

[@master1972w]

one of my favorites

[@samt.4228]

This is so hard.

[@Moshe.1972]

This song brings so many memories this is truly a classic

[@smilerpacey]

This era of Hip Hop/Rap is Gold. This particular slice along with T’La Rock’s Breaking bells are nails hard and impossible not to blast out.

[@staceyedenfield4132]

Real hip-hop

[@franknitty8184]

I was 17 when this came out... This shit was hard then and it's hard now!!!

[@WardenSpectreCommander]

Hadn't heard this song since about 1987. Glad it's out here for us with a taste of old school classics

[@artg8481]

Cass Tech sophmore year had the brass belt buckle that you put letters in. Mine said "Manipulator" and the song still cranks

[@dvilla1587]

Best 80s rap track....if not best of all time!

[@unixfool]

I've got this on 12" singles (2 of them) stored in my basement.

[@dianeberry9767]

Greatest song Eva !!!!!!!

[@henryroland4197]

My favorite song of all time. Over all music.

[@robevans2659]

Hardest and most raw hip-hop record ever made ...today's trap and drill rappers should hang their heads in shame ...no foul language, no mention of guns, cash, ho's etc .... Still rocking in Nov 2020 !

[@nnpjeste]

Man! You got to love it old school hiphop that timeless. This is why I keep me 1200.

[@phephe43]

I loved this song back in the day!!

[@keithtrice9158]

Yeah One of my favorite rapp songs of all times 1986

[@42j]

Thank You so Much for posting this. This truly is a CLASSIC!!!!

[@dannysandy5309]

Your very welcome

[@cliftonthomas2609]

Thanks for posting. I remember this all to well.

[@cydwoq1234]

I remember when this song came out! This song will live on forever! **********

[@editboy23]

I can't believe I found this song. It's been so long...thanks for this gem. THIS IS WHY I LOVE KZbin

[@charlesgreen5851]

This record is still dope!!!! Who knew he would become the main keyboard player on the Chronic 6 years later

[@BlackMarvellous]

I was 11 years old when I heard this track and the rest was history so dope

[@fazeboogie]

Ohhhh Mannnnnnnn..Hartford Connecticut.. 1985 Bboy down..Kickin' it on the Avenue...Thanx for posting homey.. Boogie

[@fredataylor6618]

ONE OF THEE BEST OL SKOOL JAMS STILL BANGING IT IN 202 I REMEMBER TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH ON THE GREYHOUND AT 14YRS OLD AND LISTENING TO THIS THROUGH MY WALKMAN ON A NEW YORK STATION AND THAT INTRO WOKE THE WHOLE BUS UP #MEMORIES

[@laylapeppers9861]

Reminds me of a teen club we used to go to named The Animal House! Fun times!

[@david6929]

Yep. I remember the animal house up past halls ferry circle. St. Louis. Class of 88!!