Amazing achievement, in that Bambaataa manages to be an early pioneer of hiphop, but also, through splicing various synth-heavy beats (including cuts by Kraftwerk) he also laid the groundwork for House music and other forms of electronic experimentalism.
I could easily see this being a reference point for bands as varied as early Red Hot Chili Peppers through to the Chemical Brothers. Rage Against the Machine would go on to cover "Renegades of Funk" and the Beastie Boys would sample Bambaataa.
A true visionary musical force.
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