Percussion Explosion (LP) mfdoom showing that hip-hop was not

showing that hip-hop was not the fad that haters had prophesized

Kevorkian completed the mix on borrowed time at Right Track Studios

While the A-side failed to generate major commerical buzz

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sample-based beats

Percussion Explosion (LP) mfdoom showing that hip-hop was notAs a group, Herman Kelly & Life had a relatively short life span. Releasing only a single album, Percussion Explosion!, in 1978, the Miami based band didnt have as much immediate success as some of their contemporaries. But with a single, inescapable song, they managed to forever become a part of music history. Their funky, upbeat single Dance to the Drummers Beat became one of the most recognizable and frequently used breaks in hip hop history, used