Music Madness | ||||
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Studio album by Mantronix | ||||
Released | May 1986 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, electro-funk | |||
Label | Sleeping Bag | |||
Producer | Kurtis Mantronik | |||
Mantronix chronology | ||||
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Music Madness is the second album by old school hip hop and electro funk group Mantronix. Music Madness was the final Mantronix album released on the independent Sleeping Bag Records label. The hip hop album features club-oriented production by Kurtis Mantronik and MC Tee's b-boy-based rapping.
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "B–" and found Kurtis Mantronik's beats to be full of "groove, variety, and (damn right) human touch", but facetiously pitied M.C. Tee for needing "boasting lessons." In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Alex Henderson gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and viewed it as both Mantronix's second best album behind The Album and "proof of how fresh-sounding and creative Mantronix was in the beginning."
In 1987, Sleeping Bag Records released the album on compact disc with the name Music Madness Plus, which included five bonus tracks from The Album.
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
Billboard (North America) - singles