7/11/2023 0 Comments Newcleus jam on it poster![]() With this in mind, Newcleus gave us the power of the beat to fight back against parental oppression. To illustrate, the group’s 1984 album Jam on Revenge even opens with an origin story about “a band of musicians from a far-off galaxy, a place where music and dancing are against all cosmic and computer law.”Ĭoncerning such rulemaking, let’s recall that during the ’80s Footloose-era , the struggle against dancing was very real. Similar to George Clinton’s merry music-makers, Newcleus was big on myth building. ![]() ![]() Newcleus’ 1984 track “Jam On It” is ubiquitous, appearing everywhere from Beat Street to Dance Dance Revolution. A Brooklyn-born hip-hop collective, they came on like a lean electro cousin of P-Funk. Pitch-shifted vocals mimic a scratching record. Schoolyard taunts. A bass drum bounces like a freshly-pumped basketball.
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