Beatmasters
The Beatmasters are a team of dance music songwriters, musicians and producers who were successful as artists in their own right in the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They then went on to produce and remix records for many other groups. As artists, the team had a string of chart hit singles, including "Burn It Up", "Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance to that Music You're Playing)", "Who's in the House" and "Rok Da House", the latter having been recorded in 1986, being one of the earliest examples of hip house, a subgenre of house music which features rap vocals performed over a house rhythm track.
Their initial success brought comparisons with pop record producers Stock Aitken Waterman, but the Beatmasters cited rival producers Coldcut as their major competitor.
Formation
Manda Glanfield and Paul Carter (both regulars on the London club scene) were working in the TV commercial jingle industry. Signing to the burgeoning record label Rhythm King, the duo joined labelmates Bomb the Bass and S'Express in regularly appearing in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during 1988 and 1989.
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Beatmasters
ALBUMS
- 1989: A Time to Remember the Classic Years released: 2006
- Van Brooklyn naar Breukelen released: 2002
- The Greatest Christmas Collection released: 2001
- The 80's Collection released: 2001
1989: A Time to Remember the Classic Years
Released 2006- Fergus Sings the Blues
- Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird
- Blame It on the Boogie
- Poison
- Can't Stay Away From You
- Hey Music Lover
- I Drove All Night
- Waiting for a Star to Fall
- Hangin' Tough
- She Wants to Dance With Me
- Toy Soldiers
- Waltz Darling
- Hey DJ/I Can't Dance (To the Music You're Playin)
- Choice?
- Too Much
- Losing My Mind
- Could Have Told You So
- Kennedy
- Who's in the House
- Eternal Flame
The Greatest Christmas Collection
Released 2001- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Three Kings
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Good King Wenceslas
- On Christmas Night
- Away in a Manger
- The First Noël
- In the Bleak Midwinter
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- In Dulci Jublio
- While Shepherds Watched
- A Cantata for Christmas (Extract)
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Once in Royal David's City
- Fantasia on Christmas Carols
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- I Saw Three Ships
The Beatmasters
ALBUMS
- Anywayawanna: The Best of The Beatmasters released: 2004
- Anywayawanna released: 1990
Anywayawanna: The Best of The Beatmasters
Released 2004- Hey DJ, I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing
- Rok Da House (W.E.F.U.N.K.)
- Who's in the House
- Ska Train
- Burn It Up (On the Groove Tip)
- Warm Love
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Dunno What It Is About You
- Burn It Up (7" mix)
- Night in Action
- Make Me Feel
- Don't Stop the Beat
- Midnight Girl
- Sarayet-Sayam Sembtae, Part 1
- Acid Burn
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by Az
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by Justin Hayward
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by Jennifer Love Hewitt
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by Debase
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by Judge Dread
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by Slim
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by Hush Now
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by Anomie Belle
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by Bookie
Bedtime Story
by: AzAmar, Amar, c'mon.
Yeah Dad, what?
Hope you did your homework already.
I did that already, c'mon Dad.
Nah, it's time to go to...
C'mon listen...
What happened?
I went to school today I said AZ's my daddy, they said, "Jay-Z? Nas?"
What, what?
Tell me the story again?
Ok, ok.
Aight, this is how it went down...
We talkin' a few years before you even appeared
I was into my little gear, yeah
weed and my beer
Hustlin out of fear, fear of bein' a square
Like them cowards with no gear
they just breathin' the air, son
clear, but didn't realize life ain't fair
with one drive-by, it could end your life right there
though I'm a fly guy from ????
my knife's like chyeah
Fuck the world we can fight right
I don't scare
from beer
no more nightmares here
not a tear
I was strighter than the white man's hair
Met Nasir, had that hype that jeer
Like a kite, threw me a mic
I took flight right there
that ain't lies I was nice I swear
went fool with the jewels, even iced my ears
New school, I was cool, wanted righteous wears
But from the door they didn't like that there, I ain't care
as long as I left the china white right there
and understood that you could change a life through prayer
it's all good
police even politely stared
Was unreal, but still now it feels slightly weird
I was spared
gave love, taught my peers
though it was buff, never gave up, fought my fears
Now it's like "what?"
I'm G'ed up, awesome blair
entertainer from the streets with a sportsman's flair
Yeah, that's good enough for you?
Dad, Dad, what's "G'ed up?"
Listen man, don't worry about that now, just go to sleep
Ok, ok.
I'll tell you that later on. But you know what?
What, what what?
I got one more quick story to tell you.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Maybe you could take this story, and tell your friends at school this one:
Heeeeere we go!
Out the gate, he who hate himself ain't straight
he a snake, he the type who send himself upstate
catch a case for a plate
he ainn't have to take, he coulda
Played it safe, said his grace and ate
but it's fate
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