• "Looking for the Perfect Beat" is a song by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. The song was produced by Arthur Baker and John Robie and was the follow-up...
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  • for the Perfect Beat" and "Renegades of Funk" (which is one of the earliest political-conscious rap songs, alongside Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's...
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  • Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980–1985 is a compilation album by hip hop musician Afrika Bambaataa. Looking for the Perfect Beat: 1980–1985 was released...
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    Bambaataa's second release around 1983 was "Looking for the Perfect Beat", then later, "Renegades of Funk", both with the same Soulsonic Force. He began working...
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    Planet Rock (song) (category Certification Table Entry usages for United States)
    difficult. The followup single to "Planet Rock", "Looking for the Perfect Beat" was released in December 1982. A full-length album titled Planet Rock: The Album...
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  • Holla at Me (category Single chart usages for Billboardhot100)
    "Looking for the Perfect Beat". "Holla at Me" debuted and peaked at number 59 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 24, 2006. It stayed on the chart...
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  • samples used in "Beat Dis". Samples used in different versions may vary. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force – "Looking for the Perfect Beat", originally...
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    "Planet". In 2006, the financial services company Visa used a Baker-produced track from Afrika Bambaataa's "Looking For the Perfect Beat" as the backing music...
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  • "If I Ruled the World" - Arsenio Hall (Dr. Carver and Bobby Proud) "Looking for the Perfect Beat" - Performed by Afrika Bambaatta & the Soulsonic Force...
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  • Control Myself (category Single chart usages for Australia)
    a sample of Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force's 1983 song "Looking for the Perfect Beat", while the vocals interpolate Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel's 1983...
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