Soul Sonic Force

With Cosmic Force, the Soul Sonics were part of Afrika Bambaataa's ever-expanding Zulu Nation enclave. Alongside scratch DJ Jazzy Jay, Pow Wow and G.L.O.B.E., they featured rapper Mr Biggs, who had been working with Bambaataa as far back as 1974. Pow Wow, in turn, had a hand in producing ‘Planet Rock', while G.L.O.B.E. was responsible for patenting the ‘MC popping' technique, a description he preferred to rapping, which saw him dropping in and out of rhymes at short notice, producing an effect not unlike a faulty microphone. He was also responsible for may of the group's lyric...