Planet Rock: The Album

Planet Rock
Studio album by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
Released	December 1, 1986
Recorded	1981–1986
Genre	Electro old school hip hop breakbeat
Length	46:09
Label	Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Arthur Baker John Robie Fats Comet Productions Keith LeBlanc Doug Wimbish Skip McDonald
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force chronology
Death Mix (1983) Planet Rock (1986) Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) (1986)
Singles from Planet Rock: The Album
"Looking for the Perfect Beat" Released: January 1983 "Renegades of Funk" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[2]

Planet Rock: The Album is an old school hip hop album by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, released in 1986 as a collection of previous singles. The song "Planet Rock" was one of the earliest hits of the hip hop music genre and remains one of its pioneering recordings. The single's liner notes include members of Kraftwerk with the songwriting credits. In creating the track, portions of Kraftwerk's "Numbers" and "Trans-Europe Express" were interpolated (re-recorded in the studio, rather than through the use of a digital sampler), along with portions of songs by Captain Sky and Ennio Morricone.