Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) Explained

Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
Type:	studio
Artist:	Afrika Bambaataa
Cover:	Bugskull - Beware The Funk Is Everywhere.jpg
Genre:	Electro, funk, hip hop
Length:	46:04
Producer:	Afrika Bambaataa, Eric Calvi, Gavin Christopher, Lee Evans, Michael Jonzun, Bill Laswell, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Rae Serrano, Doug Wimbish
Chronology:	Afrika Bambaataa
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Death Mix Throwdown
Next Year:	1987

Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) is a studio album by Afrika Bambaataa, released in 1986 by Tommy Boy Records.^[1]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, Melody Maker reviewed the album in 1986 giving it a negative review, finding it redundant, cliched, and boring. Robert Christgau commented that, while it "tops the UTFO albums" musically, he was "grieved to report that only "Kick Out the Jams" overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with—it's got Bill Laswell all over it."

Personnel

Adapted from the Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) liner notes.^[2]

• Afrika Bambaataa – production (A1, A3, A4, B2, B4)
• Eric Calvi – production (A2)
• Gavin Christopher – production (A3)
• Jason Corsaro
• Craig Derry
• Lee Evans – production (A1, B1)
• Anton Fier: drums, percussion
• Bernard Fowler: vocals
  • Fred Fowler Grandmaster Melle Mel: Vocals
• Robin Halpin
• Michael Hampton
• Michael Jonzun – production (B2)
• Steve Knutson

• Bill Laswell – production (A4)
• Keith LeBlanc – production (B2, B4)
• Vince Madison
• Skip McDonald – production (B2, B4)
• Cindy Mizelle
• Paul Pesco: guitars
• Michael Ciro : Guitars
• Screamin' Rachael
• Rae Serrano – production (A1, B1)
• Nicky Skopelitis
• Rob Stevens
• Pat Thrall: guitars
• Doug Wimbish – production (B2, B4)
• Bernie Worrell: keyboards

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records	CD, CS, LP	01008
Japan	1987	CBS/Sony	CD	32DP 640
United States	2005	DBK	CD	dbk527

References

References

• Book: McCoy, Judy. Rap Music in the 1980s: A Reference Guide. Scarecrow Press. 1992. 0-8108-2649-6.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ira . Robbins . Afrika Bambaataa . . 2007 . October 27, 2015.
2. Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) . . 1986 . sleeve . . New York, New York.