| Desert Funk Soundtrack | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | M.C. Magic |
| Cover: | Desert Funk.jpg |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Nastyboy |
| Producer: | M.C. Magic |
| Prev Title: | Don't Worry |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Magic City |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Desert Funk Soundtrack (stylized as M.C. Magic Presents Desert Funk! Soundtrack) is a compilation album project produced by rapper M.C. Magic, on the independent label Nastyboy Records. After releasing his first album Don't Worry in 1995, Marcus Cardenas found a hip-hop band called Nastyboy Klick, whose first album The First Chapter had attracted the attention of local radio stations, producing a number regional hits (particularly the single "Down for Yours" featuring Roger Troutman).[1] Before recording the second Nastyboy Klick's album, Cardenas recruited several Phoenix-based artists to present him a so-called Desert Funk! Soundtrack compilation.
The album had thirteen tracks recorded with such artists as True Breed, Black Insane, Nastyboy Klick, CeCe Peniston, P.O.W. and Mandi.[2] The song "I Know You Want Me" was released as a single, reaching number nine on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 R&B Singles in 1998.[3]