Funk Your Head Up

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
RapReviews	9/10
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10

Funk Your Head Up is the second studio album by American hip hop group Ultramagnetic MCs. It was released on March 17, 1992, via Mercury Records/PolyGram.

Many of the tracks were remixed by outside producers at Mercury Records' insistence. The result was an album that disappointed hardcore fans of the group, while doing little to improve their sales. The sole hit single was a Beatminerz remix of "Poppa Large" that was not included on the album.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "If hip-hop were only about clever lyrics and concrete breakbeats, the UMC’s might have been on top of the world. But next to the street socio-politics of Ice Cube, the gangsta dramatics of Dr. Dre and the shock gimmickry of Geto Boys, Ultramagnetics were beginning to sound nostalgic."

In a retrospective review, The Quietus called the album "flawed but frequently magnificent," writing that the production "redefines the concept of funk for the hip hop era and gives Keith's rhymes, in particular, the sort of blaxploitation-via-sci-fi setting they uniquely demanded."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction to the Funk"		DJ Moe Love	0:20
2.	"Intro"	M. Smith H. Bohannon	DJ Moe Love	2:16
3.	"MC Champion"	C. Miller T. Randolph K. ThorntonM. Smith	Ced-GeeDJ Moe Love (co.)TR Love (co.)Phase 5 (co.)	3:27
4.	"Go 4 Yours"	C. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	TR LoveCed-Gee (co.)	2:54
5.	"Blast from the Past"	C. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	DJ Moe Love	0:42
6.	"Funk Radio"	T. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	DJ Moe LoveKool KeithTR Love (co.)	4:08
7.	"Message from the Boss"	C. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	Ced-GeeTR Love (co.)	4:45
8.	"Pluckin' Cards"	W. PattersonT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	Kool KeithDJ Moe Love (co.)	5:00
9.	"Intermission" (featuring Dr. Jam)		Kool KeithThe Brothers Of FunkDr. Jam	0:31
10.	"Stop Jockin Me"	C. McIntoshW. PattersonC. MillerP. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	TR LoveDinky B (co.)	4:49
11.	"Dolly and the Rat Trap"	T. RandolphK. Thornton	Kool Keith	1:49
12.	"The Old School" (featuring The Cold Crush Brothers)	K. Thornton	TR LoveDJ Moe Love (co.)	0:16
13.	"Bust the Facts"	T. RandolphK. Thornton	Kool Keith	4:52
14.	"Murder and Homicide"	K. Thornton	Kool Keith	0:21
15.	"You Ain't Real"	W. PattersonC. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	TR LoveDJ Moe Love (co.)	4:18
16.	"Make it Happen"	T. Blair J. BrownC. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. SmithF. WesleyW. PattersonC. Bobbit	Ced-GeeDJ Moe Love (co.)TR Love (co.)Phase 5 (co.)	4:30
17.	"I Like Your Style"	C. LewisC. MillerT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. SmithM. Wiley	Charlie BeatsCed-Gee (co.)	3:45
18.	"Bi-Lingual Teaching"	K. Thornton	DJ Moe LoveKool Keith	0:05
19.	"Poppa Large"	C. MillerK. Thornton	Ced-GeeKool KeithPhase 5 (co.)	4:17
20.	"Moe Love on the 1 and 2"	M. Smith	DJ Moe Love	3:37
21.	"Porno Star" (featuring Tim Dog)	T. BlairC. MillerW. PattersonT. RandolphK. ThorntonM. Smith	DJ Moe LoveKool KeithTR Love (co.)	7:00
22.	"The P.M.R.C. ID"		DJ Moe Love	0:20
23.	"Chorus Line Pt. 2" (featuring Tim Dog)	C. Adams R. Bell R. BellT. BlairR. MickensC. MillerT. RandolphD. ThomasK. ThorntonM. Smith	Ced-GeeDJ Moe Love (co.)Kool Keith (co.)TR Love (co.)	5:46
Total length:	1:09:54

Personnel

Keith Matthew Thornton - main artist, producer
Maurice Russell Smith - main artist, producer
Cedric Ulmont Miller - main artist, producer
Trevor Randolph - main artist, producer
Timothy Blair - featured artist (tracks: 21, 23)
Henrik Milling - featured artist & producer (track 9)
Charles Lewis - producer (track 17)
Henrik Leif Marquart - co-producer (tracks: 3, 16, 19)
William "Spaceman" Patterson - guitar (tracks: 10, 15, 16, 21)
Alli Truch - art direction & design
Michael Bays - art direction
Michael Lavine - photography

External links

. Discogs. 1992.