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Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)
Studio album by Afrika Bambaataa
Released	1986 (1986)
Genre	Electro, funk, hip hop
Length	46:04
Label	Tommy Boy Warner Bros.
Producer	Afrika Bambaataa, Eric Calvi, Gavin Christopher, Lee Evans, Michael Jonzun, Bill Laswell, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Rae Serrano, Doug Wimbish
Afrika Bambaataa chronology
Planet Rock: The Album (1986) Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) (1986) Death Mix Throwdown (1987)

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10

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."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Afrika Bambaataa, except "Kick Out the Jams" by Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson

Personnel

Adapted from the Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) liner notes.

Release history

References

1. Robbins, Ira (2007). "Afrika Bambaataa". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
2. Greenberg, Adam. "Afrika Bambaataa: Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 71.
5. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 8–9.
6. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 27–28.
7. McCoy 1992, p. 162.
8. Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) (sleeve). Afrika Bambaataa and Family. New York, New York: Tommy Boy Records. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

References

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

External links

• Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere) at Discogs (list of releases)

• Afrika Bambaataa albums
• 1986 albums
• Tommy Boy Records albums
• Albums produced by Michael Jonzun
• Albums produced by Bill Laswell
• Albums produced by Keith LeBlanc