Mixmaster Gee and The Turntable Orchestra - The Manipulator 

No drugs, no guns, no degrading, just hard rhymes and beats. Real rap

Man I just turned 60 yrs old and I have played this about 10 times today. Goosebumps. Hardest hip hop song ever!!!

This song kills alot of this mess out here now. All he's talking about is his craft. Back when Hip Hop was real.

Nostalgia from peaceful times in my mind when you was the man if you had double cassette player on your jam box.. won my first kiss off this song pop locking

Best song ever ! Who still listening with me July 1 2020 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏

I drove around for hours, playing this back in the day (age 16)...just so I could show off my new Alpine stereo!! I mean you could clearly understand the words of music in our era! 🎶🎶🎶🎶

I shared this with my son who's 26. He loved it

This song still HARD AF. If you were banging this back in the day, you was on another level. And if you’re still banging this in 2022, you’re still on another level.

This track still rocks in 2022.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥holy Toledo

Strong beat! strong vocals! This song was just DOPE!!

I've been looking for this song for 36 years. The first time I heard, I was on a radio station in Dallas, Texas. When I got back to Cali, I never heard it on the radio or played anywhere. I always asked about it, but no one heard it. Tonight, I typed in, "I am the manipulator 80s rap song, and it popped up. This beat was hitting then and still hits hard now.

One of those classic rap/hip hop joints that still gives you goosebumps 30 years later!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️that damn bell tho!😂😂😂

Thirty years later & this song still sounds as good as it did when i first heard it!!

this is hip hop at its finest

This is the ABSOLUTELY HARDEST rap song to date. NOT ONE CUSS WORD..... NOT ONE MENTION OF A GUN.... Yet when I hear this I'm not afraid of anything or anybody!

CLASSIC! I've been a DJ for over 40 years and I remember first seeing this 12 inch cover in the record store and I was pissed! I had an idea of performing with a group of DJ's and calling them my turntable orchestra. I wanted them in the boxes with their turntables and my initials on the front of the box like Lawrence Welk had for his orchestra. Once I heard this joint...can't front...wasn't mad no more. He beat me to the idea and on top of that, the track, the rhyme is PERFECTION! THIS IS HIP HOP MUSIC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Big ups to Mixmaster Gee & the Turntable Orchestra...M-A-N-I-P-U LATOR!

This was my DJ Anthem!!! I used to go crazy when this came on. This kills it today!!!

Still rocking this joint September 24th 2020. Who listening with me ? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Cecils Palace Long Beach Ca the 80s. Dance all night to this.

i grew up on this

I still got my original 12 inch vinyl of this. As a kid I would just sit and stare at the album cover for hours. Mixmaster Gee was an early inspiration for me. After hearing this joint I remember trying to find all sorts of records that had that Godzilla roar on it! It doesn't get any better than this for that time period.

This and DJ Cheese, King Cut...two most underrated old school jams

Best song ever no cussing & just hard rhymes & beats ❤❤❤

one most Funkiest hip-hop from way Back in the Day!

2020, and this beat still BANGS!!!

Fuck me, is this the greatest Hip Hop tune of all time? Rhymes, cuts, breaks, synths, production all on point. He goes in HARD. A lot of Hip Hoppers need to learn from this.

Boy this cut is nuthin but fire with nitro glycerin added to it! Shit is absolutely ferocious MixmasterGee was a beast! One of the best hip hop songs ever🔥🔥🔥

The Godzilla roar scratch tho that rip there was awesome ! Bring music like this back! 💪💯

This goes hard!!!

Omg.... this joint was fire back in the day!

A true hip-hop legend, way beyond this amazing track!! Look him up!

I had this on cassette recorded from the radio m-a-n-i-p-u-lator!!!

still go's hard to this day

This was one of my favorite back in the day! Scratches, cuts, use of an echo chamber, clear pronunciation of words, descriptive lyrics, one subject and concept and a flowing funky beat! The epitome of what a rap song should sound like!!

Cruisin' in my hood with my crew in my mom's black 1979 Chevy Caprice Classic with the sunroof open bumpin' this like crazy! Damn, so many great memories!

Cracked in two or missing a piece, you'll be rubbing your eyes in disbelief!!! DAMN I LOVE THIS SONG!

Brings back memories of my first year in high school.Long live old skool!!!!!!

19 years old, in college, strolling with my letters around the floor with my brothers.. ... classic

This brings back crazy memories!!!

this song was before its time

Immaculate cuts With immense precision

Real hip-hop

The only DJ to scratch Godzilla!!!!!

No matter how many times I leave a comment, I'm a say, they'll never be hip hop music like this again. I'm 53, and in my day the circle I came from in the mid 80s was the 💣 back then at basement and backyard house parties.

Omg I found it at last such a great tune haven't heard this since I was a teenager 😳

HARD AS HELL!!! I used to play this at every jam I DJed in the 80's. Still have the record and original cover...always wondered if he really used 8 turntables during live shows

hell yea man! all the ol skool people needa unite to bring this back in 2015! great music for great people...

this was one of those head banging joints ,mix master gee was tight wit his, straight classic

The greatest hip hop song ever in my book 🎙️🎤

THIS SONG BRINGS SOME GREAT MEMORIES. FOR ONE I WAS BEING TAUGHT HOW TO WORK TWO TURNTABLES AND MIXER BY A DJ BY THE NAME OF DJ JUNEBUG FROM OUT OF CONNECTICUT. HE HAD DOUBLE COPIES OF THIS RECORD. ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES.

I was 14 or 15 when this came out in 86 a high school freshman back then.

one of my favorites

Greg Royal a.k.a. Mixmaster Gee went on to work with Dr Dre on The Chronic

STILL FRESHHHHHHH IN 2017

Damn, think I still have this on VINYL!

I still remember the chills i got the first time i heard this song. Diggin thru my uncle's crates and being so fascinated with the album cover (im an album art lover) and when he played it i was so hype #hiphopforever #muchlove #fromSavannahGA

This is so hard.

Greatest song Eva !!!!!!!

When i get a fresh cut!!!!!!

This bell is a punishment of your sins and transgressions Punishing!

Damn what a beast of a song back in the day!! Blasting this on Pioneer speakers and equilizers!

I'm from the nasty natti. Cincinnati,Ohio. I'm 1 of the 2 best DJs here for the past 30 yrs. For cutting, scratching, transforming, and flat out trick mixing. I miss the style on wax..👍

Still HARD! Good times in the early 80's.... no music can touch this era! Pack Jam, Clear, Don't Stop the Rock, etc... Saturday nights in the parking lot after cleaning the car ALL DAY! Can't beat it! LOL!

This song brings so many memories this is truly a classic

How underrated classic can you get!! Damn.. Fresh in 2021

I'm still bumping this on the old school 15inch Corwin vegas,,,Fresh old school hip hop...

Cover artwork is just fantastic...love it ❣😎

Best song ever!! PERIOD, END OF STORY!!!

I heard this on Backspin on XM and had to have it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still listening to this song 2021..

Best 80s rap track....if not best of all time!

Omg! What a tune! #memories

I was 11 years old when I heard this song for the first time it came on the radio and I thought it was the greatest song I ever heard in my life requested it everyday at least 5 times

Hadn't heard this song since about 1987. Glad it's out here for us with a taste of old school classics

I love this track, it has so much energy in it! It's good to let rip into vocals sometimes and not enough do it.

One of my favorite song from the Rhine Stone .

Ohhhh Mannnnnnnn..Hartford Connecticut.. 1985 Bboy down..Kickin' it on the Avenue...Thanx for posting homey.. Boogie

man, I remember going to the skating rink waiting for this song to come on so I could hit the floor...still dope! Holy Toledo!

my dad told me about dis song, says it was a huge jam n da 80s...gotta say i like it

this one of the coldest dudes from the 80s,rakim and mix master Gee set the bar for real ryhming as far as formating word play.cold AZZ beat to. nuff said.

My favorite song of all time. Over all music.

I played this song to death during the 86-87 school year. My senior year.

I used this mix master G instrumental as an intro to the demonstration of my skills on 2-12's

I loved this song back in the day!!

My. Cut. That is all. 2023 still rockin’

1986!

I remember being at a school dance back in 86 when they rocked this and the entire dance floor doing the Wop. Dope ass song.

That's as real as it gets, I mean in the L we had cardboard and was spinning, egg rolling running wild. You a real G to put this out there M. A. N. I. P. U. Later God bless you brother.

Hell yah, 88.1 was the shit!! I would stay up all night to record the latest jams and fill up my tapes. That is real Hip Hop...Franklin Ave on a saturday eve with my crew.... Peace Boogie

Man, whoever posted this THANK YOU. i was reminiscing about my days in jr. high and was just reciting this joint!

the best ever ...always will be my favourite hip hop track of all times

Man! You got to love it old school hiphop that timeless. This is why I keep me 1200.

I remember when this song came out! This song will live on forever! **********

I was 17 when this came out... This shit was hard then and it's hard now!!!

Thanks for posting. I remember this all to well.

Bought this as a 45, played it to the BONE.

damn!... this was the song that got me wanting to be a battle dj !.. 1986-87 was a great year for hip hop!..

My shit old school when rap was real. Repeat this shit forever ❤️❤️❤️

This record is still dope!!!! Who knew he would become the main keyboard player on the Chronic 6 years later

When rap was real ♥️💯🙏💪

i like the Godzilla sound at 5:30