Various Artists
The Perfect Beats, Vol. 3
Label:  Tommy Boy 
Date:  10/6/1998
Length:  0:00
Format:  3LP
Genre:  Hip-Hop; New Wave
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Shannon - Give Me Tonight    
      2.  
      		 Jay Novell - If This Ain't Love    
      3.  
      		 Xena - On The Upside    
      4.  
      		 Carol Lynn Townes - 99 1/2    
      5.  
      		 The Aleems - Release Yourself    
      6.  
      		 George Kranz - Din Daa Daa    
      7.  
      		 Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise    
      8.  
      		 Heaven 17 - Let Me Go    
      9.  
      		 Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force - Renegades Of Funk    
      10.  
      		 Hashim - Al Naafiysh (The Soul)    
      11.  
      		 Jenny Burton - Remember What You Like    
      12.  
      		 Tina B - Honey To A Bee    
      13.  
      		 Alisha - All Night Passion    
      14.  
      		 Seidah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now    
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      More ass-shaking artifacts from the early-'80s dawn of electro, hip-hop, and freestyle. This might be the least distinct disc in the set, but in such great company, that's hardly a put-down. Of all the volumes, number 3 hews closest to the strictures of the compilation's subtitle, "New York Electro Hip-Hop + Underground Dance Classics, 1980-1985," though Heaven 17's "Let Me Go" came out of England and was in no sense underground. The excellent liner notes by Brian Chin don't mention it, but this also seems to be the diva disc of the bunch, with high-volume output from Shannon, Tina B, Carol Lynn Townes, Alisha, Seidah Garrett, and Xena (no, not that one!). --John Sanchez