Electronic style of hip hop especially influenced by
Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco, musically speaking).
Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock (1982) is the first electro funk record, it mixed
Ennio Morricone,
Kraftwerk and [Captain Sky]
?, or was at least influenced by the latter. Electro funk also flourished on the west coast
Egyptian Lover Arabian Prince and gave birth to
bass music as well as influenicing
house music and other electronic styles of dance music.