MCs come and go in rap music.

But Ultramagnetic M.C.'s are here to stay, at least for now.

In Funk Your Head Up, Ultramagnetic displays a truly chameleon-like rap style. From the lyrics "smack in your face with five million pounds of bass" to "something real smooth," the wide range of funk attacks the head by way of the ears.

This ability to transmogrify from track to track makes Ultramagnetic a four-man rap squad for the future.

Each song changes gears by choosing a different style of speak and keeps the listener on the ball.

"Pluckin Cards" features interesting sax, laughing and "Take a Walk on the Wild Side" single-note samplings. Along with a smoothed-out bass and slammin' rhythm, this track proves to be a fine groove to song.

"Make It Happen" would be a perfect dancing single for the "In Living Color" Fly Girls. Just hearing its brief splattering of on-air time, the viewing audience wouldn't be able to keep themselves from bopping to the bass.

The song to make any car speakers shake and boom is "Bust the Facts." Coincidently this would be the best bass to have blasting from your car stereo while staring down the five-O.

"Stop Jockin Me" is the fable single.

"This is a story of a man and a woman, the man tries to kick, the woman fronts, he gets large, now she wants." Basically the song's narrator sums up the situation by saying women who jock will be dissed.

OK, the moral isn't the highlight, but the Ricky Bell-like vocals add another style to the Ultramagnetic portfolio.

Although Funk Your Head Up accomplishes its task (ouch, my head's been funked up), Ultramagnetic could reach Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane and 3rd Bass levels by banging out a few kinks in their funk armor.

One way to improve their already strong album is to eliminate the turntable ramblings of DJ Moe Love. "Blast from the Past" sounds more like Love flipping through TV channels.

Also they could get rid of one track. "Porno Star" is an area Ultramagnetic needed not explore. Each member gets his chance to break an immature jam about sexual places and acts.

Although recommended by members of the Native Tongue Family like A Tribe Called Quest and Jungle Brothers, Ultramagnetic falls just short of the inside joke samples used by the rest of the Family.

Still, Funk Your Head Up is worthy of recommendation.