Forget everything you heard before. As a pop culture person, this was where rap became popular to me. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgPPjQ8qDp0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgPPjQ8qDp0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tECCvdWEweA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tECCvdWEweA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> I'd love to hear other's points due to age, as what they felt was the original rap song that changed their attitude.
Way back in the day on MAGIC 102 and early MTV, the breakdance & electro type raps of the day first got my attention. Afrika Bambaata, Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow. <div><object width="425" height="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/6XhbvQrj6HJOg1nXr"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/6XhbvQrj6HJOg1nXr" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="334" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x72yh_a-bambaataalooking-4-the-perfect-be">A. Bambaataa-Looking 4 The Perfect Beat</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/keepitreal">keepitreal</a></i></div> It was in '87-'88 rap REALLY took off for me. I liked the East Coast sounds - Boogie Down Productions, Erik B and Rakim, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Cool J!. Public Enemy and the politically infused raps. The cliche answer for original rap that really brought me in though was Run DMC - Rock Box <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgPPjQ8qDp0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgPPjQ8qDp0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Couple more by the originals: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JLYC7ltxOrk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JLYC7ltxOrk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YKS_L7xPIk4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YKS_L7xPIk4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
I would lean towards Lou Reed being the "original rapper," but that's just me. Give his early stuff a listen. Hell, give any of his stuff, and the Velvet Underground, a listen.
I don't know about the first mainstream rap song.. But, in Pink Floyd's "Vegetable Man", Syd appears to be rapping throughout the song..
Come on people....... Rappers delight baby !!! The true beginings of Rap. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U0aVN4wXVs8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U0aVN4wXVs8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> DD
Agreed on Blondie! She was hot!!! <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHPikUPlRD8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHPikUPlRD8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Thank you DD. Though (from what I understand) this was not the true first rap song, this was the first song to introduce rap to radio, and thus, the American mainstream. Rapper's delight was also the first record I ever owned. Unfortunately, rap quickly turned to crap.
Look for Blondie in google images... perhaps under nude Blondie. She did some incredible modeling for a really excellent photographer, who's name escapes me. Just amazing stuff. Very artistic. Yeah, that's some of the only rap I like. I freely admit to never having been able to get into the rap that permeates the scene these days.
This is sad. <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMudXTz4NuQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMudXTz4NuQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
There's good hip hop out there if you know where to look. If you're a fan of hip hop, you should check out the following: The Roots Hieroglyphics Madlib MF Doom Common Talib Kweli
Nope. Rapper's Delight came out a bit before it and was a top 40 hit - it's what introduced the nation to "rap". Blondie's "Rapture" was the first one to hit #1, though.
