Yes guys this is the first born of hip hop in 1979. It has begun!!! It's definitely a badass hit in history. 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
@gamexsimmonds35812 жыл бұрын
Well hiphop existed before, this is the first commercially successful Hiphop recording
@hephner782 жыл бұрын
if ya'll are doing "historical" rap songs, you def want to do the song "Rap" took its name from, Blondie's Rapture
@hephner782 жыл бұрын
people are shocked to learn one of the first rappers was a tiny white girl lol
@hephner782 жыл бұрын
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@gamexsimmonds35812 жыл бұрын
@@hephner78 People were calling it Rapping before Rapture. Also Debbie Harry wasn't really a rapper of any sort. She had been to a few club in New York where they were playing this new hiphop music, and it was around this time.that some of the New Wave crowd in New York and the hiphopers were starting to mix and mingle in Manhattan, going to parties and Debbie Harry was intrigued by the sounds and eventually Met Grand Master Flash and met Fab Five Freddy. Thats why she mentioned them in the lyrics. And Fab Five Freddy encouraged her to release rapture
@THECH0SEN0NE822 жыл бұрын
this is definitely the first mainstream hit for what would become hip hop. the beat itself is sampled from a song called ''good times''. hip hops infancy was songs just like this one where well known songs of many genres would be sampled and have an emcee rapping over a breakbeat live in a cypher or crowd (freestyle), that would evolve into a legit song writing and beat production. would be really dope to see you do more early hip hop, more advanced wordplay and lyricism wouldnt come around until the mid-late 80s but hip hop has always had its fair share of ''party'' songs like this one and others like ''white lines'' and ''the message'' that despite being hits still carried a deeper meaning in its message (no pun intended). ive gone on a little long but keep up the good work. NY were definitely the originators and kings early on of the genre but being from the west coast itd be dope to see you react to mc fosty / lovin c - radio activity rapp .
@2apocalypsex2 жыл бұрын
Rapper's Delight gets the credit, but The Fatback Band's King Tim III (Personality Jock) came out before Rapper's Delight
@aboutthat14402 жыл бұрын
@@2apocalypsex but this was a FAR bigger hit all over the country. That's just the facts.
@enzodellacorte19092 жыл бұрын
Dont forget Curtis Blow
@AO-bl7cc10 ай бұрын
Technically, the beat wasn't sampled. They hired a musician to play the bass riff, and it wasn't even a looped.
@MuckoMan2 жыл бұрын
This was a big roller skating song and we were always diverse back in the day. It only started becoming bad when the media and politicians realized we were getting along together.
@karig19942 жыл бұрын
If u guys liked this song u should check out Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
@haroldt19992 жыл бұрын
Took the words out of my mouth.
@TheConnonedrum2 жыл бұрын
Mannn...that song really was the message.
@skinheadjon9012 жыл бұрын
Don't forget "White Lines" too 🎶😎🙌👍
@LinnetTahsequah-gx9cq Жыл бұрын
Freedom is my fav!
@noraa19912 жыл бұрын
It's a rapper's delight, the title is a pun because they offer a variety of rapping styles
@DWQJVB2 жыл бұрын
What’s the pun?
@blackflagsnroses60132 жыл бұрын
@@DWQJVB delight is a dish I believe, so they offering a variety of flavors or dishes
@glennallen2392 жыл бұрын
I am 57 Years old and memorized the 7 Min Version of Rappers Delight. Most everyone my age did. You heard the 14 Min version at Clubsand Skateing Rinks and School Dances.Please react to the 14 Minute version.
@bechmam47502 жыл бұрын
I learnt the words in maths. Got zero in maths exam 😅
@diggs1989 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I was coming to ask about the full version is so dope
@gaylemitchell58812 жыл бұрын
Dancing was big, disco era, you can hear it in the mix. Everybody was learning the moves. We even bought the dresses
@nancyberry10392 жыл бұрын
I remember when this came out... I was in jr high (aka middle school - 7th grade). Our local R&B/Soul station debuted it one night & it was an instant hit. The next day people were calling into the station constantly to request another play. We had never heard anything like it. Sure we knew the melody of "Good Times" but what was this fast talkin' form of "singing"?!?! All of us kids ran out to the music store & bought the (cough) vinyl record, so we could memorize the lyrics. For weeks, all you heard while walking down the school hallways were various kids rapping the lyrics. I'm sure our teachers were quite sick of it after the first few days. I'm 54 now & can still recite it verbatim - HAHA! That's how much we listened to this first crossover hit. Shortly after, Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five busted onto the scene with their much more realistic & gritty song called "The Message" - one of my all time favorite old skool bangers. Please check that one out sometime. :-)
@SearlesHernandez2 жыл бұрын
Rappers Delight (released September 1979) is the 2nd commercially released song on wax but is the most well known and had the most commercial success. "King Tim" by Fatback was released in March 1979, before "Rappers Delight" however, it did not see the same success.
@SMOOVKILL12 жыл бұрын
Now check out Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - The Message. 1982 it dropped 40yr anniversary of that track in a week.
@SearlesHernandez2 жыл бұрын
How did rap get started? Back in the 40's and 50's there were poets who rebelled against mainstream America and became known as Beat Poets. Eventually Beat Poets began to give public poetry readings. Overtime poetry was used in music. Bob Dylan is an example of someone who used poetry/rhyming in his songs. He was influenced by Beat Poet William Brown (Big Brown) from New York. At some point, Coke La Rock began "rapping" at parties and it caught on. Who influenced Coke? Maybe the Beat Poets? Maybe Dylan? Groups like Sugar Hill Gang and The Furious Five and other early groups perfected it (wrote lyrics) and it evolved into hip hop.
@6699sanchez6 ай бұрын
The core of rap is the underlying music track. Disco and dance tracks were mixed and extended so that people could dance along for longer stretches. These "remixes" had long stretches of instrumental sections which were easier to loop and stretch. During these instrumentals, MCs would talk or "rap" along to the track to hype up the people dancing. Similar things happened in Jamaica with instrumental tracks or dubs, where DJs would talk or "toast" to the track. After a while, the MC vocals became just as important, and at times more important than the music track.
@methos31352 жыл бұрын
This was sampled from legendary producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers' band Chic. "Good Times".
@poundinthastreets9 ай бұрын
“It’s six minutes long!”…. Oh you sweet, innocent star child. If you only knew… 😂😂😂
@pisces2282 жыл бұрын
This was a staple of the Saturday afternoon session at the roller rink when I was 10. Great memories. You should check out "Rapture" by the band Blondie from the same era. Cheers!
@paulamoya79562 жыл бұрын
This was the anthem in Jr high in 1980 when I first came out.this is where it all began.I’ve had a front row seat for the evolution of rap and hiphop. It’s Been Amazing!✔️
@peterwilkins70132 жыл бұрын
One of the most influential songs ever. Not many can say they are largely responsible for a whole new genre of music. This version is a bit different to the normal single version. The full version is over 14 mins long!
@michaelway79362 жыл бұрын
The full length is almost 15 min,but this was the start and slowly but surely it kept gettin popular- party/club raps to braggin,flossin more aggressive style,to the gangsta/reality rap from the mid 80's on. This was 1979
@riot37702 жыл бұрын
React to The Message. It’s what turned rap into what it became in the late 80s and 90s
@KaBeeM2 жыл бұрын
my dad had that single on vinyl and there was a 16 minute version of Rapper's Delight!
@cesheph2 жыл бұрын
Respect to our Legend OGs of Hiphop ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@dr.manhattan73132 жыл бұрын
this is the beginning of hip hop, they paved the way without knowing it
@brenthowell88832 жыл бұрын
Check out Apache Jump On It by these guys. It's FIRE!✌
@gaspuno2 жыл бұрын
Yo they all killed it but *Big Hank* is my favorite 😂🔥. Great reaction
@kathyembley4552 жыл бұрын
They were the best on the block party’s and young entrepreneurs said “Let’s get a record deal!” Pioneers and sampled forever!
@monickalynn43652 жыл бұрын
...and this song was CRITICAL to the rap/hip hop genre
@surgetwo92 жыл бұрын
People were rappin before they had the music. Just added a a beat and made hip hop music. Good reaction good and music to listen to bring out people's smiles
@fredarsenault8987 Жыл бұрын
Rap is a take on Jamaican toasting, introduced to NY by DJ Kool Herc a jamaican immigrant, he s basically the godfather of hiphop
@lisahumphries38982 жыл бұрын
I was a young teen in this era and I remember this song and have seen pictures of the sugar hill gang, but I’ve never seen this video. I love that I will always picture that tight t-shirt and hips shaking back and forth when I hear this song now. ❤️
@lisaheathcock79242 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! I’m 53 and still remember all the words to this lol 🔥🥰🤘😎
@garyeason84742 жыл бұрын
Real Hip Hop
@brianguthrey80922 жыл бұрын
Rakim - I ain’t no Joke
@mmsizzlak2 жыл бұрын
Some street history from an old man... In the 90's I heard "planet rock" for the first time... Understand this was the era of west coast gangsta rap and "planet rock" had come out back in the day from my back in the day already...I was 13...I was always a nerd, wanting to know EVERYTHING about whatever I got into... That song pushed me into breakdancing... We were taught that there are 4 tenets to hip hop.... breakdancing (b-boying), tagging, dj'ing, and rapping... From what I was told, rhyming out loud had always been a thing with young, black teens until the 70's when the New York burroughs like the Bronx began to throw these underground parties where young black and Latino youths would compete in dancing, turntabling, and rapping...DJ Herc was supposedly one of the first DJ's who took their parents old vinyl funk records and mixed it with modern drumbeats aka "breaks" or "breakbeats" to play at these parties to showcase their mixing skills and rapping complemented this new form of music... The BIGGEST hip hop heads you'll EVER meet are b-boys... They take that shit SERIOUSLY... Ironically though, the other tenets of hip hop eventually faded but expanded outside of the states...so if you're TRULY into rap and hip hop, there are other tenets besides just rapping... On the street level though, breakdancing was initially a way for groups of adversaries to compete without fighting, hence why rapping has such a big "battling" format, because it used to be one of the nonviolent ways to settle shit besides b-boying, tagging and turntables.... But on the street level, first you battled... Then it went to fists... Then you began to take sides and gangs naturally came afterwards...I was a horrible breakdancer lol... Like for real... But I still tried and went to battles before guns started popping off and I stopped... So it was never JUST rap.... There's a big history behind it...I only know what I picked up when I was younger so I could be close but not accurate
@dard46422 жыл бұрын
I was 9 when this came out. Early early hip-hop was all party music. How rapping came about was early hip-hop was just DJs. Then, DJ's added a hype-man to motivate and lead the crowd ("throw your hands in the sky, and wave them from side to side" and stuff like that). Then hype men, the Master of Ceremonies (MC), started getting cleverer, funnier, and started rhyming. Now it's all about the MC but in the beginning it was all about the DJ. And, yes, there is a shorter radio version of this song. The guy y'all like, Wonder Mike, was a school teacher (I think..). Big Bank Hank worked at a pizza parlor. That crowd looks so diverse because that is a disco crowd.
@tonyluther3344 Жыл бұрын
The song that gets credit for having the first “rap” in it was Rapture by Blondie. This was the first actual song to hit that was rap, released on album size vinyl, with 3 versions of this song, about a 4-5 min. one and I think a 7 minute one on one side, and the other side had one cut, a 12-13 minute version. I had the record.
@janiemarshall79282 жыл бұрын
Fam Rappers Delight was a first (thank you for honoring them. 🤎🤎🤎🖤🖤🖤
@virginiadurant99542 жыл бұрын
This is the first modern rap song. They were rapping in the 1930's to big band music in black clubs.
@joshehrendreich40582 жыл бұрын
Extended version = even more lit
@lindapowers85922 жыл бұрын
Groundbreaking 👏🏽 It’s just poetry set to music! I remember dancing and sweating to this long ass party song. Talk about fun days😂
@mrbaddog47492 жыл бұрын
I remember roller skating to this tune, also The Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - it's Nasty or One Way - Cutie Pie. Definitely roller boogie tunes.
@angelskunk22062 жыл бұрын
This was the first rap song I listened to at the age of 12. One of my best friends taught me the words to a lot of it and we would walk around rapping it. Unfortunately she passed away in her 20s. Whenever I hear this song I think of her and how much fun we had as kids ❤💔
@MonteC68WC2 жыл бұрын
Great one young couple, growing in hip hop when this came out you definitely knew every word.. Their is alot of stories about this song. One of my favorite MCs Verse got jacked, RIP Hank... You guys are young but I salute you for wanting to learn the history, because alot of young ones don't. You guys are lucky, there is 1000s of hours of documentaries and stuff out there for you to look into. Its way better than nothing (if you weren't there), but still take it with a grain of salt because some are more accurate than others, depending on whose version it is. Much love & Enjoy...💜✌🏼
@c-wordplay Жыл бұрын
Iconic song in hip-hop for sure
@jessisanchez81502 жыл бұрын
Netflix has a series hip hop evolution, one episode is dedicated to exactly this happened
@Mrrobackenson18 ай бұрын
Chooooooooon. We were there first time. Beautiful sample of Good Times, Chic. XX
@thesoupdragon112Ай бұрын
I was 12 when this came out, we listened to it endlessly trying to learn all the words.
@michaelbrown72632 жыл бұрын
The first rap record was " King Tim III" by the Fatback Band ,1979
@feelthebern76622 жыл бұрын
Rappin started when DJs like Flash would cut breaks in the park. He would take 2 turntables and made a crossfade and only play the funkiest parts of disco and funk tunes over and over just like that music in this song which is a classic Nile Rogers riff taken from his disco group Chic. DJ Flash would play these funky breaks in an endless loop for the people to dance to but he said people would stop and stare at him because they'd never seen anyone do that before. So that's when he had MCs jump on a mic and hype up the crowd with lyrics to get them back to dancing and that's how the rappin part of hip hop started. Sugarhill Gang were not really originators of anything, not even real rappers, just in the right place at the right time. I was in 7th grade in 1979 when this came out and everyone was crazy for it trying to memorize all the lyrics. It was my first hip hop record, 12" single. For most cities outside of New York, it's not like you could just turn on the radio and hear this.
@jimquackenbush28212 жыл бұрын
This is where rap started kids ! I'm 56 listened to them, still love it! ❤
@eastmanwebb54772 жыл бұрын
"I didn’t know it was 6 minutes long…" This is the short version.
@jasonsteuer22372 жыл бұрын
Watch the full 16 minute version.....You guys are great always honest reviews !!!! Keep it up !!!
@Eric44710662 жыл бұрын
This song was the first rap/hip-hop song to hit the Billboard Top 40 chart back in early 1980. The song peaked at #39. This was a groundbreaking song indeed!!! The song that they sampled from the r&b disco group, Chic featuring Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards. Good Times was a big r&b crossover hit for Chic.
@pnojazz Жыл бұрын
The LONG version is 14:30 long. Check out the long version on youtube!
@michaelwilliams-vu2nf2 жыл бұрын
Rap back then was about dancing music
@doglife3 Жыл бұрын
Come on you ain't ever heard Rapper's Delight until just now. Man you been missing out! This is the Jam! I grew up in the 80's and this was the Jam! "I said a hip hop hippie to the hippie"😎
@ox92182 жыл бұрын
planet rock - afrika bambaataa
@fidel2xl2 жыл бұрын
Hey, guys, this was not the first 'modern' rap song. This was, however, the first 'modern' rap song to go mainstream on the Billboard charts back in 1979. But there were already modern rap songs since the early 1970s from the Bronx, New York, the place where Rap/Hip-Hop first originated. PS: Btw, there were indeed 'rap' songs even since the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s etc, but those cannot be considered 'modern' rap. The modern rap I'm referring to is Rap/Hip Hop that originated in the Bronx (New York City) back in the early 1970s.
@Burlyhawk2 жыл бұрын
Wow memories. i was in 8th grade in 1980 when I first this. I have only heard a few times since and had forgotten how much I loved it.
@normanrose27112 жыл бұрын
how about Grand Master Flash and their 3 monster songs New York New York, The Message and White Lines
@johnjohn1890able2 жыл бұрын
This was the first rapp I ever heard on 8track baby.. Then it was poppin battles here in N cali ..
@nsimons59422 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
@monickalynn43652 жыл бұрын
Notice the content and bars are very tame/different in this era than now
@ajruther672 жыл бұрын
In 7th grade, me and my friends would sing this song walking home from school. It made the mile and a half walk not seem so long and fun.
@aronp70972 жыл бұрын
They were just coming out of the late 70's Disco Era
@brookehornback18962 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever!
@megavideopowermegavideopow86572 жыл бұрын
Original song by CHIC kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9hpq6qD1NLWhGg.html what you were seeing was a Disco Club as disco music was going out something new was bubbling up out of NYC called Rap music this song the instrumental music by the group CHIC and was already a hit Disco song so this was a remix of sorts for the listeners
@marcialynn6257 Жыл бұрын
there was a doc on i think net flix history of rap or something to that fact it will answer all your questions
@marcialynn6257 Жыл бұрын
the origional is like 17 min or something
@revolutionoftheclassics36302 жыл бұрын
If you want to know how rap came about you simply have to look into the Hip Hop culture in New York. It is a combination of innovators as well as various cultural influences.
@user-ws4rz7ep8i4 ай бұрын
Hi guys funny enough I know every word to this brilliant rappers delight tune I just learnt it when I was 19 and I still know it now even though I'm 64😂👍
@ajruther672 жыл бұрын
I sang along with this video. I am surprised I remembered most of the words. I was 12 when it came out in 1979. I am 54 now.
@judithkelly25562 жыл бұрын
Went to see them in concert 2 years ago in the UK touring with grand master flash
@lawrencestoner26782 жыл бұрын
To answer your question about how they came up with this sound you need to check out "Grandmaster Flash Talks "The Theory" Of Being A HipHop DJ & The Beginnings Of Hip-Hop". Type that title into youtube. He was the original! Invented the "Sound" of hip hop.
@H-sgracesavedme17112 жыл бұрын
This song/group is fire!! Love this song! Can sing it all the time!!
@maryannerazzano76922 жыл бұрын
Danced in the club to this ! With the sparkly disco ball above 👍💜🤣
@billdemotte71522 жыл бұрын
This was the start of hip hop as far as I care. Was a wonderful time for music to merge people
@tonycocchiola71922 жыл бұрын
I'm an old rock and roller and I enjoyed this song.Alot
@vincecantu28282 жыл бұрын
Widely considered as the first hip hop song ever released. The show Drunk History explains how it happened. It's origin
@jay099camp2 жыл бұрын
This was the bomb back then, I was 16 when this came out in '79. If you want and idea of what it was like back then on your own time you should watch the Netfllix series "The Get Down" its about the transition from Disco to Hip Hop back in the day. It has some of the Pioneers of HipHop from that era in the cast.It's a good watch!
@chantellecline69452 жыл бұрын
I got a chuckle when you said rap went from this to the Island Boys.
@deelawson45512 жыл бұрын
Love it! My fave by them has always been 8th Wonder,, Apache by them is great too..also, It would be fun to see y`all react to MC Hammer-U Can`t Touch This, Vanilla Ice-Ice, Ice Baby, Boys 2 Men-Motownphilly, and Bobby Brown-My Prerogative and Every Little Step..Keep On Rockin'
@dominic62832 жыл бұрын
The music sample is Good Times from Chic
@BlackRoseImmortal2 жыл бұрын
I am no expert in this genre by any means. But what I found fascinating was how The Beastie Boys talk about Rap battles on the streets of New York in their song "Root Down". That made me do a little research and I guess a lot of the really big name early Rap stars were also apart of these rap battles. They would do it right though they would steal electricity off of telephone poles. They would have their PA's and turn tables. I guess much like rock and metal music which I am much more familiar with, they would also make tapes and people would trade them getting their name out there.
@jaygordon8683 Жыл бұрын
I love you alls reaction. Yeah this was the first rap song that actually went gold and open the doors for all the other rap artists that followed like Grandmaster Flash and LL Cool J and everything else. I was alive back then and this was way before Internet or phones you could carry around. We actually carried around record players that were portable when they came out. You all probably don’t believe me because you are so young and it’s pretty funny to me also. Everything is instant now. Back then you had to grind for everything. Lol
@RHopper33981 Жыл бұрын
This is just part of the "original" version. When first released this was a 15 min long song. And still today I remember every word. It was released in different lengths, but the 12" vinyl was the longest. So you're missing out on some good rap that you didn't hear. I will post the link below for the full version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLGEiKR2uMfHgYE.html
@sueschmidt9404 Жыл бұрын
Believe it or not Blondie open the door for the founding Father's of rap to come out from the streets and bless us with the Word.
@royce72002 жыл бұрын
This was on one of the radio stations in GTA, the one with CJ I think, so if you've heard this song it's probably there, but it is used in a lot of shows and movies as well.
@thesagabeginz55902 жыл бұрын
Hi reck, Can u react to these 3 videos please 1) nas - rewind (lyrics video) 2) angie stones - I wanna thank ya, (official video) 3) silk e fyne - romeo & juliet (official video) Thanks, love the channel, keep up the good work.
@clarens48032 жыл бұрын
There is a show on Netflix called évolution of hip-hop. Season 1 shows you How hip hop started . Its 4 Seasons 4 épisodes . Easy binge watch
@aronp70972 жыл бұрын
My very first album I bought myself at 9 yrs old! 🔥🔥🔥
@ronniewood23252 жыл бұрын
Watch "Krush Groove" 80's movie....as well as "The get down" the start of everything!
@stevegans35172 жыл бұрын
Rap existed before this - check out Kurtis Blow if you're not already familiar - but this was the first Top 10 hit on the mainstream charts for this new genre. Of course it's different, this was 1980. Forty years makes a difference, you think 1955 rock sounded like 1995 rock? It was just dance music, which was big at the time (disco was still hanging on at the time). Run-DMC changed things a bit, but it took awhile for NWA and the rest to bring the social relevance.
@Ironworks5252 жыл бұрын
It's actually a 13 minute song. Check out the full version.
@larrycopes5062 жыл бұрын
Lex Luthor must love the dissing of superman in this song.
@rich12232 жыл бұрын
1979! Straight NYC! The Mecca of Hip Hop!
@Mtc0nqr3r Жыл бұрын
First hip hop and maybe the first sample; "Good Times" by Chic.
@tonycocchiola71922 жыл бұрын
No swearing.
@mmomailman2 жыл бұрын
Great song, it's a piece of hip-hop history for sure. You should check out Squeeze The Trigger by Ice-T as well as Paid in Full by Eric B. and Rakim.
@danusmc32 жыл бұрын
They brought rap to the masses, but it wasn't the first. But they DID makr it "mainstream". This was the beginning of rap's commercial success. Blondie even incorporated rap in a song before this. "Rapture" I believe was the song.
@ajruther672 жыл бұрын
This is the short version of the song. The full version is about 14 minutes long! I still own the original long version.
@monicamar86162 жыл бұрын
If you want to learn about the history of how rapping began you have to look into DJ cool Herc. He and his sister would get together and throw parties in the Bronx. During those events people would get on stage and start rapping over songs. I believe that is how it went.
@10graymichael2 жыл бұрын
This is a cool fun song but y’all should try the message by grandmaster flash and the furious 5