Rap Music 101: From the Roots to the Rappers
DJ Vollkasko's excellent if erratically eclectic exploration into the origins and originals of rap music, with an obligatory overview over the ongoing application of rap in contemporary music, popular and otherwise.
Happy 40th Birthday, Rap Music!
1. Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight (1979)
2. Kurtis Blow: Rappin' (1979)
3. Joe Tex and the Vibrators: I'll never break your heart Pt 2 (ca. 1960)
4. Bo Diddley: Say Man (1959)
5. Lizzy & Dennis Alcapone: Ba Ba Ri Ba Skank (1968, Jamaica)
6. Prince Jazzbo: Fool for Love (1973, DJ verse to Dawn Penn's You Don't Love Me, Jamaica)
7. U Roy: Everybody Is Bawling (Jamaica)
8. The Last Poets: When The Revolution Comes (1970)
9. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson: H2Ogate Blues (1974)
10. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: The Message (1982)
11. The Clash: The Magnificent Seven (1980, UK)
12. The Clash, feat. Futura 2000: Overpowered by Funk (1982, UK)
13. Blondie: Rapture (1980)
14. Beastie Boys: Cookie Puss (1983, Debut 7'')
15. Mr. T: Mr. T's Commandments (1984)
16. Baobab: N.O.J.O.B. (1983
17. Cameo: Word Up (1986)
18. Trouble Funk feat. Bootsy Collins: Trouble (1987)
19: Salt & Pepa: Push It (1988)
20. Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (1991)
21. Public Enemy: Meet the G that killed me (1991)
23 De La Soul: Bitties In The BK Lounge (1991)
24. So Adult: The Way I Swing
25. Leston Paul feat. Natalie Burke: Weakness For Sweetness (1996, Trinidad)
26. MC Frontalot: Which MC Was That? (2002)
27. MC Frontalot: Fresh Dog (2005)
28. MC Plus+: Chip Hop Nerd (2006)
29. Danger Mouse: What more can I say (2004)
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