The Pioneers were Grand Masta Flash Run DMC, NWA all great artists who busted rap out into the music scene. I forget the first smash hit though. I never really followed up on any of the 3 much.

rappers delite,by the sugerhill gang, they sampled goodtimes by chick.

[quote="Duke_of_Ray":074a1]Yep that is it, I don't really like rap, but I like that. Have any of you heard the song that goes something "hip hop to the hippy hop and don't stop"? oOo:[/quote:074a1]

your dumber than a bag of hammers...

Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight

Copy and paste into any P2P app....geesh



anywhoo i have that song on record, it's on both sides with a diffrent mix on the other.....pretty good biggrin:

hip. hop, hibby, hibby to the hip hip hop you dont stop a rockin to the bang bang boogie, said dont stop the boogie to the rythym of the boogie to beat.

now what you hear is not a test im...blah blah blah

sugar hill gang - rappers delight.

download apache by the sugar hill gang while your at it.

i go with zoner on this ... im pretty sure blonde gets the credit for it (from what i ve seen on the music tv shows).

MOSST DEFINENTALYLY EMMMINEMM M&M!!!

[quote="[22nd Elite] Cloud":1730b][quote="Duke_of_Ray":1730b]Yep that is it, I don't really like rap, but I like that. Have any of you heard the song that goes something "hip hop to the hippy hop and don't stop"? oOo:[/quote:1730b]

your dumber than a bag of hammers...

Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight

Copy and paste into any P2P app....geesh



anywhoo i have that song on record, it's on both sides with a diffrent mix on the other.....pretty good biggrin:[/quote:1730b]

He was just repeating the part of his first post that he hoped would narrow the song he was thinking of down and no one paid attention to. He just wanted the answer, not a debate or what everyone thinks the first song actually is.

Muhammed Ali was the first rapper.

TRIPPAR'S HIPHOP & RAP HISTORY:

DJ Kool Herc was the first person to actually put together hiphop music back in '73 at the famous NY block parties. Then Afrikaa Baambata and Grandmaster Flash appeared on the scene, and shit started to sprout.

As for the emceeing side of things ("RAP" for all you newbs), that came around simply from DJs shouting shit out while playing stuff like "Get Down! Yeah! Word! Throw your hands in the air and wave them like you just dont care" and all that other shit. By the late 70s, rappers started appearing as 'Masters Of Ceremonies' for the block parties or 'MCs' (Rappers).

...and there it is..........

I believe the very first rap group was actually a small band of guys out of Harlem (I don't know if that's the location, but I believe so. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, correct me), who called themselves "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Their raps actually called for an overthrow of US government, and DJs lost their jobs for playing their songs on the radio. What a wonderful world it would be today is DJs were canned for playing rap.

You're refering to Gil Scott Heron - "The revolution will not be televised" was one song from him in which he talked....There is no rhyming of words in it, so therefore it isn't technically rap it all. The only thing it shares with rap is that it is talking in its nature. I would call that more of a chant than a rap.

I don't believe he was the first hip-hopper, or that he really played much of a part in the creation of rap or hiphop..... although he must of been some sort of inspiration back then.

The reason I don't think he played a big part, is because you can see the clear timeline of the creation of rap and hiphop after he started broadcasting.

Like I said in my post before, rap began as DJ's Masters Of Ceremonies (MCs), who were like the ringmasters or hosts for the later block parties, started reciting whole verses and songs over the DJ's beats.....A quick migration from them simply saying "Throw your hands in the air," "nod ya head" etc.

The first MCs are alot like today's "hype-MCs," Flava Flav, Kid Capri, Fatman Scoop, etc.


P.S - Finally, an interesting thread.

I see. I was under the impression it was the name of a band. I am enlightened.