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Originally Posted by Roswell
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.
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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.