Gotta love all us middle aged people who can recall all the lyrics but can’t remember where we placed our keys........

@debbiel4194

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! 😂🤣

@PittieMom

3 жыл бұрын

Truth!

@belovedwoman3398

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

@DrHilliman

3 жыл бұрын

🤚🏾me all day

@cassandraf8685

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS 🤣🤣🤣

In the hip hop Bible, page 1 starts "In the beginning, there was the Sugar Hill Gang."

@paperclips4113

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😂😂🤣😂💥😂💥😂💥🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂💥(edit) Joe that "bible" is some funny stuff

@maplenutgoodie9118

3 жыл бұрын

Preach.

@enigmasept927

3 жыл бұрын

In the beginning, there was Kool Herc...

@773SleepyHollow

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, no. Good Lord, man, the song is a classic, but this is not, not, NOT the start of hip-hop. Hip-hop started in the South Bronx, not New Jersey.

@petrified0035

3 жыл бұрын

No it doesn’t obviously you don’t know hip hop because it started in 1973 with DJ Kool Herc not sugar hill gang

1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" was the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

@tamitaylor3110

3 жыл бұрын

Totally remember this. I was in 9th grade!!

@JRcomments

3 жыл бұрын

It hit top 40 in 1980 because it got pulled in '79 for copyright infringement. The song is a ripoff of Chic's Good Times. It was soon after re released when they finally credited Chic on the record. I think if you have the red label 12" single, that is the original release. I remember hearing the 12" single in '79 for the first time and went wow. Amazing to think that Deborah Harry of Blondie had a hand in introducing Sugar Hill Gang with Chic to the NY underground scene where they would rap and break dance to boom boxes. Where it all began.

@charlesstevensiii7762

3 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster Flash and the Furuis Five "Beat Street Break Down"

@virginiaorosco2681

3 жыл бұрын

Drunk History on Comedy Central did a episode on this song

@toscabella18

3 жыл бұрын

And still the greatest rap song ever!!!

THIS SONG LAUNCHED A MUSICAL REVOLUTION.

@cataranneth8517

3 жыл бұрын

YES, IT DID!

@Waltyworld

3 ай бұрын

This was not the first rap or hip hop song so it didant

This where "rap" originated. They were the first. Everybody was singing this word for word! Man, such a great time to be alive...

@porttack8574

3 жыл бұрын

Funny story, was going to a family party, we had all ages in the car this came on the radio everyone knew every word to it.

@trinimarie9974

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, happy days

@indirussell7083

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from NY and everyone in the hood was rapping males and females

@Merm35

3 жыл бұрын

And no foul language!!!!! We could sing it at school!!!!

@Muzica143

3 жыл бұрын

This wasn't the first actually. This is what went mainstream first. It began with Fab 5 Freddy. As Sylvia Robinson moved thru the underground music/party scene (during the 1970s) , hip hop already was established and she basically wanted to recreate that sound on a larger scale.

This song didn’t invent rap but kicked off the golden era of hip hop.

@kemitamenophis3221

3 жыл бұрын

When I was walking though Central Park in 1978, I had the privilege to see one of the founding fathers of Hip Hop: Kool Herc from the Bronx put on a block party. I was hooked ever since. They had all of the elements: DJs, Turntables, MCs, B Boys, Break Dancers, Graffiti Artists, Beat Boxers.They drew a huge crowd out of nowhere and had the entire Park Rockin!

@roger1296

3 жыл бұрын

They didn’t invent it, but were a part of it at the onset, and were the first to bring it to mainstream, and the first #1 song on the charts, so credit is most definitely deserved.

@R-L-I

3 жыл бұрын

@@roger1296 I 100% agree

@cherneking6550

3 жыл бұрын

Preach❤❤❤👊

@lolitamarie9441

3 жыл бұрын

I agree !

This was IT. All the 50-year-olds here know all the words. Takes me back!

@jodiemaxwell375

3 жыл бұрын

52 yr old white lady... checking in!! 🤣

@SRG4782

3 жыл бұрын

Another 52 year old over here.

@randomheadful7190

3 жыл бұрын

51 year old here lol

@rebeccaragan9916

3 жыл бұрын

@@jodiemaxwell375 47 white lady here lol. Loved this

@TaylorMadeCori

3 жыл бұрын

ALL THE WORDS. THE EXTENDED VERSION, AND NOT THAT RADIO EDIT!!!

I'm a 58 year old white guy from the south and I remember when this song came out. It was HUGE!!! We used to bounce to it at the skating rink. We would leave the video games,the snack bar or the fooseball tables to bounce to this. The floor would be packed!

@aliciariedel9342

3 жыл бұрын

Same in central Illinois shout out Decatur Illinois skaters love you guys learning my teenage jams

@tammycliver8142

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! I am 50,and I still remember dropping everything to skate when it came on.

@micahgreene4573

3 жыл бұрын

I can even smell the skating rink at this minute!

@antonybrown432

3 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely correct

@ms.bornagain57

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, best skating song.

Sugarhill is in Harlem. My parents lived there and that was my first home. And this young men was the first rap jam.

@dee_pendable1

3 жыл бұрын

The movie Sugar Hill (Wesley Snipes) was a good one.

@malindaflowers4556

3 жыл бұрын

@@dee_pendable1, that movie was excellent!

@newclothes8165

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for educating the young Indian brothers on historic Sugar Hill

@cathyh2086

3 жыл бұрын

Great jam for roller skating ♥️

@joeday4293

3 жыл бұрын

According to Duke Ellington, you must take the A train to go to Sugar Hill up in Harlem.

This was THE SH!T at the skating rink....LOL

@lilyj7742

3 жыл бұрын

I USE TO 🧊 ⛸️ ⛸️ 🙌🙌 TO THIS OLD SKOOL 🔥🔥 JAM

@susanturner1305

3 жыл бұрын

I think we all skated to this in the uk

@tarladearinger3210

3 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely!!

@chrstnanomee7494

3 жыл бұрын

Skate City

@saigner71

3 жыл бұрын

Yeppers... And I can still sing it word for word

I watched this with my 29 year old daughter. She looked at me like I was crazy because new all the words.Lol!!! We grew up with the best music!!!

@Chula92

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 32 tell your daughter .. no excuses!!! Lol this the only time I hear mom rap

As a 54 year old white woman from Nova Scotia who grew up with this and still knows all the words, i thoroughly enjoyed watching them hear it for the first time.....Lmao!! That was awesome....lol!

This IS the original! Introduced rap to everyone. Sugarhill is in NYC. Learn the song and impress your friends.

@AngryPostmanStockholm

3 жыл бұрын

lol, fact!

@jellybathwater

3 жыл бұрын

I thought Rapture by Blondie was the first rap song

@AngryPostmanStockholm

3 жыл бұрын

@@jellybathwater Now you confuse me, dunno if there is such song or did you wordplay with "rap"ture? ☻

@buckstraw925

3 жыл бұрын

@@jellybathwater Neither are the first rap song but this one from 1979 is the first one that got popular. Blondie's Rapture is from 1981. Rapper's Delight was HUGE back in 1979.

@ktjankabar

3 жыл бұрын

Still know every word. Just classic!!

"Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn. If your girl start acting up, then you take her friend." Sa'weet!!! R.I.P. Big Bank Hank.

@paulmuaddib3470

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, The Message by grandmaster Flash also brilliant 😉👍

@kennyphillips6281

3 жыл бұрын

Uh Master Gee, my mellow? It's on you so what you gonna do?... 🎤🤣

@SRG4782

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennyphillips6281 well it's on and and on and on on and on, the beat don't stop until the break of dawn 🎤

@kennyphillips6281

3 жыл бұрын

@@SRG4782 I said a M-A-S, a T-E-R, a G with a double E I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee 🎤🤣

@reneesydnor-henry4538

3 жыл бұрын

Well I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang but I rap to the beat just the same. I got a lil face and a pair of brown. All I'm here to do is hypnotize.

The full song is 14 minutes of pure freestyling goodness...

@sarahmurphy8030

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 🤗

@annmitchell1707

3 жыл бұрын

I have it on vinyl!

@rayraysphone

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly Hank jacked/borrowed the lyrics from Grandmaster Caz

@theresap.3305

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@annmitchell1707I do too! The LP!🙂

Note I'm just a white middle aged lady originally from the West Coast, and I'm no expert... But I'm surprised that no one has explained that Sugar Hill is in upper Manhattan, in between Harlem and Washington Heights. Being from Sugar Hill probably stood for something back in the day. And those have to be Nile Roger's riffs that were sampled (Niles is a famous musician and producer and in the band Chic).

@lesleyutley9210

3 жыл бұрын

Nile!!!

@mariaassante620

3 жыл бұрын

Nile’s Good Times riff

@grandmasterratte1252

3 жыл бұрын

Right, thanks. Sugar Hill is a neighborhood in Harlem at around 145th st. The group was created by and named after the record label (Sugar Hill Records), even though they were all from New Jersey. The music is "Good Times" by Chic, but it's played by the Sugar Hill studio band.

@thenumbdave

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandmasterratte1252 I heard they weren't able to record the backing track and have the guys rap over it later, they had to keep playing it live till the guys got a good take!

@_whatsername1911

3 жыл бұрын

Hamilton Heights*

I am officially an old woman. Rapper's Delight was my first rap song that I heard when I was 14 years old!! I love that Good Times is sampled!

@wendyweekendgourmet

3 жыл бұрын

Ha...I just said the same thing! I was also 14 when Rapper’s Delight was on the radio!

@lilyj7742

3 жыл бұрын

SAME HERE ,👵 I WAS 16 WHEN I HEARD THIS 🔥 OLD SKOOL JAM , & I USE 🧊 ⛸️ ⛸️ TO THIS 🎶 🙌🙌

@saigner71

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! 👵

@Bibiznatch

3 жыл бұрын

I got you beat. I was 11. :)

@janethernandez724

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I too was 14 when I first heard this song! I still love listening to it too!

Frankie Smith: "Double Dutch Bus" (1981)

@annieholbis2430

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss!! I've requested this one before too!

@StephanieJeanne

3 жыл бұрын

De double de dutch!! Love thst one!😊

@mslinstrot4643

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@marcilk7534

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this song!! “I’ve got bad feet. My corns hurt” lol.

@kimberlinibambini1988

3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeessssss!

Fred’s normally chill, but this is the most he’s ever bopped along to a banger. Great to see both guys enjoying it!

@paperclips4113

3 жыл бұрын

He has come out of his original shell ...great to see him be more outgoing. Neat to watch. (Edit) PLUS a hairdresser...we know he has sh** to SAY! Lol

Any time I here Holiday Inn it always makes me wanna shout “Hotel motel holiday inn””!!! Lol 😂 This is legit a classic song regardless of genres!! ✌️💗😊

@cainsolo1

3 жыл бұрын

"If your girl starts acting up....."

@muzik858

3 жыл бұрын

Say What!?!?!?!?

@k.a.lindsey4349

3 жыл бұрын

@@cainsolo1 than you take her friend...

@aliciabarclay6897

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! 🤣

This is the song that started it all. "I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie \ To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock \ It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie \ To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat" -- The song they're rappin over is "Good Times" by Chic.

@GranFelicia

3 жыл бұрын

growing up we all knew these lyrics, I'm now 53 and still know them by heart!! Loved their reaction

@cici7333

3 жыл бұрын

@@GranFelicia yes! I'm 55, and I do too. Fun times.

@glennallen239

3 жыл бұрын

@@cici7333 I am 56 and remembered the verses. I loved the14 min long version of the song as well.

This song makes long for the days of Soul Train, Solid Gold, and roller rinks!

@masterofsparkshwy6974

3 жыл бұрын

Haha... Solid Gold...my little sister wanted to grow up to be a Solid Gold dancer. Shed stomp around with her littke dance outfit on...

@notyouraveragebear

3 жыл бұрын

@@masterofsparkshwy6974 I think we all wanted to be Solid Gold dancers! 😆

@canoslo6126

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, your hair gets bigger just listening to the beat, doesn’t it?? 💃🕺

@cherylb9230

3 жыл бұрын

Soullllll Train

@chriscavanaugh100

3 жыл бұрын

I played this a bunch at a roller rink

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message"

@volareohoh2413

3 жыл бұрын

Yessssssss

@sw8704

3 жыл бұрын

OMG!! That song is a blast of the past!! I forgot about Grandmaster Flash!! Great song...!! 😀👍

@kikiciesielski5824

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please react to The Message

@therapsheethoodbook

3 жыл бұрын

That's the best rap song ever

I’m in my fifties and this was the first rap song that hit the top 40 on the radio. It stands the test of time , it was fun and funny and had no vulgarity. It’s better than ANY rap song that is out today. I did enjoy watching both of you experience it for the first time.

@arturoromero951

Жыл бұрын

It’s a classic and it influenced multiple kinds of hip hop. However, it’s just your taste. It doesn’t mean any rap song today isn’t better than this. There’s a lot of rap songs today that are just as good, so maybe tone it down, will ya?

Group of 3 MC's that had the 1st hip hop single 2 ever reach top 40 charts. This is the genesis of rap. React 2 "APACHE" next.

@hmaz7637

3 жыл бұрын

Omg, Apache! Yes! I had that 45 when I was in preschool. 😄

@coachhumph5524

3 жыл бұрын

Apache is absolutely EPIC!!

@juliemcdaniel499

3 жыл бұрын

@@coachhumph5524 hands down

@deborahchasteen3206

3 жыл бұрын

Guys, I loved the song, but “Apache” isn’t cool with Native Americans at all. That woo-woo-woo-woo -woo! is like doing an ethnic slur accent and Tonto doesn’t mean friend, like the Lone Ranger says. It means stupid.

@hmaz7637

3 жыл бұрын

Deborah Chasteen Very true. I hadn’t listened to it in years, but when I did yesterday (after seeing this reaction) I was surprised by all I’d forgotten. Definitely not ok. It sucks because the beat is so great.

Go find the full 14:46 min. You don't have to react but owe it to yourself to hear the full piece. It broke original rap into heavy radio play and started the change in the industry

@catrin17m64

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Back then we all memorized the entire thing. It was a labor of love and unlike no other song we ever heard.

@lacyinmon1004

3 жыл бұрын

I agree completely

@mslinstrot4643

3 жыл бұрын

It was another of those songs they said would never even get played on the radio because it was too long, let alone be a hit! Boy did they have it wrong!!

@AngelaInAZ

3 жыл бұрын

Yea! Got to listen to the whole song.

@kimberlinibambini1988

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!Many chopped , shortened versions on KZread..

This song was like, “What the hell is this” in 1979, but it grew on all of us right quick because they spoke to everyone. “But the chicken tastes like wood” bah ha ha.

@Ivy94F

3 жыл бұрын

That was always my favorite verse!!

I was 12 years old bopping Rappers Delight...The beginnings of rap. .40 years later and I still know all the words. #skiddlybeebopwerockscoobydooguesswhatamericaweloveyou

"Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat..." A white 14 yr old boy listening to KDAY, an AM station broadcast from a tiny studio in Compton, CA. Transistor radio under my pillow so I didn't get in trouble cause I was supposed to be asleep. Hearing this through the static cause the station's signal barely reached my house not 5 miles away in my town of Paramount, CA. Next day at school EVERYBODY was talking about it. By the time it hit the pop stations we already knew every word. This song was HUGE. Appreciate KDAY for teaching me about Curtis Blow, GMF and The Furious 5, Lakeside and many other GREAT inventors of Hip Hop and Rap. 💓💓💘❣

@vh6307

3 жыл бұрын

Hey nah!!🙋🏾‍♀️🤗

@ledzepgirl48

3 жыл бұрын

I ditto , that lol

@adamwarlock1

3 жыл бұрын

Man this has so many tropes that show up all over the place ("put your hands in the air"). But funny to think that "not a test" was literally him explaining to the audience why he was on the mic.

@suitcafe

3 жыл бұрын

Curtis Blow The Breaks

@lindabortell7263

3 жыл бұрын

I moved to LA from NJ in 1989 and was so sad about music in LA until I found KDAY

Good choice. These guys ARE hip hop royalty and pioneers. Sugar Hill is a NY location. Love that you all reacted to this feel good song 😍

@marian.jablonski54

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sugar Hill is in Harlem in NYC - but the members of Sugar Hill Gang are all from Englewood, New Jersey They were mentored by Sylvia Robinson, founder of Sugar Hill Records. Sylvia Robinson is also the force behind the 1982's The Message by GrandMaster Flash and the Furious Five. She's been called The Mother of Hip-Hop (and had a successful singing career as LIttle Sylvia dating back to the 1950s). Younger people might not be familiar with The Message - here's the link in case anyone is interested - kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqOW1LWpfdqxm5c.html

@thewkovacs316

3 жыл бұрын

@@marian.jablonski54 ya...that's why these guys need to check out grandmaster flash

Man, you just heard the godfathers and creators of hip hop. This song started it all.

@a.c.6475

Жыл бұрын

Excuse me!....before you continue to spread misinformation, I must correct you! No 1...they are not the godfathers of hip-hop! They were the first group to sell platinum for this particular genre! This is in 1979-80. No 2... "Hip-hop"...a phrase said 1st by the emcee "Cowboy" from the group Grandmaster Flash & the furious five actually started in 1976 onward, the term is a movement which included DJing, street dancing/breaking, graffiti art and rapping/emcee! To take it a step further, the concept of rapping on the mic, with a large mobile sound system to entertain large crowds comes from the island of Jamaica/ West Indies. Infact, 2 of hip hops pioneer dj's are Grandmaster Flash who is from Barbados, and dj Kool Herc who is from Jamaica!

@billbrandine5857

Жыл бұрын

@@a.c.6475 That was excellent. Thanks for the info. Now, you have to correct the other 100K people who believe this.

Man, this song always takes me back to my rollerskating youth of the late 70s and early 80s. Whenever this song played, if you weren't skating to it, you were dancing to it! #RIPBigBankHank

Seeing Tim & Fred throw their hands up and jam to the first rap song ever literally made me smile so much my face hurts. 🤣❤🎵✌

P.s. They"didn't know the song" THIS IS the song. It was the first

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

First hip hop I heard at the skating rink.... late 70's

@Destyn2b

3 жыл бұрын

The day I fell in love with hip hop.

@chefpfunk1

3 жыл бұрын

@@2869may FOR AND THE CREW I RAN WITH IT WAS THE ICE RINK.

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

@@chefpfunk1 So you were a little more chillin.... lol

@level2boxing749

3 жыл бұрын

This song is an American classic, so much that they stole the lyrics.

The beat is "Good Times" by Chic - check it out. Sugarhill is a neighborhood in Harlem, Manhattan, NYC. Rap is believed to have started in the Bronx by Kool Herc in the projects on Sedgewick Ave.

@lauraannnoble2037

3 жыл бұрын

What he said! I hope they listen to Good Times as well at some point. 🙌

They missed that part: "If your girl starts acting up... then you take her friend..."

@brandib8465

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I noticed that

@sjhoulihan9934

3 жыл бұрын

That's because the original version is over 14 minutes long...the other long song was The Adventures of Super Rhymes(over 14 minutes long), by Jimmy Spicer. This white boy has been listening to the genre since 1978...and actually, the first Hip Hop single is credited to The Fatback Band - King Tee III (Personality Jock). Released a few months BEFORE Rapper's Delight.

This is the first Rap Song recorded, the start of Rap Music.

@2apocalypsex

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Rappers Delight is not the first Rap song ever recorded. Although it doesn't get the credit the actual first Rap song recorded is King Tim III (Personality Jock) by Bill Curtis and the Fatback Band. It was released just a few months before Rappers Delight but didn't become as popular.

@Bigshlongdinglidong

3 жыл бұрын

@@2apocalypsex I think rappers delight was the first rap song to chart.

@EugeneActon

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bigshlongdinglidong it was the first to hit top 40

@Ilovewbd

3 жыл бұрын

...and let's not forget "Funk You Up" by The Sequence right around that time. Female rappers...

@dongiovanni6796

3 жыл бұрын

@rob @aaron Neither is close to the first rap song. The oldest rap song I can find is from Pigmeat Markham, "Here Come the Judge" from 1968. Pigmeat is old at this time, and comes from the vaudeville school, so the humor aspects of the track don't play to modern rap sensibilities, but make no mistake, he is rapping, and the beat is funky.

Who else has the entire song memorized and was singing along? I can’t do the long version, but this one I have it down. Been listening to this song since I was a child. My parents have the original album still.

@kymberlymaxwelljohnson5846

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I can do the long version EVERY WORD 1st record I ever bought with my own money and learned it to impress Wendell Trig but he got mad when I could rap it better than him lol 😂

@karenkelly-dillenbeck9209

3 жыл бұрын

Oh .... you bet !!!

@tam9614

3 жыл бұрын

I do & I was . I can sing along with the long version too, but I like the short version best.

Hi guys, you've got another "older" admirer here. In fact, my son is older than you both. I'll take you back to 1976 when I was in high school. How about "Play That Funky Music" by White Cherry. 29m Utube hits ain't too bad!! We liked our music loud...so turn it UP!!

@infinitethinking1884

3 жыл бұрын

"Wild Cherry" made "Play that funky music"

@demmyebooras8438

3 жыл бұрын

Love the song "Play that Funky Music!!"

This was at the tailend of the disco era, so yeah everybody wore tight clothes lol. Tight polyester bell bottome lol

@brandisabourin3630

2 жыл бұрын

Yes omh bell bottoms

1980. We all HAD to learn word for word. Awesome. And I still know it! The original version was 13 minutes! This was the first rap record we knew!!

This is the first _recorded_ rap performance ever in 1979. Rap had its beginnings at house parties in the Bronx and Harlem back in the 1970s. A good party needs good music, so guys would sit at the record players and play the songs everyone wanted to hear and dance to in their tight dancing clothes, literally becoming the House DJs. Sometimes the parties ran a little (or a lot) late and dudes' Moms would show up to drag them home. The "MC" would plug a mic into the stereo system and make announcements for them to go to the front door to see their Moms, or to move the mustang that was blocking cars in the driveway. Eventually, the MCs began to get creative with their announcements. That evolved into rap. And this song is the first rap that was recorded at a recording studio, like any other song would have been. Rap recorded and sold on vinyl albums and tapes became a thing in 1979. Two years later, Blondie's song Rapture, containing a lengthy rap section reached the Top 100 songs on the radio list and all of America heard rap for the first time.

@Sugarflyspy

3 жыл бұрын

Kool Herc!

@kikiciesielski5824

3 жыл бұрын

Right? They were emcees and they were DJs. The DJs were the ones who are most popular and then as the emcees became more popular DJs felt back that’s what happened with Mellie mels group

Those were the days - Kurtis Blow, Hamilton Bohannon, The Disco 4, The Treacherous Three, Captain Sky, Doctor Ice - the real pioneers of rap

@brandisabourin3630

2 жыл бұрын

Wow bringing me back with those names ..we love that basketball..

@Wally-H

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandisabourin3630 Basketball is my favourite sport, I love the way they dribble up and down the court. Just like I'm the king of the microphone, so is Dr J and Moses Malone. I love slam dunks and take me to the hoop - my favourite play is the alley oop. I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go, this is Basketball by Mr Kurtis Blow!

It’s kinda cute that they don’t know how iconic this song is. Basically the ground breaking rap song that made the genre what is today! Love these guys! And this song... no words. We played it until the grooves wore out and had to buy another record. Good days...

This was THE song back in my day! We are all white girls in our late 50’s and we still sing this song to this day. And we know all the words too!

@vh6307

3 жыл бұрын

Yup....the TIMELESS INFINITE 70s & 80's..........S. I. G. H......!!! ☺️🤗🙋🏾‍♀️

@lisafromnj2277

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a 59 year old white grandma from NJ ,when my son got married I was asked to come on the dance floor to rap this song as the DJ played it. Even though it had been over 35 yrs I didn’t miss a lyric

@MsOneDrop

3 жыл бұрын

Great time at the skating rink, Rapper’s Delight was the best to skate to!

@KirkFields

3 жыл бұрын

Cool beans, thanks for the share! 👍☺️✌️

@monicamad1285

3 жыл бұрын

100%

I'm 54 that was our song in tbe day. I sang every word

@lisalevy3411

3 жыл бұрын

It was everything. I am 54 as well.

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

52 and can still sing every word...lol

@marcilk7534

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Age 47.

@barijohnson9699

3 жыл бұрын

52 and yes can sing every word

@kimberlinibambini1988

3 жыл бұрын

I’m 50, same! Every word! And this was just a portion of the song- it was the entire side of the 33 vinyl album-

The dude getting down with the flame suit always made me die laughing

I totally forgot that sometimes people then would refer to that type rap as "hippity-hop" music. Eventually cutting it down to hip-hop.

This song put rap on the map. Took it from local to national.

@vh6307

3 жыл бұрын

INDEED 👊🏾

@gellotion

3 жыл бұрын

From Harlem and the Bronx, a gift to the entire world 👊

OMG! I haven’t heard this in years! It takes me back to my 1st year in college. Guys this is the beginning of Rap.

Dee-lite, Groove is in the Heart, blends different tones.

I am so glad that you two came out with this channel and enjoy the music us older generation grew up on. Rappers Delight was one of the best raps to roller skate 🛼 on. I am so happy y’all enjoyed it as much of my generation did...

Wayment?!! Y'all just gettin' to Rapper's Delight. How and why? I'm 54. I still have my LP. This the genesis of rap!

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

Was the Sh!t at the skating rink.... Everyone on the floor..!

@MarisolLopez-hp7go

3 жыл бұрын

You have a treasure of an LP! #TalkinBoutOurGeneration

@HerLovesBooks

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarisolLopez-hp7go I know. I'll will that thing to my children. I purchased it with my own little teenage money. 👏🏾

@juliedavis7445

3 жыл бұрын

I find it hard to believe they've never heard this before

@deniselauth2886

3 жыл бұрын

At 56, I still have mine somewhere too!!!!!

YhoaaThese are the GOATs of hip hop . They paved the way for almost every rapper after their time. . This was the first rap song that broke radio play in the 70s

@2apocalypsex

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, King Tim III (Personality Jock), by Bill Curtis and the Fatback Band came first just a few months before Rappers Delight.

@madameclark3453

3 жыл бұрын

And I was listening to this song in the 70’s.

@seanjohnson7367

3 жыл бұрын

Come on, they’re not the GOATs of anything. One of the MCs stole his verse line for line from another rapper.

I remember having this album and roller skating to this song!

The beginning of RAP ❤️ This will always be one of my favorite rap songs for the simple fact EVERYONE liked this song, it brought us together at the discos on the dance floor, skating rink, & all us kids rapping to it on the school bus😂❤️

This is the First Rap Song, There is a 14 minute long version of the song you should react to. I remember when this song came out. I still remembered many of the verses,

@kimberlinibambini1988

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss! I played the album over and over- knew every verse started in elementary school - still do for the most part- This one song was the entire album- there’s sooo many chopped versions on KZread-

@faronomus1589

3 жыл бұрын

Not the first ever rap However, it’s the very first rap to be get high sale aka to the mainstream

@indirussell7083

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there are two versions

The Show by Doug E Fresh, it might be hard to find but it's awesome!!

@DanielleGillmoreJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

oh Oh OH MY GOD....

@RobertaS127

3 жыл бұрын

It isn't hard to find. It's right here on KZread.

@DanPLC

3 жыл бұрын

This x1000000. The Show is the way to start off any party.

WHEN WE RAPPED BACK THEN.... AT LEAST IT HAD A BEAT YOU COULD DANCE TOO 👏👏👏👍

@theodoreritola9758

3 жыл бұрын

A YEEEEEEPPERS SURE DID

@sheallythompson367

Жыл бұрын

And not every other word a cuss word!!

Thank God for the young people.We are going to be all right.This is the very first rap record. A blue album. I still know all the words 40 years later.

This song was the start of rap in 1979. The music they rapped to was, Good Times by Chic. I love it!

@monicamad1285

3 жыл бұрын

Everybody Dance & Le Freak!! Timeless!! These nice young men should check them out!! Chic!! 💖

One of the most famous lines from Rapper's Delight: "Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn, If your girl starts acting up Then you take her friend!" We use to get LIVE when that line came on! From a Sista in Brooklyn, NY

A classic never dies. Believe it or not , this recording changed everything from that point on. Hard to imagine the impact it had.

"Hotel. Motel. HOLIDAY INN!" I love everything about this!

The beat is sampled from the song "Good Times" by the band Chic. You should check that one out too. It's another classic.

@carolmay7

3 жыл бұрын

yes, I was singing along... we are the good times!

@Wally-H

3 жыл бұрын

It’s slowed down by a half note, as anyone who learnt to play it on the bass guitar will tell you

I screamed noo that this is your 1st time hearing this. This'll be a treat.

@ChrisBennettGameDesign

3 жыл бұрын

And it was. 🔥🙌

@thepoeticbutcher3370

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBennettGameDesign .....Yes Lawd!!!

@toddanthonyy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... it's funny when these "youngins" are hearing for the first time songs I have been listening to practically all my life. 🙄 🎼 📼 💿

I've heard this song so many times over the years, but this time it finally hit me how many absolutely fundamental elements of rap came from it.

Thanks for watching this video. I just finished dancing and singing with every word! 🇨🇦💕

If you haven't heard Rapture by Blondie yet you absolutely should! Fun, early days of rap.

@ny4000

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve requested that song many times! Was the first song to go #1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart that had a rap portion in it. The tune really has so much historical significance. I will keep requesting it!

@JoanneDunham

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying check it out www.songfacts.com/facts/blondie/rapture

Their performance of “Apache” should be your next Sugarhill Gang experience. Its a Native American-centered rap that really grooves!

@indirussell7083

3 жыл бұрын

Aaahh , it's funny you said that I just listened to that yesterday, most ppl don't know about that one. Only real rap heads know about these old song.

@MikeJohnson-hp8lr

3 жыл бұрын

@@indirussell7083 I'm 60 years old and wear my “rap head” badge with pride!

@indirussell7083

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeJohnson-hp8lr 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

@indirussell7083

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeJohnson-hp8lr this is when rap made sense, I can't take this junk they make now, I'm from NY and all we had was our parents music and what was coming up. Block parties every summer , parks parties.

@MikeJohnson-hp8lr

3 жыл бұрын

@@indirussell7083 I must admit that rap back in the day seemed for the most part to be upbeat and fun. Once the darker, more rebellious ‘gangsta’ style took over it really ruined it for me. That's just my personal opinion...there is a place for the harder type of rap, which has allowed for some really biting social commentary to be expressed, and there have been some very good songs come out of that, but for the most part I really miss the rap that celebrated positivity instead of promoting the whole gangsta lifestyle.

we need to bring back "sucka MC's" and "Jive Turkey"

Classic!! They pulled me onstage in the 90's to dance w/them! Good times.

This absolutely blew everyone's minds when it hit the airwaves. 🤯🤯🤯🤯 This came out when disco was in its last dying throes. Most people had never heard anything like it and were hungry for something new. Also this was before sampling machines existed, so everything had to be done the hard way.

THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING 👏🏻👏🏻

They broke ground on a whole new genre of music! EVERYBODY new this song! Good memories :-)

Fun fact: There's a long version of the song that is almost 15 minutes long.

@gimpalopagus

3 жыл бұрын

That's the only version I listen to, go big or go home!

@paperclips4113

3 жыл бұрын

WOW!

@MsPepsi819

3 жыл бұрын

That came on one day when I was leaving the garage at work, rapped all the way home! It literally went off when I was pulling in my driveway 🤣

This song was made when disco was phasing out and rap was just beginning.FYI this was the first rap song to be recorded.

@madameclark3453

3 жыл бұрын

Not the first but the first hit

@MVK123

3 жыл бұрын

And the first of many rap songs to heavily sample other songs. Honestly, too many rap songs just piggyback on others' creativity. The "Good Times" sample makes this track and they rightly got sued over it!

@thewkovacs316

3 жыл бұрын

@@MVK123 which hip hop artist wasnt sampling songs at this time? their mistake was not crediting chic and paying them royalties, when they released the record

@edwilkinson1086

3 жыл бұрын

King Tim III I believe is credited as the first rap song by the Fatback Band

@MVK123

3 жыл бұрын

@@thewkovacs316 That's my point, that there is such a lack of creativity, too much piggybacking across the whole genre

Macaroni soggy the peas are mush and the chicken taste like wood

@fluttie64

3 жыл бұрын

Peas are musty

@indiglo1971

3 жыл бұрын

KAY O PEC TATE

We ABSOLUTELY wore tight clothes in this era (the 70’s). The only Levi’s were the OG shrink-to-fit 501’s. We took them straight out the bag to the washing machine, washed them on hot, then dried them in high heat, to shrink ‘em & fade ‘em. The rappers in the 80’s brought us the baggy look. It was a reaction to the tight clothes of the 70’s Disco era.

Yo... to my young heads... we was tight wearin in the mid 80's... we didn't really start to loosen up the apparel until about 87... bt now y'all back tight again... times will always resurface.. eventually y'all are gonna get tired of being tight and go back to baggy.. I'm sure of it..

PARTY!!!!! This group and this hit was the introduction of the RAP genre. These are the boys to say THANK YOU to for bringing REAL rap to the people!!!

Yay!!! Finally!! These guys were on the cusp between disco and rap!! Thank you so much!! This is rap roots, guys!!😄✌️💙

@juliemcdaniel499

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

The group and the record company were named after the Sugar Hill, Harlem, neighborhood in New York City.

We knew every word to this song when I was in Junior High. Still remember every word.

Gangster's Paradise!!!!!! Great song and great 90's rap

@paulstares48

3 жыл бұрын

Thats sampled from pastime paradise by stevie wonder. Its from one of the best albums of the 70's. Songs in the key of life. Its Epic

I want u guys to know I’m a upper age white woman and I love watching u guys!! U make me smile and dance! Thank u so much for what u do! U lift my spirits, I wish everyone had your kind of spirit, I’m serious, the world needs your kind of love and acceptance! U go guys, please don’t stop!! U help the world! Seriously!

The song sample that they are rapping to is called “Good Times” by Chic 😊

I was born in 1982 so this is my kind of music I still listen till this day. It brings back memories of my childhood like skating, cookouts, ect

I used to roller skate to this song!

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone on the floor....!

@madameclark3453

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Rap started with these guys. Well I put it like this. Rap has been around but these guys was the first to do on main stream media. On tv for the world to see and hear.

@aliahayes1604

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making that distinction.

@todd6805

3 жыл бұрын

Not really this was the first main stream but rap has been around since the 50s and guys like James brown influenced rap

@faronomus1589

3 жыл бұрын

@@todd6805 rap has been around since the ancient days in Africa Specifically the griots of west africa

This was another one of those songs I loved skating too. Glad y’all enjoyed it.

You two are a joy to watch as you listen to some of the greatest music ever! Keep enjoying.

They sampled Chic's "Good Times" in this song

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

great song..!

@Julieroo28

3 жыл бұрын

@Anna Gonzalez Ahhhh....didn’t know that! Definitely his music!!

@jillwklausen

3 жыл бұрын

They sure did.

@MindCrackerProd

3 жыл бұрын

@Anna Gonzalez yes! I forgot about that! Big controversy, lol.

@dannyshizzle76

3 жыл бұрын

Illegally 😅

This was the first rap song ever created. It created a whole new phenomenon. The music melody was from the song Le chic by the band chic. It was 1979 so disco was huge. Most people didn’t know what to do with this type of music and didn’t think there’d be another rap song ever. Here we are 42 years later and all rap singers should pay homage to sugar hill.

Yep, have this song on vinyl lol! Memorized word for word back then! AND IT'S A LONG SONG! 🤣😂🤗

They paid dearly for that funky beat from Nile Rodgers. Chic "Good Times"

@MVK123

3 жыл бұрын

And rightly so, that stolen sample makes the song

This song was, is, and always has been a straight bop

This was the first hip hop song I ever heard, 1979. What an absolute blast!

Fun fact: this is one of the first ever rap songs. 😂🔥

This song brings back so many memories just like Double Dutch Bus by Frankie Smith, both while doing the double dutch with jump ropes & someone holding the boom box... those were the days!!

@marcilk7534

3 жыл бұрын

I love Double Dutch Bus.