9-16-79 - A Short Film By JayQuan

[@seesquadrecords]

Jayquan the Historian :) ….. you never disappoint… I was a kid at 9, living in Gardena , CA, broken home, thinking I had the family disease of Huntington’s disease like 2, it consumed me, then one day, my mom bought me the album with Rappers Delight , I stared at the album and read it over and over while it played and my life immediately changed :) Hip hop saved my life .. I’ve lost 9 family members in my lifetime , survivors guilt is real .. but here I am , enjoying another lesson . Thank you !!!!!!!!!

[@tymxeluv5476]

SEE SQUAD RECORDS LLC U are a survivor, keep that spirit to achieve whatever ur after. I luh stories of hope & inspiration. TY.

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

@seesquad ...Incredible bro. Respect to you, you're a survivor. Glad you're still here!

[@kevinkidd7211]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@genx7006]

More videos like this please! Some ideas: the first time you heard Run-DMC, LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff, etc. Any old school cats from the Golden Era 1986-1989. Those were the years...

[@juanraices6399]

Top notch 5 STAR 🌟 JOURNALISM PUSHING FACTS NOT ALCOHOL , GOSSIP AND BS BIG UP JAYQUAN !

[@topshelf6771]

Yo….this was sooooo good. I couldn't stop smiling! I can remember when this came out. Everybody and mean EVERYBODY knew it word for word and its something that you just cannot forget. Now What You Hear Is Not A Test….

[@Railzilla]

September 16, 1979, the day The Historian was born. We are so lucky that he was. Your gift, talent and passion for this music is incomparable. Thank you for all you do as a purveyor of hip hop as an art form.

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Thank you Ma'am!

[@Musicradio77Network]

And remember, this was two months after the Disco Demolition stunt at Comisky Park in Chicago, IL where fans trashed and blew all of their disco records and went into a riot where it caused the Chicago White Sox to postponed the game due to the incident. That was when disco was out, new wave music was coming in, and rock music was taken over. When “Rapper’s Delight” came out, it defined the hip-hop genre and saved dance music. If you look at other songs from that day, “My Sharona” by the Knack was the biggest hit of the year in 1979, and it was not a disco song, it was a rock song that blew disco out of the water.

[@Victor-T92]

Like your videos and explanations of everything. I always wonderd and you ofcourse you should know about it. There is a forgotten mc called: Spyder D. Maybe you can make a video about him. Once again thank you so much for providing all the hip hop knowledge keep it up man. @@TheFoundationhiphop

[@Jermaine_Jones]

I really appreciate the work he puts in on telling the true history of the music and culture of hip hop. This stuff has never properly been documented and to see the work he puts in is awesome. I remember radio before hip hop and the first time I heard it (North NJ native) It was a incredible time period.

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Thats the context that's never talked about. There was a time where there was NO rap music...hearing it for the first time was amazing.

[@randee4550]

Big up to the homie Jay Quan. The authority in Hip-Hop history. Always well researched, and never any bias. Just the story, as it was written, by those that wrote the story.

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

My man. Means everything from you bro...

[@randee4550]

@@TheFoundationhiphop SALUTE..

[@IAMHIPHOP974]

@@randee4550 and jayquan knows blacks and puerto rican kids started Hip Hop

[@randee4550]

@@IAMHIPHOP974 Not gonna bring that nonsense, to my man's page. But let me reiterate, that this man is well researched, and well respected across the board, by every Hip-Hop pioneer, in NY.

[@IAMHIPHOP974]

@@randee4550 yes he’s one of if not the best. He knows Blacks and Ricans pioneered this

[@thinkforward8752]

"I was eight years old, about to be nine....and the record totally blew my mind!" Same 🎯👌 I turned nine just a week later on the 23rd. MAN, those were "Good Times" 💯 East Oakland, California🤘

[@randee4550]

Do "The Breaks" next. Or "Funk You Up".

[@gms9073]

God Bless this man!

[@bigolbabyhuey]

I really enjoyed that. It took me back to 1979 when I first heard Rapper's Delight

[@banksofbarcelona3893]

Hip hop the hippy to the hip hop you don't stop you the rocking to the bang bang boogie say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. I first heard this song in 2009 and I loved it immediately!

[@iamclbonline]

❤The day I fell in love with Hip-Hop… SGH caught my attention with both their unique sound and brand. Such a formative time for so many. Thank you for sharing your story, and preserving the history!

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Definitely. The day I fell in love with it as well. Thanks for looking!

[@traum640]

Thank you for sharing Jay. This was great.

[@daveyboy_]

First time I heard it was the grade 4 Christmas party Dec 79 . And yeah , music was very - 80's anticipation .

[@firelioness363]

I'm here in Philadelphia trust I feel the same this can't be real I'm talking with the folks that helped to create something amazing ...

[@otobotrecords]

Awesome! I started 5 years later in West Germany at the age of 6.

[@antskaljurand3091]

Thank you mom for the records.

[@jonathanvillalobos7994]

One of the best videos of KZbin.this was great.I really enjoyed this one,keep up the great work.no on does it like you!📀

[@DavidSheltonKCDJUnique]

That was my first rap record I ever bought in 1979 I was 12 years old. I had bought the whole album but I appreciate the video man.

[@JeffStrange]

Jay, we mirror each other's childhood. This was damn near the same way me and my best friend was when Sugar Hill dropped! Thank you for doing this! Big up to your moms for being a Queen that raised a King!

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Respect bro. Glad that it resonates with others!!! Great days we witnessed!

[@paulettecunningham8327]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Foundation Films 🎥 🎙🎼Genius 🔥

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Thank you. That means everything coming from you!

[@Docmananoff]

This is phenomenal! Respect JayQuan! Timeless! 💯💯💯🥂

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Thank you bro. Your animation made it so much more interesting and attention grabbing. Thanks again!!

[@Docmananoff]

@@TheFoundationhiphop Anytime man! 🥂💯✊🏽

[@raymomdchadwick2333]

Brother Jayquan enjoyed the short took me back to the first time i heard rapper delight thank for the memory

[@kevinkidd7211]

Brother Jay is the Truth!!!

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Respect. Thank You!!

[@mrscratchhook]

Very detailed and for your mom to speak on it made it very organic!!! our timeline is similar..i knew nothing about rappin until i heard rappers delight..it was at that point that my inner beast was awoken and the initial spark created for me 💯🔥

[@MemoGrafix]

I was 11 when this dropped on Earth. My Mother, Aunts, GrandMothers and their friends LOST THEIR MINDS ...heeheeeheeee... when they heard _Big Bank Hank_ say: *_"He Can't Satisfy You with His Little Worm / But I Can Bust You Out with My SUPER SPERM."_*

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

Big, big respect as always, JayQuan. ✊🏾✊🏾

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

Great video as always. And of course thank you Grandmaster Caz and the rest of Cold Crush.

[@omoowobhd]

Nice. U make superb videos sir, I salute you!!! I like to reminisce about hip hop & my early days as a naive teen & young adult in search of fresh gear so I could look fly to impress the fly girls & cutie pies back in the day on the block & in the spots! LOL. I thoroughly enjoy your channel & it's also a history lesson for the things I missed during that time...

[@electrolive9199]

Awesome story!! You are so much like myself coming up. That record changed the game for sure. It was when Planet Rock came out that really solidified hip hop and electro music for myself. And have forever been on a very similar jouney my freind, as you know!!!

[@JESUSisLoveneverhate]

THAT'S MY BROTHER AND HE IS PHENOMENAL!!!!!

[@5dlos]

🔥👍🏾🎵

[@roderickwilliams9941]

Outstanding video! Thank you for your contributions to Hip Hop culture by being a fierce guardian of its history. Your efforts are greatly appreciated brother; keep up the great work!

[@danatabois]

Very cool video, would love to see more content like this!

[@VintageFunk]

Good stuff Jay, cool to hear others stories/experiences/perspectives on this Golden time in all our lives as young kids. Keep goin' bruh, gonna be fun to watch all your films... #JayquanThaHipHopGod #FoundationFilms

[@GunninRebel55]

Thats dope man. Your mom sounds like an amazing, loving, and super-supportive mom. All of us who've followed your channel for years owe you AND her a debt of gratitude. Much love & respect my brotha!

[@wiggesobk]

Great story!

[@youngalidagr8]

Amazing video….. Thank you for this piece of art and your story

[@DISIDENCIAGALACTICA]

📻🎶🤔📻🎶🤔📻🎶🤔📻🎶🤔📻🎶🤔

[@chrisetheredge6265]

Excellent work Jay. Your passion for hip-hop and music as a whole is inspiring my bro. #Continue

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Thank you!!

[@alpoe4467]

BRILLIANT! Will you also incorporate comic book history, into upcoming presentations? Even if the focus of this forum is early rap. Hope your present graphic artists, people, who designed early album covers, etc..

[@mcgougainmediaworks5084]

Thank you, brother, this was dope!

[@lighterlemin]

Amazing video, your lessons are appreciated. Can we see your full conversation with mele Mel? One love

[@LSturdy]

Ah Man I was just going trough my Subs and Unsubscribing to Anybody talking about Hip Hop , My Love since I first heard that Recording because It’s not about the Art anymore with these guys , it’s about rumors ,gossip And who got whacked , So I cleaning house and Brother J Popped up and Restored My Faith in this thing of our. I was 11 at the time and I bet if you got All us Old heads in a Room we could still recite every word . I didn’t get a chance to get RD at the time because I am from Tennessee and we were still trying to figure out What this was and Then Kurtis came out With the Breaks and that was my First 12 and that was my Christmas Present 1980 , Salute to you Brother And Krs One Stiil the Goat😂🎤

[@djkingdavid313]

Excellent 🏆

[@somanystyles]

That's a dope story brother. You were well ahead of your time as a little 8-year-old kid. I enjoyed that record also but I didn't have the acumen to research it and go purchase it at the time like you. You are truly blessed to have found what you love at that age and have made it your life. Props! ✌🏾🔥🙏🏾

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

Respect bro. Thank you

[@kevinkidd7211]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chip123dr]

Hey Jaquan which record store did you get it from was it the album den or Churchill records or plan 9??? By the way awesome mini documentary shout out to your Moms!!!!

[@TheFoundationhiphop]

It was Album Den!

[@imkevbrown]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@RenR70]

I remember as a 9 year old kid all my friends at elementary school rapping the lyrics hip hop hibbity…

[@davedub4013]

🔥😃👍

[@t.breeze8659]

I'd never thought about how new Chic's Good Times was at this time. Any documentary on hip hop needs JayQuan's perspective. Would love Jay to chime in on the conversations about the disputed birth and founding of Hip Hop. Would love Jay to chime in on the debate about whether Hip Hop was exclusively created by FBAs. My opinion: Bambaataa is the most important figure in origin of the culture. Herc was doing his merry-go-round routine already. Kool DJ Dee and Disco King Mario were playing parks and rec centers already. The b-boys were already rocking with Dee and Mario before getting with Herc. Flash pushed the music forward as did Theodore. The graf writers existed. While I don't believe Bam stopped gang violence, I do believe he pulled the elements together and defined it as a culture. In the 80s, Bam deflected praise from himself and credited Herc. But clearly Bam was the big picture thinker that turned this from a collection of scenes to a culture.

[@majikmanheru3539]

Nice

[@fensterirl]

Very nice video, something I've always been curious about, Rapper's Delight, what's the source of that title, what's that means? XYZ delight? Is that something people used to say?

[@tarikmuhic8739]

Hi. Can I ask you what happened to some of the videos on your channel? Seems like a lot of videos disappeared, particulary foundation lessons. Also, whats up with your wbsite? You dropped so much incredible knowledge, it would be a tragedy to lose any of that. Thank you for your work.

[@terencebuie2158]

What up the foundation. That richmond family Newport news wash dc DMV tidewater b more lol

[@donaldmccall3968]

Burh you should do peace bout grandmaster flowers

[@IAMHIPHOP974]

On Tupac 8th birthday

[@FloridaGeorgia]

Great story!