FIRST TIME HEARING The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight (Official Video) REACTION | THIS IS LIT! 😱

[@andrejohnson1073]

Yes guys this is the first born of hip hop in 1979. It has begun!!! It's definitely a badass hit in history. 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

Well hiphop existed before, this is the first commercially successful Hiphop recording

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

@hephner78 People were calling it Rapping before Rapture. Also Debbie Harry wasn't really a rapper of any sort. She had been to a few club in New York where they were playing this new hiphop music, and it was around this time.that some of the New Wave crowd in New York and the hiphopers were starting to mix and mingle in Manhattan, going to parties and Debbie Harry was intrigued by the sounds and eventually Met Grand Master Flash and met Fab Five Freddy. Thats why she mentioned them in the lyrics. And Fab Five Freddy encouraged her to release rapture

[@marcusjustsaid]

​@@gamexsimmonds3581 exactly. Hip Hop/Rap was around many years prior to Rapture. Same goes for Rapper's Delight. I don't know where in history the narrative changed and people began looking at Blondie or the song "Rapture" as one of the foundations to Hip Hop/Rap, when it wasn't at all. In a corporate, commercial mainstream sense, yes. Rapture (Rapper's Delight, as well) was an early example of the mainstream record label machine capitalizing on an upward trending culture and sound in the easiest way possible (same happened with House Music originating from Chicago in the 80s--and expanding internationally in Europe). It worked back then, and continues to work today. Some good, some bad, subjectively speaking. Debbie Harry of Blondie paid respect to Hip Hop when she could've made a total mockery of it (and take full credit), as she seemed to have a genuine curiosity and love for the art form, so I definitely give props and acknowledgment. Also, RAP stands for "Rhythm And Poetry", but usage of the name itself had been around since the 60s and maybe even earlier. The name did not come from Rapture, as you mentioned before. It was the other way around. Debbie helped crossover Grandmaster Flash into mainstream for sure. It was to be expected, considering that he was one of the main inspirations for her rap. Years ago (mid 2000s, in my 20s), I had to explain to one of my friends (Asian and white) that Debbie wasn't the first rapper, nor first female rapper. Her dad (white Republican) who didn't listen to Rap at all) told her so, and she believed him. At that moment, I realized more than ever that there was a disconnect and that not everyone knew the basics within our culture in the way that we did. I remember being a little annoyed at the time, but I understood. Regardless of race/ethnicity, if you weren't exposed to the essence of Hip Hop early on, there's a good chance that you may not truly connect or understand much about it, even if you do enjoy it on the surface. I learned a lot from that experience/exchange. Her experience and upbringing was different than mine, so I helped educate her the best way I could at the time. She was also shocked to find out where Rock & Roll and House Music originated, too, as she had been led to believe something completely different. As I grow older, I realize that we have the same issue today with the younger generation. There's a lot of historical revisionism going on due to lack of research. The disconnect seems even more chaotic now, even though there's an abundance of information at our disposal, haha. This is one of the reasons why I love when younger people do reactions to older music. I respect it a lot, because they don't have to do it.

[@lynette.]

Wow forgot it was that long ago how time flies.

[@StMichael7]

@@marcusjustsaidah that’s true because I’m 50 years old and was a break dancer in the 1980s in Los Angeles but recently found out that break dancing was invented by mostly Puerto Ricans like crazy legs of Rock Steady Crew from the Bronx.

[@MuckoMan]

This was a big roller skating song and we were always diverse back in the day. It only started becoming bad when the media and politicians realized we were getting along together.

[@THECH0SEN0NE82]

this is definitely the first mainstream hit for what would become hip hop. the beat itself is sampled from a song called ''good times''. hip hops infancy was songs just like this one where well known songs of many genres would be sampled and have an emcee rapping over a breakbeat live in a cypher or crowd (freestyle), that would evolve into a legit song writing and beat production. would be really dope to see you do more early hip hop, more advanced wordplay and lyricism wouldnt come around until the mid-late 80s but hip hop has always had its fair share of ''party'' songs like this one and others like ''white lines'' and ''the message'' that despite being hits still carried a deeper meaning in its message (no pun intended). ive gone on a little long but keep up the good work. NY were definitely the originators and kings early on of the genre but being from the west coast itd be dope to see you react to mc fosty / lovin c - radio activity rapp .

[@2apocalypse-X]

Rapper's Delight gets the credit, but The Fatback Band's King Tim III (Personality Jock) came out before Rapper's Delight

[@aboutthat1440]

@@2apocalypse-X but this was a FAR bigger hit all over the country. That's just the facts.

[@enzodellacorte1909]

Dont forget Curtis Blow

[@AO-bl7cc]

Technically, the beat wasn't sampled. They hired a musician to play the bass riff, and it wasn't even a looped.

[@karig1994]

If u guys liked this song u should check out Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message

[@haroldt1999]

Took the words out of my mouth.

[@TheConnonedrum]

Mannn...that song really was the message.

[@skinheadjon901]

Don't forget "White Lines" too 🎶😎🙌👍

[@LinnetTahsequah-gx9cq]

Freedom is my fav!

[@gaylemitchell5881]

Dancing was big, disco era, you can hear it in the mix. Everybody was learning the moves. We even bought the dresses

[@noraa1991]

It's a rapper's delight, the title is a pun because they offer a variety of rapping styles

[@DWQJVB]

What’s the pun?

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

@@DWQJVB delight is a dish I believe, so they offering a variety of flavors or dishes

[@poundinthastreets]

“It’s six minutes long!”…. Oh you sweet, innocent star child. If you only knew… 😂😂😂

[@glennallen239]

I am 57 Years old and memorized the 7 Min Version of Rappers Delight. Most everyone my age did. You heard the 14 Min version at Clubsand Skateing Rinks and School Dances.Please react to the 14 Minute version.

[@bechmam4750]

I learnt the words in maths. Got zero in maths exam 😅

[@diggs1989]

Yes, I was coming to ask about the full version is so dope

[@nancyberry1039]

I remember when this came out... I was in jr high (aka middle school - 7th grade). Our local R&B/Soul station debuted it one night & it was an instant hit. The next day people were calling into the station constantly to request another play. We had never heard anything like it. Sure we knew the melody of "Good Times" but what was this fast talkin' form of "singing"?!?! All of us kids ran out to the music store & bought the (cough) vinyl record, so we could memorize the lyrics. For weeks, all you heard while walking down the school hallways were various kids rapping the lyrics. I'm sure our teachers were quite sick of it after the first few days. I'm 54 now & can still recite it verbatim - HAHA! That's how much we listened to this first crossover hit. Shortly after, Grand Master Flash & the Furious Five busted onto the scene with their much more realistic & gritty song called "The Message" - one of my all time favorite old skool bangers. Please check that one out sometime. :-)

[@SearlesHernandez]

Rappers Delight (released September 1979) is the 2nd commercially released song on wax but is the most well known and had the most commercial success. "King Tim" by Fatback was released in March 1979, before "Rappers Delight" however, it did not see the same success.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

Now check out Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - The Message. 1982 it dropped 40yr anniversary of that track in a week.

[@methos3135]

This was sampled from legendary producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers' band Chic. "Good Times".

[@SearlesHernandez]

How did rap get started? Back in the 40's and 50's there were poets who rebelled against mainstream America and became known as Beat Poets. Eventually Beat Poets began to give public poetry readings. Overtime poetry was used in music. Bob Dylan is an example of someone who used poetry/rhyming in his songs. He was influenced by Beat Poet William Brown (Big Brown) from New York. At some point, Coke La Rock began "rapping" at parties and it caught on. Who influenced Coke? Maybe the Beat Poets? Maybe Dylan? Groups like Sugar Hill Gang and The Furious Five and other early groups perfected it (wrote lyrics) and it evolved into hip hop.

[@6699sanchez]

The core of rap is the underlying music track. Disco and dance tracks were mixed and extended so that people could dance along for longer stretches. These "remixes" had long stretches of instrumental sections which were easier to loop and stretch. During these instrumentals, MCs would talk or "rap" along to the track to hype up the people dancing. Similar things happened in Jamaica with instrumental tracks or dubs, where DJs would talk or "toast" to the track. After a while, the MC vocals became just as important, and at times more important than the music track.

[@paulamoya7956]

This was the anthem in Jr high in 1980 when I first came out.this is where it all began.I’ve had a front row seat for the evolution of rap and hiphop. It’s Been Amazing!✔️

[@peterwilkins7013]

One of the most influential songs ever. Not many can say they are largely responsible for a whole new genre of music. This version is a bit different to the normal single version. The full version is over 14 mins long!

[@ox9218]

planet rock - afrika bambaataa

[@fredarsenault8987]

Rap is a take on Jamaican toasting, introduced to NY by DJ Kool Herc a jamaican immigrant, he s basically the godfather of hiphop

[@cesheph]

Respect to our Legend OGs of Hiphop ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@pisces228]

This was a staple of the Saturday afternoon session at the roller rink when I was 10. Great memories. You should check out "Rapture" by the band Blondie from the same era. Cheers!

[@c-wordplay]

Iconic song in hip-hop for sure

[@mmsizzlak]

Some street history from an old man... In the 90's I heard "planet rock" for the first time... Understand this was the era of west coast gangsta rap and "planet rock" had come out back in the day from my back in the day already...I was 13...I was always a nerd, wanting to know EVERYTHING about whatever I got into... That song pushed me into breakdancing... We were taught that there are 4 tenets to hip hop.... breakdancing (b-boying), tagging, dj'ing, and rapping... From what I was told, rhyming out loud had always been a thing with young, black teens until the 70's when the New York burroughs like the Bronx began to throw these underground parties where young black and Latino youths would compete in dancing, turntabling, and rapping...DJ Herc was supposedly one of the first DJ's who took their parents old vinyl funk records and mixed it with modern drumbeats aka "breaks" or "breakbeats" to play at these parties to showcase their mixing skills and rapping complemented this new form of music... The BIGGEST hip hop heads you'll EVER meet are b-boys... They take that shit SERIOUSLY... Ironically though, the other tenets of hip hop eventually faded but expanded outside of the states...so if you're TRULY into rap and hip hop, there are other tenets besides just rapping... On the street level though, breakdancing was initially a way for groups of adversaries to compete without fighting, hence why rapping has such a big "battling" format, because it used to be one of the nonviolent ways to settle shit besides b-boying, tagging and turntables.... But on the street level, first you battled... Then it went to fists... Then you began to take sides and gangs naturally came afterwards...I was a horrible breakdancer lol... Like for real... But I still tried and went to battles before guns started popping off and I stopped... So it was never JUST rap.... There's a big history behind it...I only know what I picked up when I was younger so I could be close but not accurate

[@kathyembley455]

They were the best on the block party’s and young entrepreneurs said “Let’s get a record deal!” Pioneers and sampled forever!

[@KaBeeM]

my dad had that single on vinyl and there was a 16 minute version of Rapper's Delight!

[@michaelway7936]

The full length is almost 15 min,but this was the start and slowly but surely it kept gettin popular- party/club raps to braggin,flossin more aggressive style,to the gangsta/reality rap from the mid 80's on. This was 1979

[@nsimons5942]

Grandmaster Flash - The Message

[@riot3770]

React to The Message. It’s what turned rap into what it became in the late 80s and 90s

[@joshehrendreich4058]

Extended version = even more lit

[@virginiadurant9954]

This is the first modern rap song. They were rapping in the 1930's to big band music in black clubs.

[@surgetwo9]

People were rappin before they had the music. Just added a a beat and made hip hop music. Good reaction good and music to listen to bring out people's smiles

[@lisahumphries3898]

I was a young teen in this era and I remember this song and have seen pictures of the sugar hill gang, but I’ve never seen this video. I love that I will always picture that tight t-shirt and hips shaking back and forth when I hear this song now. ❤️

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Chooooooooon. We were there first time. Beautiful sample of Good Times, Chic. XX

[@dard4642]

I was 9 when this came out. Early early hip-hop was all party music. How rapping came about was early hip-hop was just DJs. Then, DJ's added a hype-man to motivate and lead the crowd ("throw your hands in the sky, and wave them from side to side" and stuff like that). Then hype men, the Master of Ceremonies (MC), started getting cleverer, funnier, and started rhyming. Now it's all about the MC but in the beginning it was all about the DJ. And, yes, there is a shorter radio version of this song. The guy y'all like, Wonder Mike, was a school teacher (I think..). Big Bank Hank worked at a pizza parlor. That crowd looks so diverse because that is a disco crowd.

[@danieltilley4187]

Man i am 64 and i remember when this came out. And you are right rap sounds so different now then it did back then. That was the rap style back then.

[@dr.manhattan7313]

this is the beginning of hip hop, they paved the way without knowing it

[@monickalynn4365]

...and this song was CRITICAL to the rap/hip hop genre

[@brenthowell8883]

Check out Apache Jump On It by these guys. It's FIRE!✌

[@brookehornback1896]

One of the best songs ever!

[@lisaheathcock7924]

Awesome!! I’m 53 and still remember all the words to this lol 🔥🥰🤘😎

[@jimquackenbush2821]

This is where rap started kids ! I'm 56 listened to them, still love it! ❤

[@tonycocchiola7192]

No swearing.

[@angelskunk2206]

This was the first rap song I listened to at the age of 12. One of my best friends taught me the words to a lot of it and we would walk around rapping it. Unfortunately she passed away in her 20s. Whenever I hear this song I think of her and how much fun we had as kids ❤💔

[@gaspuno]

Yo they all killed it but *Big Hank* is my favorite 😂🔥. Great reaction

[@louissimmonds5509]

Started with the Jamaicans and their soundsystem. This was common in Jamaica in the 60ss and 70s. They emigrated to NYC and one Jamaican guy started doing it there and it evolved. In fact Biggie Smalls mother is Jamaican.

[@tonyluther3344]

The song that gets credit for having the first “rap” in it was Rapture by Blondie. This was the first actual song to hit that was rap, released on album size vinyl, with 3 versions of this song, about a 4-5 min. one and I think a 7 minute one on one side, and the other side had one cut, a 12-13 minute version. I had the record.

[@brianguthrey8092]

Rakim - I ain’t no Joke

[@marcialynn6257]

there was a doc on i think net flix history of rap or something to that fact it will answer all your questions

[@marcialynn6257]

the origional is like 17 min or something

[@fidel2xl]

Hey, guys, this was not the first 'modern' rap song. This was, however, the first 'modern' rap song to go mainstream on the Billboard charts back in 1979. But there were already modern rap songs since the early 1970s from the Bronx, New York, the place where Rap/Hip-Hop first originated. PS: Btw, there were indeed 'rap' songs even since the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s etc, but those cannot be considered 'modern' rap. The modern rap I'm referring to is Rap/Hip Hop that originated in the Bronx (New York City) back in the early 1970s.

[@normanrose2711]

how about Grand Master Flash and their 3 monster songs New York New York, The Message and White Lines

[@garyeason8474]

Real Hip Hop

[@janiemarshall7928]

Fam Rappers Delight was a first (thank you for honoring them. 🤎🤎🤎🖤🖤🖤

[@Eric4471066]

This song was the first rap/hip-hop song to hit the Billboard Top 40 chart back in early 1980. The song peaked at #39. This was a groundbreaking song indeed!!! The song that they sampled from the r&b disco group, Chic featuring Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards. Good Times was a big r&b crossover hit for Chic.

[@feelthebern7662]

Rappin started when DJs like Flash would cut breaks in the park. He would take 2 turntables and made a crossfade and only play the funkiest parts of disco and funk tunes over and over just like that music in this song which is a classic Nile Rogers riff taken from his disco group Chic. DJ Flash would play these funky breaks in an endless loop for the people to dance to but he said people would stop and stare at him because they'd never seen anyone do that before. So that's when he had MCs jump on a mic and hype up the crowd with lyrics to get them back to dancing and that's how the rappin part of hip hop started. Sugarhill Gang were not really originators of anything, not even real rappers, just in the right place at the right time. I was in 7th grade in 1979 when this came out and everyone was crazy for it trying to memorize all the lyrics. It was my first hip hop record, 12" single. For most cities outside of New York, it's not like you could just turn on the radio and hear this.

[@MonteC68WC]

Great one young couple, growing in hip hop when this came out you definitely knew every word.. Their is alot of stories about this song. One of my favorite MCs Verse got jacked, RIP Hank... You guys are young but I salute you for wanting to learn the history, because alot of young ones don't. You guys are lucky, there is 1000s of hours of documentaries and stuff out there for you to look into. Its way better than nothing (if you weren't there), but still take it with a grain of salt because some are more accurate than others, depending on whose version it is. Much love & Enjoy...💜✌🏼

[@billdemotte7152]

This was the start of hip hop as far as I care. Was a wonderful time for music to merge people

[@Burlyhawk]

Wow memories. i was in 8th grade in 1980 when I first this. I have only heard a few times since and had forgotten how much I loved it.

[@pnojazz]

The LONG version is 14:30 long. Check out the long version on youtube!

[@mrbaddog4749]

I remember roller skating to this tune, also The Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - it's Nasty or One Way - Cutie Pie. Definitely roller boogie tunes.

[@thesoupdragon112]

I was 12 when this came out, we listened to it endlessly trying to learn all the words.

[@gloriaattard1855]

They're the original rappers back in the 70's!

[@megavideopowermegavideopow8657]

Original song by CHIC kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6OcqXqIpNGlipY what you were seeing was a Disco Club as disco music was going out something new was bubbling up out of NYC called Rap music this song the instrumental music by the group CHIC and was already a hit Disco song so this was a remix of sorts for the listeners

[@lindapowers8592]

Groundbreaking 👏🏽 It’s just poetry set to music! I remember dancing and sweating to this long ass party song. Talk about fun days😂

[@jessisanchez8150]

Netflix has a series hip hop evolution, one episode is dedicated to exactly this happened

[@michaelwilliams-vu2nf]

Rap back then was about dancing music

[@ajruther67]

In 7th grade, me and my friends would sing this song walking home from school. It made the mile and a half walk not seem so long and fun.

[@rich1223]

1979! Straight NYC! The Mecca of Hip Hop!

[@michaelbrown7263]

The first rap record was " King Tim III" by the Fatback Band ,1979

[@vincecantu2828]

Widely considered as the first hip hop song ever released. The show Drunk History explains how it happened. It's origin

[@aronp7097]

They were just coming out of the late 70's Disco Era

[@revolutionoftheclassics3630]

If you want to know how rap came about you simply have to look into the Hip Hop culture in New York. It is a combination of innovators as well as various cultural influences.

[@johnjohn1890able]

This was the first rapp I ever heard on 8track baby.. Then it was poppin battles here in N cali ..

[@doglife3]

Come on you ain't ever heard Rapper's Delight until just now. Man you been missing out! This is the Jam! I grew up in the 80's and this was the Jam! "I said a hip hop hippie to the hippie"😎

[@jay099camp]

This was the bomb back then, I was 16 when this came out in '79. If you want and idea of what it was like back then on your own time you should watch the Netfllix series "The Get Down" its about the transition from Disco to Hip Hop back in the day. It has some of the Pioneers of HipHop from that era in the cast.It's a good watch!

[@eastmanwebb5477]

"I didn’t know it was 6 minutes long…" This is the short version.

[@tonycocchiola7192]

I'm an old rock and roller and I enjoyed this song.Alot

[@jasonsteuer2237]

Watch the full 16 minute version.....You guys are great always honest reviews !!!! Keep it up !!!

[@ajruther67]

I sang along with this video. I am surprised I remembered most of the words. I was 12 when it came out in 1979. I am 54 now.

[@monickalynn4365]

Notice the content and bars are very tame/different in this era than now

[@BlackRoseImmortal]

I am no expert in this genre by any means. But what I found fascinating was how The Beastie Boys talk about Rap battles on the streets of New York in their song "Root Down". That made me do a little research and I guess a lot of the really big name early Rap stars were also apart of these rap battles. They would do it right though they would steal electricity off of telephone poles. They would have their PA's and turn tables. I guess much like rock and metal music which I am much more familiar with, they would also make tapes and people would trade them getting their name out there.

[@H-sgracesavedme1711]

This song/group is fire!! Love this song! Can sing it all the time!!

[@ajruther67]

This is the short version of the song. The full version is about 14 minutes long! I still own the original long version.

[@RHopper33981]

This is just part of the "original" version. When first released this was a 15 min long song. And still today I remember every word. It was released in different lengths, but the 12" vinyl was the longest. So you're missing out on some good rap that you didn't hear. I will post the link below for the full version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHy3hnR7iMaWh68

[@johnjohn1890able]

The Dj was the dude back in the day.. The mc just got the party hype and was 2nd to the dj..

[@lawrencestoner2678]

To answer your question about how they came up with this sound you need to check out "Grandmaster Flash Talks "The Theory" Of Being A HipHop DJ & The Beginnings Of Hip-Hop". Type that title into youtube. He was the original! Invented the "Sound" of hip hop.

[@judithkelly2556]

Went to see them in concert 2 years ago in the UK touring with grand master flash

[@sueschmidt9404]

Believe it or not Blondie open the door for the founding Father's of rap to come out from the streets and bless us with the Word.

[@danusmc3]

They brought rap to the masses, but it wasn't the first. But they DID makr it "mainstream". This was the beginning of rap's commercial success. Blondie even incorporated rap in a song before this. "Rapture" I believe was the song.

[@stevegans3517]

Rap existed before this - check out Kurtis Blow if you're not already familiar - but this was the first Top 10 hit on the mainstream charts for this new genre. Of course it's different, this was 1980. Forty years makes a difference, you think 1955 rock sounded like 1995 rock? It was just dance music, which was big at the time (disco was still hanging on at the time). Run-DMC changed things a bit, but it took awhile for NWA and the rest to bring the social relevance.

[@dominic6283]

The music sample is Good Times from Chic

[@Ironworks525]

It's actually a 13 minute song. Check out the full version.

[@jaygordon8683]

I love you alls reaction. Yeah this was the first rap song that actually went gold and open the doors for all the other rap artists that followed like Grandmaster Flash and LL Cool J and everything else. I was alive back then and this was way before Internet or phones you could carry around. We actually carried around record players that were portable when they came out. You all probably don’t believe me because you are so young and it’s pretty funny to me also. Everything is instant now. Back then you had to grind for everything. Lol

[@ronniewood2325]

Watch "Krush Groove" 80's movie....as well as "The get down" the start of everything!

[@royce7200]

This was on one of the radio stations in GTA, the one with CJ I think, so if you've heard this song it's probably there, but it is used in a lot of shows and movies as well.

[@DevInvest]

Play At Your Own Risk Cheap Thrills By Planet Patrol King of the break dance cardboard in the street boom box era beats

[@thesagabeginz5590]

Hi reck, Can u react to these 3 videos please 1) nas - rewind (lyrics video) 2) angie stones - I wanna thank ya, (official video) 3) silk e fyne - romeo & juliet (official video) Thanks, love the channel, keep up the good work.

[@chantellecline6945]

I got a chuckle when you said rap went from this to the Island Boys.

[@aronp7097]

My very first album I bought myself at 9 yrs old! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ez-mac4642]

Old school hip hop 💪

[@Mtc0nqr3r]

First hip hop and maybe the first sample; "Good Times" by Chic.

[@larrycopes506]

Lex Luthor must love the dissing of superman in this song.

[@monicamar8616]

If you want to learn about the history of how rapping began you have to look into DJ cool Herc. He and his sister would get together and throw parties in the Bronx. During those events people would get on stage and start rapping over songs. I believe that is how it went.