SUGARHILL GANG "RAPPERS DELIGHT" REACTION | Asia and BJ

[@dansegelov305]

It may sound really dated now, but it's hard to express just how groundbreaking this was when it first came out. It was the first ever mainstream hip hop release and most people had never heard anyone rapping to music before. This really was revolutionary.

[@cshubs]

This song and Rapture by Blondie!

[@neilseletlowhisler2522]

and shame it was just a hustle. it was hugely impactful but Caz said it best in that Hip Hop Evolution interview when he was like "this?! those my rhymes!" and it was soft by standards back then even. but Sylvia Robinson had the vision and we here

[@mamamac70]

You are 100% correct! I was probably 12 or 13 (around '82 or '83) when I first discovered rap and it was AMAZING to me! I couldn't get enough of it. 🙂

[@3912James]

Had no idea that disco was on its way out while rap was on the rise back in the late 70s.

[@Deam7666]

Gotta check out Double Dutch Bus!🥰

[@bob5074]

Everyone over 50 knows every word to this song and can still sing right along…

[@lisaanderson3802]

I know every word. My favorite

[@jessicamgallion8977]

Haha. Yup. My dad loves this song.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

I still remember most of the words..it came out when I was in middle school and took over the world

[@annother3350]

Yes but i'm a little younger! had an older cousin!

[@RedRubyG]

Yes sir, sure do! ❤️🇨🇦

[@mariecharles4296]

Hahaha 55 here and just almost sang every word WOW I was 13 when this came out. Fresh roller skates and a boom box to match this song was all you heard till the Beastie Boys came out. Loved that you did this didn't know I could still sing this song still. Love ya for the walk down memory lane 🥰🥰🥰

[@bellaann4942]

58 and still loving it.

[@johnow7]

54 here. I was starting to get into rock and roll about the time that this came out and so really didn't get into the emerging rap scene. Even I can sing along and remember most of the lyrics.

[@dizastro5437]

Bboys get a mention, and thats cool af. Same or similar period. Some rocked on...

[@monickalynn4365]

This song is in the Library of Congress being culturally important to music. I was 8 years old and we'd go crazy hearing this. My poor mother had to hear this over and over-then SHE got in to it as well. Good memories

[@inway404344]

I was in the Marine Corps when this song came out, and those guys wore multiple cassettes out on their boom boxes playing this! This brought back such great memories!

[@darylwelch2496]

Same here. Was returning from Oki when I first heard this. Thought it was a mixtape until I was told it was the radio playing.

[@neilseletlowhisler2522]

I can only imagine. its like a 12 minute track lol

[@tais1355]

@@darylwelch2496 did you like your time in Oki? I’ve heard from most folks who have been stationed there that they had a delightful time.

[@darylwelch2496]

@@tais1355 each of the 3 times I was there had it's ups and downs. Mostly ups. But, then again, I also enjoy combat operations. Lol

[@marningritaguy]

This was lifted off Chic's "GoodTimes" so they sampled really early as well.

[@c-mancleveland4632]

Technically they didn't actually sample it, they just played the same song and rapped over it (with instruments). Sampling didn't happen for a few more months, lol.

[@davidanthony1477]

Correct! However Sugarhill had a house band who played the music.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Another huge hit from 1979

[@onelove1968]

I can still recall my white suburban parents dancing and singing along to this song in our family room during weekend parties. To add some perspective, my Dad is 85 years old now.

[@christymurphy6571]

I was 10 yrs old when this came out. I remember seeing them perform this on Soul Train. I was blown away. Sitting here listening to this - memories coming back - dancing in my seat. BJ had the groove going! ML&R

[@6StimuL84]

I was 14 and the same thing..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/o36Qc3WsqbaUhsk

[@3912James]

12 for me my friend.

[@danheisey9052]

I remember skating to this at the roller rink. I’m old AF 🤣

[@deelindastimac7359]

Same you'd be tired as hell ✌️

[@CCDzine]

Also in 1979, when this rap song was hitting the scene, so was Prince with I Wanna Be Your Lover, and Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album was on top.

[@theodoreritola7641]

M pop music .The Buggles Videos killed the radio star,, Funky town . Were all released in 1979 ,, 1979 may have been the biggest year ever for the music industry

[@jacqueline4514]

When this song first came out, the Sugar Hill Gang did this song live for promotion at my Roller Rink; Roll-A-Palace in Brooklyn, NY; was an awesome experience for a 13 year old!!!! I can still sing every word!!!!!!!!

[@sandranettles4833]

Still know every word 40 yrs later... loved the Sugarhill Gang 🥰

[@paulb4604]

Another well known song that "started" rap/hip hop was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. This song was more of a dance song but The Message had a much harder edge.

[@marthaz]

Dance floors, yards and living rooms all filled up with this one 🤣 tks for the memories - we had it goin on. All colors, all genres, all feeling the beat 💕😌

[@yactabay]

There was rapping going on already but they were the first to get a rap hit song playing all over the place. The song in the background is the song Good Times by Chic.

[@kimberlycharlton1284]

I am 54. This was the first song that got me dancing in 5th grade. Never stopped dancing since.

[@Silvabulletproduction8337]

They layed down the blueprint for what was to come 👍….not just hip hop but a lot of.different genres of music and styles was created back then during the 70s and 80s…..lots of creativity back then

[@leeperdue7906]

This song is a classic! Another classic from around this time is “Double Dutch Bus” by Frankie Smith..check it out!

[@brianstarks2752]

I remember when this came out.. first hip hop album I ever bought.. still love it

[@danieldurocher9279]

Sylvia Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the hip hop genre: "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, both of which she produced. Several publications have dubbed her as "The Mother of Hip Hop". At the 11th Annual Rhythm and Blues Awards Gala in 2000, she received a Pioneer Award for her career in singing and for founding Sugarhill Records and in 2022, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Ahmet Ertegun Award category for being a major influence on the creative development of hip-hop's early successes and is the second woman to receive the honor, after Cynthia Weil. (wikipedia)

[@steeda9]

Without Rappers Delight, There is nothing.

[@daughteroftheking100]

Right on!!!

[@jojones1082]

OMG! This song takes me back to my high school days! We had never heard anything like it before and we couldn't get enough of it. Looking back, we had no idea we were experiencing the birth of an entire new genre of music.

[@angelaswanson1077]

I was 11 when this song came out and everyone went crazy over this song. I live in the Midwest. I live about 2 1/2 hours from Chicago. In my area nobody ever heard this type of music. In Chicago they were already listening to this new "rap" music. It was a phenomonal time to be young! So much great music came from hip hop! Old school rap is and will always be THE BEST!!

[@jenniferfoster1692]

I was in 6th/7th grade when this came out...it changed everything. We taped it off the radio with a tape recorder..memorized every word. I STILL know most of the words..it's just in my brain hardware now!! It was revolutionary.

[@batoulangell9874]

This one NEVER grows old!! Imagine; I am Norwegian and grew up in the countryside of north of Norway , just a teen then in 70-80ties- and even I KNEW this song and got hooked in rapping, HipHop and Streetdance!! Even got a SoulTrain-fever!! This song was my start of this music genre (the lyrics!! LOL), and even today- well grown up- it has made my way into Kpop!! Thank you guys for reacting to this!! Keep uo the good work, and stay healthy! Love and greetings from Norway!!

[@ericdodge2933]

Most of the music back then was about having a good time.. in all genres... There was some political stuff but most was about the party.. wish we could get back to that

[@mauricefromyt]

Old school music is amazing

[@RainNBlood]

In case you haven't figured it out, Asia and BJ, the background music is "Good Times" by Chic.

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

Stated it all!! Without this, Rap wouldn't have went as mainstream as fast as it did. I was a yr old, but when I heard this yrs late, it lead me to KRS-1, RUN DMC, LL Cool J, & the Slick Rick's of the World! & it was a WRAP (or should I say RAP) for me, from the on!

[@Silvabulletproduction8337]

KRS-1…….ahhhhhh sheet!😉

[@bmoak]

The background music is sampled from Chic's "Good Times". First Top 40 rap song and the the first rap song I ever heard.

[@robertevans2450]

Roller skating to this, Strawberry Hill, Blonde, and several others that seem to come out roughly the same generalized time...childhood memories for those of us who grew up in the golden age of 70's and 80's... They would play these on college radio over the weekend, right after Punk rock & New Wave hours...music explosion and due to the new at that time MTV, music video explosion. Thanks for the reaction.

[@richierich2204]

40+ yrs later I still remember every word!!❤🔥

[@bigjhaire]

Man I was just a little kid when this came out. I've always loved this song.

[@Ralipsi]

That's the very first popular rap song we heard everywhere.

[@lanibarnett1176]

Also check-out 'Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five', song is called 'White Line's' ( just naming one )

[@carcrazykid1]

You all need to hear the full 14 minute version

[@AmyNance-k1n]

This was the greatest, before feelings got hurt, we all loved each other. I am a 52yr old white woman who was raised color blind, now I wish I could go back because now the way things are it breaks my heart!

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

Omg! I forgot about this!! I remember when it came out it was such a new sound!! Hell yea!! I miss the 80's LOL

[@leroyjames2825]

The Worm and The Sperm were actual dances, back in the day.

[@clarencedixon3290]

Definitely get the party started. At the club, skate rink 🛼, backyard BBQ etc. It was coming from the underground starting off. Yall Definitely need to the 14.30 minute extension play to this. I guarantee yall will get up to dance and jam. Great reactions yall ✊🏾✌🏾👍🏾🎶🕺🏾🛼 Add to your Playlist. The beat behind it is from group CHIC the song GOOD TIMES

[@Jerralyng49]

68 and still lovin it. I don't know if they were first, but there was another rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 with a banger in 1978 called "The Message.". Really gives something to think about.

[@tilemonkee5510]

So awesome how Asia's smile just kept gettin bigger and bigger! 😁😂😂😂❤️

[@Gordonroyce]

We danced a lot this song here in Brazil in 70/80's. Great memories.

[@Vannie-f1y]

listen to the full version

[@miavega8888]

I was in elementary school when this came out and I couldn't retain anything I read in school, but damn if I couldn't rap this song! We had no idea this would be considered rap later on down the road.

[@jerickson725]

In the movie "Wedding Singer", the older woman Adam Sandler gave singing lessons to sang this!

[@mimiloveee9]

That soul train line ya feel me 💯💯💯

[@Danandrea919]

I was a teenager then, 15 years old, and I, along with all my friends, remembered this whole thing by heart, would grab our Boone's Farm screw-top wine, shelf temperature, and a six packs of Schlitz Malt Liquour Bull, put our tires in the mud in our big trucks in the moonlight, and sing this song verse for verse, word for word, (and the Double Dutch Bus! 😁) on a Friday night, and then go right into A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Jr.! 😊 It was ALLLL GOOOOD back then!! 😀 MUCH LOVE, BEAUTIFUL SOULS, from a 79s rocker/hippie/disco/grunge chick from 1964!! 💓💓💓

[@RenR70]

Hip Hop & rappin' had been around since the early 70's but this was one of the first on wax & to get wide radio play to blow up.

[@TheSweetp10867]

You should listen to the full version…it’s over 14m and so much better 😊👍👍

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

Grew up roller skating at public ring with real people. Actual real life other human beings. We would skate in circles jamiñ

[@timmistorey5989]

This song has made way for so many. The word rappers delight is where "RAP came from , HIP HOP , came from. And how many times have you heard hotel motel holiday in in a song. I win a dance contest dancing to this song , just in a club in the 90s I was I my 30s then. And I had to crawl off the stage. 14 mins straight dancing lol 😅😂

[@tric5122]

This and oddly enough Blondie were the first to bring wrap onto the charts. It opened the door for beastie boys and Run DMC and after that the doors were wide open.

[@beautifulidiot4323]

This song came out when I was in 6th grade. All the kids learned every word.

[@TheBlackWriter]

This was 1979. New York radio DJ Gary Byrd released a record in 1972 or '73 titled "Soul Travelin''" on which he did a similar style rap in tribute to the music acts of the day. The audio of the record is available on KZbin.

[@AbeWiessman]

RAPper's Delight was definitely where it all began! & for those who couldn't remember the name of it referred to it as "the hip hop song" because of the starting lyrics. This was the very first vinyl record I ever owned in the 70's & used to play it over & over on my Wonder Woman record player. 😆

[@bendejo9235]

This song gave us the phrase "hip hop." This song was ON FIRE back in the day. People calling radio stations or going to record stores kept asking for the "hip...hop" song (the first words of the song). So it became known as that "hip hop" song.

[@johnnyborealis]

would love seeing more early rap/hip hop reactions, thanks for the video!

[@darrellthorpe7654]

I was 9 years old when this came out in 1979…such a great song👍🏼

[@frankgalvan2779]

Anyone remember roller skating at the Fleetwood in Chicago? EVERYONE would get out there and skate and do moves at the same time!! It was truly amazing back in the day!!!

[@rmathis268]

7:53 Correction: Soul Train was a thing. waaaaay before this actually

[@3912James]

Sugar Hill Gang and Kurtis Blow closed out the 1970s.

[@OlleStahlberg]

The music is ”Good times” by Chic. 😎👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾

[@Danandrea919]

I say hotel, motel, Holiday Inn! If your girl starts acting up, Then you bring her friend! 😁

[@kbretro64]

The background in this is from Le Chic's "Good Times". 1977. Love your reactions!

[@deelawson4551]

Love it! My favorite song by them is 8th Wonder! We roller-skated to this song a lot! And yes lol their lyrics were wild, they were freaky in a good way :) Also could you please react to Apache by them(even though it always reminds me of Will Smith and Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air entering a dance contest and they played this song) Keep On Rockin'

[@christymurphy6571]

OMGosh I forgot about roller skating to this until I read your post. More memories flooding back. Thx!!

[@deelawson4551]

@@christymurphy6571 isn`t music great for memories! :)

[@theNOVEMBERman1116]

This came out way before i was born but i've known about rappers delight since i was a november child

[@jimwagner9522]

Yeah !!!!!! So glad u guys reacted to this. That was fun

[@AnneCorter]

Start to everything! Love love them! 1980 album came out!

[@timmistorey5989]

This is literally where RAP, AND HIP HOP. came frome the words are in the title and song. They were fantastic. I won a dance competition once dancing to this song , it was 14 mins long, I was soaked with sweat 😅🤣

[@brigid4815]

Basement dance parties when I was around 12 this song was played a lot . Music and memories go hand in hand.,,

[@michaelway7936]

This was 1979 and party raps,house jams,def jams in the park-the beginning of what was to become a billion dollar industry, y'all need to check out the soundtrack from a hip- hop movie Wild Style(1982)pure underground hip-hop at its best

[@Hi-kq1vi]

This came out when I was 3 & captivated me as it was a huge hit here in the UK reaching number 3 in the singles charts, among a mostly white population such as myself. Even my father who detested all rap music that followed liked it. I found rap lost the fun, the funk & the creativity around the mid-late 1990's for the most part.

[@JORGAHOUSTON8163]

I loved this in the 70s.. I had this album...

[@oakwoodite2000]

This was the short version. You would find the long version more fun! 15 minutes of it!

[@marningritaguy]

This is the beginning. I bought this LP album when it came out took it into my high school band room and played it on the turntable. I have friends that remember me for turning me onto the first rap. I am a 58 year old funky Caucasian. I have always been with the groove, with any music but this hit me strong. Love it. Now listen to some Teddy Pendergrass, please.

[@annother3350]

The album had some great funk tracks

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

they sampled the popular disco song "Good Times" by Chic, I was 15 when this came out in 1979 - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS!

[@sorensmith9873]

about the same time as Grandmaster Flash and Furious 5 who put social issues out in front with their music, early 80s

[@mrwolfe67]

6th grade - this was the first rap song that was ever played on the radio. I listened to it on my Walkman

[@lonewolf7565]

Rap used to be about having fun. Today it's about money, gangsters, Tyronne's, and hoes.

[@paolociarpaglini1303]

I'm 59 and I can tell you without any doud, that Rapper's Delight, I was only feefthen, has been and will be for always the greatest jam in the rap music. Still today when I listen it once more time I'm astonish by the perfect timing of those three guys, I just can say WOW, the time has gone but this work by Sugarhillband, will never sunset. Thanks..

[@AntiFed1791]

First rap song I ever heard -- I heard it when it first came out in 1980 while I was in high school. I know... I'm old. Been a rap fan ever since.

[@peesua]

There's actually a rap song that pre-dated this song by a few months in the same year. Look up The Fatback Band - King Tim III. (Personality Jock)

[@rolandorojas3800]

I still have the original vinyl that also includes the extended version an a second LP.

[@GrimrDirge]

Sugar Hill, Grandmaster Flash, Rakim... all worth exploring. You can feel the disco/soul train flavors in there.

[@maxis5650]

The beat is straight rip off Good Times by Chic.

[@GrimrDirge]

@@maxis5650 Indeed

[@ronstucker3550]

Sugar Hill 155th st and Amsterdam Ave. down the block is 155th and 8th Ave Polo Ground houses (Rucker Park) Basketball and where Blondie saw the ORIGINAL DJ's mixin their craft.

[@alfrednaify1683]

I first heard this my freshman year in college playing football in our looker room in 1979. We heard this all the time everywhere there was also a 12-inch record that lasted for 15 minutes on the full version of Rappers Delight (Sept. 1979). Right after that there were all kind of Rap groups coming out of New York like Afrikaa Bambaata, Grand Master Flash and The Furious 5 and The Funky 4 + 1 who all came out at the same time or even before SugarHill but had more NY street /club credit.

[@philliponfri7938]

Do some more throwback. Like fat boys , grandmaster flash and UTFO

[@ronaldtreasure9175]

This is the song that gave HipHop the name HipHop. Wonder Mike started all his rhymes with " Hip Hop, hippy to the hippyty hip hip hop you don't stop"

[@Sgt_MoDog_USMC]

LOL Bringing back memories of being 16 and "Boogey Bouncing" to this jam at the Skating Rink.... this was the first "Rap" jam that ever dropped and everybody was losing our minds over it! LOL Yeah, I'm old.... so what! LOL!

[@Tica..77]

SAY Whaaaaat‼️ That’s what I’m talkin’ bout .. Hell ya BJ, you KNOW! THX’s 🔥🔥🔥 reaction! ♥️ yawl

[@Tica..77]

This a Fav of Mike Cross (Wonder Mike lol) so, he’s got a live version w/ Grandmaster Melle Mil 🔥 coming out that I requested. Will sent link when drops of ud like! ♥️

[@ramonalfaro3252]

Rap existed in little pockets around the country. Mostly New York I think. But this is probably the first Rap song most people ever heard at the time this came out. I was in 6th grade and we all tried singing this.

[@bradbeam3767]

Fun fact, the back rythym guitar track is sampled from a song called Good Times by the band Chic...late 70's disco group. Cheer's

[@stuartperry8141]

It was type of music called street corner harmony in the fifties with many of those successful groups became doo wop kind of rock and roll. In the seventies dj splayed records at parties and clubs for people to dance to They got front men who rhymed to the beat of the dance music . Music record producer Sylvia decided to record Sugarhill Gang Rappers Delight as the first rap song though there many other rappers in the NYC area that performed this type of music.

[@kbretro64]

1978. Yep. Still got that record. I was in 8th grade. My poor parents didn't know what to do with me! Lol.

[@harysmith1024]

Hello from Australia, this song came out when I was 16, I remember it being the first rap song? I think it was the start of the end of Disco. Love from Australia.

[@CaptainHarris-ip2kg]

Rap started in clubs in the mid 70s from the DJs spinning the records. But it was Blondie who had the first rap song.

[@nielgregory108]

Rap today to not REAL rap. It's posturing. THIS is the real deal.

[@andrewhartlett676]

It was sugarhill gang grandmaster flash and Kurtis blow and after that it took off I lived in California and herd my cousin in New York tell me about this sound we got it 4 months later

[@sweetkiss119]

Who doesn’t know this song? It’s been in sooooo many movies and commercials. It’s the first ever real rap song!!!

[@LivingCanvasFilms]

Rap started in the 60’s from the dead poets but in actuality it started thousands a years ago in Greece from the word rhapsody