The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (Official Video)

Official video for The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight.
Rapper’s Delight was the first single released on Sugarhill Records on 16th September 1979. The record peaked at no. 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, no. 4 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart, no. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart, No. 1 on the Dutch Top 40 chart and no. 3 on the UK singles chart. The record sold over 2 million copies in the US and the song ranked number 251 on Rolling Stone magazines 2004 list of ‘500 Greatest Songs Of All Time’. The song is arguably one of the most sampled records of all time, supposedly used in over 225 other songs.
2019 marks 40 years since this seminal hip hop record was released.
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Lyrics:
I said a hip hop
Hippie to the hippie
The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it out
Bubba to the bang bang boogie, boobie to the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie the beat
Now, what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
See, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red and the brown
The purple and yellow, but first, I gotta
Bang bang, the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
Let's rock, you don't stop
Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock
Well so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along
And the next on the mic is my man Hank
C'mon, Hank, sing that song, check it out
Well, I'm Imp the Dimp, the ladies' pimp
The women fight for my delight
But I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs
That shock the house for the young ladies
And when you come inside, into the front
You do the Freak, Spank, and do the Bump
And when the sucker MC's try to prove a point
We're Treacherous Trio, we're the serious joint
A from sun to sun and from day to day
I sit down and write a brand new rhyme
Because they say that miracles never cease
I've created a devastating masterpiece
I'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resist
Everybody, I say it goes like this
Well, I was coming home late one dark afternoon
A reporter stopped me for an interview
She said she's heard stories and she's heard fables
That I'm vicious on the mic and the turntable
This young reporter I did adore
So I rocked some vicious rhymes like I never did before
She said, "damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you
The Casanova legend must have been true"
I said, "by the way, baby, what's your name?"
Said, "I go by name of Lois Lane"
"And you could be my boyfriend, you surely can
Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"
I said, "he's a fairy, I do suppose
Flyin' through the air in pantyhose
He may be very sexy, or even cute
But he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"
I said, "you need a man who's got finesse
And his whole name across his chest
He may be able to fly all through the night
But can he rock a party 'til the early light?
He can't satisfy you with his little worm
But I can bust you out with my super sperm!"
I go do it, I go do it, I go do it, do it, do it
An' I'm here an' I'm there, I'm Big Ban Hank, I'm everywhere
Just throw your hands up in the air
And party hardy like you just don't care
Let's do it, don't stop, y'all, a tick tock, y'all, you don't stop!
Go ho-tel, mo-tel, whatcha gonna do today? (say what?)
I'm gonna get a fly girl, gonna get some spank, drive off in a def OJ
Everybody go, "ho-tel, mo-tel, Holiday Inn"
You say if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friend
I say skip, dive, what can I say?
I can't fit 'em all inside my OJ
So I just take half, and bust 'em out
I give the rest to Master Gee so he can shock the house
I said M-A-S, 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
Well, my name is known all over the world
By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls
I'm goin' down in history
As the baddest rapper there ever could be
Now I'm feelin' the highs and you're feelin' the lows
The beat starts gettin' into your toes
You start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feet
And movin' your body while you're sitting in your seat
And then damn! Ya start doin' the freak, I said
Damn! Right outta your seat
Then you throw your hands high in the air
Ya rockin' to the rhythm, shake your derriere
Ya rockin' to the beat without a care
With the sureshot MCs for the affair
Now, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang
But I rap to the beat just the same
#RappersDelight #SugarhillGang #40thAnniversary

[@hughjanus2]

Little did they know they’d become pioneers for a whole genre of music

[@garypautard1069]

Yes and I hit the the dance floor when this song was new. But I am sad to say that the Sugar Hill Gang spawned a whole lot of cheap imitators using computer tracks and political lyrics to promote their music. I believe Rap has taken black music back to the Stone Age. In response to any critics - look at other black musicians playing music during the 1970s and 1980s, look at the quality dance floor tracks they produced.

[@guitarmansam2661]

@@garypautard1069 There was a whole lot of imitators of this sound that you dont remember from the early 80s. And if you know where to look theres plenty of clean conscious rap or dance music that even a Boomer can enjoy, Same as any other genre or time period. Go ahead look at the top 100 from the 60s 70s 80s you gonna see a whole bunch of stuff that is crap and not remembered. And I remind you that this song uses a sample; aka they made it using the computers/ music production of the time and that your parents wouldve derided this song for not using live instruments.

[@mitchross4002]

But really they were just imitating the true pioneers, namely Grandmaster Caz.

[@user-dx1es3zg6x]

And watch it turn to shit….

[@Lucifer.SamaelMorningstar]

Eminem is rap god, better than anyone😎

[@fabiocampagnoli]

they didn't know they were making history......

[@MCAkbar]

Fabio Campagnoli haha yeah word

[@kimkelly1755]

These guys KNEW they were onto something big, I think 😃

[@rickcoona]

By blatently RIPPING OFF the solo bass track form Chic's 1979 hit Good times? give it a listen for yourself and draw your own conclusions kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqbQmpWtosRgbtU at the 3:23 mark tell me if sugarhill did NOT do a blaithen Rip Off? --Rick

[@jeansymone4988]

Crazy

[@littlecheese5281]

Original rap.

[@R_Thomp]

They were rapping, scatting, calling other MCs suckas, sampling, before anyone and all in good nature. These guys were so ahead of their time it's off the charts! 2024

[@chef_artist1374]

💯

[@itslitallday4361]

You must be white this was before u mofo could watch us We been saying this

[@atobear]

Pero si se robaron las letras de otros Mc para hacer su canción, de que hablas?

[@emqeezy1519]

DJs and MCs were doing all that way before them. These guys were just the first to do it commercially

[@ogsimpson3253]

​​@@emqeezy1519 I was going to say, what sucka MCs could there be if they were the very first

[@aweba25]

Look at the varieties of people in this video. A world united by hip-hop. Imagine that.

[@leban86]

That decade was just different. Are you a fan of Latin freestyle? Same thing. Variety of people enjoying the music. Much love

[@FranchiseSIX5]

Racism is a myth perpetrated by politicians and professors.

[@geraldblu3229]

"Disco era",mode music of that era. Boogie style. That's all. But I get your concept.

[@aweba25]

@geraldblu3229 The name of the song is "Rapper's Delight." A "Rapper" is an MC or a Master of Cermonies in Hip Hop music. They pioneers in Hip Hop.

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Before the net and all the woke kids of these kids got brainwashed

[@wreday720]

You never actually know you’re making history in the moment

[@ethanhart7032]

Wreday underrated comment

[@prtybrwneyes2c2]

History in the first rappers who stole another rappers words...frauds

[@patrick4510]

You also need a video camera

[@leapsion]

True That!!

[@deanadiedrich9304]

Agreed!!!!

[@colinbraddock7185]

Can we talk for a minute about how Hank was spitting for close to two minutes without taking a breath and absolutely killing it? Masterful flow.

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

With Caz’s lyrics.

[@DMBGirl1234]

👍🎯🎯🎯💯💖💖💖🎶

[@DeepDeepSpace]

Sure but only after we talk about the fact there used to be a rapper who went by the name Hank.

[@DMBGirl1234]

@@DeepDeepSpace LOL I thought so too but I love his funky jams hilariously FUNNY 🤣🤣💖🎶

[@isaiahrumley3573]

Don’t forget he was moving a lot to

[@markgriffin5889]

60 years old here. This NEVER gets old. True, clean, talent. Inspiring.

[@rodw4057]

Same here! I'll be 60 soon and I agree with you 100%!!

[@adamlime6460]

The pass music was the most talented. Now in 2023 is crap

[@petergreen5337]

❤absolutely CORRECT.

[@YosbelOropeza]

in fact this song is a entire SCAM, they stole the whole lyrics from other real rappers ... but thats another story! still a classic!

[@justinjoestar1902]

@@YosbelOropezaonly Hank’s verse and the opener were stolen.

[@heathswinson6506]

This song is legendary! Who here in 2024 and beyond? You are a legend as well. God bless

[@ShivanshEdla]

Heard this first in Forza Horizon 4, and I’ve loved it ever since ❤

[@nellycastillo633]

Now Macy's having an advertising with this song for a Million dollar men's cologne. The music is in a higher pitch tone, really nice ❤

[@kathrinopel4747]

It was my DISCO - TIME 😎😜😀❤️👍

[@conundrum9244]

Scenes like this need to come back; where everyone is having fun.

[@NationalismDjazair]

People would be offended he didnt talk about gender problems nowadays.

[@verestamas3920]

Another stile, but this is now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHqainZolLeKq5o

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

@@NationalismDjazair Well, that or killing people or bragging about how much money he has. One of the things I loved about Rapper's Delight is it was all just fun. There was no violence in it, and no bragging about money.

[@NationalismDjazair]

@@ArtofFreeSpeech agreed

[@ratedr7577]

I love to go to clubs where everyone in their is dancing.

[@FreshCreativeFrog25]

I love how much soul and groove this "first" rap song had. So positive, danceable, lively, and fun!

[@georgepiedra8791]

They sampled "Good Times" by Chic, that's all the Funk they needed

[@darkcomzeroverificado8606]

​@@nzingahenriques5720nunca teve um tempo assim, você era apenas criança na época então se lembrar como se tudo fosser perfeito mas o ser humano é ruim deste de sempre sem falar que 30 anos atrás ou 30 e pouco anos dessa música tinha rolado um guerra porcausa de ideologia racista

[@KURTSSPOT]

It’s great but not even the first dancing rap song

[@kroll-li8zx]

No one had explained it better like you a lot of fun

[@petergreen5337]

❤absolutely CORRECT ❤

[@Airbender19]

Perfect transition between 70s Disco & 80s R&B

[@sking2539]

My son asked me about the beginnings of hip hop/rap and I immediately pulled this up to play for him. One of my all time favorites 💜

[@dawndoe1589]

I was 13 yrs old when this came out. I knew every word to it! I’m 53 and still rappin along with it in 2020 🎤

[@jayescobedo8365]

As a representative of a younger generation: RESPECT✊✊

[@ingridram5938]

❤️

[@invalidusername8585]

But...The very first video uploaded on KZbin with this song was 9 years ago... How are you 53 then?-

[@alessiodalio444]

@@invalidusername8585 this song is from 79 not 2011...

[@invalidusername8585]

@@alessiodalio444 Oh, my apologies then.

[@kenneth-pc7mf]

I'll be 70 years old on Aprill 22,and this song still gets Me out of My seat and dancing with My Lady.

[@JudgeDrey]

Well then HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 70 Years young! Keep on dancing' with your lady!

[@xime4120]

Happy Birthday 🎉🎉🎉 !!!

[@thelieeffect6119]

I love that man! keep it jivin'

[@pro_dudecool716]

Kill ur lady

[@amor2019]

Happy Belated Birthday 🎂 🥳

[@johnjuan6698]

Back when rap was good, soulful, lively, and positively vibin'...

[@CrudeSkiMask]

You're a old head get with the times, you probably listen to rock songs about going to hell and shit so don't be hypocritical

[@ainsleyscarlet9027]

Absolutely one of my favorite songs! I’m 57 years old and will get up and dance every time I hear this song!!

[@Tacom4ster]

Happy 50 Years of Hip Hop, hope I can have your energy when I become an oldhead

[@selminhaferreira9779]

👍🏻

[@lpwalke64]

Yep, 59 here and always have to sing (and jam) to this song. Feel my teen years every time! 💃 🎶 🎤

[@anthonycole3334]

32 years old here and my wife and I played it for my 9 month old son while feeding him dinner tonight. He immediately started dancing! We all danced while eating tonight 😎

[@lpwalke64]

@@anthonycole3334 . . . how sweet!! Keep dancing, keep having fun! Such a cool song . . . Great memory making with your son , dinner time fun! 🪩 💃 🕺🏻 😊

[@TickledFunnyBone]

still the smoothest, cleanest rap i've ever heard.

[@zipity2782]

Listen to hypnotize by notorious B.I.G.

[@TickledFunnyBone]

@@zipity2782 i just did two weeks ago and added to my playlist of 90's hip hop and rap

[@user-qb1jm7to3t]

Tickled Funny Bone listen to Roses by Kanye west, or rhymes like dimes by MF DOOM

[@hangitupselfmassagemassage3340]

that's hip hop, rap will evolve later from hip hop.

[@TickledFunnyBone]

@@hangitupselfmassagemassage3340 right on point, still wondering why this song is called RAPPERS delight when rap changed and hip hop evolved from rappers delight. i am finding myself a student by this confusion could someone please enlighten me.

[@whoslebron4685]

Their voice control and flow was unbelievable

[@nonkonform1st]

and the dances X,D

[@hottrin6103]

yeah not offbeat like every old-school rapper

[@user-zc4vn7qd7x]

@@hottrin6103 new*

[@Rl-tn1ys]

@@nonkonform1st true

[@user-zc4vn7qd7x]

@@hottrin6103 plus this is old school rap, wdym

[@jackattack2060]

SugarHill Classic - My cousin who was the whitest boy in school knew every word of this song and when we went to the beach he sung the whole song in the back his dad's truck - I'll never forget it, the first time I heard this bad ass song. This was the turning point for me and I then started listening to rap.

[@IssacBlack-zl5vh]

Who's here in 2024 ❤

[@franklinholbrook924]

lol

[@Franny5103]

Hawaii in da house 🙋🏽‍♀️ 🌈 🍍 😎

[@joeknowz4898]

lol..still liken the 80's better...

[@22ccb]

🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

[@LucineteRibeirodaSilva]

Hi

[@isabellagarcia3628]

4:21 la canción que Diego estaba cantando del "asereje"

[@CorazonDeCuyo]

Por esto vine 🤣🤣

[@arlettemartinez7703]

Por esto vine también jajaj

[@jimenacastillo4850]

@@arlettemartinez7703 yo igual JDJAKSKAJAJAJSJSJS

[@bisuterialilys7502]

Y yo 🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@andreasucllasanguineti9287]

metooo

[@SevenDeMagnus]

That one that started it all and paved the way for Tupac, Biggie, Bone thugs, Eminem, Jay-Z and so on. Thank you Sugarhill Gang. God bless, Proverbs 31

[@LATOHOUSTON]

Rap-o-Clapo was before this one even though not as good.

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

SevenDeMagnus xd

[@phorteen3649]

YYes thank you so much

[@FXGamer17]

Ellen Krames the gap band made their first raps in 1979

[@joaquinflores3547]

This is the first recorded rap song that went big on an international level

[@lorieanna599]

Little did they know…who is here because you spent hours learning these lyrics…and you can still remember them

[@thepub245]

No gangster bullshit, no misogyny, no profanity, just pure talent.

[@emil_rainbow]

vibing

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

So true but you've still got a certain type of person who doesn't need all that to make it clear they're bent on denying this art form has any legitimacy, talent, or musicianship involved in it. We know exactly what kind of people I mean and it's annoying. This era of hip hop was magical.

[@petergreen5337]

❤absolutely CORRECT and true

[@shermanmullen9526]

Yup pub not like this stuff now.

[@cr1nge689]

You’re lying if you’re saying this is better than modern rap, but it is a great song

[@mystery5655]

It's unbelievable that the "first" rap song is still my favourite of all. Good vibe never die.

[@jamiehanley3419]

It's just totally brilliant hey

[@brianmeen2158]

This is the first rap song?

[@mystery5655]

@Brian Meen Yes. First to be recorded.

[@WATP1872LR-G]

@@brianmeen2158 No. Blondie was the first to rap in Rapture.

[@gunsack2427]

@@mystery5655 Not even close

[@terijones5673]

Here they are; introducing rap to the disco generation. They truly pioneered the 80's!

[@stealthskater5674]

😎🎸🥁🎸🤘✌️🕹️🎮🤓

[@geli-anton]

Oups disco was yet backlashed at the time. UK New wave ruled all over the radio air. Maybe explicit lyrics explain why it better sold in non english spoken countries

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

Anyone ever wonder how this song would have changed the whole history of disco rap if the sample were to be pitched down & slowed down, I know around the time this song was being made there was no such thing as a sampler, those didn't exist.

[@pauloandrade3300]

​@@anonymousyoutuber9480 pitched down?

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

@@pauloandrade3300 Yeah normally in a sampler when you tune down it slows the pitch, luckily this song was just right in tempo.

[@jocyglam751]

This song was really ahead of the times.

[@lulo7024]

It really was!

[@onearmjack7914]

I don’t know that it was ahead of its time. It established a whole new genre, like 0 a.d. of rap music.

[@citygirlingraham]

This is an absolute timeless classic.

[@petergreen5337]

Yes INDEED.

[@thalmorshoota7586]

I can’t imagine the wonder people felt when they heard this for the first time. It was like nothing else at the time.

[@wc6442]

It was magical and we sang every word.

[@florap79]

It absolutely blew my mind🤯 I couldn't listen to it enough! I still LOVE this song💕 The best rap ever! Clean smooth and real😎

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

It wasn't played on the radio at first, so the only place I could hear it was at the roller rink, so I went every Friday and Saturday night, and every Sunday afternoon and stayed for the full sessions (including "late skate" on Fri and Sat). When this song would come on, everybody in the rink would rush to the floor. There were coordinated routines to it as well.

[@a.printup8811]

We learned all the words and I still know them all.

[@RomicBianchi]

It was a lot of fun!

[@andrewjones2133]

I’m 51 years old and this never gets old

[@jacquesdecell5459]

I'm 61 and a old white funky guy that still knows every word. HEHE😇🇺🇸😇🇺🇸😇

[@jeffpowell476]

I am 57 makes me feel young lol

[@andrewjones2133]

@@jeffpowell476 lol bless you 🙏🏾

[@jounilojander5326]

@@jacquesdecell5459 word! 62yo, white as Snowwhite 😂😂

[@Th3VirtualGam3r]

Bless you guys

[@user-sw8bq5vb3f]

In 1979 I was 17, that's the first time I heard this song and I didn't know that this song was going to be the foundation of hip hop culture all over America and the whole world.

[@ryanstout110]

These guys came to my senior prom it was incredible one of the best nights of my life I had so much that day and they had so much energy and they connected so well with audience and everyone had so much energy as well it was such an incredible night.

[@billybob7848]

I don’t care how old or young you are you will always crank this up to rock it out. 100% classic.

[@Tony_Baloney_69420]

Agreed

[@Metalhead-zb9mz]

I've always liked this song when found an old school hip-hop complication cd and always loved it cause opening up my mind.

[@ivankacic2808]

This song isn't good at all. It's just the first rap song. If this dtopped now , or even in the 90s when rap was best , it would be called garbage.

[@mrclueuin]

@@ivankacic2808 Like your mama?

[@brianmeen2158]

I’m mostly a metal guy but this song is great

[@stephenpreston9328]

At 15 yrs old I thought this was the best rap ever. 58 now, this one of the best rap songs ever.

[@alestev24]

😃 Same here.

[@LaminatRbx]

how is this even a rap song. this doesnt sound like rap.

[@ExoticBloxed]

@@LaminatRbx What do you think rap sounds like?

[@LaminatRbx]

@@ExoticBloxed the best rap is 90s and 2000s memphis rap. this trash ass "rap" song just sounds like 1970s funk. i mean i like funk but you can not call this song a rap song.

[@LaminatRbx]

@@ExoticBloxed you gotta listen to some project pat and some three six mafia

[@Junior.sdo1]

I'm 21 and somehow I feel proud to know this masterpiece.

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Rock Steady Crew

[@user-wj3vy8uj6b]

RIGHT ON!!!!! All together white, black, and more. Good people, good jams, great days. No drama, just simple and feel good times. Loving life, and living it. Not killing it

[@kagemaru259]

EVERY rap and hip hop artist owes their success to the Sugar Hill Gang.

[@mctriplefatal]

Do they though 💀

[@iseytheteethsnake6290]

@@mctriplefatal YES! no him no they. Prolly be doing just rock instead jaja

[@Phriffo]

@@mctriplefatal yeah they do.

[@gunsack2427]

Check out Noah by the Jubalaires. They were about 40 years before the sugarhill gang.

[@CLAMcMullen]

yeah fr fr

[@victorsuarez3546]

These guys made music history with this first rap song coming out. Thank you so much.

[@dylanmurphy6894]

How was there already a word for rap if this was the first? “I’m rapping to the beat”

[@SahraStyles]

@@dylanmurphy6894 Rap before was a live music party thing. This was the first time rap was on recorded.

[@gloriamaryhaywood2217]

@@SahraStyles Thanks for the info. I didn't know that! Verrry Cool!😎

[@pericasutic8238]

Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and others tell the story of the making of the 1981 hit and the New York music scene that inspired it. A year after the Sugarhill Gang released “Rapper's Delight” in 1979, Blondie recorded “Rapture,” the first major hip-hop hit to use original music rather than sampling other artists' beats.

[@victorsuarez3546]

@@pericasutic8238 Also Mel Torme may have been the first to sing like this in the early 60's. Muhammad Ali claims he was the first rapper when he gave his fast talking rhyming interviews in the late 60'ds and early 70's.

[@CarlosLopez-pm9gl]

When did we change this for guns? And violencia? We're nuts! We were happy!

[@TheRastafarianStuff]

in 1992 after the major labels had a famous meeting

[@Lilbrothamanee]

@@TheRastafarianStuffno it was actually around 1984-86 when scholly D made “am I black enough for you” and when Ice T made “6 in the mornin’” and then it was fully established & went mainstream in 87-89 when NWA dropped the “Straight Out Of Compton” album, and Eazy E dropped “Boyz In The Hood”.

[@jefffarmer5785]

It was so good to be alive back then...

[@Rebecca-hc5ju]

Yesss!!

[@lerenifleur]

40 years : happy birthday Sugarhill Gang !

[@v.dargain1678]

Happy 2020 . Boogaloo and boogied all the way .

[@kilogrum63]

But will they rock till a hundred and one years old

[@juankbolanos7460]

4:20 alguien más por Aserejé?

[@lyndasaenz3405]

Gracias buen hombre😂❤

[@cesarrojas3375]

si bro, eres un crack jajaja gracias

[@danielahio4293]

Graciasss jajaja

[@gemenisalvarado6611]

Aquí estoy 😅

[@edithhernandez2488]

Y parece que Pitbull tiene una canción similar a esta

[@daveallen9958]

If you're here in 2024, you are a legend!!!

[@elon69420]

learned about this song from questlove

[@jeyjeydirty]

We still here in 2024!

[@22ccb]

🕺🏾🕺🏾

[@antoniosvasilellisneto379]

That line... "Now what you hear is not a test"... Wow. That line introduced rap to the whole world - created a new genre. Gives me chills every time

[@dme1016]

Bullshit! Which is what this was...Bullshit!

[@randomcringeyyoutuber6750]

@@dme1016 calm down boomer

[@dme1016]

@@randomcringeyyoutuber6750 If you think this was influential, you're a real rookie.

[@randomcringeyyoutuber6750]

@@dme1016 I literally only said OK boomer.

[@s.dcrazyeyes3193]

@@dme1016 ok boomer ok boomer

[@Guy-Incognito]

2:45 Master Gee dropping dope rhymes in a Mister Rogers sweater is the most gansta thing that's ever been.

[@JuanPerez-dm8sf]

Yeah

[@RoboLobster3000]

He kinda looks like Lando Calrissian

[@sweetiepie1862]

True dat

[@regularhoodshow8146]

@@RoboLobster3000 😶

[@shynagloe541]

Wtf Lol hahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@donnyt7799]

Absolute greatness! I was introduced to this song by my fourth grade music teacher. She said there was a new kind of music we needed to learn and she passed out wooden rhythm (to the boogity beat) sticks to the class and we proceeded to hip hop hibby to the hibby and we didn't stop rocking to the bang bang boogie.

[@Ryu_hayabusa561]

Future generations don't let this song die!!!

[@ferryschipper7100]

Only 7.3 million like... Kids this was the Birth of Rap😞

[@bloomerrr1]

Ferry Schipper *the birth of the first popular rap song

[@valb2978]

Ok boomer

[@jamessulton320]

Yea the 1st rap song

[@samuelingram2764]

Better than today's rappers

[@jongmaster2]

*the birth of rap on record that led to the spread of recorded rap music

[@guyami8892]

When he said he created a devastating masterpiece, he didnt know how right he was.

[@inclair8610]

Exactly

[@AmebaDaKing]

They didn't create anything.

[@leonader9465]

@@AmebaDaKing Just like your mom.

[@AmebaDaKing]

@@leonader9465 mate instead of offending me or my mom learn something about hip hop culture! Speaking about moms yours should be very ashamed of a son who isn't able to pay respect to others!

[@nofam7247]

@@AmebaDaKingyou are wrong lol they created rap lol.Also why should he respect you you are just a random stranger on the internet like the rest of us lmao

[@treseancann1261]

I have nothing against today's rap; but nothing tops this.

[@brianrodriguez6897]

I'm like you but I have everything against today's rap.

[@jamarjames9501]

I have alot against almost all music made after 2000 except for people that came out before and a few exceptions, liked 80s and lived 90s were great but it was unfortunately the beginning of the end.

[@treseancann1261]

@@jamarjames9501 I thought 2000s music was good. In fact, I thought it was just as good as '90s music.

[@mauriliogonzalezpaz2337]

laughs in Vanilla Ice

[@uhoh5464]

@@mauriliogonzalezpaz2337dog fucking everything tops vanilla ice

[@nadjabrownrigg5798]

My favorite Rap song of all time. The original rappers.❤

[@felixcedano23]

The first rap recording in 1979. Rapper's Delight" became the first rap song made in U.S

[@decptive8243]

Waldorf Astor technically the second because a group named Fatback made the first rap song but Rapper’s delight was the first rap song to introducing rap to the world

[@arunparkin2552]

There were some 50's songs with rap-like elements in them, such as "No Money Down" by Chuck Berry. It's not really rap but the verse features Chuck talking to a beat.

[@lildex9468]

Hip pop began on 70's don't ignorant

[@lildex9468]

Rappers appeared on 72

[@lildex9468]

These guys are copy rats

[@josephlowry4320]

Happy 50th anniversary to the Hip Hop genre.

[@cocochanel1986]

37 yrs old and went to the 50yrs of hip hop concert my 1st ever and got to see Dougie Fresh and SLICK RICK. Best way to go to my first concert 😂

[@chrystal0411]

And, Happy 50th Birthday to the Disco genre. 💃🕺😀✌

[@montehibbert3606]

@@cocochanel1986I’m 39 and I was there too!

[@AmanSinghXo]

Who Still vibing on this song

[@azazel0247]

dinosaurs

[@sherriburdeshaw6118]

Who can listen to this and sit still?! Still one of my favorites of all time!!

[@angelomays1416]

Hip Hop “national anthem “. Happy 50th Birthday. Much ❤ to all the pioneers !!

[@justinbligh]

Rappers have been sampling 70’s beats since the 70’s.

[@lynneprentice]

Wow how much fun did we all have dancing to this ? Anyone, of any age, anywhere didnt keep still when this came on.... simple happy times 🎉

[@mosesnaedele3727]

Wow! Can't believe I'm about to see Sugarhill Gang here in Lexington, Kentucky tomorrow night. Loved these guys as a kid in 1979/ 1980! Love it!!

[@JoeMcShmoeTV]

1956-2014 Rest In Peace Big Bank Hank, you were one of the 3 founding fathers of rap. I know you’re bustin rhymes in the clouds now.

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

Bobby Rush is another founding father of rap.

[@joseluiscruzsostre6204]

Grand Master Caz create the rhymes Hank were using in Rapper's Delight and Hank never gave him credit not even pay him for those rhymes that Grand Master Cazz create

[@docwashington2578]

​ 6:16 @@joseluiscruzsostre6204double buch bus. An sugar hill gang rappers delight. 6:16

[@docwashington2578]

Want to here it. All.

[@SonOfSparda501]

@@anonymousyoutuber9480 Another father, Keef Cowboy from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

[@runswithbeer]

I was 13 when this came out and my cousin had the album. We wrote down the words best we could and learned it that summer. It's still to this day the only song I will sing at karaoke, and for the most part I know the whole thing. My grown kids freaked out the first time they saw me do it.

[@chermontro]

Love that lol!

[@ellcharlotte]

I LOVE THIS

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

that woulda been cool to see. fun to blow your kids minds like that.

[@tiaturnbullchampionscoachi9587]

I might have seen you in south San Jose? Somebody took the karaoke Mic, walked all through the audience, outside around the building and back in the door on the other side the whole time rapping this without stop. It was unforgettable. ❤

[@jonmotes5406]

Awesome!

[@mariogiresi6792]

I was 17 when it was released in 1979 and didn’t know what to make of it. But now I do. It’s a pure classic in every way. You can keep all the other rap songs. None of them will ever sound as good as this.

[@Roke2274]

They are so laid back, back then, that feels amazing to listen to this masterpiece on and on and on

[@brendabeyer6704]

I was on stage there in the sequin tubetop. I was 19. Had a great time being in the video at Soap Factory

[@animufreek3542]

Wow thats amazing

[@lazygamertv]

That's wayy cool 😎

[@potatospuad7260]

Really 😁

[@fredeton]

You were fit 😍

[@christschool]

How was the cocaine in 1979?

[@MARYBLEUZ]

I lived on South Beach, was 19 a bartender. Would walk around with friends at night and we'd all sing this song spot on. 59 now and can't remember my part. Came back to refresh my memory. Best time of my life!

[@user-ss6on5ph7w]

MARYBLEUZ that’s cute 🥰

[@wellplayod1957]

I love this song Me and my friends should sing more

[@nomaad660]

I still remember the whole thing. Seriously, like it was yesterday. Best days of my youth, for sure.

[@TheJohnharrell]

Well welcome back sweetheart! This song is very worthy!

[@szymonk8931]

ok boomer

[@Novasolarcleaning]

You know your music!! The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper's Delight”

[@rodw4057]

They were the pioneers of rap and will never be matched. The song is a fun song and only their talent was used. Nothing else was needed. No profanity, no sexy girl and no gimmicks. They will always be the number 1 group.

[@housewife3]

You're lame 😮

[@glenndouglas8822]

Well he calls superman a fairy, says he got better sperm than him. Also lyrics about taking an E and doing two girls. Also .. Hotel..means straight and ... Motel..means bisexual. ..Hotel, Motel What You Gonna Be Tonight... I can carry on but won't 😂🤣 not so innocent now is it 😂🤣🙌✌️

[@TH3B1GW0RM]

To be fair, the do talk about sex and do swear just a few times but nothing nearly obscene as some of what we have now lol.

[@FanaticDz]

Hip hop was born so did we. I said a hip hop, Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop!

[@LuciTulcea]

I rock it To the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. :)

[@furgusuned15650]

+LuciTulcea now what you hear is not a test I'm a rapping to the beat

[@gregpev]

And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet

[@theawesomegem5714]

you see i am wonder mic and i like to say hello

[@adamdrennan887]

To the black, to the white, the red and the brown, the purple and yellow, but first,I gotta

[@dwade6322]

This tune brought kids from ANY color together. Word.

[@sarahdearborn5723]

i love that comment its just so nice and you are totally right!

[@moondra3481]

Yes! My 54yr old feet are wanting to put on roller skates and skate around the house😂😂😂...just like I did as a kid❤

[@jesseojanen]

One of the most iconic and influential songs in all of music history.

[@doncurlzone]

“I’m going down in history, as the baddest rapper there ever could be” - I think they knew.

[@thefourfourfour9512]

Rock Steady Crew

[@ukjoe42]

The scared look on my kids' faces when their 54 year old dad is rapping along to the entirety of this gem.😂

[@SeaniiYungDrizz730]

Sugar Hill Gang made history with this Biggest Hit Rappers Delight. They deserve mad flowers 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

You don't get any more old skool hip hop/rap than this!

[@rimlessbeef6450]

good

[@grimekid666]

Oh yes you do. Look at underground hip hop tapes on KZbin from 1979/78. That’s that raw, original hip hop sound. busy bee, grandwizard theodore, dj hollywood, Zulu nation, grandmaster flash etc.

[@ftrsaliyf-zd4wk]

@@rimlessbeef6450 Oh gawd Anime and styled like how we grew up

[@rimlessbeef6450]

Idk what my comment was about

[@CastleKnight7]

@@grimekid666This came out in ‘79.

[@adrianw1731]

I love Boom Bap but without this song there'd be no boom bap. Forever grateful

[@mathildefrohlz1869]

Expectation: to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat. Diego's reality: 'majabi an the bugi and de buididipí'

[@dabadabado7954]

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

[@kingporter67]

Lord Jesus! The rhythm, the creativity and the rappers delightful skills, this is also a super magnificent 1979 song with rap and disco combined together, I have never seen this high powered, high voltage of energy music like this, the Sugarhill Gang are the greatest!!

[@stuartperry8141]

I am old enough to remember that they called this rapping to the beat. They did this at parties and at the park way before this record.

[@user-ci1ny1fz1w]

Happy new year 2024 who’s with me?

[@user-ml9jl7ww9n]

The first ever rap yes I'm born

[@TicTacTone2]

You're witnessing the birth of "Hip-Hop"

[@fedefsa14]

0% autotune. 100% real

[@mileshardin6906]

nowadays rapping be lkiek "b*tches on muh dick" in 30 differentr shades of autotune

[@jonismat5248]

@@mileshardin6906 U aint getting aux.

[@dutdut2.059]

Miles hardin rappers have always talked about that idk what your point is

[@mileshardin6906]

@@dutdut2.059 thats true, but tahts alll they talk about these days. I mean that their lyrics arent meaning anyhting special or thoughtful

[@dutdut2.059]

Miles hardin there’s plenty of lyrical rappers today look up polo g or kendrick lamar or joey badass or j cole or tyler & tell me they just talking about the same stuff

[@commonsense102]

OMG growing up with this music so much fun. I am so thankful that KZbin users put up these old videos bless you and bless the early days of rap. There was some extraordinary Talent there

[@VitalityMassage]

Rapping DISCO delight!

[@ladygodiva9461]

Joooo 👍

[@YourFreeBeats]

@Marty McFly II I put together one of the original beats for Preachers Delight with my 808 (its on my SC). With that, Sugar Hill Gang were indeed the ones ton invent “rap”. They even termed it “rap” Man, i can remember when this came out. In fact i knew most of the lyrics before i even heard it because EVERYONE at school Was steady spitting it , But check this out. The closest thing the “true rap” that was prior to this is a genre called “Dub”. Take a listen Here start it at around 7:45 of this video. You can hear the Rasta in the background yell "LYRIC!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/baq1n3djiKuXmKc Finally, i make beats and have decided tto recreate this snd give it a modern twist. it will be on my SC in the next few days.

[@YourFreeBeats]

@Marty McFly II Apologies meant to say: 1. I believe they DID realize they were making history (it was huge) The concept of “rapping” has indeed been around since music, and even Blondie “rapped” on her Rapture song...which i *think* came it before this...regardless, these were the ones to truly kick it ALL off. SOURCE: I lived through it all

[@izaCmoi]

eh oui!!! le rap existait déjà à l'époque.. trop de souvenirs. j'avais 11 ans..

[@okwhatever9051]

@Marty McFly II rhythmic singing isnt rap sorry

[@kidthewow]

If you searched for this you’re an og

[@jonnyt2727-no-diddy-haney]

Yes I am 💯☺️

[@snowysnowyriver]

Yes indeed! I'm 64 and this brought back good memories.

[@jupiter258]

yeah lol ty

[@norzerimar4276]

How

[@norzerimar4276]

The same probl hope we can call it a day for her

[@azure628]

Hearing this makes me so glad that I was a kid when I was. I get chills everytime I hear this to the day. This will always be one of the best hip hop songs!

[@Nevernothing8184]

Bet those unseasoned folks had no idea they were witnessing history in the making.

[@freeem2429]

When he said: "Bang bang, the boogie to the boogie Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie" I felt that.

[@Pentagonshark666]

It starts like a typical disco, but develops into a rap song. A classic.

[@gabotdf]

It IS a disco song, Good Times by Chic

[@rewhiteconsulting]

2024 >>>>> Its 1979, all about the sugar, truckin up hill, and hanging with my gang...I am 14 years old, chasing around the best looking girls in school, burning the brown weed, sometimes sitting in detention, and having FUN!!!! GREAT TIMES!!!

[@ginabrooker6595]

They played this song everywhere We went dancing & the crowd went crazy we loved it & still do!!🎉

[@JFloatin]

You a real hip-hop fan if you know this song

[@Mcnamara2]

♥️♥️♥️

[@Fuzzy-_-Logic]

I wouldn't go that far but it was one of the first hip-hop tunes that made me listen more than twice. Then I became interested in the lyrics, I was impressed. ;-)

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Best rap song ever made. Just pure positive energy.

[@stevejackson8878]

It was the first rap song popularised or recorded Rap has been around It started at block parties were DJs/Jamaicans were toasting Maybe Jazz legend invented it too in the 60s listen with open ears to Rappers Delight it has scatting which is borrowed from jazz listen to Jamaican music and toasting/chanting This was just recorded raps usually weren't recorded it was spoken word toasting or chanting by DJs at parties this was the first recorded and paved the way for later rappers

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

This was before hiphop got its dark tone instead of the energetic sound you hear in this song (rapper's delight).

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

When hiphop got to the 90s the tones got more dark.

[@user-if4qh3up3m]

yeah man, positive vibes only bro

[@26_Goodman]

I hope you’re kidding

[@seantreadway6293]

It really is good. I have to revisit it every once in awhile. A whole verse about trying not to offend his buddy and their mom. He couldn't make it happen, but his friend was like, "It's cool man, she can't cook."

[@sharonmayer-grady2362]

Back in 1979, I was 14 years old when my 16-year old sister turned me on to this!!!

[@mauricefromyt]

Old school music is amazing and old school music will always be the best

[@Michael.Shayne]

I remember my mama singing this song to me as a kid. She knew all the lyrics! I would request her to rap my favorite part about the nasty food! Will forever be a great memory ❤️

[@Ihatezidiotz]

that part of the song is some funny shit.. :)

[@hermask815]

I wonder if there is a connection between your requesting those lines and her cooking skills? SCNR.

[@Michael.Shayne]

@@hermask815 😂😂🙈 no connection lol! I just thought it was a funny part of the song

[@ashleymyers9764]

That’s my favorite part too! Haha

[@DMBGirl1234]

Ho tel! Mo tel! Holiday INN! 💯🤣💖🎶💯

[@nataliephibbs3105]

One of THE BEST songs ever. I heard it on the radio in El Paso, TX. I can still see where I was at. WOW, just awesome!

[@kidlightning1736]

Now this is real rap...got that nice beat with rhythm and flow. Don't know what the hell some of these rappers doing today.

[@prototayp2]

💀okay grandpa let's get you back to bed

[@lilmitch5767]

No one: Me and my homies enjoying this song in cold war:

[@bellajinks4333]

This comment was weak😂😂😂

[@KHONSR]

@@bellajinks4333 fr

[@memer3548]

lmao

[@nickynick9800]

damn straight

[@AB-jc3gd]

cold war is better than real war and you surely could enjoy such music in those times