I`m not into rap AT ALL, but i have to say i think "rapper`s delight" by the sugarhill gang is a really good song
I know many people on the org know this one, so tell me what you think about "rapper`s delight"...

Its a cool song. The Sugar Hill Gang are thr one of the groups that paved the way for may rappers and rap groups. Its a fun rap song.

Great song. This was back when rap was for the dance floors and not the juvenille detention centers.

vainandy said:

Aint' that the truth

vainandy said:

You got that right!!Rap started out as fun then.

That's right. Everything was "party over here" and "party over there" and the dance floors were packed.

That reminds me, now that Thanksgiving's over, it's time for me to pull out Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'".

vainandy said:

Cool rap X mas song.

The rhythm is cool, and i like the fact that it`s not a song that`s angry. You don`t hear the "f-word" all the time, and it doesn`t try to provoke people, just to make people have a good time

Icicle said:

It rare these days to have rap that is not violent or about sex.

vainandy said:

TALK!!!!

I remember being in high school when these two jams came out....

Icicle said:

hehe, that was amongst the first records I ever bought with my own money but since I have all their stuff on vinyl only I got myself a Best of CD just 2 weeks ago, with many fonky jams... Apache, The Lover In You, The Word Is Out, Kick it Live fro 9 to 5 and some more get dat old schol feeling again

It´s my least favorite rap track of all times..it´s the songs that separates true hiphoppers from the occasional rap listeners..shitty lyrics, shitty (stolen)music, shitty management, a travesty. Just a bunch of people put together by the infamous Sylvia Robinson. Only rap haters can seriously like this song.

No disrespect to those who like it, but your subcultural background is obviously more funk/disco oriented, which is cool, I love funk and 80´s RnB, but this song sucks ass...´

Being from the hip hop oldschool myself ( I kinda grew up up with it in the early eighties), I hate this song with a passion.

Where´s Cinister Cee when you need him ?
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That's riiiight. I used to love rap but I eventually ended up hating it.




You know me very well.

When rap started slowing the tempo down and moving away from funk and disco, that's when I started hating it.

vainandy said:

You mean there`s more of this
Can you give me some titles?

The album where it's from has also some great sung soulsongs on it and the instrumental cut " Passion Play " .

KoolEaze said:

You're just picking out the commercial hit from SugarHill Records .
I've heard plenty of SugarHill artists that might be quite unfamiliar with hiphop-collectors . Besides rap , they released also much soul which was sung .
Their database of releases is huge ... so just one commercial hit can't put that into a shitty company . I know that Dj Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa were some of the pioneers in hiphop-sampling , even before " Rapper's Delight " ...
it just went that way with " Rapper's Delight " , and usually something that becomes a commercial succes will eventually be seen as shitty , because the overall public is accepting to eat it .
Less familiar stuff will not always get to that commercial surface ... 4 the better i think ... the underground-scene is where the it happens at first .

The far strongest point in " Rapper's Delight " is the intro : piano-loop with cow-bell ... the only part that i like .

I love the SugarHill Gang, Rappers Delight is alright, but Apache and 8th Wonder are my favorites.
It's true rap was fun back in the day and it was all about having a good time, thats why I don't care for today's rap.

...i'm imp the dimp

the ladies' pimp

the women fight fo my delight!


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I like Rapper's Delight and it is a fun and dancable song.

My favorite song by the group is "Sugar Hill Groove" because that song is funky as hell.

I also like rappers around that era who had that funk and disco influence in their rap like Jimmy Spicer who sang "Adventures of Super Rhymes", Sequence with "Funk You Up" and "Monster Jam" with Spoonie Gee, Gary Byrd "The Crown", and Afrika Bambaataa bfore they became "Planet Rock" they had a tight and funky song called "Zula Nation Throwdown" part 1 & 2 from their first album.

this song demonstrates that just because something is popular doesn't mean its the best.....

rapper's delight was aight...it was fun but not one of the best.


Sorta like liking Will Smith...nice little beat, easy to remember.....simple little tune


I did like Apache and 8th Wonder better...

Under-rated an one of the best I love it!

jasonstar said:

Yeah, it really is a good song, a fun song I was suprised when i heard it, that i actually liked it, because i think rap music is , and i still do, but i guess KoolEaze is right, that only rap-haters like that song

The only rappers I really like:

The Sugar Hill Gang
The rapper from Milli Vanilli (Whomever the real rapper was)
Vanilla Ice
The rapper from C&C Music Factory
Will Smith (His solo stuff and his stuff with DJ Jazzy Jeff)

I use to like Emimen but..I think once he took a shot at Michael Jackson, I gave up on him. It was awesome when he praised Michael. However, there are certain people you don't mock. Stevie Wonder. Michael Jackson. He knocked Michael and lost my interest after doing so. Besides that, his new songs all sound like atari beats. He is lammmmme.

Does this mean I hate rap?

deeezamn,where were ya'll when King tim III by fatback came out ( yes that was the 1st rap record) the 2nd was superappin by Flash & the 5