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To: Libloather

In my opinion, Bob Dylan did the first “rap” song.

https://youtu.be/_CJHbfkROow?si=UeSgKZchA9Hb0fgp


5 posted on 06/01/2024 6:27:22 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: hardspunned

I consider this the first rap song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e58NJU5B3v8


8 posted on 06/01/2024 6:30:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hardspunned

It sounds like it. At least the primitive rhyming part. There’s a newer/older iconic one also. It was Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire.” A bit more sophisticated in poetic license but still a rapid-fire staccato essay, IMO.


66 posted on 06/01/2024 11:36:35 PM PDT by Gaffer
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