[Bikkuri]

Have at it.. When I was in Uni.. Rap was cool.. and 'safe'. This sex/drug/kill was not in the lyrics yet :/

btw, I prefer classical :D

[camle]

Blondie - rapture. the first real rap song (the last part)

[Bikkuri]

Moved quickly FROM this (1989): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw

Anyway, just ranting.. From my childhood (1970) until now... I can’t even imagine what my father went through.. or even bigger, what his father may have gone through between then and now ;/

[Spruce]

I recognize the music on elevators now.

ps. Get off my lawn

[Spruce]

I recognize the music on elevators now.

ps. Get off my lawn

[Bikkuri]

NOTICE: this is NSFW ... NOT SAFE FOR WORK ... also not family friendly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE70jwRG8yI

I think this was around 1987, or so.. Even in my younger and stupider age (yes, new word).. I started getting the heck away from that ‘music’.

And again, make sure your kids (up to about 20yo) are nowhere near your city or town if/when you play/watch this...

[correctthought]

Surprisingly coherent from the group that brought you:

Me love you long time.

Never heard this before today. Not my cup of tea. Mostly good sentiment.

[correctthought]

Oh man, listened to their other crap. It’s totally revolting.

[teeman8r]

when tipper gore made her attempt to censor lyrics, the pendulum swung to the utterly nasty... run dmc never had a chance after that.

[Fiji Hill]

Some of my favorite rap tunes

• Play it Cool--The Spaniels (1954)

• Watusi--Richard Berry & the Pharaohs (1956)

• The Drunkard--The Thillers (1953)

[Psalm 73]

Joe Strummer was rappin’ with the Clash, before him it was Dylan. Nothing new under the sun.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I have always thought that Ernest T. Bass from the “Andy Griffith Show” was the original rapper. There is one episode in which he drums on a kerosene can while chanting a weird poem.

[Paradox]

I used to bump into Luther Campbell at the local Clubs in Miami, we were acquaintances. Mostly because of our shared fandom of the Miami Hurricanes football team. LOL @ how he corrupted those young men......