What about Blondie's "Rapture" ? What's the date on that one? When I think of early rap, that song comes to mind.
Heather At 09:50 AM 2/27/02 -0800, Randy Remote wrote: >Rap's dirty little secret is that it was invented by white people. >The first rap song was the train sequence from "The Music Man" >circa 1962. The whole cadence and everything is there, the train >wheels taking the place of the drum machine. > >the invention of the Model T Ford made the trouble >made the people want to get, want to get >want to get up and go >seven eight nine twenty three miles to the county seat >yes, sir >yes, sir >now who's gonna patronize a two by four kinda store anymore? >RR ; ) > >Gil Lamont wrote: > > > To what degree does the history of rap predate the mid to late 1970s? > > > There's also Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from 1965, which I > > never connected as rap until I saw it performed as a rap song
