Thanks Jay I'm not sure if it was 79 but I recall Blowfly and Jimmy Spicer’s Super Rhymes as well and Count Coolout.. The Micstro was 1980. Damn I'm old Philly NYC NJ haha.. Salute
Say what you want about Sylvia Robinson but she was a true visionary and took something created by some kids in the Bronx global. You gotta respect her for that. Salute and rip to her 🙏🏽
Rap o Clap o was the first rap song I ever heard. I was 6 yrs old living in Puerto Rico. I ended getting the 45 out of a jukebox from a bodega across the street from where I lived, wish I still had it but I do have the 12"
I remember Grandmaster Caz saying he didn't think Rapper's Delight would do anything because there was no rap industry then. I guess Caz experienced the sting of Sylvia's genius and promotion that JayQuan articulated. Great Lesson!
Can you please do the youngters and those not in the know a huge favor? I'm a 48 year old brother from Chicago and for nostalgia reasons I wanted to revisit my youth and listen to some b boy,head nod, big beat music! Please remind the people of Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud! Super Casanova and Do the James of course are the two main cuts but as you know they had more! I'd love to hear you tell the backstory of this group and how their style can't be duplicated today!( Or maybe it could) By the way I loved this stroll down memory lane!
Woooow!! JayQuan, give THANKS for your research, knowledge and DOPE presentations of Hip Hop history, I learn something NEW in each one!! Your LOVE for Hip Hop culture manifests in ALL of your work, we APPRECIATE you and your contributions, keep SHININ', Word!!!
Sylvia (R.I.P.) was a genius, pioneer and a visionary, and first and foremost a serious businesswoman. She knew the record business already, she kinda had a head start on these other cats. People can hate her, but I don't. I respect what she did, and she blessed my young ears with some fresh new sounds. The Sugar hill label was so influential to me in my early years. Thanks for another great video Jay
@@jonathanvillalobos7994 we all know that ! Tell me a name off a record label that split 50 / 50 in 100 years of music? Did she die because was old or...i cant find reason on internet
Great video ! Can you make 1 ..the people behind enjoy records...next plateau rec.streetwise/wave records...echo international rec...b boy records..pop art rec ( parents steady b) ..tuff city records...sunnyview rec...select rec....and many more?
1979 SYLVIA ROBINSON REMEMBERED IN PERFECTION (RIP). GRAND MASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE. JIMMY SPICER SUPER RHYMES (RIP) REMEMBERED IN PERFECTION. NUFF RESPECT ✊🏿. THANK YOU 🙏🏿 JAY FOR SHINING LIGHT ON THE OLD FOUND, (ARTISTS) OF YESTERYEAR.. WHICH IS NEW TO ME.
Joe Bataan's "Rap-O Clap-O" did very well in continental Europe and he made good money off that record. It's sad that many early rap pioneers do not have similar experiences.
Thanks for the education of the records of that time, as a d.j. in those days we would only play the records that became the hit. The same as it has always been from them days if the DJ played it in the club or party it became a hit.... I remember all the records you talked about in this vid... JayQuan the youth need to learn a lot of this history....
Hip Hop Muzik changed my life...As a collector and Graffiti writer, i gotta thank you for doing this marvelous job...Drop them knowledge jewelz non-stop...more blessings
Strong points Brother Jayquan. Very well researched and presented. Some of these records were unknown to me. You're right, Sylvia has to be given proper credit for taking the genre to the next level commercially. The Winley family are my cousins, I still have the LP with Rappin and Rockin the House (I'm biased but they could really rap for that era lol). Funk You Up is an all time favorite also, along with Lady B and Jocko's records.
Great content. Battaan's record is always well remerbered by guys who ”were actually listening” in 79. But his and others have been airbrushed out in alot of the revisions of the "early days". In 79 it was unclear who was a legit hip hop dude who paid their dues in the rec centers like Furious or Funky versus a Battaan or Sequence. It was a few years until the public got wise on all this and still it was late in the 90s Hank was under "fresh allegations" of what he took from Kaz. Man this was great. I feel you could even delve so much deeper with personal commentary about 1979, but this is a great primer.
@@BKaneNp8 Well Joe Bataan was already an established singer who did rappo clappo as kinda a one time novelty. So I would not even classify him as a bonafide MC. But yeah man, he was sure the first Latino on record. Usually first Latino MC goes to Ruby Dee or Whipper Whip and the Mean Machine Puerto Rican dude.
Nice one Jay! That Patty Duke beat is one of the most funky spaced out jams I ever heard, I loved hearing all those rappers going off on it " I got the bottle, you got the cup, it dont matter, we can still light up, cheeba cheeba y'all". It was very raw and dirty compared to a lot of the more mainstream disco rap that was around. Smoke a blunt, play Patty Duke and you are in 70's New York.
Jayquan you found the true blueprints of all the first hip hop records of 1979 the real true education of the beginning of wax on rap music i thought sugarhill gang was the first rap record but it was before that thanks for sharing that knowledge its crazy you point out super rappin by the furious 5 i got that on vinyl that's in 1979 I going to check those records you gave on this video as a collector of cds cassettes and vinyl im gonna find those records on vinyl 4 real thanks brother quan for the original start of first hip hop records on vinyl wax best foundation of all time 2020. I hope you hear the sad news about ecstacy from whodini pass away today that's a sad loss for hip hop rest in peace to greatest mc from whodini one love Jayquan foundation means the true beginning of hip hop that makes hip hop what it is today peace and happy holidays and merry Christmas
thank you as always for your knowledge! earlier this year i found a spotify playlist called "1979 rap" that had most of these records- i only knew about the 3 or 4 most famous ones and got curious about the early days of recorded rap. came across your channel shortly after and have been watching ever since.
Love your videos - Myself and other volunteers have almost finished transcribing the lyrics to all published rap songs from the first 5 years of rap ('79-'83). 1979 is all complete and has about 50 songs. To see the list and the lyrics, search this in google: genius 1979-1985 lyrics
Thank You For This Segment - I was seeing these Videos where These People trying to Dispel The Origin of Our Culture. Stop Being a Generic Tariq Nasheed On Our Culture. it's Not Gonna Work. Blessings to Jayquan Once again
We appreciate the necessary informative HIPHOP interviews throughout the year therefore keep up the good work brother 💪💯 .May good health safety recovery be upon you and your family. And you don't stop keep on 🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶🌍
Thank you JayQ for this Lesson Episode! Rappin And Rockin The House by the Funky 4 + 1 More "with DJ Breakout and DJ Baron" played by Pumpkin, my favorite record in 1979! Especially Sha Rock: Because the sun won't shine, the rain won't stop But we got a style called funk rock Just get up out your chair, start to have some fun We're 2 DJ's, Funky Four + 1 To the people out there we want you to know We are the ones with the magical show We're 2 DJ's and 5 MC's 4 other fellas plus 1 is me We're here to please everybody out there Forget about your problems get em' out ya' hair Just get on the floor, don't you be shy You can do it too, just give it a try To the people out there we want the best Satisfaction guaranteed is what we possess We rock on the mic with the masterplan We do it for the girl, women, boy and man And most people go around just faking anyway We want you to hear what we say The things we say the things we do Is like running a race and it don't compute? There's a lot of competition to beat But we are the ones, they are the ones I am the ones with the most unique Everybody out there show what you know 'Cause I am the sign called Scorpio I'm not hard to please but I learned to want I know a lot about the do's But more about the don'ts I can cast a spell so that you can tell I'm one of a kind and I do it well I'm on, I'm on, the on, the on I can say I've been this way Since the day I was one 'Cause I'm on, I'm bad I'm here to say Sho' nuff' y'all I would give it a play 'Cause I'm 1 for the money 2 to blow your mind I'm all about killin' and just saving time My time is good Bum, what ya' show Again to the sign we call Scorpio I'm on, I'm on, I'm, oh-so on I get it on with Sagittarius and Capricorn So what ever ya sign may be her tonight Put your mind on me I can set it right K.K. don't stop And just get on the mic Just get on the mic Just get on the mic when ya' ready to rock
Thanks for the Peter Brown breakdown. I was always curious how the same sound bed was recycled multiple times. This was necessary and on point as usual. 👊🏽
The Jamaican Djs were toasting, and they did influence the sound systems, but id say that the "Jive Talking" Djs were more influential on American Mcs than anything.
I don't even remember how and when I first heard Rappers Delight, but all of the sudden, when I was in the 3rd grade, I and everybody on my school bus were singing the lyrics to it! Everyone was writing and copying down the lyrics in their notebooks.
Jayquan, you know how the NBA/NFL have these seminars that break down the game for rookies? They need to send all of the fresh on the scene "rookie" rappers and producers your way for at least one 8 hour session on this history! Also, it means a lot to me that you shine the light on Sylvia Robinson and the Sugar Hill collective to give them the proper credit. If "Rappers Delight" does not become the international smash hit it was, who knows what direction the rap game (and culture) would have went, So many people are look to discredit them, but that record changed so many lives. I was 10 years old when it hit, and will never forget the impact it had on me.
Great job Jayquan. I was 14/15 years old in 1979 and you are dropping straight facts about all this. Although these records were the soundtrack of my adolescence, its amazing how amateurish some of them sound to my ears today. The difference between the true party rockers and people who were just trying to ride the wave is clear.
Salutations Jayquan! Excellent lesson after lesson after lesson! Please continue your great works! Do you have an external website, blog, or patreon, where you post more media? Much respect and much love. Long love Hip Hop culture! -Days
Jay Quan another great and informative video. I'm 45 and love to listen to hip hop prior to 84'. in your video you mentioned trying to connect with King Tim III. Please check out Fatback/King Tim iii (personality jock) 13 years ago Milkcratestache published song. I mention this because in the comments Maclovemusic Mac Love said he was his DJ. It was from 7 years ago. Hopefully it can lead to you finding him. A interview with him would be so classic on your format.
I wish you could play the videos from back in the days and interview old school guest. An updated version of Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps. I know I'd watch it. By far, you are the badest brother doing it. Unearthing Hip-Hop history most people gloss over, including the legends. Stay up!
@@TheFoundationhiphop no doubt! Now that we're in the era of Zoom, I know it would make it easier on the artist to appear. Introducing videos and unheard stories behind the songs and eras.
excellent as always Jayquan. Love it and nice medley you made there at the end. I have all these records and a couple more from 1979. As you said there are even more. Here are some more for all that are interested: David Lampell _ I Ran Iran (PRISM Rec., 1979) P.J. LaBoy - Baya Latinos (ETCETERA Rec. 1979 / more of a spoken street style flow but must be the first latin/spanish rap?) Xanadu & Sweet Lady - Rappers Delight (Joe Gibbs Rec. Jamaica, 1979) Mr. Q. - Ladies Delight, Mr. Q. - Party Rapp, Mr. Q. - DJ Style, Mr. Q. - Rapping Time (all on Monica's Productions, Canada, all 1979 according to Discogs) Funky Constellation - Street Talk, ROTA Rec., 1979) Neil B. - Body Rock (BC Rec., 1979) and i might add Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be cheerful, part 3 (Stiff Rec., 1979 UK) even if it probably not has as much of a Hip Hop backround. Would be interesting to hear what you think about the Ian Dury record? He is clearly rapping and might made it after hearing Rappers Delight? and it's from the UK.
Very accurate and knowledgeable Brother, 1979 was indeed the year that opened the floodgates. The first Rap record i bought with my allowance money as a kid was The Breaks or Super Rhymes, both 1980 Can't remember which was first. Maybe you can tell me. My parents bought Rappers Delight.
Niles Rodgers & Bernard Edwards ...Chic -Good times was very influential staple to Hip Hop but there's also another sound which was prevalent between multiple genres. Cheryl Lynn - Got to be real . Bassline & arrangements were a very common theme in the Disco Rap era & also the genre named Boogie. Cheryl Lynn's got to be real bassline has a long break & intro which made it easier for the dj's to extend however there are earlier versions & contributors to the theme & sound who are overlooked. . The earliest notable example of the *bounce* in the two bar bassline is from the chorus of... Love Unlimited Orchestra - Always Thinking Of You.. which was a 1974 Barry White production.Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire expanded upon it in 1976 with productions for a female sister group named.. The Emotions. The copycats may use the full two bars or just play the first bar but that theme & sequence is very popular. . Eg The Emotions - Best of my love. The Emotions - I don't wanna lose your love Chaka Khan - What you gonna do for me BT express - Have some fun Bliss - Groovin on a love song Patrice Rushen - Call On Me Pleasure - Space is the place Pleasure - I'm mad Freeez - Cant keep my love Kc & the Sunshine Band - Party with your body Sos Band - Sos Starpoint - Bring your sweet loving back Strikers - Body music Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love Also any version of ....What A fool Believes
Jayquan - bruh ! Where u at ? We need some mo lessons !!!!!!!!! U better come back because" halftime chat" is QUICKLY becoming my favorite channel LOL. Just kidding. I Remember seeing these vids a few yrs back, I still watch em from time to time. Super insitful content 👍👍👍👍
Thank you for all your videos-- your knowledge of the old school is second to none! Like you, I'm very interested in tracking down more precise dates for these early releases. I'm not sure how reliable Wikipedia is on this, but they have "King Tim III" coming out on March 25 and "Rapper's Delight" dropping on August 16. Also, maybe you know the answer to this, but did MC Tee's "Nu Sounds" (b-side of the Lady D single) have anything to do with the disco crew of the same name? Peace.
Thanks for looking. Not sure about NU Sounds. March is right for King Tim III. Rappers Delight was September 16th I believe. Definitely September of 79 though.
@@TheFoundationhiphop Thank you, JayQuan. Like I said, your knowledge is on point. For some reason it's been mad difficult even finding even the month of release for a lot of these smaller label singles, pre 1987. Even obvious things like whether The Bridge and South Bronx came before or after Raising Hell, for example, are impossible to find on the internet. (Believe me, I've looked!) You seem like a busy dude, but you might be the only person who can come up with an accurate written chronology of the important singles of early hip-hop history. Just a thought. Rock on.
Fatback's 'You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III' single first entered Billboard's Hot Soul chart on week ending 8 September 1979 (No. 87). Fatback's album ('XII') that contains King Tim III debuted in the Billboard Top 200 Album chart on week ending 29 September 1979 (No. 187). Not sure how long the album/single were on sale before they hit those charts.
In the words of DJ Khaled "Another one" Brother Jay you dropped some jewels on us. Some of the records you mentioned, I wasn't even familiar with. Now I plan on trying to find some of these classics on vinyl. Appreciate this channel brother and all of your content. #Respect
Great feature Jay, just a question - was the little compilation at the end your guess at the order of release of these records? Another thing I took from this was on the Winley record, really appreciated Paulette’s flow and voice tone, this is my favourite record of the bunch, with that piano in the background
Peace and thanks for listening. That's not mt guess, I just threw those together. There's no telling what the true order is. Paulett was killin' it! One of my favorites as well!
Zulu Nation Nation Throwdown on Paul Winley Records from Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force should be part of the 20 records of early Rap? Great info Jayquan👏👏👏👏
My good brother I have to ask you a question, that has been burning in my mind for about 20 years. I know people have said that Ice T, Schooly D, NWA, etc... Have been said to be the originators of Gangsta Rap. But once I heard the message by Melle Mel and Duke Booty I mean really listened to that record, I feel that was the 1st Gangstah rap song. Social ills, references of prostitution, Drug dealing, Stick ups, references of prisons and being turned out etc... I know Mel would not agree with this assumption, but I feel all those who came after Mel used this as a prototype and blue print to what the media would call Gangsta rap or what the artist of this genre would call " Reality Rap". What are your thoughts?
Good Question. I'd credit Mel and Duke Bootee with creating one of the earliest records that dealt with social consciousness or reality rap. Gangsta Rap (a term created by mainstream media) usually told some violent story in the first person and many times it celebrated the violence. Mel and Duke were much more cautionary and prophetic. I just wrote a story on Rock The Bells that's related to your question... www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/socially-conscious-hip-hop
" The streets got it good but I should warn ya/ theres a drug store set up around the corner/ sellin coke dope smack/ crack a lack a lack/ the ses that's bless and the chunk chunky black. Now that's Gangsta! Lol
I really like that song watch dog and I actually heard that song after the winley daughters rhyming and rapping record..but for the band to speed it up so they could rap to it was type dope..
As people try to rewrite history, Jaquan brings the facts
January is official with his time periods and who what why & how!!
this is phoned in and lazy
nobody digging in used crates at their local record store needs to be told this shit
The Beat to Family Rap and Scooby Rap is to this day STILL Hard as F
JayQuan!!!!!!! its impossible to give you too much praise!!!!! This needs to be on PBS or something......
Thank you for looking. Much appreciated. Respect
Dope lesson
Had to come back for a refresher course. Still one of my favorite documentaries. Thanks again Jayquan.
You were kind to the “network” - Mob - Payola.. bribes.. gangsterisms LOL My man this was awesome!
Man I am so digging this video the chronical walkthrough of the early stages of rap is so informative I love it
Thanks Jay I'm not sure if it was 79 but I recall Blowfly and Jimmy Spicer’s Super Rhymes as well and Count Coolout.. The Micstro was 1980. Damn I'm old Philly NYC NJ haha.. Salute
Never knew that many records came out in 79. Thanks, brother. Very helpful and a true blessing.
Say what you want about Sylvia Robinson but she was a true visionary and took something created by some kids in the Bronx global. You gotta respect her for that. Salute and rip to her 🙏🏽
I swear to God this is the best channel on TH-cam!
Much respect to you from the U.K. my brother! 🙌🏽
Respect bro. And thanks for watching!!
That was incredible knowledge you dropped here! Also that Lady D song was amazing for 1979.
Rap o Clap o was the first rap song I ever heard. I was 6 yrs old living in Puerto Rico. I ended getting the 45 out of a jukebox from a bodega across the street from where I lived, wish I still had it but I do have the 12"
I remember Grandmaster Caz saying he didn't think Rapper's Delight would do anything because there was no rap industry then. I guess Caz experienced the sting of Sylvia's genius and promotion that JayQuan articulated.
Great Lesson!
Can you please do the youngters and those not in the know a huge favor? I'm a 48 year old brother from Chicago and for nostalgia reasons I wanted to revisit my youth and listen to some b boy,head nod, big beat music! Please remind the people of Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud! Super Casanova and Do the James of course are the two main cuts but as you know they had more! I'd love to hear you tell the backstory of this group and how their style can't be duplicated today!( Or maybe it could) By the way I loved this stroll down memory lane!
Woooow!! JayQuan, give THANKS for your research, knowledge and DOPE presentations of Hip Hop history, I learn something NEW in each one!! Your LOVE for Hip Hop culture manifests in ALL of your work, we APPRECIATE you and your contributions, keep SHININ', Word!!!
Salute. Paul Winley also put out "The Brake's". In a way those where hip hop records by some intention.
Yes the infamous Super Disco Brakes, predating Ultimate Breaks and Beats.
Sylvia (R.I.P.) was a genius, pioneer and a visionary, and first and foremost a serious businesswoman. She knew the record business already, she kinda had a head start on these other cats. People can hate her, but I don't. I respect what she did, and she blessed my young ears with some fresh new sounds. The Sugar hill label was so influential to me in my early years. Thanks for another great video Jay
What happend to her ?
@@shaneamsterdam1000 She died,she was a crook.she ripped off all her artist on sugarhill records.
@@jonathanvillalobos7994 we all know that ! Tell me a name off a record label that split 50 / 50 in 100 years of music? Did she die because was old or...i cant find reason on internet
@@shaneamsterdam1000 I could tell you a whole bunch of artist that split 50-50 in the last 100 years.but the list is too long.but I get your point.
Great video ! Can you make 1 ..the people behind enjoy records...next plateau rec.streetwise/wave records...echo international rec...b boy records..pop art rec ( parents steady b) ..tuff city records...sunnyview rec...select rec....and many more?
I was THERE! This brother's account of the history is 100% official FACTS!!!
The concert with those records towards the end of this lesson was icing on the cake.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Bravo!
1979 was the year what a time to have lived.Thanks for the gems Jayquan!
I just stumbled into your channel, love the stories behind these Hip Hop pioneers
1979 SYLVIA ROBINSON REMEMBERED IN PERFECTION (RIP). GRAND MASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE. JIMMY SPICER SUPER RHYMES (RIP) REMEMBERED IN PERFECTION. NUFF RESPECT ✊🏿. THANK YOU 🙏🏿 JAY FOR SHINING LIGHT ON THE OLD FOUND, (ARTISTS) OF YESTERYEAR.. WHICH IS NEW TO ME.
Yo! This brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for the history lesson and the trip down memory lane.
Joe Bataan's "Rap-O Clap-O" did very well in continental Europe and he made good money off that record. It's sad that many early rap pioneers do not have similar experiences.
Much respect for what you do. All MC's and DJ's and anyone associated with Hip-hop should subscribe to your channel and know this history by heart.
Great job Jay Quan... Keep teaching the truth!!
Thanks for watching bro
Thanks for the education of the records of that time, as a d.j. in those days we would only play the records that became the hit. The same as it has always been from them days if the DJ played it in the club or party it became a hit.... I remember all the records you talked about in this vid... JayQuan the youth need to learn a lot of this history....
Jay, you're a legend. You mentioned many things in this video that I didn't even know or think about.
Keep dropping this knowledge.
Respect. Thanks for looking!
😳 I remember reading all your interviews a while back thanks for the legendary stories and the history. Glad you popped up on my feed. ✌️
Respect
Peace! Thats year I was born. Thank you the lessons
Hip Hop Muzik changed my life...As a collector and Graffiti writer, i gotta thank you for doing this marvelous job...Drop them knowledge jewelz non-stop...more blessings
Strong points Brother Jayquan. Very well researched and presented. Some of these records were unknown to me. You're right, Sylvia has to be given proper credit for taking the genre to the next level commercially. The Winley family are my cousins, I still have the LP with Rappin and Rockin the House (I'm biased but they could really rap for that era lol). Funk You Up is an all time favorite also, along with Lady B and Jocko's records.
Great content. Battaan's record is always well remerbered by guys who ”were actually listening” in 79. But his and others have been airbrushed out in alot of the revisions of the "early days".
In 79 it was unclear who was a legit hip hop dude who paid their dues in the rec centers like Furious or Funky versus a Battaan or Sequence.
It was a few years until the public got wise on all this and still it was late in the 90s Hank was under "fresh allegations" of what he took from Kaz.
Man this was great. I feel you could even delve so much deeper with personal commentary about 1979, but this is a great primer.
Was he the first solo Latino Mc on wax?
@@BKaneNp8 Well Joe Bataan was already an established singer who did rappo clappo as kinda a one time novelty. So I would not even classify him as a bonafide MC. But yeah man, he was sure the first Latino on record.
Usually first Latino MC goes to Ruby Dee or Whipper Whip and the Mean Machine Puerto Rican dude.
Love your work...peace from the UK i do a radio show and play mainly late 70s early 80s boogie disco fusion...
Peace JayQuan! As always, you break it down so well. I’ve never seen the “Rap-O-Clap-O” video. Dope! It’s amazing how many records came out that year!
Nice one Jay! That Patty Duke beat is one of the most funky spaced out jams I ever heard, I loved hearing all those rappers going off on it " I got the bottle, you got the cup, it dont matter, we can still light up, cheeba cheeba y'all". It was very raw and dirty compared to a lot of the more mainstream disco rap that was around. Smoke a blunt, play Patty Duke and you are in 70's New York.
Love the shirt Jay. Nice video, informative as always. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Same to you bro. Respect
@@TheFoundationhiphop Out interest do you know of any earlier uses of a drum machine on a Rap record prior to 'Planet Rock'?
Knowledge! Thanks bro.
Jayquan you found the true blueprints of all the first hip hop records of 1979 the real true education of the beginning of wax on rap music i thought sugarhill gang was the first rap record but it was before that thanks for sharing that knowledge its crazy you point out super rappin by the furious 5 i got that on vinyl that's in 1979 I going to check those records you gave on this video as a collector of cds cassettes and vinyl im gonna find those records on vinyl 4 real thanks brother quan for the original start of first hip hop records on vinyl wax best foundation of all time 2020. I hope you hear the sad news about ecstacy from whodini pass away today that's a sad loss for hip hop rest in peace to greatest mc from whodini one love Jayquan foundation means the true beginning of hip hop that makes hip hop what it is today peace and happy holidays and merry Christmas
Solid a$$ lesson! Thanks, JayQuan!
thank you as always for your knowledge! earlier this year i found a spotify playlist called "1979 rap" that had most of these records- i only knew about the 3 or 4 most famous ones and got curious about the early days of recorded rap. came across your channel shortly after and have been watching ever since.
Thank you!!
Love your videos - Myself and other volunteers have almost finished transcribing the lyrics to all published rap songs from the first 5 years of rap ('79-'83). 1979 is all complete and has about 50 songs. To see the list and the lyrics, search this in google: genius 1979-1985 lyrics
Thank You For This Segment - I was seeing these Videos where These People trying to Dispel The Origin of Our Culture. Stop Being a Generic Tariq Nasheed On Our Culture. it's Not Gonna Work. Blessings to Jayquan Once again
Another fantastic episode Jayquan . Thanks. Happy Holidays.
Thank you! That was so needed!!!!!!
We appreciate the necessary informative HIPHOP interviews throughout the year therefore keep up the good work brother 💪💯 .May good health safety recovery be upon you and your family. And you don't stop keep on 🎤🎶🎶🎶🎶🌍
No one can top that. Word.
Great breakdown! i thought i knew, but there are several i had not even heard of! "rap o clap o?!" "rhythm talk"? hadn't heard of those joints.
I appreciate your content JayQuan!😁💯💗
Bring back good memories high power rap ..superrappin..love rap..
Thank you again for covering the classics!!
DOPE - Thank you sir
Spot on work as always sir, respect!
Thank you JayQ for this Lesson Episode! Rappin And Rockin The House by the Funky 4 + 1 More "with DJ Breakout and DJ Baron" played by Pumpkin, my favorite record in 1979!
Especially Sha Rock:
Because the sun won't shine, the rain won't stop
But we got a style called funk rock
Just get up out your chair, start to have some fun
We're 2 DJ's, Funky Four + 1
To the people out there we want you to know
We are the ones with the magical show
We're 2 DJ's and 5 MC's
4 other fellas plus 1 is me
We're here to please everybody out there
Forget about your problems get em' out ya' hair
Just get on the floor, don't you be shy
You can do it too, just give it a try
To the people out there we want the best
Satisfaction guaranteed is what we possess
We rock on the mic with the masterplan
We do it for the girl, women, boy and man
And most people go around just faking anyway
We want you to hear what we say
The things we say the things we do
Is like running a race and it don't compute?
There's a lot of competition to beat
But we are the ones, they are the ones
I am the ones with the most unique
Everybody out there show what you know
'Cause I am the sign called Scorpio
I'm not hard to please but I learned to want
I know a lot about the do's
But more about the don'ts
I can cast a spell so that you can tell
I'm one of a kind and I do it well
I'm on, I'm on, the on, the on
I can say I've been this way
Since the day I was one
'Cause I'm on, I'm bad
I'm here to say
Sho' nuff' y'all
I would give it a play
'Cause I'm 1 for the money
2 to blow your mind
I'm all about killin' and just saving time
My time is good
Bum, what ya' show
Again to the sign we call Scorpio
I'm on, I'm on, I'm, oh-so on
I get it on with Sagittarius and Capricorn
So what ever ya sign may be her tonight
Put your mind on me I can set it right
K.K. don't stop
And just get on the mic
Just get on the mic
Just get on the mic when ya' ready to rock
Well done!!!!! Now we have 50 years of this beautiful culture
Thanks for the Peter Brown breakdown. I was always curious how the same sound bed was recycled multiple times. This was necessary and on point as usual. 👊🏽
Respect. Thank you...
Thanks for the knowledge bro.
Always on point
Good job jayquan on 1979 love this segment your right on the money bro
Never forget the jamaican dj´s.
Love the page. The best news since Soultrain.
The Jamaican Djs were toasting, and they did influence the sound systems, but id say that the "Jive Talking" Djs were more influential on American Mcs than anything.
@@TheFoundationhiphop U in there for real-What suprised me was some of the early releases from countries like Nigeria for an example aswell ;)
@@Krazythedj You cannot forget “The Scene Dance Show” Electrifying Mojo
Detroit “Geektown”
Great post/ share Jay!❤
This needed to be done. Salute.
Thank you again Jay
Keep up the good work brotha. Much luv
Respect
YOU'RE THE BEST BRO! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
Repect bro
I don't even remember how and when I first heard Rappers Delight, but all of the sudden, when I was in the 3rd grade, I and everybody on my school bus were singing the lyrics to it! Everyone was writing and copying down the lyrics in their notebooks.
Jayquan, you know how the NBA/NFL have these seminars that break down the game for rookies? They need to send all of the fresh on the scene "rookie" rappers and producers your way for at least one 8 hour session on this history! Also, it means a lot to me that you shine the light on Sylvia Robinson and the Sugar Hill collective to give them the proper credit. If "Rappers Delight" does not become the international smash hit it was, who knows what direction the rap game (and culture) would have went, So many people are look to discredit them, but that record changed so many lives. I was 10 years old when it hit, and will never forget the impact it had on me.
Thank you bro. Thanks for looking. I was 9. Changed my life.
Great job Jayquan. I was 14/15 years old in 1979 and you are dropping straight facts about all this. Although these records were the soundtrack of my adolescence, its amazing how amateurish some of them sound to my ears today. The difference between the true party rockers and people who were just trying to ride the wave is clear.
Thank you for the knowledge.
This is Hip-Hop.
Salutations Jayquan! Excellent lesson after lesson after lesson! Please continue your great works! Do you have an external website, blog, or patreon, where you post more media? Much respect and much love. Long love Hip Hop culture!
-Days
Great to see a new video from you JayQuan!
Thanks for looking. Respect
Been waiting for a post like this. 👍🏾
Jay Quan another great and informative video. I'm 45 and love to listen to hip hop prior to 84'. in your video you mentioned trying to connect with King Tim III. Please check out Fatback/King Tim iii (personality jock) 13 years ago Milkcratestache published song. I mention this because in the comments Maclovemusic Mac Love said he was his DJ. It was from 7 years ago. Hopefully it can lead to you finding him. A interview with him would be so classic on your format.
Thank you. That's much appreciated!!
First Class - Rappin' It Up. This was a whole LP from 1979 apparently, some very long tracks!! Discogs has one for sale £200+ if you fancy a copy!
I wish you could play the videos from back in the days and interview old school guest. An updated version of Rap City and Yo! MTV Raps. I know I'd watch it. By far, you are the badest brother doing it. Unearthing Hip-Hop history most people gloss over, including the legends. Stay up!
That format is my goal. Maybe in 2021!! Thanks for looking.
@@TheFoundationhiphop no doubt! Now that we're in the era of Zoom, I know it would make it easier on the artist to appear. Introducing videos and unheard stories behind the songs and eras.
You have done well with documenting our Kemetic history.
Check out "Out Of Darkness" (2016) documentary on Prime Video
excellent as always Jayquan. Love it and nice medley you made there at the end. I have all these records and a couple more from 1979. As you said there are even more. Here are some more for all that are interested:
David Lampell _ I Ran Iran (PRISM Rec., 1979)
P.J. LaBoy - Baya Latinos (ETCETERA Rec. 1979 / more of a spoken street style flow but must be the first latin/spanish rap?)
Xanadu & Sweet Lady - Rappers Delight (Joe Gibbs Rec. Jamaica, 1979)
Mr. Q. - Ladies Delight, Mr. Q. - Party Rapp, Mr. Q. - DJ Style, Mr. Q. - Rapping Time (all on Monica's Productions, Canada, all 1979 according to Discogs)
Funky Constellation - Street Talk, ROTA Rec., 1979)
Neil B. - Body Rock (BC Rec., 1979)
and i might add Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be cheerful, part 3 (Stiff Rec., 1979 UK) even if it probably not has as much of a Hip Hop backround.
Would be interesting to hear what you think about the Ian Dury record? He is clearly rapping and might made it after hearing Rappers Delight? and it's from the UK.
Good stuff!
Very well done.
Very accurate and knowledgeable Brother, 1979 was indeed the year that opened the floodgates. The first Rap record i bought with my allowance money as a kid was The Breaks or Super Rhymes, both 1980 Can't remember which was first. Maybe you can tell me. My parents bought Rappers Delight.
Niles Rodgers & Bernard Edwards ...Chic -Good times was very influential staple to Hip Hop but there's also another sound which was prevalent between multiple genres. Cheryl Lynn - Got to be real . Bassline & arrangements were a very common theme in the Disco Rap era & also the genre named Boogie. Cheryl Lynn's got to be real bassline has a long break & intro which made it easier for the dj's to extend however there are earlier versions & contributors to the theme & sound who are overlooked.
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The earliest notable example of the *bounce* in the two bar bassline is from the chorus of... Love Unlimited Orchestra - Always Thinking Of You.. which was a 1974 Barry White production.Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire expanded upon it in 1976 with productions for a female sister group named.. The Emotions. The copycats may use the full two bars or just play the first bar but that theme & sequence is very popular.
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Eg
The Emotions - Best of my love.
The Emotions - I don't wanna lose your love
Chaka Khan - What you gonna do for me
BT express - Have some fun
Bliss - Groovin on a love song
Patrice Rushen - Call On Me
Pleasure - Space is the place
Pleasure - I'm mad
Freeez - Cant keep my love
Kc & the Sunshine Band - Party with your body
Sos Band - Sos
Starpoint - Bring your sweet loving back
Strikers - Body music
Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love
Also any version of ....What A fool Believes
Jayquan - bruh ! Where u at ? We need some mo lessons !!!!!!!!!
U better come back because" halftime chat" is QUICKLY becoming my favorite channel LOL.
Just kidding.
I Remember seeing these vids a few yrs back, I still watch em from time to time.
Super insitful content 👍👍👍👍
Dope lessons brother.
Respect bro. Thank you
Thank you for all your videos-- your knowledge of the old school is second to none! Like you, I'm very interested in tracking down more precise dates for these early releases. I'm not sure how reliable Wikipedia is on this, but they have "King Tim III" coming out on March 25 and "Rapper's Delight" dropping on August 16. Also, maybe you know the answer to this, but did MC Tee's "Nu Sounds" (b-side of the Lady D single) have anything to do with the disco crew of the same name? Peace.
Thanks for looking. Not sure about NU Sounds. March is right for King Tim III. Rappers Delight was September 16th I believe. Definitely September of 79 though.
@@TheFoundationhiphop Thank you, JayQuan. Like I said, your knowledge is on point. For some reason it's been mad difficult even finding even the month of release for a lot of these smaller label singles, pre 1987. Even obvious things like whether The Bridge and South Bronx came before or after Raising Hell, for example, are impossible to find on the internet. (Believe me, I've looked!) You seem like a busy dude, but you might be the only person who can come up with an accurate written chronology of the important singles of early hip-hop history. Just a thought. Rock on.
Fatback's 'You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III' single first entered Billboard's Hot Soul chart on week ending 8 September 1979 (No. 87). Fatback's album ('XII') that contains King Tim III debuted in the Billboard Top 200 Album chart on week ending 29 September 1979 (No. 187). Not sure how long the album/single were on sale before they hit those charts.
You really did your work
Right on
In the words of DJ Khaled "Another one" Brother Jay you dropped some jewels on us. Some of the records you mentioned, I wasn't even familiar with. Now I plan on trying to find some of these classics on vinyl. Appreciate this channel brother and all of your content. #Respect
The "in the place to be" voice is hilarious, I was trying to do it when I was 6,7 yrs old lmao. Great video
Lol thanks bro. I'm gonna subscribe to your joint and check it out....
YO! what about the early tapes? id assume its like 73-79? thats the only era I haven't dug thru yet to my knowledge. MUCH LOVE
Earliest tapes seem to be about '77
@@TheFoundationhiphop so thats the earliest recordings pretty much like 77? interesting...keep the content rolling fam!
This is dope ⚡
Great feature Jay, just a question - was the little compilation at the end your guess at the order of release of these records?
Another thing I took from this was on the Winley record, really appreciated Paulette’s flow and voice tone, this is my favourite record of the bunch, with that piano in the background
Peace and thanks for listening. That's not mt guess, I just threw those together. There's no telling what the true order is. Paulett was killin' it! One of my favorites as well!
Zulu Nation Nation Throwdown on Paul Winley Records from Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force should be part of the 20 records of early Rap? Great info Jayquan👏👏👏👏
Great Channel!
My good brother I have to ask you a question, that has been burning in my mind for about 20 years. I know people have said that Ice T, Schooly D, NWA, etc... Have been said to be the originators of Gangsta Rap. But once I heard the message by Melle Mel and Duke Booty I mean really listened to that record, I feel that was the 1st Gangstah rap song. Social ills, references of prostitution, Drug dealing, Stick ups, references of prisons and being turned out etc... I know Mel would not agree with this assumption, but I feel all those who came after Mel used this as a prototype and blue print to what the media would call Gangsta rap or what the artist of this genre would call " Reality Rap". What are your thoughts?
Good Question. I'd credit Mel and Duke Bootee with creating one of the earliest records that dealt with social consciousness or reality rap. Gangsta Rap (a term created by mainstream media) usually told some violent story in the first person and many times it celebrated the violence. Mel and Duke were much more cautionary and prophetic. I just wrote a story on Rock The Bells that's related to your question...
www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/socially-conscious-hip-hop
@@TheFoundationhiphop Thank you brovah. Mel didn't put the violence and Gore in it your right ( as usual) lol
" The streets got it good but I should warn ya/ theres a drug store set up around the corner/ sellin coke dope smack/ crack a lack a lack/ the ses that's bless and the chunk chunky black. Now that's Gangsta! Lol
@@terrenceliburd8655 King of The Streets
Keep going Family‼️
I really like that song watch dog and I actually heard that song after the winley daughters rhyming and rapping record..but for the band to speed it up so they could rap to it was type dope..
Pumpkin played drums on a lot of them records!!
Angie B = Angie Stone. Man, great times! I’m so thankful to have grown up in that error. Hip Hop is definitely in my DNA
I remember seeing Fatback with King Tim in Holly Srings MS back in 80 at Rust College
I was like 10 or 11 at that time