Rapture (Blondie song)
“Rapture” is a song by the American pop/rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980).
In January 1981, “Rapture” was released as the second and final single from the album. The song became their fourth and last single to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for two weeks. It was the first number-one song in the U.S. to feature rap vocals. The song peaked at number four in Australia and number five in the United Kingdom. “Rapture” is a combination of disco, funk, and hip hop with the rap section forming an extended coda. Music video The music video made its U.S. television debut on Solid Gold on January 31, 1981, and not only became the first rap video ever broadcast on… Continue Reading (5 minute read)
also had some early rappers/DJs in the music video, can’t remember exactly but I think Grandmaster Flash was in it
EDIT: it’s Fab Five Freddy, Flash was supposed to be in it but was replaced by Basquiat apparently
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g
“And you don’t stop, sure shot, go out to the parking lot…”
lol that is a rap
I haven’t heard that song in like 20 years or more, but I can still remember the lyrics about the alien showing up to shoot you dead then eat your head then the man from mars goes and eats cars then when no more cars he eats the bars “where the people meet.”
I mean the lyrics are weak but the beat is a banger
First rap song goes to,……Wait for it…….The CDB, Devil went down to Georgia.
I remember this from a documentary on rap, *The Evolution of Hip Hop,* also the collaboration between Aerosmith and Run DMC, on *Walk this Way* as a start to introducing rap to white audiences.
Apparently, the popular *Rapper’s Delight* wasn’t considered serious rap by rappers of the day.
Man from mars, Eating cars
Rapper’s Delight was 1979 but only went to #4
TIL “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith only made it to the top 10. I thought for sure it reached no. 1.
Even listening to it today, that’s a fukkin weird song
And it was called “flash” in the early days. Great song.