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Grandmaster Caz Talks Jay-Z, “Rapper’s Delight,” The First Rap Battles, Cold Crush | People's Party

2023-10-19T22:58:02.864Z

In this episode of People's Party, filmed live from the birthplace of Hip-Hop -- 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx -- Talib Kweli sits down with the legendary Grandmaster Caz to talk Hip-Hop 50, Jay-Z, "Rapper's Delight," the first rap battles, Cold Crush, and much more.

Questlove: Rappers Delight Was a War of the Worlds Moment | SOUNDBREAKING | PBS

2018-08-02T18:58:58.017Z

Chuck D didn't believe there would ever be a good rap record because rap was an "event."

The sixth episode of Soundbreaking, "The World Is Yours," looks at a musical revolution that was not only inspired by recording but born from its history: the art of sampling––a kind of musical equivalent of Adam's rib. Beginning with the pioneers of hip hop (Afrika Bambaataa, Chuck D, Rick Rubin), the episode tracks the way in which the practice of borrowing fragments from existing records created a new genre––a potent musical form that emerged from the margins, up-ended the establishment, and set in motion a controversy over copyright that has yet to be resolved.

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

2011-08-09T01:46:24.049Z

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Back to the Old School Mix by Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist

2010-05-12T20:07:24.844Z

Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist takes you back to the Old School from the early party raps from the Sugar Hill label to the message rap of Grandmaster Melle Mel on "The Message" and "Beatstreet Breakdown". The mix also includes the first rap song, "King Tim III (Personality Jock) by the Fatback Band. (No. Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was not the first. Nor did they write "Rapper's Delight". They bit the rhyme from Grandmaster Caz. Know your history!)