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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Rapper's Delight" was released 38 years ago today. Its history is interesting.
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"Rapper's Delight" was released 38 years ago today. Its history is interesting. (Original Post)
swag
Sep 2018
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Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)1. And the next on the mic is my man Hank, C'mon, Hank, sing that song
Time flies.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. Also part of the song's history is getting sued by Chic 's Edwards and Rodgers for Good Times lift
Copyright infringement no dues or props given on recording when released
Love this
Iggo
(47,555 posts)4. "Its history is interesting."
I like that group of words.
And it ain't just the meter.
ADX
(1,622 posts)5. Master Gee (my man Guy) was one of many in the hip-hop game...i
...who I grew up with back in the day. He lived across the street from a friend of mine who lived on Ardsley Court in Teaneck, New Jersey and we'd hang out whenever my brother and I visited from the Bronx.
Good times...