The first hip hop song comprised of zero samples

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and apparently cymande DID also have a song called "the message," on the same album as "bra." But maybe grandmaster flash just sampled its NAME, who knows?

I know, because I listened to the album the other day after reading this thread. The title is the only thing the two songs share.

― Vic Funk, Thursday, 7 October 2004 10:39 (nineteen years ago) link

the first official, if you could call it that, hip hop single was rappers delight which replayed chich's good times. this was pretty much how must records were made in early 80s hip hop - with a band either replaying a segment from a popular song or they were made similar to sparse soul/R&B/funk records of the time, a la the message. ie lots of synths, a drum machine, etc. this changed around 83/84 though in the main.

― splooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 7 October 2004 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link

god i sound like a hip hop 101 redux commentary there. argh.

― splooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 7 October 2004 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

https://olvidorecords.bandcamp.com/track/hip-hop-fox

― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 02:23 (six years ago) link

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