“The Adventures of Super Rhymes” is one of my all-time favorite songs, voting for that. I don’t know what my favorite part is: Supe rapping as soon as he came out his mother’s womb? The disco-dancing Dracula vampire that can’t get into Studio 54? Aladdin getting his three wishes and investing money “into an oil WELL”? The “this DJ he gets down” chant that Warren G stole for “What’s N-X-E-T”? That song is my jam!
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 25 July 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link
This one’s going to hard. I think I heard all of these when I went on an old school rap binge about 9 years ago, but I’ll have to re-listen to some before voting.
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 00:20 (one year ago) link
Superrappin is such an incredible jam, would love to hear more like this
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
the beat in "New Rap Language" is so funky, has that dusty sound
flow impeccable
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
but yeah average runtime around 7 mins probably
Oh man, I can't wait for 1981. Obviously it's going to come down to "Ant Rap" and "Der Kommissar". Has a genre ever emerged from the underground into the mainstream and peaked so hard, so quickly?
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link
baby shark iirc
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
xp I gather that post was meant ironically, it took at least a decade for rap to establish itself as more than a novelty genre in mainstream media, many crossover hits along the way, and it was far from peaking commercially in the early 80s
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 08:35 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 1 August 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
Decent turnout, not too surprising results
3 votes for Spoonie, vote splitting... 8th wonder indeed a joy
it only gets tougher in Ego Trip's Rap Singles 1981
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 1 August 2022 11:06 (one year ago) link
Not on the list: one of the worst songs ever recorded. A total amateur in a ridiculous accent tries this new thing called rap music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QcvPwa-l0
She’s so bad she ends up rapping off the beat in a couple spots.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
haha that is super weird
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 11 August 2022 08:05 (one year ago) link