Re: rapper's delight Re: (idm) the early 80's in new york

From Mxyzptlk
Sent Sun, Jul 4th 1999, 03:26

How strongly do you feel the bassline for MOST of those songs are related to
the Chic catalog? ("....these - are - the - good - times....")

solenoid wrote:

> So, like, does anyone really know if that rapper's delight bassline was
> copied by Queen for "another one bites the dust" or was it somehow the
> other way around?... seems like Sugarhill was one year previous to the
> queen track.  enquiring minds (mine) want to know (for a long time)...
>
> solenoid
>
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, eric hill wrote:
>
> > this subject can be fuzzed out pretty far afield, but sugarhill gang and
> > treacherous three and cohorts were in full force (ar ar) well before
> > planet rock came out. though these are widely considered to be rapping
> > without hip-hop - they used disco grooves and leblanc/wimbish studio jams
> > - flash's "on the wheels of steel" followed some time after, and "planet
> > rock" generally signals the birth of both hip-hop and electro along the
> > current of rap. they are coterminous.
> >
> > eric
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Joanisse, Robert wrote:
> >
> > >electro was the precursor of hip-hop, not a variant. dr dre made surgery
> > >before he made straight outta compton.
> >

--
    jeff

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