I have probably a thousand rap albums in my library, and there's a pile of them next to me that I'm listening to today. My favorite of all time is Common. Obama knows his rap.
H. Rap Brown, who invented the word honkie, was known for his deep resonant vocal chords, which ebbed in and out of his lungs like the musty air wafting from a Deep South tobacco field.
Rap was first introduced to America by white musicians, and was later hijacked by blacks in the late 70's. The first rap song made popular back in 1948: [video]http://searchfortruth.freeservers.com/web8/DeckOfCards.html[/video] Here's Elvis with one of the most famous rap songs ever, in 1960: [video=youtube;QrojFR7jM9E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrojFR7jM9E[/video] Another big rap hit from 1960: [video=youtube;_D-LmRNdQiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-LmRNdQiQ&feature=related[/video] Who could forget this huge rap hit? [video=youtube;HWO_AIh8drk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk[/video] [video=youtube;yLhaTzMyGhM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhaTzMyGhM[/video] [video=youtube;wgTPH5y1-ZI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI[/video] My 2 personal favorite rap songs, by the finest wordsmith in music: [video=youtube;X1T41908p54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1T41908p54[/video] [video=youtube;URp-Dbhr7EU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URp-Dbhr7EU[/video]
Thanks! Before I was born, but I'm rumbling out on my hog to get the ones you suggested and make my rap library 1007 strong. This makes me want to dance in the street and spin on my back.
Sort of ironic you would mention such famous early white pioneers of rap. Rap in America existed in live format only for most of the 50's and early 60's, in coffee houses where beatnik poetry readings were often accompanied by improvisational music. Here's some more great rap: [video=youtube;MCSsVvlj6YA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCSsVvlj6YA[/video]
I looked up Tony Joe White and clicked on his songs. Of his 5 songs, 3 charted well as Tina Turner hits! He also wrote a couple of throwaways. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Tony_Joe_White
The most influential white rapper ever: [video=youtube;5hARDXYz2io]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io[/video] [video=youtube;_0hTtsqiFCc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc&feature=related[/video]
After hearing Common all day, I need something rougher to make me haul down Main Street on a Saturday night, something with a lot of French Horns. [video=youtube;cbJrXqrLtMw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJrXqrLtMw&feature=related[/video]
My favorite TV star rap debut: [video=youtube;DCyuq-ofnPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyuq-ofnPc[/video] Walter Brennan was a fluent rapper: [video=youtube;-OSEvSwYhno]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OSEvSwYhno&feature=related[/video]
You found a Real McCoy of rappers. This thread holds a bonanza of hits. Oh God will it ever end? I finally bailed out for Hell at the 8 of clubs.
I still don't see where I called rap poetry? Maybe I should've worded it differently but you're the one insinuating that I did which wasn't my intention.
I fail to see the relevance of all these videos to the topic at hand. Who cares where rap originated or who your favorite rapper is? The issue is whether rap is a form of art, or can be considered poetry and I think it can. All you're doing is showing that there have been other forms of rap over the years, and that it's not just something for gangsters or criminals, which I think supports my opinion on this.
Stewart destroyed O'Reilly, btw. [video=youtube;Im8WhG-8FGw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im8WhG-8FGw[/video] [video=youtube;G7fIjufCPsg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7fIjufCPsg[/video]
The whole thing is so stupid. I don't think anyone would mistake me for an Obama supporter, but this is just some petty complaining.
