Kurtis Blow ~ Christmas Rappin' 1979 Funky Purrfection Version
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This was the first single that Kurtis Blow released near the end of 1979, just before he recorded his debut LP for Mercury Records that included his breakout hit, "The Breaks" and rapped his way into hip hop history. Kurt Walker was born on August 9, 1959 in Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, NY. At the age of 19, he recorded this ode to the season of Santa Claus cleverly updating the story by rappin' to a funky disco beat. The one off single got him signed to Mercury to record a full album. "Christmas Rappin'" sold half a million copies and made recording history as the first rapper to be signed by a major label. His music has been sampled by many, and "Christmas Rappin'" was no exception, the R&B group Next used a clip from it for their 1998 blockbuster hit "Too Close" which spent five weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, and three weeks at the top of the R&B charts. Blow went on to release ten LPs over the next eleven years and experienced a revival for his song "If I Ruled The World" that was include on the 1985 "Krush Groove" soundtrack which was entirely composed of rap music. Then he lent his talent to the Artists Against Apartheid album that included the fiery "Sun City" a plea for social change. Blow has kept active and in touch with his audience and toured the world even playing for US armed forces overseas. He suffered a heart attack wile arguing with his son near a Woodland Hills, CA bus stop on October 29, 2016. The LAPD received a call about a robbery and when responding, found instead that Blow was suffering a heart attack and he collapsed. Kurtis stated “The police saved my life, a Black man. In this day and age, people need to hear that,” the “The Breaks” rapper said in a statement. “They got there so fast. If they got there any later, I would have died. I want to thank the officers from the bottom of my heart, no pun intended.” He is currently on the mend, and hopefully will be creating more music in the future... his son is following in his footsteps.
I remember this classic from Kurtis many years ago in North Texas. This one song was a cacophony of elegant brilliant sounds that exclusively challenged, traditional Xmas parody or genres The deeply humorous song in the beginning was focused, and the poetry presented here as a form of "Rap" that demonstrated the brilliance from Kurtis. This artist touched a side of inner city youth (and many types of people) who became excited as a result of this song and who never listened to a traditional Xmas song in this fashion. Happy (belated) Xmas, to all !!!
This is still a very good song ever since it came out over 45 years ago. The more I hear it the better it is keep playing it.
bassline kicking like bruce lee!
The greatest rap Christmas of all time....
To the best of my knowledge, anyone and everyone who bit from The Chic Sound not only had a hit record, they usually had a damn good one. This is one of them!
thanks Kurt this song will have life to remember good celebration in hip - hop music you are a musical trooper of inventions and style
This song is the OFFICIAL start of the Christmas season in my neighbor"HOOD". LOVE THIS!!!
It was 1979, I was 15, and I was in the city centre of Nottingham, England, I lived about 5 miles away, it was snowing and cold. I went into Woolworths, we had Woolworths back then in the UK, and I saw Kurtis Blows album for sale at £4.99. I had exactly £5.00 on me. I bought the album without hesitation and then realised I had no bus fare to get home, so I walked the 5 miles in the snow, most of it uphill too, I'm 58 now and remember that walk like it was yesterday, but I never regretted buying that album back then and still don't to this day!
Who listening 2022 other than me I was 17 in 1979 still jamming at 60 years old 😎
Who is listening in 2020 besides me? Kurtis Blow this is the best!
Jaming Christmas 2020.. Kurtis Blow⛄
i'm listening right now
2021💘
Almost 2022 lol 🤙
2021 and it's a Day after Christmas my son 12 th
Birthday is today and he really enjoys this Hit by Cutis Blow the master crowd moving rapper.
Best Christmas rap song ever made, no song comes close !!
I wish Mainstream radio stations would play it around Christmas time
Anybody still rocking this in 2022 going into 2023🤔🤷♂️💨😎
2024 bro, I love you❤
he shown good creativity is not limited to where you from and he pushed the boundaries of hip-hop to expose its great artistry & enjoyment
First rap song I actually like
Santa I need a little more funk in my stocking this year!
For people who are tired of the usual songs.
The R&B group Next interpolated a piece of this at the beginning of their song "Too Close," earning the "Christmas Rappin'" writers (Kurtis Blow and J.B. Moore) credits on the track. This turned out to be very lucrative, as "Too Close" became a huge hit in 1998, going to #1 in the US for five weeks.
@I STAN Kim Jong-Un but Can't STAND Trump Actually, I like both of them but I am sure Kurtis Blow and his songwriting partner are very thankful to Next, as are all who fell in love with "Too Close" and their other jams!
Timeless !!!!
Another one bites the dust bassline or chic's Good Times...can't stand rap in any form but the music and rhythm of the track is catchy.
Bob F. sorry.
I c u Kurtis, no one's x mas rap came out quite as good as this one beyond all comparison
The BEST version...Heard it last night on Magic 95.9 (Baltimore) Flashback with KW Griff.
Never Xmas without it since it came out!
Yup
And the taste of the bass was in my face........
Oh snap I ain't heard this in ages and we talking 1979 if I can remember. I was lookin for the long version because whenever they played it on the radio, it was like 3 minutes long and I remember hearing it when I was like 10 yrs old when the long version played. Looked all over until now. The only problem is... hopefully I don't go to work having this stuck in my head and people getting ready for the new year
"and the grown ups got some present too a new TV and a stere-U"..... LoL. That always cracks me up.
😂😂😂ME TOO 😂😂😂
Funny, that's exactly what I was about to comment! It literally does make me laugh every time I hear it :D
Me too
Queen & Next stole the hubcaps of this track
Yeah but history was made in this song
I've seen him perform live at the ROSELAND BALLROOM back in 1984 .HE WAS AWESOME ! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS JAM !
This song brings back so many memories. I was the DJ at our Christmas party in 1979. I was 14 years old and when I put this song on it bought everybody to the floor. Happy Holidays 2020!
Merry Christmas 🎅🎅 it's always the JAMM
Who's listening in 2019?
even through the year im playing this on vinyl
FELIZ NAVIDAD DJ DISCO CAT!!!! KEEP ON ROCKIN" IN THE FREE WORLD!
Kurtis Blow & DJDiscoCatV2 rules the world!
Kurtis Blow ~ Christmas Rappin' 1979 Funky Purrfection Version
This song takes me back to fun Times During Christmas.
Truely Practice - Enjoying Life - by Living , Unconditionally Loving all People and Cultures and Laughing , even if "You dont get it" Please Smile about everything !!! Peace In ~ 😊
smart music lives generation after generations
still listening this in 2019 from france!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
........I got new TV and a stereo.
Wow... suoer awesome. In my early teens I new this word for word. The groove is killer.
Never gets old. Truly musical bars spitted gold.
Awshucks This Is The Jammit!!!! Christmas Party Musique.... Merry Christmas To Everyone!!!! Let's Partee!!!!
Sir Wayne Foster thanks
"...things you wrote before I's alive..." Classic.
Great opening line
AKA before 1959 August 9
Curtis was a hell of a rapper you never here shit like this every type of music this was the shit when you went to party never again in life Parton Curtis Blow LosAngles love it thanks J.C.
Hell yeah he was one hell of rapper, his flow was wicked, real talent from the golden age of music and that groove...wow. wicked.
Johnny Chambers I'm from LA South Central. CALI.
Dammit, forgot all of this version in 2020 :-(
To all, a better 2021!
"Funky Purrfection Version"? Such BS gets a thumb down. Thumbs up for the Original!
10:32 the Beastie Boys used that line in their song Alive
I'm 63 y o and still inside my blood
I play this piece every December!!! There are other Christmas Songs...but this is by far one of my favorites. Also "Christmas Eve In Hollis Queens" Run DMC
thank u sooooo much bro, happy Xmas to you!!!
2021 still bangin!
*TRUE DAT*ONELOVE*
@@anngoodman9454 1luv dummy
Right time to put this out
merry Xmas King Kurtis blow
A funny xmas rapping song.
Great mate ;-)
CLASSIC !!!!
O album "the Breaks" foi um divisor de águas na história do rap. Blow conseguiu romper as barreiras do harlem e ganhou notoriedade mundial através desse disco, que tem como característica marcante os arranjos extremamente bem elaborados com a mais pura batida funk music.
Another One Bites the Dust!
"Let's Talk Baltimore" Xmas 2020
Maryland ???
@@biggstewpid7283 Yep. FB group.
Kurtis Blow ~ Christmas Rappin' 1979 Funky Purrfection Version
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Who remembers scooters, this was there favorite song around Christmas, Love this song!
Where can we download the HQ wavs of these tunes you upload???
This is the official CHRISTMAS ANTHEM in the Hood.MERRY XMAS
Hey DJDiscoCat!
I love your edits (and there's so many of them too!). So much dancefloor material..
I would really like to play this one, for example, but I cant find it in high quality on the interwebs. Is there a place you could direct me to so I can grab a copy..?
Cheers!
For now Im on Apple Music streaming, still working on getting onto iTunes
It is what it is and always will be . Merry Christmas everybody .
Too Close by Next was heavily sampled from this in 1998
Ça c’est du rap ! Les seigneurs de la musique qui avaient déjà 50 wagons d’avance !!!
GET DOWN !
GET DOWN !!
HUUUAAA !!!
Too close? Blue?
What did he put in it......his foot maybe?
Ann Thomas RIGHT ON !!!
In germany we call this MEISTERWERK
2018 💋
Christmas 1980
HELL YEAH !!!!!!!!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
So, who's original rift was it? CB, Queen or Pink Floyds? Back then it was excepted and respected, not selfish.
Chic came up with the funky bassline recording "Good Times" which was released on June 16, 1976. "Another One Bites The Dust" came out August 16, 1980 over a year later. I don't have an exact date for Kurtis Blow, but the copyright was done in 1979 and I remember hearing it during the 1979 holiday season. The Chic guys remember that bassist John Deacon was hanging around the studio when they were recording Risqué, as he wanted to learn their techniques. Then Deacon took the Good Times bassline and morphed it into the bass line we all know and love of "Another One Bites The Dust". Kurtis seemed to have also channeled Chic here, so I'm thinking he came up with his own riff resembles Queen's, but Christmas Rappin' was already on the charts when "Another One" was released.
@@DJDiscoCat Wow, great insightful and unpretentious answer. Knew parts of it. Where's you get that information from?
Me encantó! Gracias☆☆☆
Melhor epoca de todos tempos
Only two rap records with Christmas time connection to it this and run dmc Christmas in Hollis.
the Waitresses did a white rap thing with Christmas Rapping?
not true, death row did a whole xmas album, eazy e did a xmas song. quad city dj's.. several rap xmas songs
Insane Clown Posse - Santa's A Fat Bitch
Treacherous Three Santa's Rap from Beat Street
Yes to both.
I Love y'all for Life one luv always big big big shout out to Larry Smith R,I,P rest in strength, my big bro , and Davy,Dee hoo set the bar for all I said all touring dj's and I ain't studer, fact and big up k,B rock on
'25 cent popcorn'? This is 2023. Memories alright. Man we've come a long way since late 1979. I was 13.
🎵〜クリスマスラッピン！〜。ヒップホップの火付け役。カーティスブロウでおなじみのナンバーで他、８０年に、🎵「ザ・ブレイク！。邦題🎵おしゃべりカーティス」や、🎵「メロウなおしゃべり」がアメリカや、日本で大ヒットし、当時日本でマーキュリーレーベルからシングル発売された。
Classic!!!
it was a good idea for a great season up beat clean educated rapp it added light to the Christmas celebration plus shown creativity in movie & grooving style
1:09 "you're makin' it hard for me"
LOL
All time favorite
Here they sampled the drums for Dare by Gorillaz
tudo começou aí.
eu tinha 12 anos
e curtindo kurtis blow
o Rap. do kurtis blow
eu tinha 13 anos
Number of Rap. King of Rap. Its has excellents songs.
Damon Jackson this song had me thinking it was good times by chic but it sounds just as good .
...and the grown-ups got some presents too, a new TV and a steree-U...
Merry Christmas🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 2023......................................
love it! thnx
Great rap of time all time included Sugar Hill Gang
i used to rap on the breaks instrumental back 80s
MI AMAS DISCO MUSIC!
This video was posted on my 12th birthday
Merry Xmas DJDiscoCat !
Wow its been a long time since I heard this jam
I appreciate this real talk