The History of Rap (in less than 5 minutes)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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Written, performed, produced and edited by Rob Bradley @robakajackflash
This is an education resource created for The Rap School. It's intended for school students but I hope everyone enjoys it! If you'd like to use this for any reason please ask permission. Other than that. Enjoy. And keep remembering and celebrating the roots of this art form and culture.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hiphop this song reflects on the birth, development and global expansion of rap as an artform.
Lyrics
Picture the scene, we’re in the Bronx
The DJ’s playing funk and soul songs
and tonight, he has a new trick up his sleeve
he’s pioneering a musical technique
it’s never done before this
you know how most songs go ‘verse, chorus, verse, chorus’
then there’s a little instrumental break
well that the part the DJ is gonna take
He’ll play just that on the first turntable
then switches to the second one and play it once more
then play it again, then plays again
and right there the sound of hiphop was born
a continuous rhythm is made
when the same part is repeatedly played
and the record spins round like a hoop
it’s called - playing a ‘break-beat on a loop’
DJ Kool Herc, was the creator
living in the bronx, and born in jamaica
that’s where he learned about a thing called toasting
and he used it at the parties he was hosting
It’s where someone speaks on the mic
on top of the music, to get the crowd hyped
to the beat, they would stay in time
and to make it memorable, they’d make it rhyme
This was the birth of the MC
It’s how rap as we know it came to be
it’s popularity would grow and grow
before we continue, you need to know
about
DJ Kool Herc
DJ Hollywood
Coke La Rock
Grandmaster Flash
This new sound took the city by storm
This was the rise of the rap art form
it wasn’t only at parties anymore
NOW Rappers went to the studio to record
The first rap songs ever were released
It was in the late 1970s
The beats were catchy, the rhymes were simple
Sugarhill Gang released their first single
It was a song called rappers delight
it shot into the charts, rap reached new heights
Then a song called ‘the Breaks by Kurtis Blow’
Went top 5, also you need to know
about
FAB 5 FREDDY
KOOL MOE DEE
SALT N PEPA
RUNDMC
Now rap had proved it could be commercial
it’s appeal was clearly universal
but rap was changing and beginning to mature
the sound got harder, the beats more raw
the rhymes became more complex and lyrical
rappers got dissed if they failed to be original - political
they showed this with their style and flow - it began to change the status quo
it was the golden age, and you need to know about
Nas, Rakim
LL Cool J,
Wu Tang
Public Enemy
Big Daddy Kane,
Now rap was born in New York, it meant the East Coast had most of the success
But in the 90s, new stars were born, especially in California, over on the West
and The style was fresh, it was a new vibe
but there tension growing between the two sides
a rivalry between the two coasts
sadly two G.O.A.Ts, became two ghosts
Notorious BIG
and Tupac
RIP
Plus you need to know about
Snoop Dogg
Dr Dre
Warren G
Cypress Hill
Ice Cube
Ice T
Then a new era began
rap took over the world - sweden to Japan
new zealand to sudan, almost every chart
was dominated by rap’s new megastars
they became multimillionaires
heavy rotation on the radio, they’re always on the air
they pushed the boundaries of style and flow
and lyrical skill, that’s why you need to know
about
Lauryn Hill, Eminem, Kanye West
Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Drake, Outkast
Rap has always changed with the time
So nowadays rappers blow up online
more music is available now
and rap’s popular as ever, there’s no way it’s fading out
American rap used to run the game
But now rappers in the UK are household names
and it’s the same thing all around the globe
a universal language and you need to know about
Stormzy, Dave, Nicki Minaj
J Cole, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar
Look how far rap has come, its been decades
it started at a party with one DJ
from that idea, to take a break and loop it
came the world’s most popular genre of music
and through the years so many contributed
and there’ll be thousand more in the future
to keep the art-form thriving and growing
so the party can keep on going
I will use this as an introduction to my 5th/6th Grades before we start our hip-hop lessons. Thank you for this video!
Brilliant...let me know how it goes!
same!!
The Jubalaires have a song called Noah and it was in like 1939. Rapping about God Noah and the ark. Way before the seventies.
@@DuaneRhodes39yeah but that wasn’t hip hop
me too! I teach dance at elementary public schools in LA, and this a perfect introduction to Hip Hop's history
This was fire, I know this is gonna blow up one day and they’re gonna show this in schools
most underatted video ever, genuinely this shit is amazing man, hope it blows in views!
My 4th and 5th graders loved this! They’re a group of kids that’s very difficult to engage. I just hope I can help them develop a love for music. Thanks for being a part of that and sharing!!! ❤
Bro i expected this video to be massive when i first watched, great work my guy this will reach the popularity it deserves at some point!
This is perfect! I shared this w/ my 5/6th Music and 7/8th Choir as an introduction to Black Culture and it's influence on Music History and Rap/Hip Hop. Thanks for creating this content!
Massive respect - comprehensive, fun and engaging.🙌🏾
Ok those bars with your british accent is totaly def🔥😮💨🥶💯
I don't know why this amazing video has so little views... It was so cognitively for me to knew such an interesting information about evolution of rap culture. I wish this video will be so popular in the future! 🙏❤
Absolutely goated. Not a bad rap recap
Thank you for this video! It was really helpful. I showed it to my music class since we are learning about rap :)
Rapture by Blondie was the first song featuring rap to be a number one hit, and is credited with making rap mainstream. debuted in 1981
Thanks, this was great!
this fire youre so underrated
Thank you for this video! I've always been interested how it originated! Now I do want to checkout some artist in this video I've never came across.
Just know that you won't find anything from the earliest pioneers like Coke La Roc, because rap hadn't been pressed to vinyl yet. Also know that Sugarhill Gang weren't the first. The first song officially released was King Tim III by Fatback Band, which should have been mentioned in the video.
Thank you so much for this video 😍
brilliant concept, loved the video👏👏👏
Awesome breakdown
Rapper's delight was not the first rap single released. It was the Fatback Gang's King Tim III, released months earlier. I'm not sure why everyone gets this wrong. Even Google gets it wrong.
Edit: Even Gemini Ultra gets it wrong.
I bought that record, it was slamming.
Check out a 1944 song called Noah by The Jubalaires.
Awesome just what I needed
Awesome🇧🇷👏
Thanks bro for the video
this video is so good
saved!!! ❤
Amazingly explained 😂😍
Smooth and educational👌🏻
2 G.O.A.T.s became 2 ghosts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn this was fire bro🔥
Amazing
My English teacher made me listen to this music and I love it
educational!
Underrated video
fire vid
*Rappers inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame so far*
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (2007)
Run-DMC (2009)
Beastie Boys (2012)
Public Enemy (2013)
N.W.A (2016)
Tupac Shakur (2017)
The Notorious B.I.G. (2020)
LL Cool J (2021)
Jay-Z (2021)
Eminem (2022)
Missy Elliott (2023)
DJ Kool Herc (2023)
A Tribe Called Quest (2024)
Forgot about easy e
great video thanks. The kendrick/drake drama is happening right now and it’s crazy
Dope shit
This is fire bro 🔥
🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
abosoulute fire
wooooooowww
banger video
Sick bro
DOPE
eazy e ???????
love u bro
I am very eager to know the full history Hip-Hop and the full rap game notably the real Gee s
And 2pac side.
Cool.
Is this on spotify?
It's not at the moment, but I think I'll get it up
@@robakajackflash Awsome
@@robakajackflashput it there 😢
Can you write the lyrics for this song?
Yeah - I've put them in the description for you.
@@robakajackflashThank you😊
woooooooooooooooooooooooooow
Why is the ending so emocional...
Look up pig meat markham he was one of the first rappers coincidentally died in the south Bronx…..
America will always run the game lol UK is not a bat eye close
King Of Hip Hop in total = Jay-Z
King Of Trap = Gucci Mane
King Of Gangsta Rap = 2Pac
King Of Pop Rap = Kanye West
King Of East Coast Hip Hop = The Notorious B.I.G.
King Of Cloud Rap = A$AP Rocky
King Of Emo Rap = XXXTENTACION
King Of Drill = Chief Keef
If u wanna rap learn about who started rap
bro ngl from a rapper ur fire lol
Dope shit🔥🔥, raping about rap
I guess you're not down with the clown.
N.W.A? Esay E? Wtf esay brought rap to the weat side and n.w.a popularized it biggie and tupac were just good ones who died too young and they are more important? Wtf
This is a lie kool herc didn't start hip hop
Ok 👍
Only two women mentioned
@corvidoc watch again. 5 women are mentioned...
@ by name?
HE SKIPPED N.W.A
Not exactly. He mentioned all of the rappers that made up NWA, and briefly outlined the controversial and political side it represented. 5 minutes can only go into detail with a miniscule fraction of rap history.
Newest rap is far from real rap, bunch of kids tryin something that's all...
they’re like 30
why is a white guy telling us what real rap is💀 yall didnt create rap yall dont know what rap is
Kendrick? 21 savage? Dave? Kanye? Tyler the creator? And I'm pretty sure Lauryn Hill is dropping soon
You started over 100 years too late
I look forward to a video that will talk about Indian rappers notably @KrsnaOfficial, @BrodhaV, @EprIyer and @VivianDivine