This is one of the 1st if not the 1st conscious hip hop song that rapped about real life societal issues- a true hip hop klassic! Requests: Run DMC- Hard Times. Doug E Fresh- Keep Risin' To The Top. De La Soul- Ego Trippin' Pt 2. Melle Mel- Beat Street Breakdown.
The Message was AND still is the most important hiphop song in the genres history. This song is forever relevant, lie you said, because it’s the first song about inner city injustices. This song also set the precedent for the future of hiphop. Also, this group was the first hiphop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The last verse is VERY powerful…. “A child is born with no state of mind blind to the ways of mankind…”
Melle Mel. Is the first mc at the start. He s one of the best to ever do it. You must have heard ' white lines ' if not. You must . Good work texas boy , huh huh huh huh huh !
SugarHill Records not gang. SugarHill Gang was the other group that was also signed to the company that Sylvia Robinson a former successful soul singer owned.
Back in the 70's the start of Hip Hop. Grand master flash was rapping over aerosmith "walk this way" back in the 70's way before Run DMC did it. Way before their time.
No it wasnt BY the sugarhill gang, it was on sugarhill records!! The group name is "grandmaster flas and tge furious five!! Their in the rock and roll hall of fame.
it wasn't released BY the Sugarhill Gang. it was released by Sugarhill Records. the Gang was also on the label, as were many other early hip-hop artists.
Too bad you read the words first. Part of the magic of this song is hearing the great music and the shocking story together. That's like watching the movie before reading the book. Also, you talked about the "beat," but said ablsolutely nothing about the actual "message" of the song. How come? Most reaction videos at least had a reaction at least to that last verse. Isn't that the point?
One of the most powerful rap songs ever made.
The best in my opinion
Number 1.
The first "real" rap song.
Grestest Hip Hop song. Ever
Its ahead of its time. The greatest rap song of all time in my opinion
That last verse was also So deeep....
Ahhh man I miss classic New York City ... My home The Bronx ❤️
That’s what I said. VERY POWERFUL and it’s all reality.
Great reaction. The Sugar Hill Gang was a totally different group that did a song called "Rapper's Delight".
Sugar hill records signed both groups
We need more white people like you .
Btw it's called conscious rap
COOL.... THANKS UMINO KAO
masterpiece legendary magnum opus song.word up son
This is one of the 1st if not the 1st conscious hip hop song that rapped about real life societal issues- a true hip hop klassic!
Requests: Run DMC- Hard Times. Doug E Fresh- Keep Risin' To The Top. De La Soul- Ego Trippin' Pt 2. Melle Mel- Beat Street Breakdown.
Not to mention...this was a year or two before the Crack Epidemic began😖
The Message was AND still is the most important hiphop song in the genres history. This song is forever relevant, lie you said, because it’s the first song about inner city injustices.
This song also set the precedent for the future of hiphop.
Also, this group was the first hiphop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The last verse is VERY powerful…. “A child is born with no state of mind blind to the ways of mankind…”
Man you mesmerized by melle Mel 's lyrics that's why he's one of the greats.
Them brothers were spitting facts!
This is when hip-hop was great! 80's and 90's were da shit. PERIODT. Break dancing in da streets. Times were so much fun!
I'm binging on your channel lol 80s hiphop is amazing please react to RUN DMC "Hard Times" "It's Like That"
Ice cube "check yourself" sampled this so did Puff Daddy and Ma$e nobody's gonna hold me down
Neither of which should have gone near it
No 1 Rap Song ever
100%
Classic
Melle Mel. Is the first mc at the start. He s one of the best to ever do it. You must have heard ' white lines ' if not. You must . Good work texas boy , huh huh huh huh huh !
SugarHill Records not gang. SugarHill Gang was the other group that was also signed to the company that Sylvia Robinson a former successful soul singer owned.
Not a social justice song. It was labeled by the media as “Message Rap”!
The furious five also did a take with blondie. One of the first crossovers for rap. A time to be alive
1:44 that was used in Ice Cube - check yo self
We know
Yeah like someone else said sugarhill gang is a different group. Both were on the sugarhill record company I believe
I think Grand Master Flash and Queen Latifa were the best in Rap at the time. Queen Latifa would rap about what female side would go threw.
Quite simply the Greatest Rap song of all time....
Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick. The Show
The very 1st conchese song in hip hop
Back in the 70's the start of Hip Hop. Grand master flash was rapping over aerosmith "walk this way" back in the 70's way before Run DMC did it. Way before their time.
WOOW
No it wasnt BY the sugarhill gang, it was on sugarhill records!! The group name is "grandmaster flas and tge furious five!! Their in the rock and roll hall of fame.
I am deaf! I remember this song & love it!
"NICE" is not the word I would to describe this
Sugar hill records is the label and sugarhill gang is the first group from that label. Grand master flash & f 5 are another group from that label
Check out Grandmaster Flash jam called Freedom! 1980 jam got the party started!
Melly mel and the furious five
A great message 😢
I like the painting on the wall.
it wasn't released BY the Sugarhill Gang. it was released by Sugarhill Records. the Gang was also on the label, as were many other early hip-hop artists.
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Tip : dont go to Wikipedia for information they were way out. Gil Scott Heron or the Last Poets were doing social commentary through rap in the 70's.
Another similar song to this one is streets of New York by Kool g rap
I love how you have 2 sets of glasses 👓 lmao...you are definitely old school
Flashback!
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five... not The Sugar Hill gang
The sound is from Queen
Another similar song to this one is streets of New York by Kool g rap
Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick. The Show
This is my shit.
this is why..first time in 84 i sry its the best.
1984
1982
Whered you get your delph done ?
Really Elvis did with “ In the Getto”
old school hip hop lyrics
Not all early rap is boasting and party chants. That was just one variation in the genre, then and now.
Neeed then Beastie Boys reactions !
Too bad you read the words first. Part of the magic of this song is hearing the great music and the shocking story together. That's like watching the movie before reading the book. Also, you talked about the "beat," but said ablsolutely nothing about the actual "message" of the song. How come? Most reaction videos at least had a reaction at least to that last verse. Isn't that the point?