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Hip Hop Before Hip Hop

Blisterman · 2012-10-09 15:12:10

I thought it might be an interesting thread to look at the early influences which led to the birth of Hip-Hop. I'll start with one of my favourite musicians Gil Scott Heron, and his 1971 classic, often referenced within hiphop by Common, Talib Kweli, and dozens more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg Amazingly…

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Blisterman

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I thought it might be an interesting thread to look at the early influences which led to the birth of Hip-Hop.

I'll start with one of my favourite musicians Gil Scott Heron, and his 1971 classic, often referenced within hiphop by Common, Talib Kweli, and dozens more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJFhuOWgXg

Amazingly this song is from 1974, a whole 5 years before Rappers Delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fXmHAEi_5w

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#2 09-10-2012 5:52pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd5HMg3FgQE

Blowfly.

https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7

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#3 09-10-2012 5:53pm
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Muhammad Ali used to spit rhymes, one of the first true rappers

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