Content tagged 'Rap'

37 years ago today, the Sugarhill Gang released a single which generally considered the first rap song to successfully infiltrate the mainstream consciousness. Frankly, music hasn’t been the same since. Written predominantly by The Sugarhill Gang and Sylvia Robinson (we’ll explain the caveat in a moment), “Rapper’s Delight” was – believe it or not – recorded in a single take. Its origins can be traced to an evening when Blondie, Chic and the Clash played together at the Palladium on September 20 and 21, 1979. We’ll allow you a moment to sit in awe and consider what an absolutely incredible tri

Rap love stories don’t come much more famous than the one between Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G., but it was a romance that was cut all too short as a result of Biggie’s murder. It’s been 20 years since that fateful day, but it’s all still fresh in Evans’s mind, hence the release of THE KING & I, a 25-track effort that tells the Faith & Biggie story with the help of some previously-unreleased material from Biggie’s vault, along with guest appearances from – among others – Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Lil’ Cease, Lil’ Kim, Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Snoop Dogg. You may have already heard the a