What is the name of the very first rap song ever made?

Question

I heard one of the first was "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. I don't know if it is the very first one ever released, but if it is, let me know, OK? Or is there another one?

Answer 1

"Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang was the first rap song to cross over to the pop Top 40. It also was one of the first rap songs to sample a previous R&B hit (Chic's "Good Times", which also was tweaked for Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust").

But the first rap song depends on your definition of rap. Some feel James Brown was the first rapper since he often spoke rhythmically on his records. Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and The Last Poets' "Scared of Revolution" were socially-political forefathers to rap in the same vein as James Brown's "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)".

Other early radio-friendly rap songs that became R&B hits are Fatback's "King Tim III (Personality Jock)", Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" and Grandmaster Flash's "The Message", none of which crossed over to the pop charts, but all of which have since been sampled on #1 crossover hits by modern rappers and hip-hop artists.

Millie Jackson, Betty Wright, Isaac Hayes, and Barry White are often considered rap influences, if not bona-fide rappers. All spoke on records, tackled controversial issues, and have been sampled to death in modern pop songs. Blondie's "Rapture" and Teena Marie's "Square Biz" were the first white female rap songs, both coming out within weeks of each other in 1980, and both of which have been sampled endlessly. The Sequence was the first female rap group to have success, and they were on the same label as The Sugarhill Gang. Afrika Bambaata's "Planet Rock" is also cited as an early rap crossover hit.

Answer 2

First Rap Song Ever

Answer 3

I just heard Here Comes The Judge by Pigmeat Markham from 1969. That has the exact cadence of rap songs before rap was rap as we know it. I would say it is one of the first examples of talking crap over a straight non waivering beat. There are kiddie songs from the 50s that employ that technique as well. And Frank Zappa used the rap cadence on his 1973 LP Overnight Sensation on I'm The Slime AND Dinah Moe Hum. Ahhhh rap. The death of music.

Answer 4

Don't remember the name, but I've heard it. The first one to be picked up by the labels (rap was actually developed on the streets) probably hit the air around early 1980. I remember hearing it in my brother's car, and I think I was riding while he was driving, around 1980.

Answer 5

Rapture by Blondie was in 1980...so rappers delight was in 1979..so i think you are right..the first Gold Rap song was by Kurtis Blow"The Breaks",also in 1980

Answer 6

The Revoluation Will Not Be Televised, by Gil Scot Heron. He was the first rapper.

Answer 7

Actually ya'll all wrong because sugar hill gang were the first rappers and then you can say blondie so no blacks rapped first.

Answer 8

Yeah, that is definatly the first rap song ever made.

Answer 9

I believe you are right with "rapper's delight"...

Answer 10

I always thought it was rappers delight..