But .. you wouldnt know nuttin' bout that

This morning i started humming a Johnny Mathis and Denise williams joint (I think it was 'Too Much, Too Little, Too Late'), which made me realize that there was some of my coming of age years (70's and 80's) music i was missing out on.

My god, most of them are nearly 30 years old.

So, I started humming a medley, of which Im currently listening to:

Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
(the extended version, natch)

'I said a hip hop, a hip a hoppity..'

Thats about where the term 'Hip Hop' first got popular

JPennant: lets see if we have a REAL age difference...
JPennant: do you know who the Sugarhill Gang is?
McClint: yeah. they are considered the first "rappers"
McClint: rappers delight
JPennant: good
McClint: why?
JPennant: now, do you remember their *first* big hit which WASNT Rapper's Delight?
McClint: not off the top of my head
JPennant: Apache (Jump on it!)
JPennant: that was deifnitely a 70's song
McClint: i dunno. i'd have to hear it
JPennant: lets see
JPennant: back in the disco era, was a dance, bigger than 'YMCA' :-D
McClint received C:\My Music\Sugar Hill Gang - Apache (Jump On It!).mp3.
JPennant: now Im on a Salt n' Peppa trip ;-)
JPennant: most of these songs are over 25 years old now
JPennant: damn
McClint: i definitely do not remember this song
JPennant: this was HUGE back in the day
McClint: i honestly didn't really become aware of music until late 70s... like early Blonde & Queen
JPennant: actually, thats just about the same era
McClint: yeah but different style
JPennant: how about kC and the Sunshine Gang?
McClint: oh yeah
McClint: band not gang
McClint: :-)
JPennant: heheh

And then

Funkin for Jamaica - Tom Browne

Hee. People used to tell me that if the FCC people understood the slang, they would NEVER let it on the air. It is THAT dirty.

Personally, I can only guess at it. :-) But New York slang is like that.

Bodonkadonkdonk. ;-D (Hint: listen to the dirty version of Missy Elliot's 'Work It'.)

Then,

Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

Imagine trying to skip double dutch style to the song. :-)

and then

Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa

Salt n' Pepa. Heh. I doubt few people remember the all-girl funk group klymaxx, also kickin it at around the same time.

Shoop ('Yeah, you - the bowlegged one..' Ha!) and What A Man are also playing on the list. Oooh, and Push It. Heh.

Then to a shlow groove with..

Lady Love - Lou Rawls

and close out with

One in a Million You - Larry Graham

One of Oakland's own.

Yeah. Watchu know about that, huh? :-)
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