Just listened to what I consider the best rap song of the 80's.
Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick performing The Show.
Absolutely brilliant, still.
Best of the best.
Thought of it, because of all these pedo rappers going down. Seems to be high ranking leadership involved. I.E. Clive Davis.
No idea for sure, but damn.
This is an 80's classic when rap was a true artform.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDkqz5C62SM&pp=ygURZGogZnJlc2ggdGhlIHNob3c%3D
Rap = bad poetry accompanied by samples swiped from someone else's recordings.
It's also a knockoff of the "talking blues," which was originated by country and folk artists in the 1920s and 1930s. The talking blues were better, as the lyrics were better and the accompaniment was by the artist himself.