Jolt Country

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I still would put The Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight up against any other rap singer's performance as almost certainly better. Here are a few reasons, after the obligatory YouTube inliner:

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* You can understand what is being sung.
* The song tells three stories
* There is a point to each of the three stories.
* The song is easy to memorize, or at least the "food rap" is, I can sing all of that off the top of my head. "Well you ever went over a friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good? I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mush and the chicken tastes like wood."
* The song can be played on the radio, and is not threatening, corrosive, disrespectful to anyone, vicious or nasty.

Tdarcos wrote:is not threatening, corrosive, disrespectful to anyone, vicious or nasty.

As with all great art!

The above YouTube link is to a "chopped version" that cuts off at least 3 minutes of the ending. More like 7, probably.

Here's a version you probably haven't heard:
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Most everyone has heard or knows a cut version, even the one I bought as a 45 rpm single some 35 years ago was cut.

But here's the full version, which is 14:45 :
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