sexxyh Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 ~~what was the name of the track thats is considered to be the first rap song to be played on MTV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeemr4 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Sugar Hill Gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineones Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Originally posted by sexxyh ~~what was the name of the track thats is considered to be the first rap song to be played on MTV? wow no clue herebut my guess is 'the symphony' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 i'm gonna have to go with run dmc on this one. prob "its like that" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Nope..its Goldie with Grandmaster Flash I believe...Fab 5 Freddy is supposed to b flash in the video from what i remember...she actually raps ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italia23 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Blondie - "Rapture (Man From Mars)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 it was Run DMC... blondie was the first song featuring rap... however runDMC's song was the first full-fledged rap video... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineones Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Originally posted by dgmodel it was Run DMC... blondie was the first song featuring rap... however runDMC's song was the first full-fledged rap video... what song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 do not quote me however i think it was the king of rock, circa 1985, and then the second was that cover they did with aerosmith, walk this way... circa 1986... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boriginal Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 It was definetly " King of Rock" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Originally posted by italia23 Blondie - "Rapture (Man From Mars)" he's right i couldnt remember the name..but it wasnt RUn Dmc or Sugar Hill gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineones Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Originally posted by dgmodel it was Run DMC... blondie was the first song featuring rap... however runDMC's song was the first full-fledged rap video... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italia23 Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Originally posted by ghhhhhost he's right i couldnt remember the name..but it wasnt RUn Dmc or Sugar Hill gang lol u put me on to it ghost thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 no doubt..REEESPEKT....BOOOYAKASHA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexxyh Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 it was BLONDIE and b/c at that time rap was new and "weird" it actually was considered a rap song not a song featuring rap................don't argue pls i didnt make that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 i am going to call up MTV tomorrow... and ill post what they say... my friend gideon works there, ill see what i could do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
origskeemr Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Originally posted by dgmodel i am going to call up MTV tomorrow... and ill post what they say... my friend gideon works there, ill see what i could do... Your friends with Yago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 yes neighborhood kid...i knew him through my neighborhood friends, and others that attended hunter and that whole clique... i havent spoken to him in years... but thats besides the point... tomorrow we should have this figured out... booyahkasha~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
origskeemr Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 He has a cool job, more power to him. I wanna work around sumptin like that, we'll see though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 from what i heard from my boy kevin, is that he simply got that position by sheer happenstance... who knows... who cares... are you in journalism or tv now??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 its official... Run DMC's Rock Box, was the first rap video played on MTV... thats right from the horses mouth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 i did say run dmc. just wasn't sure of song title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineones Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 gideon is a herb..ahah he was back in the day and still is...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
origskeemr Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Originally posted by fineones gideon is a herb..ahah he was back in the day and still is...haha lol yeh he looks like one, but I cant hate cause he's makin moves that I would love to make... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Originally posted by dgmodel its official... Run DMC's Rock Box, was the first rap video played on MTV... thats right from the horses mouth... im tellin u its the song with Goldie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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