Comments on: Actually, Matthew Perry Has Always Frightened Me. http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm Leveraging low-hanging synergies outside the vertical fruit box since 1999. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Doug http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm#comment-2185 Doug Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:22:00 +0000 http://davepye.com/?p=533#comment-2185 Using Sugarhill Gang as an example is very legitimate. While it was not the first rap record, it was the one of the very first rap records on the radio. The song sold over two million copies (the biggest 12" single ever) and hit #4 on the R&B Chart. At one point, the record was selling over 50000 copies a day.<br/><br/>Yeah it's true they weren't a group before the song. In the grand scheme of the universe though, that's not important. What is important - is what the song did for Hip-Hop in the mainstream world at that time when Hip-Hop's real existence was underground and in the NYC clubs & house parties. <br/><br/>Chuck D of Public Enemy said, "It wasn't how long the 15 minutes were, but how short the 15 minutes were." Using Sugarhill Gang as an example is very legitimate. While it was not the first rap record, it was the one of the very first rap records on the radio. The song sold over two million copies (the biggest 12″ single ever) and hit #4 on the R&B Chart. At one point, the record was selling over 50000 copies a day.

Yeah it’s true they weren’t a group before the song. In the grand scheme of the universe though, that’s not important. What is important - is what the song did for Hip-Hop in the mainstream world at that time when Hip-Hop’s real existence was underground and in the NYC clubs & house parties.

Chuck D of Public Enemy said, “It wasn’t how long the 15 minutes were, but how short the 15 minutes were.”

]]> By: Aubs http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm#comment-2184 Aubs Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:47:00 +0000 http://davepye.com/?p=533#comment-2184 Completely agree with Dave. Sugar Hill Gang is classic. Dare I say the grandfathers of mainstream rap? Right up there with KRS-1 and Kool Moe Dee. Had the chance to see them live in a very small club in Utah a few years back. I think that song still sounds as good in todays rap genre as it did then. How about 3rd Bass,'Pop Goes the Weasel'? "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo - Yo-Yo". So corny, but oh so good. Completely agree with Dave. Sugar Hill Gang is classic. Dare I say the grandfathers of mainstream rap? Right up there with KRS-1 and Kool Moe Dee. Had the chance to see them live in a very small club in Utah a few years back. I think that song still sounds as good in todays rap genre as it did then. How about 3rd Bass,’Pop Goes the Weasel’? “You Can’t Play With My Yo-Yo - Yo-Yo”. So corny, but oh so good.

]]> By: Dave Pye http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm#comment-2183 Dave Pye Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:22:00 +0000 http://davepye.com/?p=533#comment-2183 ...and it was the first big crossover mainstream hit, which is still my point. …and it was the first big crossover mainstream hit, which is still my point.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm#comment-2182 Anonymous Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:15:00 +0000 http://davepye.com/?p=533#comment-2182 Pulling out "Rapper's Delight" as an example of good rap is like pulling out the Monkees as an example of a good rock band. Sugar Hill Gang was a made-for-TV/Backstreet Boys conglomeration that built on what actual rappers were doing by having a bunch of funny looking guys they found on the street rap. Pulling out “Rapper’s Delight” as an example of good rap is like pulling out the Monkees as an example of a good rock band. Sugar Hill Gang was a made-for-TV/Backstreet Boys conglomeration that built on what actual rappers were doing by having a bunch of funny looking guys they found on the street rap.

]]> By: Doug http://www.davepye.com/2005/12/actually-matthew-perry-has-always-frightened-me.htm#comment-2181 Doug Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:51:00 +0000 http://davepye.com/?p=533#comment-2181 Rap has gotten pretty stinkin bad you're right about that. Getting old only means you can remember when Hip-Hop was about "The Message". The Hip-Hop of present day is a major step back of where Hip-Hop came from.<br/><br/>Somebody better call KRS-One. Rap has gotten pretty stinkin bad you’re right about that. Getting old only means you can remember when Hip-Hop was about “The Message”. The Hip-Hop of present day is a major step back of where Hip-Hop came from.

Somebody better call KRS-One.

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