I like hot butter on my breakfast toast

31 years ago this was released

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MEL84yXh0&feature=fvw

We've come a long way. From the Ho-li-day Inn to Courvoisier and Cristal.

Old skool props.

jg

I hate it when I hear songs like this... and realize they qualify as oldies.

The best part of that is the misspelled video title.

When is full-body Spandex coming back into fashion?

Two funny facts about rap music:

1) Blondie was influential in the creation of the hip-hop genre.
2) Early rappers did not want to get paid to record their songs.

pinchvalve wrote: When is full-body Spandex coming back into fashion?

The number of poeple in the U.S. not allowed to wear Spandex had tripled since 1980.

... doesn't mean they won't try.

mndsm wrote: I hate it when I hear songs like this... and realize they qualify as oldies.

When this came out, the DJ's played the crap out this at my junior high school dances, though my ego hates admitting that.

Guess I am lucky to have lived long enough to remember the early hip hop, seen turbo Formula One cars racing in downtown Detroit, driven an AE86 Corolla brand new at the dealer, and played with the original Mosaic web browser before the internet had any commercial sites that I could find.

More interesting facts:

1. I always thought the line was "I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, but we're like hot butter on your breakfast toast." ....which makes more sense to me.

2. To quote Del the funky homosapien: "Rap ain't about bustin caps and berkeleyin bitches, it's about fluency with rhymin' ingenuity."

What!! No busting of caps, no hoes, no cops shot, no f bombs. That's not rap.

So much better than what I hear blasting out of dub cars now.

See the white guy with white pants and the totally open small sized orange shirt on dancing across the stage?

1. I hope that style never comes back.

2. I wonder what he's up to now?

Obviously came out long before NWA got popular. And I can hear the Blondie influence. I like a lot of her stuff so I can forgive her if she is really the one who lit the hip hop fuse.

poopshovel wrote: More interesting facts: 1. I always thought the line was "I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, but we're like hot butter on your breakfast toast." ....which makes more sense to me.

It probably is, but I still like my toast that way

Is it bad I like me some rap?

One of the great things about watching Youtube is randomly following the suggested videos on the right side of the screen. After a couple iterations you're somewhere totally different from where you started:

Finnish guy teaches how to disco

Hijacking this thread. One of the suggestions on the sidebar for the Rap(p)er's Delight vid, was my all time favorite Fresh Prince of Bel-Air clip. I used to love that show as a kid, and to be honest, I personally don't feel like that show stood the test of time. But this clip still cracks me up.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFRJEjM3fc&feature=related

the only ho in rappers delight is ho-tel mo-tel holiday inn, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend!

and yeah, old-school rap FTW. let's not forget that DMC stands for Devastating Mic Control.

poopshovel wrote: To quote Del the funky homosapien: "Rap ain't about bustin caps and berkeleyin bitches, it's about fluency with rhymin' ingenuity."

Deltron 3030 is magically flowlicious

Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock WILL make people dance.

Hit It!

This one makes me want to bust a move.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY84MRnxVzo

'Wonder Mike' is the best rapper nickname ever. There can be no arguing this fact.

Jay wrote: 'Wonder Mike' is the best rapper nickname ever. There can be no arguing this fact.

i prefer "stabmaster arson" but that's a character in CB4 so it doesn't count.

AngryCorvair wrote:

Jay wrote: 'Wonder Mike' is the best rapper nickname ever. There can be no arguing this fact.

i prefer "stabmaster arson" but that's a character in CB4 so it doesn't count.

"Dead Mike" is a good compromise. That E36 M3 always cracked me up.

pete240z wrote: See the white guy with white pants and the totally open small sized orange shirt on dancing across the stage? 1. I hope that style never comes back. 2. I wonder what he's up to now?

Lay off, man. Steve Gutenberg was just looking for his break anyplace he could find it. If that meant being Chest Hair Dancer, so be it.

AngryCorvair wrote: the only ho in rappers delight is ho-tel mo-tel holiday inn, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend! and yeah, old-school rap FTW. let's not forget that DMC stands for Devastating Mic Control.

Oh the good old days.

Freaks Come Out At Night by Whodini