Yes, yes, y'all Freak, freak, y'all Funky beats, y'all Then you rock 'n roll Then you roll 'n rock And they you rockin to the beat that just don't want you to stop Cause I'm the S to the p-double o-n-y The one MC who you can't deny Cause I'm the baby-maker, I'm the woman-taker I'm the cold-crushin lover, the heartbreaker So come on, fly girls, and please don't stop Cause I'm MC Spoonie Gee, wanna hit the top And young ladies, rock on
@TheSinghFIRE Don't look further for it. The one who said it is... Spoonie Gee. He also says it at the beginning of the Monster Jam, and Grandmaster Flash used it at the beginning of the Adventures of Flash on the Wheels of Steel. If that's not what you were looking for, let me know where else you heard those lines !
Peace to the Hip Hop Nation. Thanks for the post. Spoonie Gee is one of my most favorite emcees of all time. I have collected as much of his material as possible. But still seek more. My first spoonie gee record back in the day was Spoonin Rap which i love but my most favorite track by spoonie is "Spoonies Back".
Peace to Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc and the mighty Zulu Nation
@nicknameSGB THATS RIGHT U SAID IT MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS RECORD IS WHEN HE RAPPED SO LONG OR DID SO MANY TAKES U CAN HEAR HIS VOICE CRACK THATS OLD SCHOOL MATTER OF FACT HE PROBABLY DIDNT 2 MANY TAKES WHICH Y U HEAR HIS VOICE CRACK THATS TRUE ART
i still love to hear this song it takes me back this is the original good clean rap...can we get some of this today...these new boys cant match this here..they to commercialized...got to much hate and drama...lets show some love
Yo I first heard this joint in like late 79 early 80, we used to roller skate to this joint in Baltimore back in the day, This is the true essence of Hip-Hop, I;m not hattin on the new dudes, but they need to respect the pioneer's of this game they made it possible for the Wayne's & Drakes and all the otha Dirty South Rappers... These dudes did for the love of the music, not the mainstream fame, bak in the day it was wack to be commercial so dudes wasn't lookin for the fame on T.V.
@cmitch944 I AGREE WITH U I HEARD THIS SONG 4 THE 1ST TIME WHEN I WAS IN 5TH GRADE I RAN 2 THE RECORD STORE AND GOT THIS JOINT I LOVE THE PART WHEN HIS VOICE CRACKS BECUSE IT WENT WITH WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND IT AND SHOWED DEVOTION 2 HIS CRAFT 2DAY THE NEW DUDES WOULD HAVE RE DID THE TRACK 2 AVOID THE CRACKING SOUND
yo I first heard this joint in like late 79 early 80, we used to roller skate to this joint in Baltimore back in the day, This is the true essence of Hip-Hop, I;m not hattin on the new dudes, but they need to respect the pioneer's of this game they made it possible for the Wayne's & Drakes and all the otha Dirty South Rappers... These dudes did for the love of the music, not the mainstream fame, bak in the day it was wack to be commercial so dudes wasn't lookin for the fame on T.V.
This was the first rap song that talked about shooting and killing someone. I'm gonna roll my barrel and keep the bullets still and when I shoot my shot i'm gonna shoot to kill.
This brings back memories when Harlem and the Bronx controlled Hip-Hop. And yes, this song is from 1979! Also, Spoonie G was part of The Trecherous 3 with Kool Moe Dee and LA Sunshine. Most don't know that there was a rap culture in NYC in 70s!
A little historical note. This is the first Rap record to use a drum loop. No samplers existed in 1979. It was done with a 4 bar tape loop. The percussion and bass were overdubbed to the loop and Spoonie did his rap over that.
He's also playing a bunch of the percussion stuff.
@RhythmWeasel Wow that's awesome. I'm really curious about the way people did things in the analog era. My studio is based around my 2" machine and I use my Akai sampler to move things around (eg a repeating vocal), but there are so many cool things on those old records I am just blown away. In fact, it's weird that with ProTools and everything that a lot of records today seem less creative structurally. Those early Wu records were so structurally creative, and they did it on an Ampex mm1200!
In 1979, there were no samplers. Digital delays were in their infancy (an early MXR is used on Spoonie's voice on the "B" side). So, in order to get the beat looped, we recorded the drums to the multi-track for a couple of minutes and found 4 bars Spoonie liked. That was mixed down and re-recorded to a 2 track, spliced into a tapeloop and bounced back to the multi-track for about 8 minutes. Everything else was built up off of that. Real old school stuff.
I had the 12' vinyl not more than 10 years ago & although I moved only 15 blocks, someone took this out of 1 of my 10 crates of records, it's gone. But thanks to tuffCity, it's back. God bless your crew & be safe.
Rap still exists. Only fuckin rich suburban kids complain that its in some type of unoriginal state. Its still popping in QUeens and Brooklyn and theres plenty of underground and simply creative individuals who spit on street corners and Boulevards.
@HardBodyNyC No, it's "Suburban Kids" that are propping up assholes like what you hear on the radio Gucci Mane and all that bullshit (IF YOU LEAVE NYC). Everything you're saying is FINE for NYC but what about the rest of the country?
Dude, do you EVER leave NYC? There's a whole big bad world out there. You do understand that most of the rest of the World that calls themselves 'Hip Hop Fans' have NO IDEA who Big L is? So, no dude. It's old heads like me outside NYC that say ish is falling off.
@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO Dude, have you heard of this dude called "Biggie L?" He has an album called "Lifestyles of Da Rich and Famous", he's fucking sick dude! Time to go snowboarding, peace brah!
he has a strong resemblance to rapper coolio
ern363 1 month ago
Just great early New York rap music from back in day.
firetko14 1 month ago
back when artists used to care about their music...
poodlebreathe 3 months ago
YEAH!!!THE SAMPLE FROM THIS SONG WAS ON LIMP BIZKIT'S "CRACK ADDICT"
FINALLY O МУ FOUND IT!!!!
MsAerokiss 5 months ago
Thanks man I lost this record a long time ago!! Love it !!
nyfred321 5 months ago
Brine7Q 6 months ago
@TheSinghFIRE Don't look further for it. The one who said it is... Spoonie Gee. He also says it at the beginning of the Monster Jam, and Grandmaster Flash used it at the beginning of the Adventures of Flash on the Wheels of Steel. If that's not what you were looking for, let me know where else you heard those lines !
CyberBerryStudios 8 months ago
One for the Trouble
Two for the Time
KappaMummy 8 months ago
dis is slick shyt!
102362able 10 months ago
Yes, yes yall...to da beat yall. Old skool all day! Thanks for posting. :)
Getreal2011 11 months ago
@TheSinghFIRE YOU FOUND IT HERE!
JacoPassedOverUs 1 year ago
Zero dislikes thats whats up.
rexboogie 1 year ago
Peace to the Hip Hop Nation. Thanks for the post. Spoonie Gee is one of my most favorite emcees of all time. I have collected as much of his material as possible. But still seek more. My first spoonie gee record back in the day was Spoonin Rap which i love but my most favorite track by spoonie is "Spoonies Back".
Peace to Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc and the mighty Zulu Nation
dukejah88 1 year ago
I prefer this rap style to people like Jay Z and so on - because this is pure voice - no production trickery!
nicknameSGB 1 year ago
@nicknameSGB THATS RIGHT U SAID IT MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS RECORD IS WHEN HE RAPPED SO LONG OR DID SO MANY TAKES U CAN HEAR HIS VOICE CRACK THATS OLD SCHOOL MATTER OF FACT HE PROBABLY DIDNT 2 MANY TAKES WHICH Y U HEAR HIS VOICE CRACK THATS TRUE ART
toofargone68 1 year ago 2
i still love to hear this song it takes me back this is the original good clean rap...can we get some of this today...these new boys cant match this here..they to commercialized...got to much hate and drama...lets show some love
KGutta803 1 year ago
the 1st rap record i ever spent my own money on riiiiight here!
da relic
slikdarelic 1 year ago
He was most definitely a star back in the day,,GOOD ACT
lcolby11 1 year ago
Yo I first heard this joint in like late 79 early 80, we used to roller skate to this joint in Baltimore back in the day, This is the true essence of Hip-Hop, I;m not hattin on the new dudes, but they need to respect the pioneer's of this game they made it possible for the Wayne's & Drakes and all the otha Dirty South Rappers... These dudes did for the love of the music, not the mainstream fame, bak in the day it was wack to be commercial so dudes wasn't lookin for the fame on T.V.
cmitch944 1 year ago
@cmitch944 I AGREE WITH U I HEARD THIS SONG 4 THE 1ST TIME WHEN I WAS IN 5TH GRADE I RAN 2 THE RECORD STORE AND GOT THIS JOINT I LOVE THE PART WHEN HIS VOICE CRACKS BECUSE IT WENT WITH WHAT HE WAS SAYING AND IT AND SHOWED DEVOTION 2 HIS CRAFT 2DAY THE NEW DUDES WOULD HAVE RE DID THE TRACK 2 AVOID THE CRACKING SOUND
toofargone68 1 year ago
yo I first heard this joint in like late 79 early 80, we used to roller skate to this joint in Baltimore back in the day, This is the true essence of Hip-Hop, I;m not hattin on the new dudes, but they need to respect the pioneer's of this game they made it possible for the Wayne's & Drakes and all the otha Dirty South Rappers... These dudes did for the love of the music, not the mainstream fame, bak in the day it was wack to be commercial so dudes wasn't lookin for the fame on T.V.
cmitch944 1 year ago
Queens in the buliding for 1979 son!
rockjohnson80 1 year ago
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rockjohnson80 1 year ago
boy i tell ya ant ntn like rap from stratch
countrydown1989 1 year ago
This was the first rap song that talked about shooting and killing someone. I'm gonna roll my barrel and keep the bullets still and when I shoot my shot i'm gonna shoot to kill.
mrpower328 1 year ago
@mrpower328 its a metaphor.
colenbrak 1 year ago
Straight 7 minute rap!No hooks!No chorus!Rap 101!
ariespow 1 year ago
@ariespow
I know. They would need to punch-in nowadays.
Dahnje 1 year ago
Me & Especially my Brother loved this guy & his records my brother would play his records everyday & rap like him.
cgreenartpro1 1 year ago 2
This brings back memories when Harlem and the Bronx controlled Hip-Hop. And yes, this song is from 1979! Also, Spoonie G was part of The Trecherous 3 with Kool Moe Dee and LA Sunshine. Most don't know that there was a rap culture in NYC in 70s!
fnkdrmmr 1 year ago
yea this came out with sequence, Angie B. Curtis blow.. the days
bronze139 1 year ago
hell motherfucking yeah
on and on ...
KlikOn 1 year ago
The creator of Gangsta Rap, not Ice T or NWA. He came up with love rap too.
djkaneck1 1 year ago
TIMELESS!
fooloof 1 year ago
That's true, the record companies have fucked up Hip Hop.
MrSueVeneer 1 year ago 2
back n the day yessss
bowlingmik1 2 years ago 2
classic original before rappers delight ... this was underground at the time
sonnych69 2 years ago 3
@sonnych69 i was shocked when i saw the date .no one ever talked about this guy i swore rappers delight started it.
dedrawilliams 1 year ago
@dedrawilliams :) it's ok and thanks.
dedrawilliams 1 year ago
SHIT BE HITTIN
hotblk100 2 years ago
A little historical note. This is the first Rap record to use a drum loop. No samplers existed in 1979. It was done with a 4 bar tape loop. The percussion and bass were overdubbed to the loop and Spoonie did his rap over that.
He's also playing a bunch of the percussion stuff.
RhythmWeasel 2 years ago 32
ahhh yes reel to reel
sonnych69 2 years ago
@RhythmWeasel this from 1979?
dedrawilliams 1 year ago
@dedrawilliams Yes. 1979. I got a copy of it when I was in high school...Damn, I'm telling my age...
fnkdrmmr 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel Cool. How'd you find out about that?
cellularautomata 1 year ago
@cellularautomata
I recorded the record.
RhythmWeasel 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel Wow that's awesome. I'm really curious about the way people did things in the analog era. My studio is based around my 2" machine and I use my Akai sampler to move things around (eg a repeating vocal), but there are so many cool things on those old records I am just blown away. In fact, it's weird that with ProTools and everything that a lot of records today seem less creative structurally. Those early Wu records were so structurally creative, and they did it on an Ampex mm1200!
cellularautomata 1 year ago
@cellularautomata
In 1979, there were no samplers. Digital delays were in their infancy (an early MXR is used on Spoonie's voice on the "B" side). So, in order to get the beat looped, we recorded the drums to the multi-track for a couple of minutes and found 4 bars Spoonie liked. That was mixed down and re-recorded to a 2 track, spliced into a tapeloop and bounced back to the multi-track for about 8 minutes. Everything else was built up off of that. Real old school stuff.
RhythmWeasel 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel And Mos Def sampled this great song too.
chrispydogs 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel The Mellotron Sampler (8 second loop time) has been around since the 1960's but the musicians unions pretty much got it outlawed.
Spoonie G handled his biz.
MTXSHO9732vV8SHO 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel Hip Hop 101! Know ya shit yungn's!
effmunee 1 year ago
@RhythmWeasel
I love those type of background details, thanks for the info.
Revelator72 7 months ago
true hip hop is the shyt!
riflemania 2 years ago 4
awesome rapping
TheCharleycat 2 years ago 3
They actually had the nerve to have the top 100 Rappers and rap songs of all time without Spoonie Gee
tyncindy 2 years ago
another one of the illest old school joints. Thanks for postin this.
mecca777 2 years ago
lmao weapons of fate.. I met him today, hes a pretty cool guy
coolwolf8 2 years ago
i met him today! lol
WeaponsxOfxFate 2 years ago
the 1st record i ever bought with my own money right here.
da relic
slikdarelic 2 years ago 2
TOP SHELF
bjroberts65 2 years ago
I had the 12' vinyl not more than 10 years ago & although I moved only 15 blocks, someone took this out of 1 of my 10 crates of records, it's gone. But thanks to tuffCity, it's back. God bless your crew & be safe.
veezocaveezo 2 years ago
Damn, I used to rock this joint in the early 80's at the house parties.
djkaneck1 3 years ago 2
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nigger
yellowganstaa 3 years ago
I need to get this on wax
KillaKlump 3 years ago 2
Like Spoonie G I'm the mental politician
nbubacz 3 years ago
Rap still exists. Only fuckin rich suburban kids complain that its in some type of unoriginal state. Its still popping in QUeens and Brooklyn and theres plenty of underground and simply creative individuals who spit on street corners and Boulevards.
HardBodyNyC 3 years ago 24
@HardBodyNyC kuz dey talkin bot da mainstream u stupid az faggot evry1 knos new york is gay nyway
dildoman3000 1 year ago
@dildoman3000 this shit doesnt even make sense. and dude, 80% of great rappers are from nyc.
cellularautomata 1 year ago
@HardBodyNyC u a stupid az niga u alredy kno new york gay kuz ppl lyk u in der bitch az nigka
dildoman3000 1 year ago
@HardBodyNyC true that... im sick of seeing kids on youtube typing about how they are "15 and i only listen to good old school hip hop!"
colenbrak 1 year ago
@HardBodyNyC No, it's "Suburban Kids" that are propping up assholes like what you hear on the radio Gucci Mane and all that bullshit (IF YOU LEAVE NYC). Everything you're saying is FINE for NYC but what about the rest of the country?
Dude, do you EVER leave NYC? There's a whole big bad world out there. You do understand that most of the rest of the World that calls themselves 'Hip Hop Fans' have NO IDEA who Big L is? So, no dude. It's old heads like me outside NYC that say ish is falling off.
MTXSHO9732vV8SHO 1 year ago
@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO Dude, have you heard of this dude called "Biggie L?" He has an album called "Lifestyles of Da Rich and Famous", he's fucking sick dude! Time to go snowboarding, peace brah!
graffitiproof 8 months ago
this song is one of the greatest rap joints ever the guy raps until his voice cracks slighty this joint was heard in 1979 when i was 11 years old
toofargone68 3 years ago 3
yeeah boy
GRANDMASTERKANE 3 years ago 2
Thaks for this upload.Some us do indeed love this history.
thirdshift47 3 years ago 2
Oops.I mean,'thanks'.
thirdshift47 3 years ago