20/20 Report Hip-Hop Special (1981) - Part 1

[MrChiRockk]

IDIOTS....they're not saying Blondie invented rap. They're saying alot of people(mainstream) at that point in time discovered rap because of that Blondie song......

[NtoxicatedForum]

Rap use to tell a story. Now its all bullshit! Nothing but death threats, money, hos -- BULLSHIT!

[thuyhac]

This makes me wanna sub to your channel...

[FULIAN]

hahahahaaaa!!!

[queekers]

Kurtis Blow sounds like funk more than rap

[gunneddown213]

Blockbusters hosted by Bill Cullen

Password Plus hosted by Tom Kennedy

[vidaa11]

kurtis blow should always be mention among the best. he was a true mic controller.

[justmyopinionbro]

I wonder if anyone at that Kurtis Blow show truly realized that history was going down in front of them.

[surfer53]

In many ways, rap's longevity is due to marketing and image. It's the same with a lot of different kinds of music. There's a core group that really appreciates music, and people who just want to be cool. The cool people bastardize the music itself, but they make it possible for the core fans to hear their music in the radio. As rap became more and more popular, it was less and less about the music. Same with rock n roll.

[Bexly]

i remember this shit like it was yesterday.. the birth of modern hip hop was studied by experts and critics lol. they thought it was a fad...blondie the first white female rapper...kurt blow....man this is the shit.... B Boy for life!

[beowulven]

Cool they got Ron Burgundy for this.

[joedivision1992]

wait blondie is responsible for rap?

[beowulven]

@joedivision1992

If you don't know, now you know.

[ShonWonPowerMix]

@joedivision1992 NO, not even close. DJ Kool Herc, Coke La Rock, Grandmaster Flash, Grandwizard Theodore, Afrika Bambaatta, Funky 4 +1, Fantastic 5, Cold Crush Brothers, Busy Bee. These old heads like the radio dj, and those simple raps have nothing to do with Hip Hop culture.

[blachubear]

@joedivision1992 Actually they did their part. Check out the book "The Big Payback". It explain how they hook up with Fab Five Freddy. Which is ironically wasn't his stage name at the time. Debbie Harry messed up his name but Freddy dig the name so much, he kept it like that. Blondie also invited The Funky Four Plus One More to performed on Saturday Night Live back in 1981. Back in the days, if New York artists see some talent, they'll give you support and tell the world pay attention to this.

[PappaWheelie]

@joedivision1992 Via TV Party, the relationship between Blondie, Fab 5 Freddy, and Basquiat was the conduit for Hip-Hop to become a commodity, exposing Hip-Hop beyond the South Bronx/Harlem parks. Blondie's Chris Stein is the primary musician on all of Wild Style, and Blondie with Freddy recruited Funky 4 + 1 to appear as the first Rap act on Saturday Night Live. So, yes, aside from Sugar Hill/Enjoy/et al, Blondie and Freddy are largely responsible for Hip-Hop being available to us.

[oneairjordan]

@joedivision1992 NO SHE IS NOT

[kosova0102]

2:47 - 2:51 OH NO HE DIDN'T! daamn. he's got some groovy moves ;D

[dashowest00]

Kurtis Blow looks like Kid Cudi

[CypriotVibez08]

@dashowest00 LOOOOOL

[beowulven]

@dashowest00

Flip that shit, yo.

[foxxyloxx]

Pause at 2:40- I can't help but imagine the kid in the middle in the brown shirt is a young Chris Rock. That kid looks just like the kid who played him in Everybody Hates Chris. lol.

"Inner-city kids learn rhyme-talk in their street gangs" as it shows a picture of girls playing double dutch! rotfl.

[vidaa11]

@foxxyloxx

he said street games.

[JayGEimaJ]

Uhhh ohhh .. 80s hip hop

[shwndh]

Man! They went waaaaay back on that one. Not a bad report. I miss those days. Thanx for posting.

[snreord]

YO LMFAO KURTIS BLOW LOOK JUST LIKE MY CUZZIN

[0629197552]

Very interesting to watch.

[MuttaEffinRocStarr]

THAT OLD LADY SPITTIN!!!!!!!!!!

[guitarmessiah95]

that dude can ssnap loud

[jo4nny]

SugarHill Gang - Apache would still rock a party.

[KingPivit]

I saw this on Rap Radar in early summer, thanks for putting it here.

[djintro]

kingdom blow is an awesome album!!!!

[Kavio1]

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