Bob Dylan RAP 1986 Kurtis Blow - Steet Rock 'duet'

[Davhoe]

kurtis blow wrote his verse. - bob dylan did his verse in one take.

[velt68]

Rap is a true music form the same was said about rock and roll

[hotpockets222]

tell me the lyrics dylan is saying. tell me now bitch, hurry

[dbcrdnfanatic]

@mrjoripaige

Not all rap is crap and there are some true artist out there. All the mainstream rap sucks but a lot of underground rap is filled with true artist.

[dbcrdnfanatic]

@doeboy97

Your whack. Bob Dylan helped make music what it is today. He was a rebel of his time and he always spoke his mind. U better brush up on your music history

[GeoffWilde]

@dbcrdnfanatic You better brush up on your slang. Wack is good.

[doeboy970]

Bob Dylan is wack

[008fox]

Right, but you can't say "Subterranean" didn't influence the Godfathers of Hip-Hop

[MightyZumba23]

Bob is real as the fucking streets. =P

[xBeatCity]

Bob Dylan I just love you.

[TheSarsLipCompromise]

I like hip hop and I like bob dylan.. so i just shut my mouth and made an album about it. it's free at sarslip.com if you want to have it.

[HuaYifu]

ibeendosingdsfasfsdafje encyclopediakeepinkjdfaojsdkli­inthemedia, kids starving in ethiopia and we are getting greedier, the rich is getting richer and the needy's getting needier!

[MrJoriPage]

What such a big artist do there with that stinky rap. Just shit !

[Abaddon133]

@MrJoriPage

Rap is a legitimate musical art form as well. I suggest you tear down the walls around your head and your mind that inhibit your view and leave you with only a small snippet of all the music of the world to appreciate.

[hindenburg3]

@MrJoriPage go fuck yourself ignorant bastard

[ErzulShadowmoon]

@MrJoriPage ur shit, that rap was real btw

[Cimmcia]

@AHardcoreBurrito fucking faggot rascist

[Cimmcia]

@AHardcoreBurrito fucking faggot racist

[dianeaugust66]

I was only KIDDING !! (kinda sorta)

but...

well, I can't figure out how to paste the link, so search this

Arlo Guthrie/Dylan's 1st Rap Song

[indigotay]

like almost everything else called 'rap' or hip hop these days,, this song, save Dylan, sucks!

[Renfro7]

@indigotay you suck. this song is from 1896! get some culture fool.

[indigotay]

@Renfro7 hey girl

[Renfro7]

@indigotay .............no

[locandro1]

I had this album when it first came out. Thought it should have generated more excitement.

[3R3BU5GAT35]

Bob dylan was fightin oppression for blacks b4 blacks even knew what was goin on. sry someone had to say it and i dont mean that literal

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

@3R3BU5GAT35 Boy... You're entirely full of shit aren't you?

Well, do us a favor 'Kid'. Leave your gun at home and try not to shoot up a political event.

Ever heard of Denmark Vessey or Nat Turner?

You're a Revisionist and a Jared Loughner disciple. Put down Catcher in the Rye and Mein Kampf. Go get certified to do some kind of good job before you start believing the horse shit you write.

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO I was fuckin around, I enjoy getting negative comments, seeing the way you commented you have to be at least 40 years old, man get from mommys basement and move out already this is not "Stepbrothers"...

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@StoopInc i know with their click clack noises all hail African Tribe Rap

[PhotoCher]

The "Talking Blues" style is as old as, and likely pre-dates recorded music. Woody Guthrie sang a few "Talkin' Columbia" and others. Dylan's "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", "Talkin New York" and others were nothing new. That's why the folk process should not be stifled by copyright. Nothing new under the sun. My Sweet Lord.

[jovialduke]

dylans 'rapping' style on the early 60s stemmed more from talking blues than anything else. it isn't the same as rapping.

[MightyZumba23]

haha bob dylan is the original Gangsta!

[Shiska14]

Bob Dylan is great, he's one of my all-time favourite singers. And Kurtis Blow, I first heard his song The Breaks in GTA Vice City. 80s and early 90s rap is way better than today's rap.

[lonnietrent]

one of my favorite kurtis blow tracks, yes yes y'all

[f3hdemon]

7:11 "You got your big box blasting & know your in shock cause the ground beneath your feet's crumbled to rock" Man I miss the glory days of hip-hop!

[Sevecks]

hip hop is based on break beats, djing, and mcing, and when Hip Hop was born, there wasn't anyone rhyming. hip hop was born with a DJ and funk records.

honestly, the only people who say bob dylan influenced rap are people who listen to rock, if you talk to any of the early hip hop fathers or pioneers, dylan's name or classic rock groups aren't mentioned.

[jordanhead115]

The Truth of the matter is that my Brother Bill Black, one of Curtis Blows's D.J.'s back in the 80's produced this song. My Younger Brother Tasheem, now known of the Prince Of Darkness in the NYC, who currently does Spoken Word, wrote the "Street Rock" Lyrics.

[samqueler]

LMAO this is awesome.

[glimmerman108]

Opening and 6:12 to make it easier...

[RBTCLD]

has anyone heard of ska? thats rap musics father! if u disagree ur ears should do some homework

[Yass72ForEver]

Just realised this is the sample Jay-Z used for 'ain't no Ni**a' with Foxy Brown. This is better. Classic.

[MrLejend]

so is Aint No Woman like the one i got by the four.. somethings or something like that

[iburl]

Rudy Ray Moore, the original rapper.

[hodah]

I'm a huge dylan fan, but don't think for a SECOND that he 'invented' rap. It goes back at least as far as talking blues.

[tooclassy4most]

paved the way would be more appropriate, just the way he popularized rhyming and flowing.."it's allright ma"

[Klng5hlt]

what about the magnificent seven by the clash

[MrBluesy91]

Subterranean Homesick Blues.

it's alright ma ( I'm only bleeding ).

listen to these two and tell me that dylan didn't invent rap !!

[llExll]

dylan didn't invent rap. Dj Kool Herc did. at first Hip Hop only existed with a DJ plugged into a street lamp setting up records, and then he'd get his friend to amp up the crowd, eventually those friends started to do rhyming calls, then eventually they began to rhyme and took over the influence of the DJ and became the main focus.

basically, no one from the streets is listening to bob dylan, his influence can't exist.

[mancheromanchero]

@llExll you are the dumbest person

[MysteryD00D]

i agree that dylan didnt invent rap, but how could his influence "not exist?" Why then would Bob Dylan be featured on this rap song?

"mixing up the medicine" with julez santana and yelawolf they are singing lyrics from Subterranean Homesick Blues

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@MysteryD00D because when ppl talk about rock they dont automatically think of Bob Dylan. Subterranean Homesick Blues was written in the 60s its crazy not to think hes an influence

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@3R3BU5GAT35 i mean rap music my baddd..

[inmyownblood]

i agree with u

[r0udy]

> Illmatic obviously

[melindalex]

shut tha fuck up!

[ShallowPete]

Both Dylan and Berry were just performing Talking Blues. Made famous by Woodie Guthrie it was an early form of American music used by many folk and blues singers. When you add in bee bop influences you get 80s rap.

[hvylobster]

ay shallow, just a quick question; where the fuck is there a bebop influence in 80s hiphop? shits mostly influenced by electro/electro funk (which were barely different at the time). i wouldnt say hiphop took on much direct jazz influence until the whole native tongues posse thing

[ZebZachary]

@hvylobster

digable planets, a tribe called quest (we got the jazz) ....

just a few that come to mind....

[dianeaugust66]

If I'm not mistaken, Dylan wrote & sang the first rap song. Subterranean Homesick Blues !

[6irondriver]

I dunno dude, that's a stretch. Dylan did "talk" thru a song but that doesn't make it rap, neither did Blondie's "Rapture". Interesting concept tho.

[mrblondnyc]

Blondie's Rapture is definitely rap. Debbie Harry was introduced to hip-hop by Fab Five Freddy. That's why she named it RAPture. I know some fools think she invented rap because that the first rap they heard but let's not take away her place in the history of hip-hop.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Now that's some funny shit. You know what... 'if' this World lasts 200 more years, Blondie will have invented Hip Hop, Vanilla Ice will be her son and Em will be her Grandson. What's more, they'll find somebody Black to consign it. The Beasties will be THE DEFINITIVE GROUP of the late 80's.

That's pretty funny dude :P Peace

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO take a nap

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@6irondriver look up the definition of rap U most likely think it has to be to a beat with a new york accent its not rap was a word before it was a genre of music hense the reason they named the genre what they did

[Leona10037]

@dianeaugust66 Totally!! There is no better rap song in the history of music than Subterranean Homesick Blues! The substance, the the imagery and the video that goes with it is also a classic!

[josephscott80]

@dianeaugust66

Unless you're joking, then yes, you're mistaken.

Not only is Dylan's vocal syncopation on 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' very similar to Chuck Berry's on 'Too Much Monkey Business', but the Blues and other Folk musics (esp. African) are full of songs consisting of just talking over a rhythm.

[3R3BU5GAT35]

@josephscott80 um no its not music kinda sounds similar if your looking for that knid of thing but Dylan is original

[josephscott80]

@3R3BU5GAT35

Dylan's originality circa 'Subterranean...' laid with his use of traditional Folk idioms.

In other words, he imaginatively and idiosyncratically modified the wheel, he didn't invent it.

[alexmortland]

@dianeaugust66 You are mistaken. That song has nothing to do with hip hop at all. No matter what VH1 says.

[indigotay]

@dianeaugust66 hey girl

[STEFFALEX]

@dianeaugust66

yea.. you are mistaken jejeje

[HWynn87]

@dianeaugust66 no no no no no no no, what a ridiculous thing to say

[justinnope]

@dianeaugust66

sooooo close

[mashhawkeyehomer]

Bob Dylan has showed interest in rap. He plays odd things on his radio show. LL Cool J?

[odincat1]

" SweeT " Kicks iT old school , Yeah you know HOW We Do !

[nemesis853]

oh shit is this for real? sweet, thats awesome

[safire4real]

thats cool

[Corallis]

if he was into hip-hop in the 80s, what r the chances he was a Rakim fan? :P

[coregangsta7]

its nice to see dylan on a classic hip hop record, i remember seeing dylan talking about ice-t, NWA, public enemy, etc. and he was like "These guys are real, they dont bullshit" which is true

[wilhelmstudensteck]

really?

those are all the best rappers

[diamondcalves]

Go eat some fooooooooooooooooood so no wonder Bob is looking at you like that with that look on his face. Eat FOOO - FOOO.

[RollingThunder76]

What if Dylan had abandoned his music for rap?....I'd buy it.

[54spiritedwill54]

real old school music

[meredithderek4ever]

man that's hilarious!!!!!

[SadLookinMoon]

too funny!! ¨

thanks danieldesler for the upload and FriedEggs for sharing

[FriedEggsandChips]

Oh Lord that is funny! He helped invent rap (maybe), but he's getting it so wrong, he sounds too polite!

Wonder what he makes of Dre / Ice Kube / Eminem e.t.c?!

[bobbyiscool1992]

I've heard of this before.

[2Shaymcn]

I suppose 'Subterranean homesick blues' was an early rap

Thanks for the link

[richardisaacvann]

Well in his autobiography, he name drops a few rappers who he got into around the turn of the nineties. Public Enemy for a start, but he mentions someone a bit more "gangsta" too, I think it's Cube.

[richyskrayz]

this is amazing. what does bob dylan say tho?

[bobbyiscool1992]

I believe you can find that out on Wikipedia. Or just type in the song name for the lyrics

[vladamih]

Bob Dylan was a huge rap fan at that time.You can read something about it in his autobiographical book Chronicles.

[muclesmarinara]

i think some early rap like from the 80s were just modern protest songs.

[Stuart165]

what the fuck was that.

[tooclassy4most]

dylan invented rap with 'subterranean homesick blues' anyway, and perfected it in 'its all right ma im only bleeding'

[originalname33]

dude I've been saying that for so long. Dylan has the sickest flow of subterranean homesick blues..

[whataboutsky]

not rely , dylan owes alot to chuck berry for 'subterranean homesick blues' things like that were everywere , at that time

[Mohammets]

Chuck Berry didn't rhyme that hard. No sir.

[ThePrimary]

yoo...thats fuckin crazy..I Love Bobby Dylan...Kurtis Blows my absolute favorite mc.. this is fuckin DoPe...damn this is Tuff mann KB's a beast

"You see they stole my title..they thought I was hurt, Now im mad as hell bustin outa my shirt..I just popped the chains and crashed outa the cage"

FEEL IT!!!

[conradconrad12]

whole darn family

[CrazyJustin2006]

Holy shit I read this on Wikipedia and I was like no fucking way is that real. This is funny as fuck!

[muclesmarinara]

first he needs a rap name. tell me what bobs rap name should be. i say b.zimmz or killa dylan.

[Givethanksforlife]

funky

[gregory2709]

wow, that is horrible. And, I'm a HUGE Dylan fan. Oh, well.

[pelytcb]

BOB ROOOOOCKSSSSS!! hahaha!! gotta love him...

[GDeeQ]

For sure those rock bands in the 80s were into hip-hop, all those new wave and prog-rockers, Rush, Blondie, the Police, many others.

Funny thing is Kurtis Blow really did the first "Walk This Way", he remade BTO's "Taking Care Of Business". KBlow never got the credit he deserves, plus I like him more than I'd ever like Run-DMC, as good as they were.

[shaolinkin]

Dylan busts his gun, often.

[johncorb]

its all just spoken word,listen to what he sais not the style.

[jennixfer]

haha!! this is so great. ^^

[Denton91]

this is so funny!!!!

[afriiccaa]

real old school music

[texastootall]

This is funny, I remember Curtis Blow from when I was a kid. This is fun stuff but there is only one rapper that can even kind of compares to Dylan... Lauryn Hill!

The MTV Unplugged songs showcased her songwriting skills... I googled her lyrics and her songs really do read like poetry.

[adallik]

Lauren Hill and Bob Dylan dont even belong in the same sentence

[kungfucol]

"Blow familiarized me with that stuff, Ice-T, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Run-D.M.C.. These guys definitely weren't standing around bullshitting. They were all poets and knew what was going on." - Bob Dylan

[syanarasucka]

wow

[MrAnonymity]

Lol @ the bigoted comments by white people

[ShellyJak]

Nasal rap!!!!well at least Dylan collaborated with one of the best!

[antifolkhero]

What the hell is this crap?

[funkberto]

Is Hard for the ortodox rockers accpt BOB DYLAN RAPPING. THE CLASH, BLONDIE AND RUSH ALSO WAS "HIPHOPPED".

[yannik1987]

SUBT. HOMESICK BLUES & IT'S ALRIGHT, MA are early rap songs, if you put it that way - but he didn't do it "decades before anyone else" because consequently Chuck Berry did RAP a decade before Dylan - "Johnny B. Goode", "Too Much Monkey Business" ...!

[KDANTEATER]

Dylan should have gone all out and laid down a beat...

[privatemcgregor]

also subteranian homesick blues could be considered one of the first rap songs

[KDANTEATER]

I agree... subterranean homesick blues should be regarded as an early rap song.

[ghostmail]

....ah geez bob.....

[slylittlekid]

Even the greatest artists have the worst moments....

A part of history we should all forget... soon

[rsk36]

I agree...

[braundiealte]

I disagree...

[funkberto]

Worst Moment??

In 1980, some guys says "Hip Hop is a vogue, only". ERROR.

[mldnathai]

Fom Talkin New York, on his debut album, Bob Dylan, 1963:

Now, a very great man once said

That some people rob you with a fountain pen

It don't take too long to find out

Just what he was talking about

A lot of people don't have much food on their table

But they got a lot of forks and knives

And they gotta cut something.

[mhoff]

Bob Dylan is the godfather of rap. Check out dylan's song, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), he was doing it decades before anyone else.

[Isismusicnow]

U r absolutely right my friend, that song really is rap decades before the gengre had a name. And in 1966 he invented punk music too... live with the Band

[Mohammets]

Nah. The Kinks did that a few years earlier with their big hits.

[funkberto]

Also LOU REED ("Walk on the wildside")and THE LAST POETS.

[newbecca]

Dylan RAPSs!