The Story of Rapper's Delight by Nile Rodgers

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Interview from Canadian Music Week 2007. Nile Rodgers tells the story of how Chic's Good Time became the basis for the first rap hit, Rapper's Delight. Produced, shot and edited by Richard Budman and John Bortolotti

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[SFFOOL76]

NILE RODGERS is one of the coolest people in the music industry, if not the coolest.

[mikemoe2006]

Great Interview!!!!! Chic is Awesome

[Sileosoltice]

DAFT PUNK MAKING NEW ALBUM WITH THIS GUY WOOT!!!!!!!

[jackdos14]

Daft Punk brought me here :D

[duartehh]

@flyingwayup it's no new that also queen "used" this bass line. i'm not so sure if they gave the credits to chic.

[marknorthwest93]

Catch Nile on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Thursday, November 24 performing live with the Roots!

[nunayobiz]

Incredibly talented man! Just read his book Le Freak. Very interesting stories in that book.

[enterprise1954]

@flyingwayup Well-established that John Deacon of Queen ripped-off Chic - Check Wiki.

[mybasshas7strings]

@flyingwayup Jon Deacon wrote "Another One Bites The Dust" right after this came out, he's stated that he essentially borrowed the bass line from Bernard Edwards

[flyingwayup]

riff bass line is very similar to " another 1 bights the dust " Queen..

[paulrussell]

@clh2192: The Magnificent 7 was the opening track on Sandanista, which was released in the UK on 12th dec 1980.

[clh2192]

@paulrussell HipHop was a mature art form by 79. Flowers, Herc, Infinity Machine, Bam, New Sounds, Disco Twins, Flash, El Brothers/Theodore... etc. were serious productions and had catalogs of breaks well before Good Times dropped. The way Mr. Rodgers tells it, they had one record and it was Good Times. Lol... Feeling Nile Rodger's work but again his timing is off- Go to youtube and enter "Blondie/Chic-Rapture-May 11, 1981"