RAP was Invented in Italy in 1972 - I have a VIDEO to prove it.

[MOxxx]

1972...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S00Br2SSrY8

Once again ITALIAN DO IT BETTER

[O MARINA]

ITALIAN DO IT BETTER

Celentano videos or gtfo !

[Bryan G]

that looked like a skit from SNL

[Bird]

that's the funk.....me likie

[D Ghost]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[TheSenator]

That was pretty good and catchy.....

[Sid70]

this thread is RAPist!

[stephane76]

africans did ...not the italians

[2012]

good one toots

[fatfoo]

"And I'd hold the raid maybe if the colored balls died." - Yeah, maybe.

[fatfoo]

Yeah, I like that video. It inspires me not to sing, because I have no singing talent, I think.

[MOxxx]

Celentano videos or gtfo !

I have his first record from 1953, my family lived in his same building in Milan. Via Glug.

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that looked like a skit from SNL

[O MARINA]

I have his first record from 1953, my family lived in his same building in Milan. Via Glug.

Wow That's neat. He is very talented
I can't wait to visit Italy one day.

[GatorB]

Wow That's neat. He is very talented
I can't wait to visit Italy one day.

Good thing your from Canada. If you were American you'd be charge with murder and sentenced to 26 years while the actual killer gets 15.

[Spunky]

The lyrics make as much sense as the do today

[RIVcash]

hahahahah too funny!!

[stephane76]

hahahahah too funny!!

sup with all those Old threads Bumps Rivcash?

[punkpred]

I have his first record from 1953, my family lived in his same building in Milan. Via Glug.

Via Glug? That sounds nasty!

[justinsain]

I wouldn't call that RAP and no artist has any real relevance until they have made the music charts in the US.

Here is the first artist to make the Billboard top 100 with a RAP song in 1981.

I challenge anyone to find an earlier one

[Riffhard]

The Watts prophets go back to the 60's.

[BestXXXPorn]

LOL It's not Italian, it's not even a real language... The words were entirely made up, which is part of the genius of it :P

[justinsain]

The Watts prophets go back to the 60's.

I don't consider that to be Rap as it's really just a reading with music in the background. That's something that's been done forever.

[BlackCrayon]

ha, i love this shit!

i don't know if i would say its rap but still very good

as for who rapped first..you could argue anything

beat poets in the 50s...

talking blues/wood guthrie in the 30s...

curtis blow doing the breaks in the late 70s..

who knows.

[Poindexterity]

no artist has any real relevance until they have made the music charts in the US.

wow, you poor thing.

[nico-t]

great lyrics

[justinsain]

wow, you poor thing.

That didn't come off like I meant it to.

What I was trying to say is that in many interviews of international music artists most have said they don't consider themselves as having hit the big time until they have become a hit in the US.

All things considered, the US music industry trumps all others world wide. So a home movie of someone doing some rap back in the 40s doesn't matter as much as someone that actually made the music charts.

[CaptainHowdy]

Congrats on your useless finding...

[notime]

Italians are better at Chianti wines and Mozzarella di Buffalo, thank God

[DEA - banned for life]

"you be comin up juicin my wife not sure hobo hopin just to get a lot clubbin on time"

[scarlettcontent]

I love that tune, very catchy and awesome lyrics

[Ethersync]

[SpongeBub]

I wouldn't call that RAP and no artist has any real relevance until they have made the music charts in the US.

Here is the first artist to make the Billboard top 100 with a RAP song in 1981.

I challenge anyone to find an earlier one

That thing wasn't rap but some bizzarre Euro-craziness that made no sense whatsoever.

The first one I heard was the Sugar Hill Gang with "Rapper's Delight" and that was 1979. Wasn't that the first commercially suuccessful rap record?

[scarlettcontent]

weird video but nice tune

[Caligari]

the italians fucking rock, love that video.

also i believe they were the first to do speed metal in 1977 with this track called
"E Suono Rock" by Goblin.

Its not all speed metal, that part comes in shortly after the 2 minute mark.



Goblin is most well known for their horror sound tracks ie Suspiria, Deep Red and Dawn of the Dead.

[justinsain]

That thing wasn't rap but some bizzarre Euro-craziness that made no sense whatsoever.

The first one I heard was the Sugar Hill Gang with "Rapper's Delight" and that was 1979. Wasn't that the first commercially suuccessful rap record?

I agree.

Blondie's " Rapture " was released in 1981 so if " Rappers Delight " was from 1979 they have her beat.

BTW I have Rappers Delight on my ipod

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Hilarious clip