What was the FIRST Hip Hop Song? AN INVESTIGATION

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Today I want to answer the question - what was the first Hip Hop SONG? Let’s just say, the rabbit hole goes a lot deeper and a lot earlier than you might expect. Like, a LOT.
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@randomcharacter6501 Месяц назад

This is honestly too good for RU-vid. Somebody get this man a show on a streaming service!

@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists Месяц назад

YT this is a streaming service ! But they dont pay artists enough, eventhough they are Google and pay almost NO TAXES ! Check your head.....

@hhhpestock951 Месяц назад

What's that thing from space again?,

@gezblair Месяц назад

Public service broadcasting at its finest.

@theseanwardshow Месяц назад

Seriously. Give him a budget, let him travel and interview people, 6-8 episodes, he'll give us the entire history of recorded music

@luisbarahona6255 Месяц назад

Definitely, the quality of the page and all the nuanced insights warrants and has earned the merit for one

@montygraves3650 Месяц назад

It doesn't matter that you sound White bro, you're speaking the universal language of Hip Hop (quite masterfully, I might add). So in this sphere, you're dialect is well understood and very much appreciated in OUR community!! (that includes you, of course)

@thaddeusford Месяц назад

as a sixth generation jazz (black american music) trumpeter from new orleans, i want to commend you for presenting this accurate, thorough presentation. and the fact that you have introduced the legend of the great buddy bolden to tens of thousands of people that may have never heard of him is awesome. much respect to you and please continue doing what you’re doing.

@artistlovepeace Месяц назад

Digging The Greats is literally genius. His lectures are astonishing. He literally breaks down why these records are wonderful. He is a Professor.

@CantTellYou Месяц назад

High school music teachers need no more than to just put on a DTG playlist and let the kids watch

@craigpeacock3601 Месяц назад

The first time I heard rap on the radio was “King Tim the 3rd” by the Fatback Band which was before “Rapper’s Delight”

@citizencain01 Месяц назад

"Way back in the days, 1979 Fatback band made a record using rhyme..." BDP - "Hip Hop Rules"

@LarryMiller88 Месяц назад

📠📠📠📠📠

@leewightman8619 Месяц назад

Never heard of them but all check them out

@greghamilton4129 Месяц назад

Agreed. I heard it while shopping on Jamaica Ave in Queens.

@itzdm0r3 Месяц назад

The Fatback Band is classic funk!

@mokodo813 Месяц назад

Nothing makes me happier than to see Digging The Greats drop a new video 💯

@Kanyewestbiggestfan123 Месяц назад

Happier than*

@godforreal7355 Месяц назад

Not even when it's about a musician you like?

@mokodo813 Месяц назад

@@godforreal7355whoops. typo

@C.Ellis_BMI Месяц назад

Indeed Fam! 2:42

@RenR70 Месяц назад

Like Roger & Zapp said, “music comes in all forms but the blues is where it started from”.

@CantTellYou Месяц назад

That quote is so true, so ruff AND so tuff

@user-xj6yu6li8h Месяц назад

No mention of "Here Comes the Judge" by Pigmeat Markham as one of the first (if not THE first) person "rapping" over drums?

@LLMelvinL Месяц назад

Yes!!!!

@Starmann2004 Месяц назад

Good to mention

@hansolo9585 29 дней назад

Before that you had Muhammad Ali in 1963 rapping over drums in what can arguably be called the first battle raps.

@heyitsmesomeone6371 4 дня назад

@@hansolo9585 Im sorry where can u find the clip of his singing?

@KtotheG Месяц назад

I've always felt that funk is to R&B what bebop is to jazz. Bebop was essentially jam sessions put to record, which is why a lot of people didn't get it at first. I've always saw funk in a similar way. They are jam sessions for rock and R&B musicians. And hip hop was born out in the park where the B-boys "jammed" to funk tunes being played by a DJ. The breakdown was always the funkiest groove, which made the B-boys really get down and jam. That's essentially how hip hop was born.

@jcmurie Месяц назад

So glad you mentioned The Last Poets. That debut is one of the best albums I've ever heard and the rest of their catalog is phenomenal as well

@chiarosuburekeni9325 Месяц назад

I’m glad common and Kanye gave them their props by having them on that song The Corner. They made a banger even better with their verses

@soulchorea Месяц назад

when you flipped the flute sample I busted out laughing 😆

@CantTellYou Месяц назад

so close 😂

@garrytreymendeziii5650 Месяц назад

Damn, I live about 15 minutes from Slovenia in Croatia and I’m sad to report that after 60,000 years of trying, they still haven’t made any bangers over here.

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

😂😂😂

@danielhoskins4690 Месяц назад

Give them time…

@puertoricanguy999 Месяц назад

Flipping great video as always, DTG! Also, I'm kinda surprised you didn't talk about the "Here Comes The Judge" song from comedian Pigmeat Markham, which even goes ALL THE WAY back before King Tim III.

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Should have brought it up. By my own definition in this video it would count and predate the fatback band. But it also predates the culture of hip hop itself. Absolutely a precursor like Gil Scott Heron, or even the Jubilaires. These lines are difficult to draw, as I show in the rest of the video. Even calling the fatback band song the first gets tricky.

@samwest1097 Месяц назад

My mom used to have ‘Here Comes the Judge’ on Vinyl. As a kid I couldn’t tell he was rapping, just thought he was hilarious. But I know he inspired a lot of NY brothas that would go on to be entertainers.

@Tabb2468 Месяц назад

I’ve always thought as “here comes the judge” by Pigmeat Markham as the first hip hop song. He was a soul/comedy artist from the 60s but “here comes the judge” is delivered in a rapping style not a spoken word, and there’s even a drum break to make it sound even more like early hip hop and it came out as a single in 68.

@user-xj6yu6li8h Месяц назад

I made a similar comment before reading some of the other comments here.

@TYBO-xl1xz Месяц назад

That’s ‘Rap’ not Hip Hop

@sjb3240 Месяц назад

It can't just simply be rhyming over a rhythm. If so, there were probably many corny showtunes that came before "Here Comes the Judge". That stuff is a totally different style and not connected at all to what was happening in the 1970's NYC park jams.

@AfferbeckBeats Месяц назад

I agree, it's slang laden braggadocious rhyming over slamming funk drums, it's a clear close relative to what hip hop would become. Another one is What About You (In The World Today) by the Co Real Artists from 1974 which is even closer to hip hop.

@KtotheG Месяц назад

It has to be over a break beat. The early hip hop pioneers were inspired by Pigmeat Markham, though.

@TeagueChrystie Месяц назад

A livery stable was like a parking lot for your horse when you came into town.

@6lackcomedy Месяц назад

We are all HUMAN.....color is no matter in great music and production....just a pure soul! You have a PURE SOUL my BROTHER!!!!

@ncherrie Месяц назад

I'm a 37 years old and a massive Hip-Hop fan, can't believe I only just discovered your channel! Honestly one of the best channels on RU-vid, love your breakdowns of classic songs I grew up with and love and hearing the stories behind them. Video production quality is also top tier!

@froggyspond1133 Месяц назад

Channel deserving of millions of subs, honestly. Don’t worry tho these 300k are worth 3m “normal” channel viewers. You have almost no bots in your comments and I’m sure your engagements are genuine. This channel rocks buddy. Thank you.

@tempeff8670 Месяц назад

Your expression when you're playing the flute notes over the instrumentals, classic!

@innabit5961 Месяц назад

Bruh! This is an all time DTG! Shouts to Keith LeBlanc, original Sugerhill drummer who passed away this week 🫡

@airfixx_8952 Месяц назад

One can def. argue that GSHeron & The Last Poets are more spoken poetry than rap, but Lightnin' Rod's "Hustlers Convention" LP (1973) certainly has the rap flavour......

@CantTellYou Месяц назад

🎯 essentially a Kool & The Gang album with Lightnin Rod sorta kinda almost just about pretty much rapping over them lol it should’ve got a mention at least

@k.chriscaldwell4141 Месяц назад

I lived in Middle-Jersey in the late 70s to the mid-80s. Hip-hop--Rap--was leaking out of NYC on to the radio stations of Trenton, Newark, Camden, and Philadelphia. We could also get some NYC stations. Mix-tapes of it would occasionally come our way. It was like discovering ice cream. I lived on an Air Force Base. The military store chain, AAFES (BX), was hip to new music. I was able then to buy my first Rap record in late '79 or early '80: The 12" of Rapper's Delight. I visited cousins in the Midwest in '81. I blew their minds with what I brought with me. Great memories. Yeah, I was THAT kid. You know, that kid that loved it ALL. From Zep, Floyd, U2, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Chic, Disco, The Flock of Seagulls, Blondie, Beatles, Doors, Adam Ant, ABBA, Duran Duran, Journey, Asia, Yes, Rush, Rap; Anything and everything but Country and Punk. Yeah, sideone of Duran Duran's Rio would end, and sideone of Zep IV would drop and blast Black Dog.

@morreddie717 Месяц назад

Another banger upload from my man @Diggingthegreats! You gotta do more of these kinds of videos

@Ric-E...Ricardo Месяц назад

I appreciate the content you put out. I always think about music stuff, and you make it. Good stuff man.

@mikescully6972 Месяц назад

That drum beat on ain’t no sunshine by bill withers is ahead of its time

@charlesjones4386 Месяц назад

You really outdid yourself on this one. Some of your best work yet. This needs 1 million views for sure!

@SIGuess Месяц назад

Seeing Digging The Greats has uploaded yk the day is going to be good

@chaunceypierce8803 Месяц назад

I don't know if it counts, but in 1978 The Emerald City Sequence from The Wiz was the first time I ever heard anyone "rap" over music.

@buenmojo 28 дней назад

Amazing content! What a twist with the ancient flute, very wow moment there. Keep the good work man.

@BarryKrishna Месяц назад

Absolutely incredible video. Keep up the amazing work brother ✌🏼

@eancklean7922 Месяц назад

What a nice video man! It is soo well driven, congrats man!

@tylerlevibald420 Месяц назад

Amazing video as always! I love digging through all the 45s I’ve inherited to hear an amazing piece of jazz or blues that I’ve never heard before. These videos are incomparable ❤

@kadu51044 29 дней назад

Hey, what you want on your plate when you arrive at the cookout? Because I am learning so damn much about my history, and holy crap I was not prepared for what I am stepping into when I was looking into doing something similar once upon a time. I, as a student of the beat and rhythm, I bend the knee to your knowledge and skill, and seeing you digging the greats indeed!

@hansrajkumar Месяц назад

Brilliant - I love how you tie everything together in your videos! Am also curious what the track played at 17:35 is 🎧

@Uitverkorenen Месяц назад

Chic's good times is not just Funk. It's Disco. There are a lot of classic hiphop samples taken from Disco. Like " everybody reach, reach for the top......don't stop" ....to name just one. Great channel. Love the vids

@strongislanduk Месяц назад

This is your best yet, so good!

@KreshoMTB Месяц назад

Every single yt video you did is an piece art for it itself... thx for such a great content!

@philosophy20 Месяц назад

I ALWAYS love these kinds of breakdowns! Thanks DTG ✊🏽😁. Shout out to hip-hop and the pioneering genres that came before.

@scottwoods8496 20 дней назад

Longtime viewer, first time caller. This is your best video to date, hands down.

@darryldays835 28 дней назад

Thank you for getting it right, I remember hearing this As a wannabe DJ at that time, me and my friends were so proud because it was the first Rap song that got Radio Play in New York, while everything else was underground or only played in Clubs. Wow, this made my Day, Good memories

@707cambam Месяц назад

Wow. This was one of the most awesome music/history lessons I’ve ever learned or watched.Cant wait to watch it with my daughters!

@ingmarvanderhoek6314 Месяц назад

The mixing of cold sweat and so what is genius! Thank you for enlightening me once again.

@skottgrist Месяц назад

This is one of your best videos. Beautifully done.

@Moconvomedia 26 дней назад

You be dropping so much knowledge. Thank You

@DavidBennettPiano Месяц назад

Amazing video !!🎉

@corinne_vintage Месяц назад

Another stellar deep dive! 🤩 And I'm sorry but I could not stop giggling every time you said bone flute. I just... I'll see myself out 😂😂😂

@frolicious5531 Месяц назад

Yoooooo! Ur enthusiasm has me jazzed!

@mitmon_8538 Месяц назад

I can't wait to out-white someone when they say Rapper's Delight was the first rap song made. "Well, ackshuyally..." **pushes glasses up bridge of my nose**

@519schoolofhiphop Месяц назад

My new favorite video of DTG! 💎🖤🫡

@ginether6174 Месяц назад

Been watching your videos for a while and they are always great even with the changes you had to make! Your voice is definitely YT as hell but I rap and do fashion blogs and In fashion we use a bunch of juxtaposition to make fits stand out! So your voice may be different than what is expected for this type of content but it’s also what makes it unique pulls the viewer in. Anyways great video keep doing your thing

@magicmodulator Месяц назад

DUDE this is your best video yet nice one

@MasterF18 Месяц назад

Legitimately got emotional for me at the end with the flute. Incredible video.

@lunaleonem3378 Месяц назад

Bro, at 17:25 you actually look at the point the red bar has reached! That is a high class detail.

@BenD_Bass Месяц назад

Dude, you're channel is so good.

@paulvantveer6072 Месяц назад

Very enjoyable, original and honest. Thanks!

@davidpellerin5952 Месяц назад

~Bro, you bringing this channel from better to best! ~Amazing! Keep at it. Gold quest! ~You got it, for real, this is most appreciated. ~So much inspiration, I’mma call it revelations! Thank you very much. Peace!

@zimberlin9978 6 дней назад

This was a ride. LOVE THE VIDEO!!

@notafamousperson95 Месяц назад

holy shit, what a journey! thank you for this video. its crazy i caught those 2 notes as soon as you did and how it all connects

@notafamousperson95 Месяц назад

also, to me, 'Here Comes the Judge' by Pigmeat Markham is the first Hip Hop song

@BluePhoenix476513 Месяц назад

Nice! My favorite episode yet.

@Mixxwizard Месяц назад

I feel honored to be able to meet Tim, aka King Tim iii, when I was ten years old. He & my dad used to hang out together. I remember when we brought my dad a copy of his first single. Dang, I feel old now.😂... Thanks for sharing the knowledge with those who did not know about this.

@jackietunes Месяц назад

This was so awesome. My only complain? wishing more. Nice work Sr.

@MrAyla Месяц назад

Amazing work as always

@peoplecallmepeechez Месяц назад

Best part of these videos is reading the comments of everyone else thoughts on what the first hip hop song is. Gotta look some of these up

@KalebPeters99 Месяц назад

Wow, this was such a journey! Great idea to hook people with the backstory of hip-hop, then sneak in an entire history lesson 😅 Amazing content as always, some of the best on the internet 🙏❤

@browndamon Месяц назад

That ending music blend has me 😂

@The_One_Cosmos Месяц назад

There are actually 5 pillars of Hip Hop. Emceeing, Dee Jaying, Graffiti, Break Dancing, and Beat Boxing. People now days try and remove Beatboxing, but in fact, it can never be removed since it is a core element of Hip Hop as one of the 5 elements. And in fact, Beatboxing still has a scene and is still used in music and may always be.

@ashyshre Месяц назад

underrated vid fr fr🔥🔥

@peachy-tay Месяц назад

absolutely dying at the revelation in the end haha great video

@grittyshaker Месяц назад

Wow! This is the first time I’ve seen you in my feed in ages. I thought you stopped making vids for a while

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Welcome back! Still publishing every Friday, must've been an algo shift!

@H2o661Beats 18 дней назад

wonderful vid great info ty

@trufolks3777 Месяц назад

Great video and an excellent history lesson. ✊🏿

@crowfoot7355 Месяц назад

Another great episode 👏 👏👏👏

@emmp6799 Месяц назад

Now that is some good storytelling. Such an enjoyment to watch and listen.

@MetalSonic420 Месяц назад

A great investigation and a great video.

@ralphjackson8295 Месяц назад

It's because of "Rappers Delight" it's called Hip-Hop. People were going into the record store looking for Rappers delight but they didn't remember the name so they would say...do y'all got the album that goes "Hip hop, a hippie, a hippie to the hip hip hop you dont stop"...So many people did so, that the record stories put up sign saying Hip-Hop here. So the answer is YES, it is the first hip hop album. Everything before it was rap and everything after it became hip-hop.

@pitt5528 Месяц назад

This video made my day genuinely

@hongkongbeat2164 Месяц назад

That was… wow, just wow. Excellent video and deep dive

@josephwhite8896 Месяц назад

Hahaha the flute mix is hard my guy 🤣

@michaelmeece Месяц назад

What’s that tune at 11:30? I’ve heard it on another channel. Is it a public domain sample kit?

@elgringovagabundo Месяц назад

Mind.Blown. Also, "I'm so white." Haha I feel your pain man. Great video as usual!

@AgentZ7 Месяц назад

Rap goes so far back, Hiphop on the other hand is an amalgamation of several tenets as you said.

@manager Месяц назад

The production and storytelling are 🙌🏻

@jonntischnabel 20 дней назад

I was definitely thinking that adriano celantano would get a mention in there, in my opinion a legit hip hop song, and recorded in 1970. It still slaps today. ❤

@moneymikz Месяц назад

We should bisect hip-hop into two eras BEB&R and AEB&R… because before Rakim it was pretty much all Froot Loops rap

@yodjruthless924 Месяц назад

what's with "Here Comes the Judge " by Pigmeat Markham, i would call this the first hip hop song

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

Should’ve mentioned this in the video as well. Almost brought up cases like this and the Jubilaires. Could be considered the first hip hop song, but it’s before the culture of hip hop was born. Now I gotta do another video 😂

@diggingthegreats Месяц назад

It’s hard to draw lines in general too - is 8/11/73 the absolute beginning? Is the Fatback band song the first song? That’s also part of my point in the video - these lines are hard to draw

@ASSman864 24 дня назад

@@diggingthegreats some consider jimi hendrox castles made of sand to be one of the first instances of rapping

@ka1iban Месяц назад

Stealth "Cold Sweat" video! Awesome!

@HonestWatchReviewsHWR Месяц назад

Did anyone else think he was going to given mention to 'The Jubalaires - Noah', when it came to the origins of rap?

@mruhopper 25 дней назад

Yep....as a matter of fact, as great as this video was, I'm a little disappointed.

@ENDORSHORES Месяц назад

The history lesson was amazing. Great work!!!

@vinylarchaeologist Месяц назад

I was laughing with tears by the end of the video, and weeping. Such a Delight!

@Algorythm-C Месяц назад

So much dope dialogue in this

@Gerumaareki379 Месяц назад

Do a video on proto-rap from 40s jazz and quartets

@PurpleSectors 28 дней назад

Loving that "cold bone sweat" 🔥

@Polygroove1 Месяц назад

I have to make just a “little” addition to the “pillars” or what some of call the “elements” of Hip Hop. There are actually 5 Of Elements….Emceeing, DJing, Dance, Graffiti and Fashion….what we wear is just as important as what we rap, tag or scratch…..❤

@gigigalli2485 Месяц назад

great video as usual, just a little note... I think that Herc doesn't have the crossfader, he only moved the needle backwards to restart the break every time (at least that's what I understood from the documentaries I watched)... Sorry for my english and greetings from Italy!

@davisspictures Месяц назад

Keep putting out the greats. Everyone will dig at some point.

@OurBlackEmpowerment Месяц назад

Before watching the video - My first is King Tim III, although I did hear Rappers Delight. Then I heard The Last Poets, later I heard the song from the 1940s. Now I’m going to watch the video.

@KtotheG Месяц назад

Nice mixing with the bone flute and Miles Davis.