It was the novelty hit that legitimized an entire genre of music. Released on September 16, 1979, the Sugarhill Gang's ‘Rapper’s Delight’ introduced hip-hop to the world: to the black, white, red, brown, purple and yellow.
It's been a slow news day, so lets take a trip back in time to 1996 when rap music still had feeling, and actually meant something more than just a song to shake your a** to.
Charge it up to a slow news day, but some days I sit at my desk and listen to my favorite songs from my past, some from my parents past. I'm talking about music as far back as the 60's. I'm an 80's baby, so there's that. Nonetheless, when I love an artist, song, or album, I might step away from it for a while but eventually I'll play it again for the sake of nostalgia, or just because...
The year was 1998 and Bone Thugs N Harmony were burning the charts, this particular time with their second Mo Thugs project, "Chapter II: Family Reunion." This album featured two of my personal favorites at the time, "All Good & Ghetto Cowboy," and they both featured the lovely Felecia.