#proto rap

Rap before there was rap in 12 Songs.

Listen to 12 Proto Rap tracks. When Sugar Hill Gang recorded the very first commercial Rap hit in 1979, this form of music to most people, was completely new. But Rap was nothing new! Before There Was Rap, There Were The Last Poets, Oscar Brown, Del Jones' Positive Vibes and ……

(Bat Man) For Days - Johnnie Morisette ((Bat Man) For Days / For Days, 1963)

Billy Green is Dead - Gil Scott-Heron (Free Will, 1972)

Black Man (Too Tough To Die) - Part I & 2 - Cleo Page ( Black Man (Too Tough To Die) - Part I / Black Man (Too Tough To Die) - Part II, 1972)

Blow'Way - Lancelot (Afro'Dadian / Blow'Way, 1971)

Bull "Bleep" - Oscar Brown Jr. (Fresh, 1974)

Charlie's Moonshine Bar - Vic Waters (Charlie's Moonshine Bar / Eight Feet Up, Eight Feet Down, 1975)

Gaccia Ad' Avè - Leone Di Lernia E La Sua "New Rock Band" (Canzoni Rock Tranesi, 1975)

James Brown - The Last Poets (Right On! (Original Soundtrack), 1971)

Laughing - Amanda Ambrose (Laughing, 1973)

Louisiana Rapper - Herman The Soul Burner (Louisiana Rapper- Herman The Soul Burner / Pusherman - J. J. Caillier, 197?).

Mellow Vibes - Del Jones' Positive Vibes (Mellow Vibes / The Last Letter, 1974)

Plea To The People - Curry (Plea To The People / The Beauty Of You, 1971)

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History of Rap in 10 tracks

Proto Rap in 12 tracks

History of Rap in 20 songs 

Boogie 45: Teena Marie - Square Biz (Bellaphon)

Listen to 12 Proto Rap tracks. When Sugar Hill Gang recorded the very first commercial Rap hit in 1979, this form of music to most people, was completely new. But Rap was nothing new! Before There Was Rap, There Were The Last Poets, Parliament, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Dr. William Truly Jr. and ……

Proto Rap

Afro'Dadian - Lancelot (Afro'Dadian / Blow'Way, 1971)

Big Surprise - Deloris Ealy and The Kenyattes with Harmonica Fats (Come Into My Bedroom / Big Surprise, 1973)

The Boogoloo Popeye - The Cliffs Of Rhythms Band (The Boogoloo Popeye / Jumping, 1967)

Daddy, Daddy Come Dig Me - Inmates and Ex-Inmates (From The Cold Jaws Of Prison, 1971) 

Dog (Part I) - Jimmy McCracklin (Dog (Part I) / Dog (Part II), 1967)

Ham Hocks And Beans - Part 1 - Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls ‎(Ham Hocks And Beans - Part 1 /  Ham Hocks And Beans - Part 2, 1970)

Hey Jerome - Bo Diddley (Where It All Began, 1972)

I Am The Greatest - Cassius Clay ‎(I Am The Greatest!, 1963)

Introduction - How Long My People - Gary Byrd (Presenting The Gary Byrd Experience, 1972)

It's Free - Bishops Of The Holy Rollers Fallout Shelter with Curtis Colbert And James McCloden (It's Free / Something To Remember Her By, 1974)

The Mixed Up Cup - Clyde McPhatter (Welcome Home, 1970)

Mose - John W. Anderson Presents Kasandra (John W. Anderson Presents Kasandra, 1968) 

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History of Rap in 10 tracks

History of Rap in 20 songs 

PIC Disc: Knxwledge feat. Nxworries - So Nice (Stonesthrow)

Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (Sound of New York)