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Post by davewollenberg on Jan 26, 2015 22:09:37 GMT -5
We could make a case for 'Shattered' by the Stones. Mick Jagger didn't sing a lick of it. He rapped.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 27, 2015 5:50:30 GMT -5
I'd call that hollering more than rapping!
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Post by tarobe on Jan 27, 2015 19:32:06 GMT -5
"Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (1972).
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 30, 2015 12:22:38 GMT -5
"Ronie" by Bobby Brown in 1989.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 30, 2015 18:10:22 GMT -5
I think of Roni as a slow jam because local stations edited out his rap, but it is there...
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Post by frente on Jan 30, 2015 18:18:27 GMT -5
I think of Roni as a slow jam because local stations edited out his rap, but it is there... You can listen to the version with the rap in the 80s Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 playing this week, maybe that's why johnnywest came up with this  |
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 30, 2015 22:50:11 GMT -5
Casey pointed out on last week's '70s program (Jan 25, 1975) that every song Barry White had placed on the chart had a rap at the beginning.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Jan 31, 2015 11:41:18 GMT -5
I think of Roni as a slow jam because local stations edited out his rap, but it is there... You can listen to the version with the rap in the 80s Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 playing this week, maybe that's why johnnywest came up with this No thanks, I could never stand Rick Dees as a countdown show host... |
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Post by frente on Feb 2, 2015 14:47:44 GMT -5
The radio edit of Calloway's I wanna be rich played in the AT40 was different to the 7" version of the commercial single, and included a rap (not found in the single version). There is a longer version of the rap in the extended version of the song (available in the 12"), but this radio edit was never for sale and it's actually very difficult to find.
I really don't get why the edit with the rap was the most popular version on the radio, when other songs were having the rap edited out.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 21, 2018 18:55:50 GMT -5
The radio edit of Calloway's I wanna be rich played in the AT40 was different to the 7" version of the commercial single, and included a rap (not found in the single version). There is a longer version of the rap in the extended version of the song (available in the 12"), but this radio edit was never for sale and it's actually very difficult to find. I really don't get why the edit with the rap was the most popular version on the radio, when other songs were having the rap edited out. Rich Nice did the rap for this version of the song. It was also played during one of the Fly Girls' dance segments on "In Living Color". |
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 21, 2018 22:29:08 GMT -5
In 1989 there was “Cold Hearted” by Paula Abdul, although she did rapping herself.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Aug 22, 2018 16:58:38 GMT -5
Bardeaux's "When We Kiss" from the late Spring of 1988 sounded more like rap, even though the group were not a rap act.
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 24, 2018 13:56:38 GMT -5
I always heard "Friends" by Jody Watley was one of the first pop hits featuring a rap artist (Eric B & Rakim). And it's true that even when rap was starting to be huge in the late artists, there were not that many pop hits including rap. Another good example is "Opposites attract" by Paula Abdul. The album version doesn't include the rap, but when added to the single version it helped a lot to take it to number one (and of course, a fantastic video). Can anyone help with any other pop hits (before 1992) featuring a rap artist? Can't think of many but there must be a few of them. From 1984: "I Feel for You"- Chaka khan w/ rapping by Melle Mel Later that year was "Cool It Now" by New Edition, but I think it was the group who were doing the rapping. |
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Post by woolebull on Aug 25, 2018 11:27:45 GMT -5
What about top 40 pop hits from 1988-1991 with a rap collaboration? There must be a few but I can only think of late 91' ones. Besides some of the others mentioned, who could forget Dr. Ice's epic rap on Dino's "Romeo" from 1990. Maybe I should edit that last sentence...who wants to remember Dr. Ice's epic rap on Dino's "Romeo" from 1990.  Another one, with an interesting side note: "Feels Good" by Tony! Toni! Tone! had a rap in the middle by Mocedes, whose real name was Mopreme Shakur. He was the step brother of Tupac. |
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Post by listenerwants2know on Aug 25, 2018 12:03:52 GMT -5
Does Falco´s "Rock me Amadeus" count as well ?
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