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| Toronto swagg teen rapper @LilJaxe with The Sugarhill Gang in Toronto 5/24/12 Credits: L'il Jaxe Facebook page |
History is lurking all over this picture as we see 13-year-old Toronto Rapper L'il Jaxe in some dressing room with.........SAY WHAT? The Sugarhill Gang? That's who I see in this picture taken TODAY at the YPI event for youth in Toronto, Canada.
As you know it's been barely 24 hours since the legendary Sugarhill Gang’s classic, “Rappers Delight,” was amongst the 25 recordings that were inducted into the United States Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry on Wednesday (May 23).
The registered recording reads as follows:
“Rapper’s Delight,” Sugarhill Gang (1979) The Sugarhill Gang’s infectious dance number from late 1979 might be said to have launched an entire genre. Although spoken word had been a component of recorded American popular music for decades, this trio’s rhythmic rhyming inspired many future MCs and rap artists. The album version of “Rapper’s Delight” is an epic 14 1/2 minute salvo of irreverent stories and creative wordplay. The song dates from hip-hop’s infancy. As such, it does not address subject matter that has given rap music both positive and negative notoriety, but the song’s inventive rhymes, complex counter-rhythms and brash boastfulness presage the tenets of hip hop. “Rapper’s Delight” also reflects an early instance of music sampling, drawing its bass line and other features from Chic’s 1979 hit “Good Times.” As a result of an out-of-court settlement for copyright infringement, songwriting credits for “Rapper’s Delight” include that song’s composers, Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards, as well as Sylvia Robinson and the Sugarhill Gang (Michael Wright, Guy O’Brien, and Henry Jackson).”
From its opening lines, Sugerhill’s 1979 classic, “Rapper’s Delight,” grabbed listeners’ ears with: “I said a hip, hop, the hippie – the hippie/To the hip hip-hop, and you don’t stop/The rock it to the bang-bang, boogie say “up jump” the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie: the beat.”
L'il Jaxe who is the rapper with the stuttering speech problem that disappears when he RAPS is the one to be in this picture. This picture itself should be framed and HUNG in some hall of fame. The creators of the LONGEST RAP SONG in history, almost 14:30 minutes "Rappers Delight" defined hip-hop.
I have NOT seen these dudes since I was 15-years-old!!! I am almost 48!! It was at a concert in Nigeria when they were younger and performed that hit and my fave "The Lover in you." Remember the 280Z? That was that Nissan 2-seater sports car. The voice of these rappers was so DYNAMIC. Jaxe, I need to join your entourage and know your movement.
