Those who think rap music began in 1979 haven't heard the 1972 song Prisencolinensinainciusol, by Adriano Celentano. The lyrics are neither English nor Italian; they are pure gibberish. Someone called this "what English sounds like to a non-English speaking person." Okay then.
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Interesting find. I don't know if I buy the notion that this is the birth of Rap into mainstream, Shout out to the Sugar Hill Gang 79'. I will say that I used those same dance moves at the local disco tho ... and that's all I had ... I called it "feeding the chickens".
I love this! Way ahead of its time.