The Best of Rap

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rapper's Delight
recording of:
Rapper’s Delight (on 1979-08-02)
writer:
Bernard Edwards, Guy O'Brien (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien), Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Sylvia Robinson and Nile Rodgers
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
is based on:
Good Times
The Sugarhill Gang3.653:59
2We Got the Funk
recording of:
We Got the Funk
writer:
Nate Edmonds (keyboard player/songwriter), Brenda Reynolds and Albert Williams
publisher:
Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd. (ended), B.I.B. Music and Songs of Universal, Inc.
Positive Force4:32
3The Message
producer:
Clifton Chase and Ed Fletcher
performer:
The Furious Five
music videos:
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 51) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 59)
recording of:
The Message
writer:
Edward Fletcher, Jiggs Chase, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4.757:06
4Pump Me Up
Trouble Funk6:34
5Funk You Up
The Sequence6:46
6Spooning Rap
Spoonie Gee6:59
7Breakdancin' - Electric Boogie
West Street Mob5:07
8The New Rap Language
The Treacherous Three8:07
9Superrappin'
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five6:45
10Love Rap
Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three5:41