Official video for The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight.Rapper’s Delight was the first single released on Sugarhill Records on 16th September 1979. The record peaked at no. 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart, no. 4 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart, no. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart, No. 1 on the Dutch Top 40 chart and no. 3 on the UK singles chart. The record sold over 2 million copies in the US and the song ranked number 251 on Rolling Stone magazines 2004 list of ‘500 Greatest Songs Of All Time’. The song is arguably one of the most sampled records of all time, supposedly used in over 225 other songs. 2019 marks 40 years since this seminal hip hop record was released. Check out the subtitle function if you want to sing along (click on CC)!Listen: https://sugarhill.lnk.to/RappersdelightIDFacebook: https://sugarhill.lnk.to/FacebookIDTwitter: https://sugarhill.lnk.to/TwitterIDLyrics:I said a hip hopHippie to the hippieThe hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it outBubba to the bang bang boogie, boobie to the boogieTo the rhythm of the boogie the beatNow, what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beatAnd me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feetSee, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say helloTo the black, to the white, the red and the brownThe purple and yellow, but first, I gottaBang bang, the boogie to the boogieSay up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogieLet's rock, you don't stopRock the rhythm that'll make your body rockWell so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends alongAnd the next on the mic is my man HankC'mon, Hank, sing that song, check it outWell, I'm Imp the Dimp, the ladies' pimpThe women fight for my delightBut I'm the grandmaster with the three MCsThat shock the house for the young ladiesAnd when you come inside, into the frontYou do the Freak, Spank, and do the BumpAnd when the sucker MC's try to prove a pointWe're Treacherous Trio, we're the serious jointA from sun to sun and from day to dayI sit down and write a brand new rhymeBecause they say that miracles never ceaseI've created a devastating masterpieceI'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resistEverybody, I say it goes like thisWell, I was coming home late one dark afternoonA reporter stopped me for an interviewShe said she's heard stories and she's heard fablesThat I'm vicious on the mic and the turntableThis young reporter I did adoreSo I rocked some vicious rhymes like I never did beforeShe said, "damn, fly guy, I'm in love with youThe Casanova legend must have been true"I said, "by the way, baby, what's your name?"Said, "I go by name of Lois Lane""And you could be my boyfriend, you surely canJust let me quit my boyfriend called Superman"I said, "he's a fairy, I do supposeFlyin' through the air in pantyhoseHe may be very sexy, or even cuteBut he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit"I said, "you need a man who's got finesseAnd his whole name across his chestHe may be able to fly all through the nightBut can he rock a party 'til the early light?He can't satisfy you with his little wormBut I can bust you out with my super sperm!"I go do it, I go do it, I go do it, do it, do itAn' I'm here an' I'm there, I'm Big Ban Hank, I'm everywhereJust throw your hands up in the airAnd party hardy like you just don't careLet's do it, don't stop, y'all, a tick tock, y'all, you don't stop!Go ho-tel, mo-tel, whatcha gonna do today? (say what?)I'm gonna get a fly girl, gonna get some spank, drive off in a def OJEverybody go, "ho-tel, mo-tel, Holiday Inn"You say if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friendI say skip, dive, what can I say?I can't fit 'em all inside my OJSo I just take half, and bust 'em outI give the rest to Master Gee so he can shock the houseI said M-A-S, T-E-R, a G with a double EI said I go by the unforgettable nameOf the man they call the Master GeeWell, my name is known all over the worldBy all the foxy ladies and the pretty girlsI'm goin' down in historyAs the baddest rapper there ever could beNow I'm feelin' the highs and you're feelin' the lowsThe beat starts gettin' into your toesYou start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feetAnd movin' your body while you're sitting in your seatAnd then damn! Ya start doin' the freak, I saidDamn! Right outta your seatThen you throw your hands high in the airYa rockin' to the rhythm, shake your derriereYa rockin' to the beat without a careWith the sureshot MCs for the affairNow, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gangBut I rap to the beat just the same#RappersDelight #SugarhillGang #40thAnniversary #Aserejé