this subject can be fuzzed out pretty far afield, but sugarhill gang and
treacherous three and cohorts were in full force (ar ar) well before
planet rock came out. though these are widely considered to be rapping
without hip-hop - they used disco grooves and leblanc/wimbish studio jams
- flash's "on the wheels of steel" followed some time after, and "planet
rock" generally signals the birth of both hip-hop and electro along the
current of rap. they are coterminous.
eric
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Joanisse, Robert wrote:
quoted 2 lines electro was the precursor of hip-hop, not a variant. dr dre made surgery>electro was the precursor of hip-hop, not a variant. dr dre made surgery
>before he made straight outta compton.