African American

When Rap started - And I really liked Rapper's delight because it had a good skate (slide slide dip slide dip slide slide) rhythm and it was long so I could stay on the floor.

I thought the lines were funny as well (ever go to friends house and the food just ain't no good?) so I stated to listen.

Whodidni was next in my memory - There was not much hip hop going on in the Pittsburgh area so I don't know the links in the chain between "Rapper's Delight" and "One Love"

So while I wasn't a B-Boy or anything I was open to and listened to Hip Hop.

Then shit got great. Late 80 to the mid 90s brought groups and performesr that just smashed everything that came before - That was my Golden age.


Now it's everywhere and most of it is crap. But Kendrick is a damn genius