Gotta love what main stream rap can get away with[/QUOTE
Ground breaking record..this is the album that brought rap into the mainstream.. it made record executives sit up and that notice that millions would be made.
And one may argue the downfall of civilization...On a side note Debbie Harry may have been one to " bring rap into the mainstream."
Rapture by Blondie was the first song with a rap to go No. 1, spending two weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
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https://dailyrapfacts.com/6663/blon...ice-ice-baby-first-no-1-rap-song-by-a-rapper/
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Rapture" is a song by the American
pop/
rock band
Blondie from their fifth
studio album,
Autoamerican (1980).
In January 1981, "Rapture" was released as the second and final
single from the album. The song became their fourth and last single to reach No. 1 on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for two weeks. It was the first No. 1 song in the U.S. to feature
rap vocals. The song peaked at No. 4 in Australia and No. 5 in the United Kingdom.
