Some say 20's jazz artist Louis Jordan was the first to rap. who knows?
I think he was more of a 40s r'n'b artist (born in 1908), so probably an influence on the likes of James Brown.
I'm not a serious hip-hop fan but some of the music is incredibly creative. Common, for example, can take a sample and make a song that's a lot more than the sum of its parts:
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I think he was more of a 40s r'n'b artist (born in 1908), so probably an influence on the likes of James Brown.
I'm not a serious hip-hop fan but some of the music is incredibly creative. Common, for example, can take a sample and make a song that's a lot more than the sum of its parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xco_MFg9aJw