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Oct 2021
11m 20s

Pourquoi la chanson « Rapper’s Delight »...

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« Rapper’s Delight » est au hip hop ce que le premier pas sur la lune est à la conquête spatiale, c'est-à-dire une pierre angulaire, un moment charnière, une base essentielle à la suite. Le titre interprété par le Sugarhill Gang en 1979 fut le premier tube hip hop de l’histoire, celui par lequel tout est arrivé. Tout a déjà été dit sur ce morceau mythique, t ... Show More
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