anthony: how does the joke begin? three men in a bar? but it s not a bar. imagine the bronx a corner bodega, or maybe a luncheonette, a diner, three men, strictly by coincidence, find themselves in the same place at the same time. sitting at the counter is afrika bambaataa. across the room is melle mel. door opens, and who walks in? dj kool herc. three men who created the musical style that s become the soundtrack to, well, the whole wide world. do they all nod at each other? lament how all of them got screwed over, cut out of the big money? or just laugh at the absurdity of it all? hip-hop it came from nowhere else. it could have come from nowhere else but the bronx. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: this is the br
built to cash in quick on what was seen as a fad. and they did cash in. anthony: where were you when you suddenly realized, holy shit there s there s money in this! melle mel: well, that first record i ever heard was king tim iii. the second and the most popular record was rapper s delight. i used to live on the fifth floor walkup. i walked out, somebody was playing it next door. they was playing it on the fourth floor. they was playing it on the third floor, second floor, first floor. somebody had a boom box outside playing it. the car that drove by had it on. anthony: right. melle mel: you couldn t hear nothing. it was like a plague. it was like it was like a locust. it and that s when i realized, you know, it was it was something that was beyond what we was doing out in the streets. critically, it s not a great record, but if you play it right now, it s still, you know, it s still a good record. anthony: in this case, at least, history has come around. today,
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tim iii. the second and the most popular record was rappers delight. i used to live on the fifth floor walkup. i walked out, somebody was playing it next door. they was playing it on the fourth floor. they was playing it on the third floor, second floor, first floor. somebody had a boom box outside playing it. the car that drove by had it on. anthony: right. melle mel: you couldn t hear nothing. it was like a plague. it was like it was like a locust. it and that s when i realized, you know, it was it was something that was beyond what we was doing out in the streets. critically, it s not a great record, but if you play it right now, it s still, you know, it s still a good record. anthony: in this case, at least, history has come around. today, nobody looks back at the sugarhill gang as having been originals or innovators. people know who did what. melle mel: as far as hip-hop now, like, as far as the music now, these guys are not trying to tell the story of their time
they was playing it on the fourth floor. they was playing it on the third floor, second floor, first floor. somebody had a boom box outside playing it. the car that drove by had it on. anthony: right. melle mel: you couldn t hear nothing. it was like a plague. it was like it was like a locust. it and that s when i realized, you know, it was it was something that was beyond what we was doing out in the streets. critically, it s not a great record, but if you play it right now, it s still, you know, it s still a good record. anthony: in this case, at least, history has come around. today, nobody looks back at the sugarhill gang as having been originals or innovators. people know who did what. melle mel: as far as hip-hop now, like, as far as the music now, these guys are not trying to tell the story of their time at all. okay, yeah, they popped a lot of bottles, oh yeah, they had sex with a lot of women, and they drove a lot of expensive cars, and nothing else happened. but