So anyways....Rap is essentially White music now too, :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl    :D The Celts were the first to rap, Blacks? Nah son that's crap. :rofl :rofl :rofl    Rapping can be delivered over a  beat  or without accompaniment. Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area among speech, prose, poetry, and song. Rap is derived from the  griots  (folk poets) of  West Africa , and  Jamaican -style  toasting .  It also has precedents in traditional  Celtic music . Modern rap battles, for instance, bear a striking resemblance to the Limerick Game, a traditional Gaelic  drinking game  in which people compete for notoriety by making up insulting limericks about each other, the loser having to buy the next round of drinks. Likewise,  puirt a beul , a form of Scottish  mouth music  was incorporated into Appalachian music and is an early ancestor of modern mouth percussion, or  beatboxing .  The influence of Scottish and Irish music on hip hop is not direct, since virtually all of the originators of hip hop culture were  African American , but were transferred indirectly by way of  American roots music    And they ripped off all of their beats from European electronic groups , particularly KRAFTWERK.     Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock (1982) was a major defining hit for hip hop and the birth of electro music. The song contains elements of Trans-Europe Express and Numbers. Legal action was pursued and won against Bambaataa for his strong use of these particular sounds and melodies without giving proper credit to the group. Since the lawsuit, proper credit is now given on the song’s writing credits. Numerous artists have continued to sample and pilfer various elements from Kraftwerk's catalog.     The influence of Kraftwerk’s distinctive use of synthesizers, drum machine rhythms, and heavily effected vocals can also be heard on early Detroit techno records. Detroit techno artists Derrick May and Juan Atkins tried to replicate Kraftwerk’s sound on early techno records such as Cybotron’s Clear (1983), Model 500’s No UFOs (1985), and Derrick May’s Nude Photo (1986).    Kraftwerk was also a strong influence in the genre of Chicago House Music. Keith Farley's (Farley Jackmaster Funk of the Hot Mix 5) recordings, Funkin With the Drums Again, pays homage to Kraftwerk's Home Computer and It's More Fun to Compute, which are cult classics in Chicago's House music history.    The GERMAN group Kraftwerk was making beats like this as early as 1970 , the rappers ripped off their beats and used them for hip hop music. THIEVES. As always.....    Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk   http://search.playlist.com/tracks/kr...rope%20express    The Robots - Kraftwerk   http://search.playlist.com/tracks/kraftwerk%20robots    Numbers - Kraftwerk   http://search.playlist.com/tracks/kraftwerk%20numbers