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Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang

"Rapper's Delight" almost didn't clear its own bassline.
In 1979, Sylvia Robinson threw three unknown MCs into a studio overnight - and the house band replayed Chic's groove without asking first. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards found out from the radio, then had to sue their way onto the credits.
Would you have caught the bassline before Chic did?



