{"id":95124,"date":"2015-10-04T21:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T19:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=95124"},"modified":"2015-10-04T21:17:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T19:17:13","slug":"dig-of-the-day-jocko-rhythm-talk-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-jocko-rhythm-talk-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day: Jocko &#8211; Rhythm Talk (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhSb-WWgvZI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today we go way way back. The answer is <strong>Jocko<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Rhythm Talk<\/em>, the father of rap, the ace from outer space. Some claim this was the first rap record ever released. <strong>Jocko<\/strong> made few records but we can definitely credit him for the first wave of rap&#8217;s popularity and for an important example of the original rap style. <em>Rhythm Talk<\/em> got that <strong>Jocko<\/strong>&#8216;s unique, elegant, and pleasant oral formulas. This sh*t was ahead of it&#8217;s time. If you like to party around the clock, you&#8217;re at the right place. <strong>Jocko<\/strong> began his broadcast career in 1952 at Baltimore station WSID, in 1953 he began broadcasting in Philadelphia, and while it may be hard to believe, when <strong>Jocko<\/strong> recorded <em>Rhythm Talk<\/em>, he was 61 (!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questlove<\/strong> described <strong>Jocko Henderson<\/strong> as &#8220;unofficially the first MC&#8221; (adapting a jazz style of scat singing in the late disco era), and stated that he was a major influence on the earliest rap and hip-hop in Philadelphia in the late 1970s. <\/p>\n<p>Samples used from <em>Ain&#8217;t No Stopping Us Now<\/em> (Special Disco Version) by <strong>McFadden &#038; Whitehead<\/strong> (1979)<\/p>\n<p><em>Rhythm Talk<\/em> is released only on vinyl on <strong>Philadelphia International Records<\/strong> in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>ENjoy<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"95125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-jocko-rhythm-talk-1979\/jocko\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jocko\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"jocko\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/jocko.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we go way way back. 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