Comments on: PMC 90: Jesse Thorn

By: Darcie Wiley

Darcie Wiley — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:32:26 +0000

My first rap song I remember was “Rapper’s Delight” yes I am an old bag.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 07:22:48 +0000

I am a very new hip hop fan. The first time I ever got really into a hip hop song was when Jesse was interviewing Michael Rapaport about his A Tribe Called Quest documentary. He played Check The Rhime and it really knocked me on my ass. I could not believe what I was hearing. I grew up in the kind of middle class whitey suburbia where most kids would tell you “I like everything except country and rap”, and since then I hadn’t really come across anything but shitty 2000’s top 40 hip hop. Immediately after hearing that interview, I bought Low End Theory and started listening to it on repeat.

By: Karrah

Karrah — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:59:28 +0000

I was obsessed with “Da’ Dip” by Freak nasty when I was maybe 8 or 9. My mom had the cassingle and I remember trying to learn all the words.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:52:31 +0000

The first hip-hop song I was really into, and still think is the dopest beat ever, is Peter Piper by Run DMC. That beat still makes me move!

By: NL

NL — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:27:33 +0000

I don’t have an answer for the first question, never having been a big R&B/Hip Hop/Rap fan.

But.

I listened to this episode while I was on the bus. I have an early commute; it was 7 A.M. It’s a quiet ride full of business people.

And when y’all started talking about Downton Abbey, I started laughing so hard I snorted.

I think everyone else was too asleep to notice.

By: corinne

corinne — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:33:52 +0000

I’m not sure that 2 Live Jew’s Kosher as They Wanna Be album counts, but Oy! It’s So Humid! gets stuck in my head to this day…

By: Dan K from the U.P.

Dan K from the U.P. — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:22:58 +0000

At age 10 I purchased the 7″ vinyl single of ” Walk This Way” by Run DMC feat. Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. The department store clerk stapled my bag shut and chipped the record so I had to exchange it for a non-damaged copy before heading home to get my rap on.

By: Joshua Laperle

Joshua Laperle — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:16:00 +0000

The first hip hop song I remember loving was Kriss Kross’ “I Missed the Bus.” and I remember how mortified my mother was when I was given the tape by my aunt fr my birthday. She was convinced my life would be ruined by the (non-existent) swearing. Then two years later I bought myself ODB’ Return to the 36 Chambers and all hope was lost.

By: Brett D.

Brett D. — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:55:17 +0000

Does Will Smith’s Gettin’ Jiggy With It count rap/r&b? No? Okay then, never mind.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:26:50 +0000

The first rap or R&B song I can remember being super in to is Aressted Develpment’s “Mr. Wendal.” I was probobly in 5th grade and my best friend’s older sister had the tape. I recorded the song on my Talkboy (classy I know), and listened to it over and over. It was a song about a homeless man and how he was more decent and respectable than many people. “Uncivilized you call him, but I just saw him eat off the food we waste.”

I can remember being in the backseet on a roadtrip with my grandparents listening to it (again, on my Talkboy) and my grandmother telling me to “turn off that trash music.” I tried to explain to her that the song actually had a positive message, but she insited all rap music was “evil.” I can still sing the song start to finish to this day. “Mr. Wendal yeah, O Mr. Wendal yeah.” Fond memories. And I loved my Talkboy.