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The A Side:
What People Do For Money 7:24
The B Side:
Dollar Bill Dub Dub 8:24
The Brief:
Divine Sounds were Disco Ritchie, Shelton D & DJ Mike Music from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The group claims that DJ Mike Music was the first DJ to rap on a record. Their biggest hit was “What People Do For Money” which also featured Kool & The Gang’s female backing vocalists on the song’s chorus.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot Black Singles | 5/12/84 | 22 | 14 | |
| Hot Dance/Disco | 5/12/84 | 44 | 9 |
The Source:
Label: Specific Records
Catalog#: D-225
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
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You hear antecedents to Run DMC, electro, Paul Hardcastle, later Grace Jones….interesting.
However, I don’t understand their claim to be the first to rap on record.
1) Rapper’s Delight came out in late 1979
2) Jamaican toasters were doing it way before that
Regardless, very interesting record…thanks for putting it up.
As I didn’t find a lot of info online about these guys, my assumption is that the claim wasn’t based on this record. Now, what the claim is based on, I don’t know, perhaps there is a reader here with more intimate knowledge of the early hip-hop scene than I have.
Fatback – King Tim III (Personality Jock). Also from 1979 but before Rapper’s Delight.
From Wikipedia:
King Tim III (Personality Jock)” is a 1979 song by the Fatback Band from the disco album XII. Released on March 25, 1979, a few months before “Rapper’s Delight” (which is widely regarded as the first commercially released hip hop song), this song is often cited as the beginning of recorded hip hop. The title refers to vocalist Tim Washington.
So, was DJ Mike Music part of Fatback?
Great record.
agreed
Before I comment, I just want to say thank you for all the vinyl post. When I received my copy of Divine Sounds – What People Do For Money 12″ we played the sh*t out of it. Definitely wasn’t the first rap song, but a very influential one for that time period.
you’re quite welcome, yeah, I played this record a lot myself, one of the good ones
Very executed here in Brazil. I am very happy to have been part of this golden age, ounde danced and listened to this music in major local FM stations.
Good post, a big hug.
Dj Leão_JF_MG.
Olá meu amigo
Do you speak Portuguese?
Legal. Adorei este endereço. Vou divulga-lo aos amigos.
Abraços,
Dj Leão_JF_MG.
Eu não, mas, translate.google.com me ajuda, obrigado por seu apoio meu amigo