Rapper's Delight tutorial with tabs and track

[Manuel101]

So here is my latest tutorial, showing you guys how to play rapper's delight. The link includes the tabs and a track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crvjbess4U0

 

[king_biscuit]

Thanks Manuel. Great bass line and really cool of you to share!

 

[Manuel101]

Thanks Manuel. Great bass line and really cool of you to share!

any time!! Now off to bed

 

[Alex J]

Cool!

 

[Jookbox]

Nice tutorial, but that's Bernard Edwards' bassline from Good Times. Sugarhill Gang just sampled it.

 

[deste]

I'm not sure about Sugarhill Gang's sample, but in bar 4 the late great Bernard Edwards (in the original tune) plays A, not D.

 

[cnltb]

Is this a tune one needs a tutorial for?
+1 on it being a chic tune with the groove just having been sampled by sugarhill...

 

[Jackie Clark]

Nice tutorial, but that's Bernard Edwards' bassline from Good Times. Sugarhill Gang just sampled it.

The baseline is not a sample...it was re-recorded by my good friend, Chip Shearin.look him up when u have time

 

[cnltb]

The baseline is not a sample...it was re-recorded by my good friend, Chip Shearin.look him up when u have time

I too seem to remember hearing that the sugarhill line is not a straight rip off the recording.
They changed one note I think.
The turnaround on the rappers delight version seems to be on g rather than what I hear as f# on the original.(Very last note of the groove...)

 

[Jackie Clark]

I too seem to remember hearing that the sugarhill line is not a straight rip off the recording.
They changed one note I think.
The turnaround on the rappers delight version seems to be on g rather than what I hear as f# on the original.(Very last note of the groove...)

Its pretty much the same bassline as the original.they meant to rip it off on purpose.they weren't trying to be slick.direct homage to the original line.if he played a note or 2 different, it was just Chip misinterpreting it than trying to hide it.

 

[Jackie Clark]

I too seem to remember hearing that the sugarhill line is not a straight rip off the recording.
They changed one note I think.
The turnaround on the rappers delight version seems to be on g rather than what I hear as f# on the original.(Very last note of the groove...)

It actually slides from F# to G on the turnaround

 

[cnltb]

It actually slides from F# to G on the turnaround

Yes. He kind of does.
To my ear the f# comes over a little more prominently though .

 

[Jackie Clark]

Yes. He kind of does.
To my ear the f# comes over a little more prominently though .

That's correct! He lays into the F# with a subtle slide into the G

 

[GhostBassKillah]

Dope! Thanks Manuel. Any other tutorials for classic hip hop bass lines?