HELLO. MY NAME'S COLTON,
AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT
DRINK UP.
- [laughs]
- ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATE '70s.
DISCO WAS EVERYWHERE.
BUT SILVIA ROBINSON, WHO WAS A R&B--
R&B SINGER,
SHE WENT TO A PARTY ONE NIGHT WITH HER SON IN NEW YORK,
AND AT THE PARTY, A RAPPER GETS UP,
AND HE JUST STARTS RHYMING OVER THE BEAT,
JUST FOR, LIKE, HOURS AND HOURS.
AND SHE GOES, THIS [bleep] GREAT.
I COULD RECORD IT AND MAKE IT A HIT.
SO SHE WENT UP TO THE MCs AT THE PARTY.
SHE WENT UP TO HERC, AND SHE GOES,
I WANT TO MAKE A RAP ALBUM.
I THINK HIP-HOP COULD BE COOL.
YOU WANT TO DO IT?
BUT HERC WAS LIKE, NO.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
HIP-HOP--YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON AN ALBUM.
AND SO SHE GOES TO THE OTHER RAPPERS.
THEY ALL SAY NO TO HER, BUT SHE'S TENACIOUS ABOUT IT,
AND SHE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M GONNA MAKE A HIP-HOP ALBUM NO MATTER WHAT.
UH, WHERE'S MY SON AT?
SHE GETS HER SON.
SHE GOES, TAKE ME TO ANYBODY WHO CAN RAP
AND RHYME OVER MUSIC.
TAKE ME TO THEM.
AND HE'S LIKE, UH...
WELL, I KNOW A RAPPING PIZZA GUY.
HER SON TAKES HER SON TAKES HER TO THE CRISPY CRUST PIZZA SHOP
WHERE THEY HAVE THE RAPPING PIZZA GUY.
HEY, THIS IS BIG BANK HANK, THE RAPPING PIZZA GUY.
SHE GOES, HEY, I HEAR YOU CAN RAP.
OH, YEAH, I CAN RAP. CAN YOU DO A BEATBOX?
- [beatboxing]
- NO, COME ON. [beatboxing]
- [beatboxing]
- LIKE "F." LIKE THE LETTER "F."
- [beatboxing]
- THERE YOU GO. NOW, MAKE IT A BEAT.
- [beatboxing]
- ♪ SOMETIMES I WEAR A VEST ♪
♪ AND I'LL NEVER STOP RHYMING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I'LL NEVER STOP TIMING ♪
♪ ALL DAY ♪
♪ I KEEP REMINDING ♪
♪ ALL MY FRIENDS OF... ♪
[laughs]
LOOK, I'M GONNA MAKE A RAP ALBUM.
YOU SHOULD BE ON IT.
WHO ELSE DO YOU WANT TO BRING IN?
BIG BANK HANK IS LIKE, UH, I'LL TRY TO--
YOU KNOW, LET ME THINK OF SOME GUYS,
AND HE THINKS OF A COUPLE GUYS
WHO ARE, LIKE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE BROUGHT IN WONDER MIKE AND MASTER G,
BUT HE HIMSELF DIDN'T HAVE ANY RAPS,
SO HE WENT TO A GUY NAMED GRANDMASTER CAZ.
AND HE GOES, HEY, GRANDMASTER CAZ,
CAN YOU HOOK ME UP WITH SOME RHYMES?
'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO DO AN ALBUM.
HEY, OF COURSE.
YEAH, YOU DO A RAP ON AN ALBUM. IT MAKES EVERYTHING GREAT.
HERE'S SOME RAPS.
HERE'S, LIKE, OLD [bleep] THAT I DID.
BIG BANK HANK IS LIKE, OH, THESE ARE GREAT.
THESE ARE GREAT RHYMES.
SO SILVIA ROBINSON BRINGS BIG BANK HANK,
MASTER G, AND WONDER MIKE TO HER MANSION,
BUT THEN SHE GETS INTO IT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE
LIKE, TRYING TO BE INSPIRATIONAL.
SHE WAS LIKE, OKAY, DO YOUR RAP ABOUT THE MOTELS?
HE'S LIKE, MOTEL, HOTEL-- GREAT!
DO YOUR RAP ABOUT SUPERMAN, LIKE, ORCHESTRATING IT.
SHE'S LIKE, HOLD UP.
LET ME PUT IT IN THE ORDER OF A SONG.
YOU KNOW, VERSE, BRI--CHORUS,
VERSE, CHORUS, BRIDGE,
CHORUS, VERSE, CHORUS,
WHICH HADN'T HAPPENED IN HIP-HOP.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, WHAT I SAID,
'CAUSE I'M DRUNK, SO I DON'T CARE.
- BUT I UNDERSTAND. - [laughs]
THEY WANTED TO NAME THE BAND THE SUGARHILL GANG
AFTER THIS ARTISTIC COMMUNITY IN HARLEM.
I'M A [bleep] GENIUS.
SO, WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SAT DOWN TO RECORD IT FOR THE ALBUM,
SHE WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE TO GET IT DOWN IN ONE TAKE.
AND SO THEY BROUGHT IN A BAND, AND THEY GO, HEY, MAN.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO PLAY THESE 16 MEASURES
OF THE SONG OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
[humming]
YOU KNOW, THE SONG, YOU HEAR BEHIND THEM
WHILE THEY'RE RAPPING IS
BUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF WAS A 14-MINUTE SONG,
AND YET AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THEY RECORDED IT IN ONE TAKE.
I HAVE TO PEE.
- PUT IT IN THERE. - YES, SIR.
- THAT'S ME DRINKING A BOTTLE OF JAMESON TONIGHT.
- BUT, COLTON-- - LOOK AT THAT.
FYI...
I'M A [bleep] MONSTER, MAN.
YOU CAN'T STOP ME.
'CAUSE HERE'S THE DEAL--
THEY PUT IT OUT, IT'S A HIT,
AND THE SONG JUST TOOK OFF ALL OVER THE WORLD.
BUT ALSO, AT THE TIME WHEN IT CAME OUT,
PEOPLE LIKE HERC AND GRANDMASTER CAZ,
THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVID
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HIP-HOP.
AND ONCE THAT SONG CAME OUT AND CHIC HEARD IT,
THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, THAT'S OUR SONG.
THEY SUED.
SHE'S LIKE, THAT [bleep] SUCKS.
BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
IT IS MADE UP OF STOLEN RAPS
OR A RIDICULOUS BEAT
THAT WAS STOLEN FROM ANOTHER BAND,
IT CREATED A GENRE OF MUSIC
AND BLAZED THE PATH FOR ALL OTHER HIP-HOP.
- YEAH, HE WAS A LITTLE--
- YOU NEED HELP? - I'M GOOD.