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I have that album and I sure as heck DO NOT consider Rapture a "RAP" song. I would never put any of Blondies music into that classification, to me, it was more along the lines of DISCO, not rap, RAP IS SLOW MOVING whereas Blondies music was HIGH and FULL of ENERGY! I do not consider RAP any type of high energy or fast paced music.

Blondie too me was pretty much Rock & Roll and Disco, NOT RAP!

I agree sigps. And as an adult I am able to do that but children look to their peers and to what is big in the entertainment industry for acceptance and proper social behavior and so on. While a responsible parent can teach their children and lead by example we cannot always be right over them watching and correcting. And naturally, the more you tell your children not to do something the more they want to do it. So I do believe that to some degree the entertainment industry should be responsible for the message they send out to our youth, while we as parents are responsible for teaching our children right from wrong. I don't agree with censorship but I do think that the way these rap songs and artists are being glamorized should stop. I mean really now come on here. Do you support ebonics or the "thug life"?

Everyone is entitled to choose the music they listen to. When I was in high school I was into new wave and punk with a few songs from other genres. I am sure many people thought The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode were all gloom and doom.I refused to listen to Lionel Ritchie, Michael Jackson and mostly anything mainstream. I WAS trying to be different. Four years in a Catholic (all girls) school was enough for me to know I was deeper than the average "Oh my gosh" Valley Girl teenager. I understand that the people that buy the rap music can identify with it. They go VERY wrong when they make the message their anthem. As the mother of a 17 year old young man, I know that what makes or breaks a child is their friends.

Sugar Hill Gang, Rapper's Delight.

Rapture ain't rap, Yo!

These are the ones I remember most.
will smith
dug e fresh
big daddy cane
dr dre and the gang
snoop dog
master p (raunchy but intense)
the beastie boys
the fat boys
And many more.

Californiaaaaaaa, California! bomp bomp bomp

Ok,ok. That was just my recollection as a white bread girl from the suburbs.

salt & peppa
queen latifa

In the late seventies..early 80's there was absolutely no curse words on the radio. Like Charlie Daniel....."I told you once you son of a GUN". ANyway.. I agree with Northton Sugar hill gang..rappers delight....No curse words..Great song to this day.

POINJOURNAL is correct on their assesment of my post.

masterofgtrs: She wasn't. If you went to a music store her albums were found and classified under ROCK or DISCO depending on who set it out.

Most, if not all of Blondies music was really along the boderline of Rock/Roll and Disco, maybe they should have came up with a slang term and called it ROKISCO (LOL), but one thing I do know, when this album was released there was NO such thing as RAP(that's what you did on a wall to get someones attention), so that classification CAN NOT be attached to her original music style.

And don't get me wrong folks, I enjoy ALL types of music and I've been known to listen to RAP as well, some I like, most I don't due to the language and violent tones the music portrays.

You've all seen the little kids doing the adult version of different musics, what do little girls know about, You Just Don't Know Bout Me, by Beyonce'? Maybe they could do a little better with song choices for children who are 7 and 8 years old.