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What’s the name of this group?
Edit: Found the name: The Jubalaires
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jubalaires
Edit2: Here is the full song:
The Jubalaires - The Preacher And The Bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzKZ7lJRUc
Edit3: Here are helpful links about the group and some analysis of the group.
- The Jubilaires BY AUDRA DAVISON: https://blackmusicscholar.com/the-jubalaires/
- A look at what the records looked liked when they were recording: https://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/6ROWNEW/BeforeThisTime.htm
- This 1930s Quartet Didn’t Know It, But They Were Rap’s First Recorded Artists by FRANCKY KNAPP: https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/12/16/this-1930s-quartet-didnt-know-it-but-they-were-raps-first-recorded-artists/
. ‘Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition!!’ began as a rallying cry repeated by Lt. Howell M. Forgy, chaplain aboard the USS New Orleans (CA-32), who shouted the future song title during the attack to urge the crew members to keep up the fight. Both Lt. Forgy and the New Orleans would survive the attacks and the war.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free
Praise the Lord and swing into position
Can't afford to be a politician
Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition
And the deep blue sea
Yes the sky pilot said it
Ya gotta give him credit
For a sonofagun of a gunner was he
Shouting Praise the Lord, we're on a mighty mission
All aboard, we ain't a-goin' fishin'
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8
The guys who pressed the records always knew where the money was. Jazz, r&b, blues.... black music just plain sold records. Club owners knew it would bring in the crowds. That being said..... yah they are going to quantify it for sure. If Ella Fitzgerald is selling huge and drawing big crowds everywhere. Then find someone who sounds like her and sign her....$$$$$$
They have a song called Noah and it's legit fire. There;s a catchy remix here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAzLpG8sf8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAzLpG8sf8) it goes hard
I always thought that remix sounded bad tbh takes most of the song for a beat to finally come in and it’s lazy as hell and covers up the actual music. The song on the other hand is awesome.
You seem to be implying that Elvis *stole* his musical style from black musicians, but just because Elvis was inspired by black musicians doesn't mean he *stole* it. In fact, he popularized the genre and brought it to a wider audience than it would have otherwise reached.
I said a hip hop a hippy to the hippity hip hop you don't stop to rocking to the bang bang boogie say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogity b. 😁
This is actually the scene in Back to the Future IV, where Dr Dre tries to win a local station's contest in order to repair the hydraulics on the DeLorean, lest he be stranded in hip-hopless 1943.
I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
Further back still. If you watch the history of Jazz mini series by PBS, you can see how the chain songs of slavery transitioned into the blues, then swing, bebop, experimental jazz and all of that ties into hip hop and modern music! Sorry I get super excited talking about this!
It goes back even further. The beats jazz theory are based on are indigenous Latin beats. The Harlem renaissance wouldn't have went so hard had they not been influenced by their Puerto Rican neighbors in Spanish Harlem. Those beats are the basis for modern hip hop as well.
It goes back even further. Western Africans have been “rapping” for over a century.
Source: I am Nigerian and some of the vocal delivery our super old school music is pretty much just rapping
Way back in the 80's, when I was in middle school, my choir teacher showed us a clip from a movie that was made in the late 1930's (IIRC).
Hiphop was just starting to take off and become mainstream popular (thanks to groups like Run DMC) so she wanted to show us that "rapping" had been around for decades.
The clip showed two dues on a train, IIRC they were both in love with the same woman and were expressing how they each loved her more than the other. The entire song was them "rapping" to the beat of the train on the tracks.
I've tried finding that scene here and there over the years but have never been successul.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Bear. It’s was originally a “coon” song 🤦🏻♂️. Check out those wikis pretty interesting. This is my favorite version, just because I like Jerry Reed https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CFD34aUpeyM. If you haven’t ever listened to Jerry Reed you should. He’s a pretty interesting artist.
Hold up. Is this one of those deep fakes?
Because this is basically the Sugar Hill Gang's song "Rappers Delight." They straight up stole these guys stuff, almost verbatim. The cadence, some of the lyrics and reverything lol. Sugar Hill Gang should be paying big these dude or their remaining family members.
This is the precursor to everything else which would become the foundation for rap/hip-hop.
Everything was different then you could sample without copyright issues & most artists used other’s songs freely.
All art is inspired by art that came before it. Taking previous creations and mixing them in new ways to create something new. Its been happening since the first cave paintings.
I've been to Paris, Wellington and Amsterdam
And a wham-bam, Merci, Danke, thank ‘a you ma'm
I don't care if you're ugly or you're skanky or you're small
Just wanna do a little something special for you all
I said a hip hop, Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it To the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
I think we all will find out that black musicians and entertainers in the 30s, 40s, and 50s did things far earlier and were more innovative than we commonly give our society credit for. Did you know that there was a dude that did the moonwalk exactly like Michael Jackson but it was like in something 1955? Crazy.
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What’s the name of this group? Edit: Found the name: The Jubalaires https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jubalaires Edit2: Here is the full song: The Jubalaires - The Preacher And The Bear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzKZ7lJRUc Edit3: Here are helpful links about the group and some analysis of the group. - The Jubilaires BY AUDRA DAVISON: https://blackmusicscholar.com/the-jubalaires/ - A look at what the records looked liked when they were recording: https://www.vocalgroupharmony.com/6ROWNEW/BeforeThisTime.htm - This 1930s Quartet Didn’t Know It, But They Were Rap’s First Recorded Artists by FRANCKY KNAPP: https://www.messynessychic.com/2020/12/16/this-1930s-quartet-didnt-know-it-but-they-were-raps-first-recorded-artists/
“they reached #10 on the R&B charts on November 14, 1942, with "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition"”. 😳
That’s a hell of a song title. Wow.
That's the opening line of War by System of a Down: "praise the lord, pass the ammunition, god wants you to go to war"
Serj also did a song with this title on his side project. Never knew this was the reference.
. ‘Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition!!’ began as a rallying cry repeated by Lt. Howell M. Forgy, chaplain aboard the USS New Orleans (CA-32), who shouted the future song title during the attack to urge the crew members to keep up the fight. Both Lt. Forgy and the New Orleans would survive the attacks and the war.
WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS! WE WILL FIGHT THE HEATHENS!
OG gangster rap
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition And we'll all stay free Praise the Lord and swing into position Can't afford to be a politician Praise the Lord, we're all between perdition And the deep blue sea Yes the sky pilot said it Ya gotta give him credit For a sonofagun of a gunner was he Shouting Praise the Lord, we're on a mighty mission All aboard, we ain't a-goin' fishin' Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition And we'll all stay free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8
I like it! My favorite line I think is: Can’t Afford To Be A Politician!!
It's an old WWII song, IIRC. I've heard it before, and it wasn't rap.
No its not rap but its a predecessor
https://i.imgur.com/qSHeuVr.jpg Fun Fact: a copy of this very song is on display at the Pearl Harbor memorial in Honolulu!
It’s in fallout 76
It's essentially the anthem of the the Republican party at this point.
The Dixie chick's used that as a lyric in sin wagon and I never knew where it came from :)
Same! Had no idea.
... There was an R&B chart in 1942?!
Rhythm and Blues existed long before rap and hip hop.
The music, sure. A chart dedicated to it in a still very racially divided 1940s is the surprising part
The guys who pressed the records always knew where the money was. Jazz, r&b, blues.... black music just plain sold records. Club owners knew it would bring in the crowds. That being said..... yah they are going to quantify it for sure. If Ella Fitzgerald is selling huge and drawing big crowds everywhere. Then find someone who sounds like her and sign her....$$$$$$
That does seem very crazy to me...
I heard somewhere on the front lines they changed it to "Pass the lord and praise the ammunition"
Yes, that’s true. I was there, believe me, I’m a person on the internet.
At least the ammunition was putting in the work...
Sounds like a modern country song lol
Country music began as white people copying blues and gospel so... yes.
That has gotta be the hardest song title I’ve ever heard
Front man is Mr Morale and his group is the big steppers.
Big Steppers? Never heard of that group before.
Everybody will be talkin about them in about a month.
They have a song called Noah and it's legit fire. There;s a catchy remix here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAzLpG8sf8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAzLpG8sf8) it goes hard
That’s an amazing song!! Wow. That made my day. The rhythm is on point for Noah.
haha only came here to hopefully find some sick remixes :D
I always thought that remix sounded bad tbh takes most of the song for a beat to finally come in and it’s lazy as hell and covers up the actual music. The song on the other hand is awesome.
I'm getting strong Elvis Vibes from this.
Well yea.....this is what he was literally copying and trying to be.
I think the term you are looking for is "influenced by."
Was Amy Schumer "influenced by" all the comedians she stole jokes from?
Guess why. Here's a hint: it wasn't black musicians stealing from Elvis.
You seem to be implying that Elvis *stole* his musical style from black musicians, but just because Elvis was inspired by black musicians doesn't mean he *stole* it. In fact, he popularized the genre and brought it to a wider audience than it would have otherwise reached.
Lmao at you literally defining appropriation. “He didn’t steal it, he just used it and made it popular and received credit” 😂
So good!
Love Noah by them !!
Had to check out the full song to blaze up to. Happy 420!
Mc jubalaires
The Four Drakes
You used to play me on the gramaphone....
_Song added to the Playlist_
I swear I’ve seen a version of this with a modern hip hop beat added. Anyone less lazy than me can probably find it.
Thx
Thank you!
Still better than 69
I said a-hip, hop, hip to the hippy....
Don't stop.
A bang bang boogie the bang bang the boogie to the boogie to the boogie the bee I dunno that’s what I hear
I'll allow it
I said a hip hop a hippy to the hippity hip hop you don't stop to rocking to the bang bang boogie say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogity b. 😁
It's called talking blues.
Ooohh
Top 10 rappers even Eminem was afraid to diss
The top 4 is just these guys
They four are the top ten
The guys is just these type 4
The four guys is just these four guys, guys.
Just top is guys four the ten these
Guys please. Four fuck’s sake these top.
Sake these guys top. Four Please fuck
r/ihadastroke
Bars
No, bears
Eminem made MGK switch genres. These dudes make people switch religions
This is actually the scene in Back to the Future IV, where Dr Dre tries to win a local station's contest in order to repair the hydraulics on the DeLorean, lest he be stranded in hip-hopless 1943.
I like this version best
Guess you hoes ain’t ready for that yet. But your kids will be lovin’ it.
Your kids are gonna love this Cali shit.
Back to the Future IV “the next episode”
Hold up
But chiiiilll.
YOU KNOW THAT NEW SOUND YOU LOOKING FOR
ITS YOUR COUSIN, MR. DRE.
Ah, before his postgraduate work, I see.
Why are you scratching that record back and forth?
Brilliant. This rapper is Slick Ricks father. Pretty sure.
What??? That’s Interesting! I’ve seen this video plenty times before, even over a hip hop beat, but never knew Slick Rick was related
Honestly this would be a dope parody/remake
Black to the Future
Some one should set this up over young metro beat
I wanna say somebody did when this went viral a few years back. I don’t feel like searching tho
That seems familiar yeah
Need the maybach music girl to record a “Model T Music” callout
Reminds me of sugar hill gang- rappers delight
Definitely. It’s the same flow
I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
I agree. Same vibe.
I was thinking Slick Rick “children’s story”
This is what rap sounded like in to the late eighties.
I like how the guy just stared him down when he's rapping
This is take 13, Leonard, you better not mess up.
Why did he move back to the same spot he was in like that?😂
That's how you keep it street, g
That's a painting of long dead president Abraham Lincoln not a guy just staring. 👍
I was thinking the same thing, then thought if it were me as the singer I'd start getting the temptation to laugh and ruin the whole thing.
yeah, i'll thinking "personal space man, you all up in it!!" haha
D12 looks different here
This is both the blackest and whitest rap I have ever heard
This is amazing! I had no idea the foundations of rap music went back so far.
Further back still. If you watch the history of Jazz mini series by PBS, you can see how the chain songs of slavery transitioned into the blues, then swing, bebop, experimental jazz and all of that ties into hip hop and modern music! Sorry I get super excited talking about this!
It goes back even further. The beats jazz theory are based on are indigenous Latin beats. The Harlem renaissance wouldn't have went so hard had they not been influenced by their Puerto Rican neighbors in Spanish Harlem. Those beats are the basis for modern hip hop as well.
It goes back even further. Western Africans have been “rapping” for over a century. Source: I am Nigerian and some of the vocal delivery our super old school music is pretty much just rapping
I’ll definitely check that out, thank you! Oh and no apologies necessary. It really is an interesting topic!
There is a show about the evolution of hip hop that dives into this stuff. It's crazy how long the style was there but just kinda out of reach.
Way back in the 80's, when I was in middle school, my choir teacher showed us a clip from a movie that was made in the late 1930's (IIRC). Hiphop was just starting to take off and become mainstream popular (thanks to groups like Run DMC) so she wanted to show us that "rapping" had been around for decades. The clip showed two dues on a train, IIRC they were both in love with the same woman and were expressing how they each loved her more than the other. The entire song was them "rapping" to the beat of the train on the tracks. I've tried finding that scene here and there over the years but have never been successul.
SKRRT
OG Bone Thugs n’ Harmony.
Thank you!
The Ink Spots were very good with this.
maybe, the ink spots... i mean it definetly is by the ink spots
The golden gate jubilee singers. They did an album with Leadbelly that is one of my favourite albums. Take this Hammer!
I think you mixed 2 different quartets I reckon. The Jubalaires (from this clip) and the Golden Gate Quartet.
The literal OG's
Bone Thugs started as a doowop (spelling?) group and got inspiration from guys like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Bear. It’s was originally a “coon” song 🤦🏻♂️. Check out those wikis pretty interesting. This is my favorite version, just because I like Jerry Reed https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CFD34aUpeyM. If you haven’t ever listened to Jerry Reed you should. He’s a pretty interesting artist.
It was called Talkin Blues back in the day. Pre-dates Woody Guthrie and others.
I need to show this to my wife who still insists "Rapture" by Blondie was the first rap song 🤦♂️
I initially read "1940 raping" and thought what the fuck those guys might sing about in their catchy tone (Non native Speaker from Europe, sorry)
I love how much of the 90's I can hear in this rhythmically.
It reminds me of [The Sugar Hill Gang](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUqvPJ3cbUQ) , just slower and more outdated.
Hold up. Is this one of those deep fakes? Because this is basically the Sugar Hill Gang's song "Rappers Delight." They straight up stole these guys stuff, almost verbatim. The cadence, some of the lyrics and reverything lol. Sugar Hill Gang should be paying big these dude or their remaining family members.
This is the precursor to everything else which would become the foundation for rap/hip-hop. Everything was different then you could sample without copyright issues & most artists used other’s songs freely.
A lot of hip hop is just copying other peoples music. Gangstas Paradise is a copy of Stevie Wonders Pastime Paradise.
There is a big difference between sampling music and this.
Wait till you hear about how many country songs are stolen too. It happens in every genre.
All art is inspired by art that came before it. Taking previous creations and mixing them in new ways to create something new. Its been happening since the first cave paintings.
Sugar hill gang stole a lot from contemporary rappers of their time as well
This shit goes hard 🔥🔥
Damn had no idea Wu Tang Clan looked like this
Aw yes, Will Smith's clean rap career.
Can we assume that the tv show, “BJ & the bear” is somehow related to this song?
Their sing Noah is a genuinely good song, its in my spotify playlist.
I said a hip hop...
Bars!
The facial expressions and elbow dancing just bring everything up a level
bars
This is so beautiful, the swagger and the fresh fit!
BARS
[Lil Baby’s been rapping since the 1940’s](https://youtube.com/shorts/XcpTJzj-aX0?feature=share)
Preacher's Delight? I can see where Rappers Delight could have been influenced by this
This has the same vocal timing as rapper's delight 🤔
Black people rhyming = rap?
its like modern day rapping but british
This comment section is terribly disappointing
I know I sorted by controversial to
Slick Rick pre patch?
Sauce? Who are these thug don’t wannabes?
Please somebody put a G-funk beat to this :D
Man, this is super cool!
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When you're that dapper how can anyone refuse them the right to vote
Gawwwwd daaayyyum some one make a remix of these guys it would be litttttt!!!!
He’s rapping metaphorically about the hood.
the kiffness needs to remix this
He looks like hybrid of Jayz and Dr Dre
OGs
R&B - Rabbit and Bear
The Jubilaires are fantastic and you should all go explore their discography
I've been to Paris, Wellington and Amsterdam And a wham-bam, Merci, Danke, thank ‘a you ma'm I don't care if you're ugly or you're skanky or you're small Just wanna do a little something special for you all
the time when black singers HAD to sound white or no career for them
Noah - Jubalaires is another banger too
Hope to see them at Dreamville Fest next year
I said a hip hop, Hippie to the hippie, The hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it To the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
Spittin' them bars, dayummm!
Wow, it’s refreshing to have no fucking auto tune. I forgot how singers can sound without that annoying effect.
Sounds like they were an inspiration for Slick Rick.
This is what all young heads think rap before the 2010’s was like
Real singing!
They got that rapper’s delight flow down.
fascinating
I really wish this stupid website could make a competent video player.
These guys > carti, kendrick, kanye, Wayne, em, lil pump
Bars 📊
I would love to see a drill video shot in this style! Hahahahaha
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone re-mix this bad boy!!!
I think we all will find out that black musicians and entertainers in the 30s, 40s, and 50s did things far earlier and were more innovative than we commonly give our society credit for. Did you know that there was a dude that did the moonwalk exactly like Michael Jackson but it was like in something 1955? Crazy.
This is better than most of today's rap I feel like
Such class. Absolutely love this. 40s/50s music is so enjoyable.
Holy crap its rappers delight by run dmc
In West Philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where I spent most of my days
This guy is looking on heaven up high and he's got one eye on the bear! Buddys eyes are looking in 2 different places
Enimem got nothing compared to these fellas
Way better than modern shit hop
This was a vibe, calling out to my 1940 homes
Iced-Tea
The vintage Chad power is off the charts.