Friday Flashback - Holiday Hip Hop Edition

Kurtis Blow - "Christmas Rappin'"

Although many peeps consider Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" to be the first ever hip hop Christmas song, that distinction actually belongs to Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'." 

This performance of the track is taken from his 1980 appearance on the popular British music tv program Top of the Pops.  Christmas Rappin' is also the first ever rap song to be released on a major record label.

And you'll recognize the bassline as the sample used by the R&B group Next on their 1998 smash hit "Too Close."

"Merry Christmas to all, and to all.....a good night!"

-Turnbull