"Jazzy Sensation" is a classic old school hip hop

Old school hip hop

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

 song released in 1981 performed by hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 pioneers Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...

 and the Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five was a hip hop group founded in the mid 1970s.-History:In the mid seventies, in the area of the South Bronx known as Soundview Houses, the story of Hip hop music pioneers, the "Jazzy Five" MC’s begins.Their founder, the 1st and best rapper in the Soundview area at the time, MC Sundance,...

. The song's lyrics consist mainly of routines from the Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five was a hip hop group founded in the mid 1970s.-History:In the mid seventies, in the area of the South Bronx known as Soundview Houses, the story of Hip hop music pioneers, the "Jazzy Five" MC’s begins.Their founder, the 1st and best rapper in the Soundview area at the time, MC Sundance,...

's stage shows along with a revamped chorus from Gwen McCrae

Gwen McCrae

Gwen McCrae is an American R&B singer, best known for her March, 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair".-Career:...

's "Funky Sensation

Funky Sensation

"Funky Sensation" is a disco-boogie song released in 1981 by American soul singer Gwen McCrae.The song was written by Kenton Nix who also wrote "Heartbeat" for Taana Gardner...

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Afrika Bambaataa introduced the Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five

Jazzy Five was a hip hop group founded in the mid 1970s.-History:In the mid seventies, in the area of the South Bronx known as Soundview Houses, the story of Hip hop music pioneers, the "Jazzy Five" MC’s begins.Their founder, the 1st and best rapper in the Soundview area at the time, MC Sundance,...

 to Tom Silverman

Tom Silverman

Tom Silverman is the founder, chairman and CEO of the record label Tommy Boy Records , and he is co-founder of the independent film and television company Tommy Boy Films. Silverman co-founded Dance Music Report magazine, which ran from 1978 to 1992, and he co-founded the Dance Music Hall of Fame,...

 and they recorded "Jazzy Sensation" as the first rap

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 single on Tommy Boy Records

Tommy Boy Records

Tommy Boy Entertainment is an independent record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman.-History:...

. "Jazzy Sensation" has been re-released on various hip hop compilation album

Compilation album

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s and the song's lyrics have been sampled by various artists including the Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....

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