Captain Rapp

Although Captain Rapp was under no circumstances a global superstar, he was among the pioneers of rap within the Western Coastline and enjoyed a little cult following for the reason that area of the USA. The LA resident first produced his tag in the first ’80s, documenting a 1981 solitary, “Gigolo Rapp,” as half of the duo Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp. At that time, rap was dominated from the East Coastline — a lot of the hip-hoppers who have been popular in 1981 (Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Adobe flash & the Furious Five, the Treacherous Three, to mention several) had been from NY or, regarding the Sugarhill Gang, close by NJ. But Captain Rapp noticed that hip-hop could possibly be big within the Western Coastline, and he wasn’t only. Individuals who offered Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp the opportunity to record “Gigolo Rapp” had been Duffy and Jerry Hooks, who got a little indie label known as the Rappers Rapp Disco Record Business. The dad/son team adored what Sylvia Robinson have been doing within the East Coastline with Sugarhill Information — that was regarded as the Motown of hip-hop in the first ’80s — and envisioned their label like a Western Coastline counterpart. While “Gigolo Rapp” received hardly any attention over the East Coastline, it was a strike in L.A. and appreciated some airplay on several local urban channels. After parting firm with Disco Daddy, Captain Rapp proceeded to go single and in 1983 documented the socio-political cult traditional “Bad Situations (I CANNOT Stand It),” which Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis created with electro-hopper Full Cason. A significant departure in the lighthearted, feel-good escapism of “Gigolo Rapp,” the sobering “Poor Times (I CANNOT Stand It)” attended to such topics as Helps, child mistreatment, abortion, poverty, homelessness, and U.S. international policy in Un Salvador. Lyrically, the one (which arrived over the Saturn label) is normally just as gutsy and hard-hitting as the socio-political gems that Run-D.M.C. and Grandmaster Display & the Furious Five supplied over the East Coastline in 1983. After “Poor Times (I CANNOT Stand It),” Captain Rapp didn’t execute a lot of saving. However the MC do go back to the studio room in 1992, when he supplied a socio-political sequel to “Poor Times,” entitled “Bad Times, Component 2: The Continuance.”