On the Subway/ Jones Comin Down

Think Rap didn't exist before "Rapper's Delight" in 1979? Here's strong evidence that it did. The Last Poets—literally a group of poets from NYC rapping around Black nationalist themes—were one of the (if not the) first rappers pressed to vinyl. Note: This beautiful copy has Near Mint labels and, despite some notable scuffing on the vinyl, Near Mint sound.