I don't know. We were there for the first mainstream rap...The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rappers Delight". Oh, how things have changed since then, huh?
However, I love the song that they use as the bed: Good Times by Chic. Nile Rodgers is a musical genius.
And you aren't kidding. The lyrics to RD are so quaint and charming compared to what they're doing now.
Heck, I'll even listen to Never Mind the Bollocks and think, what was the fuss about? But at the time, it was just so over the edge.
You said it. I remember when rap was party music! I remember when rap lyrics were light-hearted and weren't filled with death, racism, and mysogyny. Thanks to this thread, I now have the Scorpions playing in my head.