The History of Rap with Justin & Jimmy

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Justin Timberlake guested on Fallon’s late-night talk show on Wednesday, and eventually the conversation turned to their mutual love of hip-hop.

And then, it was on.

Accompanied by Fallon’s house band The Roots, Fallon and Timberlake took to the stage and ran through a virtual history of hip-hop, starting with the Sugar Hill Gang classic “Rapper’s Delight” before touching on The Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg and Eminem, among other rap luminaries.

Check out Jimmy and Justin getting their rap on in the video below.

Gotta love the combined talent of Jimmy & Justin. It’s no wonder this video has gone viral overnight.

There were a lot of different eras and styles of rap represented in that video…Which era of rap did you grow up in? Which type of rap/hip-hop (if any) do you throw on the boombox now?

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1 Maureen said:

Saw this on the Jimmy website and LOVED it!!!
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2 Curtis Honeycutt said:

LOVE the Beastie Boys part! This is phenomenal!
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October 1, 2010

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3 Aaron J said:

Rap? Well, since I was a good little A/G boy, the only rap I listened to was DC Talk, and T-bone. So, yeah…
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October 1, 2010

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4 tom hinton said:

So boss and rad. It really had me up on porch. Wanted to jump on the stage to skip along with them.
Could not remember the name

All the raps were not the same
Many sang for great fame
I’m the doin’ the snuggles

Oh yeah, the snuggles
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5 tom hinton said:

So boss and rad. It really had me up on porch. Wanted to jump on the stage to skip along with them.

Could not remember the name
All the raps were not the same
Many sang for great fame
I’m the doin’ the snuggles

Oh yeah, the snuggles
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October 1, 2010

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6 Joseph said:

his is brilliant…

I grew up with the roots of it…Sugar Hill, NWA etc…really thought it would die off but it is still here.
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October 5, 2010

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7 Zack said:

I grew up listening to all the ‘safe’ stuff like DC Talk, and then in high school and college I ‘graduated’ to all the popular stuff, which, at the time, was mostly from the “Bad Boy” record label (Puff Daddy, Notorious BIG, etc).

Lately, I LOVE most of the stuff coming out of Reach Records (Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii). The music sounds great, but even better than the sound: it has fantastic Gospel Truth in it.
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August 13, 2011

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8 John said:

You gotta love these guys! I enjoy watching Jimmy Fallon’s late night show and I loved this video too.
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September 15, 2011

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9 ThomasTrumen said:

I remember watching that episode on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show. Justin Timberlake was a great guest for him to have. I found it really entertaining when they got up on the stage.
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October 8, 2011

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10 Greg said:

For me the golden era of rap has to be between 1989-95. This is the age that saw the introduction of sampling and more recognizable modern lyrical techniques.

I’m afraid the current “bling era” of rap does little for me. It has just become too mainstream and seems to be leaving its roots far behind.
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February 10, 2012

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11 Jason said:

Phenomenal comedy. I bet Jimmy can do it with Beyonce too.