12/15/06 - Was Muhammad Ali the First Rapper?

Audible · 12-16-2006, 12:42 AM

(12-15) 3:22 PST NEW YORK, (AP) --

"Float like a butterfly/ Sting like a bee/ Your hands can't hit/ What your eyes can't see."

Muhammad Ali's rhymes, taunts, provocations and exclamations were an endlessly entertaining and insightful facet of his larger-than-life persona. As he once said, "I outwit them and then I outhit them."

A new book, "Ali Rap: Muhammad Ali the First Heavyweight Champion of Rap," proclaims Ali's verbal barrage was more than self-promotion, but that it sowed the seeds of hip-hop, which was born in the early `70s.

"Before there was rap ... there was Ali Rap ... a topsy-turvy, jivey jargon that only Ali could create, but a language we could all understand," writes the book's editor and designer, George Lois.

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JMoney7610 · 12-16-2006, 12:52 AM

ooo sshhhiittt king of the ring and king of the rap game in his prime time

Zhiwai · 12-16-2006, 01:24 AM

Props on this

Wu-Tang4Life · 12-16-2006, 02:12 AM

man get the fuck outta here. Does it matter if he is or not its just a few punch lines and he's the king of rap.

Sole1 · 12-16-2006, 02:13 AM

nice, prolli gonna be a good read

buck-sup · 12-16-2006, 02:33 AM

i dont see this as news

same2step · 12-16-2006, 02:39 AM

yeah you might as well say he was

Zany Blunts · 12-16-2006, 02:50 AM

that funny... it says "in a language we all could understand"... they dont understand rap today... its annoyin and wack todays radio rap... that rhymed...

The Die · 12-16-2006, 03:35 AM

props i guess

Speak · 12-16-2006, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wu-Tang4Life

man get the fuck outta here. Does it matter if he is or not its just a few punch lines and he's the king of rap.

couldnt say it any better

MaliQ · 12-16-2006, 05:32 AM

propz mayne

Small Jo XL · 12-16-2006, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wu-Tang4Life

man get the fuck outta here. Does it matter if he is or not its just a few punch lines and he's the king of rap.

Co-Sign......

::4Q-2:: · 12-16-2006, 08:14 AM

ok ..........

C mac* $$$ · 12-16-2006, 08:33 AM

guess he prolly is

Big ot AKA Otira$t · 12-16-2006, 09:02 AM

haaahhaha funny shit man

Jack Frost · 12-16-2006, 10:22 AM

propz. its true.

-Black-Child- · 12-16-2006, 10:25 AM

hmmm to me its more like poetry

50=Cent · 12-16-2006, 10:41 AM

good shit .

Fabuless · 12-16-2006, 11:03 AM

props................

that_Boi · 12-16-2006, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wu-Tang4Life

man get the fuck outta here. Does it matter if he is or not its just a few punch lines and he's the king of rap.

yall takin it too serious. thats ali mawfucka, show respect

Dam3ion · 12-16-2006, 03:38 PM

he can throw punches and spit them....lol...thats mah dude tho...its just to generate more income...Get yo money man

Heffernan · 12-16-2006, 04:06 PM

yeah he was a regular 2pac

topballer87 · 12-16-2006, 04:08 PM

i dont think he was i think that it was jus poetry, niggas was doing that hundreds of years before him u feel me

jjjonb23 · 12-16-2006, 04:31 PM

While Ali was one of the first main stream punchline guys, he is NOT the first person to ever rap, the first person would be Gil Scott Heron

read up kids

DaMnNn ItZz jOhN · 12-16-2006, 04:41 PM

Ok then propwss

12-16-2006, 12:42 AM	#1
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same2step Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,048 Repped: 281 Repped 59 Times in 19 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 6 Times in 6 Posts	yeah you might as well say he was __________________

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Big ot AKA Otira$t Da Boss!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: At your Momma house Posts: 461 Repped: 51 Repped 34 Times in 18 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	haaahhaha funny shit man __________________ I bang on u niggaz like DR DRe Drums!

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JMoney7610 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: NEw YORk Roc ciTY Posts: 90 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	ooo sshhhiittt king of the ring and king of the rap game in his prime time

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Zhiwai G_unit_soldier_Chang Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 9,469 Repped: 15 Repped 49 Times in 8 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Props on this

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Wu-Tang4Life Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 220 Repped: 38 Repped 6 Times in 2 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	man get the fuck outta here. Does it matter if he is or not its just a few punch lines and he's the king of rap.

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Sole1 Still Versatile... Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: T.O. Posts: 1,481 Repped: 170 Repped 78 Times in 39 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	nice, prolli gonna be a good read

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buck-sup buck-sup Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: P G Posts: 201 Repped: 7 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i dont see this as news

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Zany Blunts SMITHILBERRY Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NEW YORK CITY BICTHES! Posts: 331 Repped: 32 Repped 10 Times in 5 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 2 Times in 2 Posts	that funny... it says "in a language we all could understand"... they dont understand rap today... its annoyin and wack todays radio rap... that rhymed...

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The Die bruburuburu Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Colombia Posts: 6,557 Repped: 688 Repped 540 Times in 301 Posts Neg Reps: 158 Neg Repped at 154 Times in 126 Posts	props i guess

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::4Q-2:: Real Mckoy Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: U.K Posts: 476 Repped: 104 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok ..........

12-16-2006, 08:33 AM	#14
C mac* $$$ i get that gwap Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vincy Posts: 1,180 Repped: 37 Repped 264 Times in 102 Posts Neg Reps: 9 Neg Repped at 75 Times in 43 Posts	guess he prolly is

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Jack Frost Natural Born Killah Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,144 Repped: 145 Repped 125 Times in 51 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 10 Times in 7 Posts	propz. its true.

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-Black-Child- Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Gunshine State Posts: 246 Repped: 16 Repped 22 Times in 10 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	hmmm to me its more like poetry

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Dam3ion Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Orleanz, Louisiana Posts: 5,696 Repped: 801 Repped 3,024 Times in 550 Posts Neg Reps: 35 Neg Repped at 50 Times in 43 Posts	he can throw punches and spit them....lol...thats mah dude tho...its just to generate more income...Get yo money man __________________ 9-0...Who's Gonna Beat Us...

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Heffernan Thats What She Said Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Playing Rock Em Sock Em Robots With The Octomom Posts: 5,197 Repped: 759 Repped 2,035 Times in 764 Posts Neg Reps: 130 Neg Repped at 342 Times in 196 Posts	yeah he was a regular 2pac __________________

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topballer87 Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Miami, Fla Posts: 2,850 Repped: 575 Repped 267 Times in 30 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	i dont think he was i think that it was jus poetry, niggas was doing that hundreds of years before him u feel me

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jjjonb23 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oakland California The Sunshine State Posts: 149 Repped: 5 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	While Ali was one of the first main stream punchline guys, he is NOT the first person to ever rap, the first person would be Gil Scott Heron read up kids

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DaMnNn ItZz jOhN Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11,930 Repped: 302 Repped 5,025 Times in 439 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	Ok then propwss

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