https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY

^ my main point all along has been that this record from 1982 is a part of HH's origin b/c HH's origin didn't end in 1977/8/9.

the record is widely cited as seminal. i remember hearing it and how awesome it was. it was one of the first examples of HH i remember hearing.

the idea to put some social commentary in a rap came from somewhere. i would be shocked if this studio recording was the first time in world history that anyone had rapped socio-politics over a beat. especially since as far as i know most raps back then started out as shit MCs would rap over breaks at a party. to me this says some MC or MCs likely rapped this kind of shit over breaks at a party. but maybe that didn't happen. maybe this collection of MCs was divinely inspired and came up w/this idea to get political over a beat basically out of a vacuum. even if that happened i'd still agree w/what Tip said to Iggy based solely on this here record. b/c 1982 is still HH's origin.