THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
330-Frankie Smith-Double Dutch Bus.
1981-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.38.The ‘slang’ language used in this song would become a major influence in Hip-Hop,with artists such as Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z being influenced.
Old School Hip-Hop developed in New York but by the early 1980’s was spreading across America.
Frankie Smith was born in Pennsylvania,Philadelphia in 1953 and it was while working as a song writer at Philadelphia International Records he met the co-writer of this song Bill Bloom.
Like many early Rap songs ‘Double Dutch Bus’ tells a fancy-full story,where Smith Raps about a ‘Funky’ bus where everybody is having a party,he misses the bus and has to walk 15 blocks to get to work,while walking he sees girls playing Double Dutch,a game where you have to jump over ropes in rhythm to keep going.
Some of the slang lyrics of this song have become ingrained in Hip-Hop language.
‘Hizzey,gizzirls y’izall hizzave t’ mizzove izzout the wizzay sizzo the gizzuys can plizzay bizzasketbizzal
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