Good Times – Chic – (feat. The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac and Snoop Dogg)

“To this day, I believe the long instrumental break in “Good Times” stands as one of the best production decisions Edwards and Rodgers ever made. It certainly proved to be one of the most important, as some of history’s earliest rappers might attest.

The length of that break made it easier for rappers to go on for minutes at a time, uninterrupted. It ultimately inspired the song that would become hip-hop’s breakthrough record. After its smash success, many other rap songs would immediately follow “Rapper’s Delight,” though it would be years – even decades – before rap was taken seriously by the mainstream and balloon into the multi-billion dollar industry it has since become.

Still, the fact that “Good Times” symbolises the end of one era and marked the beginning of another – while being so instrumental to both – is something music historians have been documenting for four decades. Nile and Nard might have only intended it to be a funkier outtake from their normal disco fare, but the song will forever go down as one of the most important tunes of all time – to funk, to disco and to hip-hop.”
DJROB

Nile Rodgers & CHIC: https://www.youtube.com/c/NileRodgers
The Notorious B.I.G.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZGqIYkST36dLp0uf9o9nw
2Pac: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIdeeBjp_60Jv7ROpRxK6Q
Snoop Dogg: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-OO324clObi3H-U0bP77dw