Album
You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
1979 · Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock) is a Hip-Hop album by Fatback, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
'King Tim III (Personality Jock) - The First Rap Song
The release of the song, 'King Tim III (Personality Jock)' actually predates the Sugarhill Gang’s multi-platinum seller 'Rapper’s Delight'... as the first commercially released rap song. Both “King Tim III” and “Rapper’s Delight” emerged during 1979, within months of each other, at the dawn of hip-hop. Whereas “King Tim III” failed to cross over from any R&B activity into the mainstream, never cracking the Billboard Top 40, “Rapper’s Delight” became a worldwide smash. (Fayetteville Observer, 2020).
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Bill CurtisCO-PRODUCER
- Gerry ThomasCO-PRODUCER
- The Fatback BandPRODUCER
Songwriting
- Fred Demery
- James Skelton
- Johnny Flippin
15 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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