Spoonin Rap / Spoonin Rap

“Spoonin Rap / Spoonin Rap” is a single released in 1979 by Spoonie Gee. Released under Sound of New York, this single was produced by Peter Brown. The full title of the songs are, “Spoonin Rap (I Don't Drink Smoke Or Gamble Neither I'm The Cold Crushing Lover)” and “Spoonin Rap (A Drive Down The Street I Was Spanking And Freaking)”. 

Spoonie Gee (Gabriel Jackson, b. 1963), is a MC emerging in the late 1970s and is one of the artists that has been credited with originating the term “Hip-Hop” and the phrase “yes, yes, yall..”. Spoonie Gee received the nickname 'Spoonie' as a child because a spoon was the only utensil that he would eat with. Spoonie Gee was a founding member of the Treacherous Three, along with L.A. Sunshine and Kool Moe Dee. Spoonie Gee has been labeled as "the original gangsta rapper”. His solo started in 1987 with his debut album The Godfather of Rap, produced by Marley Marl and Teddy Riley, and released on Tuff City label.