♪ >> the best thing to come out of 54 was that song. >> funk marries disco and it leads to hip hop. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's 1979. i heard chic's good times come on. i can't hear someone talk over the song. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> me >> what's great about this song is that's where hip-hop gets its name from. >> we didn't know the name of the song was called "rapper's delight." the next day i went to the record store. yo, y'all got "hip hop"? hm? >> so when people talk about it, they go, what is that hip hop song? it was the first hip-hop song to crack the top 40. it changed everything.