Planet Rock is highly regarded as one of the most influential rap songs of all time, which influenced a entire generation of rappers. It also gave birth to electro funk and electro-hop, and even helped pave the way for modern dance music such as Techno, House and Trance, and helped jump-start the Electro movement in America; before "Planet Rock" hardly anybody popular musicians in America had touched upon electronic music. This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... RAP may mean: the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport Rassemblement pour lalternative progressiste, a Québecois political party. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Electro (also known as electro funk) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records that were closer to disco). ... It has been suggested that Electronic dance music be merged into this article or section. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from Chicago House, electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Electro, short for electro funk (also known as robot hip hop and Electro hop) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ...

Written by Afrika Bambaataa one of the godfathers of hip-hop along with his group Soulsonic Force and produced by Arthur Baker they took elements from electronic artists such as Gary Numan and Kraftwerk and funk artist George Clinton and blended the unearthly electronic sounds with hip-hop breakbeating to develop this song. Although a minor hit in the US and UK, it helped establish new music genres and changed the foundations of hip-hop and dance music forever. Afrika Bambaataa (born ? on April 17 or October 4, in 1957 or 1960)[1] is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1970s. ... Hip Hop-themed graffiti emerged in New York in the 1970s Hip hop (also see hip-hop or hiphop) is both a music genre and a cultural movement developed in urban communities starting in the 1970s, predominantly by African Americans and Latinos – .[1] Coinage of the term hip hop is... Arthur Baker (Born April 22, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is a record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip-hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, and the British group New Order. ... Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958) is an English singer, composer, musician and electropop pioneer. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group which has made significant contributions to the development of experimental and electronic music. ... Funk is an African American musical style. ... George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. ... Breakbeat (sometimes breakbeats or breaks) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). ...

The main melody of Planet Rock is in fact a copy of Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express, and another part of the song contains elements of another Kraftwerk song "Numbers" from the Computer World album, which many of the black people who followed hip-hop, along with many of the rising and established rappers, had been playing in their underground clubs. Trans-Europe Express is a Kraftwerk album released in 1977. ... For the computer magazine, see Computerworld. ...

Credits

• Label: Tommy Boy Music (TB 823)
• Format: Vinyl, 12"
• Released: 1983

• Credits: Engineer - Bob Rosa , Jan D. Burnett
• Executive Producer - Tom Silverman
• Mastered By - Herbie Jr
• Mixed By, Producer - Arthur Baker
• Performer - Planet Patrol
• Written By - Arthur Baker , John Robie , Soulsonic Force [1]