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1 Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Radio Edit)
Lead Vocals – Keva*
4:30
2 Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Instrumental) 4:32
3 Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (LP Version)
Lead Vocals – Keva*
4:51

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Recording Corporation
  • Copyright (c) – Zomba Recording Corporation
  • Published By – Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
  • Published By – Chrysalis Music
  • Published By – Sparta Florida Music Group
  • Pressed By – EMI Uden
  • Marketed By – Virgin

Credits

  • Engineer – Commissioner Gordon
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Ted Wohlson*
  • Mastered By – Tony Dawsey
  • Mixed By, Arranged By, Lead Vocals – KRS-One
  • Producer, Mixed By – Jesse West
  • Written-By – C. Stein*, D. Harry*, H. Palmer*, J. West*, L. Parker*

Notes

Made in Holland
Printed in Holland
Engineered at the Hit Factory, NYC.
Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC.
Overseen by Scott LaRock.

Features looped samples from b-boy funk classic The Champ by The Mohawks and new vocals sung to the tune of Rapture by Blondie - hence the writer credits for Stein and Harry (of Blondie) and Palmer (of The Mohawks).

Rapture was a very significant track in the history of hiphop. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of major band Blondie had bought graffiti art by Fab Five Freddy and visited the early Bronx hiphop club scene with him where they saw Grandmaster Flash DJing. They later made Rapture featuring a section of spoken vocals which became the first track including rapping to reach number 1 in the US chart and therefore took rap music to a much wider audience. Chris Stein and Fab Five Freddy would go on to collaborate on the soundtrack of the classic hiphop movie 'Wild Style' (which also included Rapture) and Grandmaster Flash used a segment of Rapture (with a namecheck to him) on his seminal turntable mix The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel.

The title of this single is the first line of vocals from the track. The subtitle is a combination of the titles of Rapture and the early hiphop hit Rapper's Delight.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 7 24389 42212 2
  • Label Code: LC3098
  • Rights Society: Bel/Biem/SIAE
  • Distribution Code (F:): PM 515

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
01241-42442-1 KRS ONE* Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) ‎(12") Jive 01241-42442-1 US 1997
Jive R 411 P KRS-One Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (The Remix) ‎(12", Promo) Jive Jive R 411 P US 1997
JDAB-42463-1 KRS-One Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) - The Remix ‎(12", Pro) Jive JDAB-42463-1 US 1997
JDJ-42463-2 KRS ONE* Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) - (Remix) ‎(CD, Single, Promo) Jive JDJ-42463-2 US 1997
Jive R 411 P KRS-One Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (The Remix) ‎(12", Promo) Jive Jive R 411 P UK 1997

KRS ONE - Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)

Performer: KRS ONE

Album Title: Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)

Genre: Hip hop

Label: Jive ‎– 7243 8 94221 2 2
Type: CD, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Date of released: 1997
Category: Hip Hop
Style: Conscious

MP3 album zip size: 1614 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1676 mb

Rating: 4.8 / 5

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