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"Rapture" is a combination of New Wave, disco, R&B, pop, and hip-hop with the rap section forming an extended coda. While it was not the first single featuring rapping to be commercially successful, it was the first to top the charts. Its lyrics were especially notable for namechecking hip-hop pioneers Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash.
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