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In an effort to commit to posting more often and to give you what you want (which in this case is guilty pleasure nostalgia) I'm launching a new weekly series called Throwback Thursdays.  

In 1985, at the age of twelve, I attended a youth convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.  While browsing my way through the expo hall I stopped to comb over the various music on display.  One booth in particular had a giant promotion for a song that claimed to be "The 1st Ever Gospel Rap".  That song was "The Bible Break" by Stephen Wiley.  It came as a cassette single - the tune on one side, the instrumental version on the other.  I paid my $5 and opened it immediately.  Inside the sleeve was a card that claimed if I memorized the entire song I was eligible for a FREE Stephen Wiley poster.  There was no accountability as all you had to do was mail in the postcard and claim your prize - but I memorized it anyway.  Still know 90% of it.  It was the sole reason that I won every Sunday School contest involving the books of the bible.  Two weeks later I proudly hung the poster (same as the cover art) on my wall.  

But you can't discuss Stephen Wiley without mentioning his biggest claim to fame, which is that he wrote the 1984 song "Basketball" for Kurtis Blow, who was at that time a seminal figure in hip-hop.  Enjoy.