Word Play (Here's to The Cos!)

I'm not going to go out on a limb here and proclaim to be an expert on rap or the beginnings of the musical use of words and wordshapes in various musical forms (say, scat singing...) or anything like that as their are plenty of experts out there in the field who cover that in depth. BUT what I can say with pure delight in advance of Bill Cosby's upcoming performance with us (Sept 24) is that, back in the day, when I'd hear "Hikky Burr" (performed with Quincy Jones), I'd find myself transported into a very hip and happy place. Between Quincy's funky blues groove and Cosby's uninhibited vocal play, it's 4 minutes of 70s bliss. It may be a long time since you've hikky-bu-bu-bumped into this, so I just felt the need to share! "Woo-Lawd! Hikky Burr!..."