Home / Music / Chic's 'Good Times' bassline helped launch hip-hop into the mainstreamMusic linernotes album music nile-rodgersChic's 'Good Times' bassline helped launch hip-hop into the mainstreamThe Sugarhill Gang sampled Chic’s ‘Good Times’ for ‘Rapper’s Delight’ (1979), helping launch hip-hop into the mainstream. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesNile Rodgers co-founded Chic and created disco classicsNile Rodgers' 'chucking' style on a 1960 Fender Stratocaster became one of the most sampled guitar sounds in popular musicNile Rodgers produced Let's Dance, Like a Virgin, and Random Access Memories outside of ChicAnna Jantar died in the LOT Polish Airlines Flight 7 crash at age 29Around the World in a Day gave Prince a second consecutive number-one albumExploreMiles Davis's 'If I Were a Bell' solo is widely studied by jazz musicians.Don Cherry became Cheb i Sabbah's musical mentor in 1970s New York.Tupac's 'Pour Out a Little Liquor' anchored the Juice soundtrackGrachan Moncur III wrote 'Frankenstein' and 'Ghost Town' for Jackie McLeanAl Di Meola split Elegant Gypsy between drummers Steve Gadd and Lenny WhitePrevious Chic's 'Le Freak' almost started with 'Aww, fuck off'Next Chic wrote 'Le Freak' after getting turned away from Studio 54 on New Year's Eve