“Genius Rap” was the first mass-produced hip-hop single to sample Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love”. It reached #31 on the US R&B Chart in April 1982.

According to The Big Payback, basically came into existence solely to exploit its massive success as a club hit in the summer of 1981. The producers' goal was to replicate the formula of “Rapper’s Delight” as closely as possible.