My Delight
This week back in 1980, “Rapper’s Delight,” by the Sugarhill Gang, became the first top 40 rap hit ever. Click here to learn about the song’s intrepid producer and its bizarre origins, and then order up this future hit at the bar:
MY DELIGHT, as mixed for us by Moses Laboy at Red Rooster in Harlem, not far from Sugarhill:
Add to a cocktail shaker:
- 2 oz. Cognac
- 1 oz. Cinnamon-infused simple syrup
- 1 tsp. apple butter
- 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
- 2 splashes of Dutch’s Colonial cocktail bitters
Shake while dancing to the rhythm of the boogie. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a dehydrated pineapple for a little tropical fun. Drink a drop, then hippie to the hip hop…and then drink the rest.
