Question

according to the documentary the underground to the mainstream, what was the initial reaction from the bronx rappers like grandmaster caz and mele - mel to the song rappers delight

• they hated the song and felt it was a step backwards compared to the skill level many emcees were on at the time. they thought it was a crappy record and would give hip hop a bad name.
• civil rights leaders and older musicians were horrified by the record and threatened to boycott any radio station that played it. the feeling was this was a setting a bad example for kids. many established hip hop groups at the time, werent fans of rappers delight but they gave full support to counter the attacks from the civil rights community an elders who were offended.
• they were very supportive. they felt the record would open doors and give struggling hip hop artists new opportunities. mele - mel of grandmaster flash offered to write rhymes for the group, and dj grandwizard theodore offered to be their dj.
• they became jealous and wanted to know why they werent asked to do a record. several members of grandmaster flash and the furious 5 including mele - mel went to the record label with guns and threatened to shoot up the place if they didnt put an end to rappers delight. sylvia robinson, who headed up the label worked out a compromise and signed the group to her label.

Explanation:

Based on the context of early hip hop history and the documentary HHE Underground to the Mainstream, Bronx rappers like Grandmaster Caz and Mele-Mel viewed "Rapper's Delight" as a low-skill, commercialized take on hip hop that did not match the technical ability of local emcees, and they feared it would damage the genre's reputation.

Answer:

They hated the song and felt it was a step backwards compared to the skill level many emcees were on at the time. They thought it was a crappy record and would give Hip Hop a bad name.