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I think pretty much everything. Ever since rap’s creation rapper’s would invite other rappers to collaborate (like „who’s got the better rhymes” or whatever).

You have one beat over which 2,3,4 rappers would show off their skill. It then went on to appear on records, and so you’d have „Dr Dre feat Snoop Dogg”, „Dr Dre feat Eminem”, „Snoop Dogg feat The Dogg Pound”, „Ice Cube feat Whoever is at the top right now”, „Guru feat Mc Solar”, „2Pac feat Big Syke”, „WuTangClan feat Some No Names”, „Run DMC feat Aerosmith” and so on and so forth.

Then as rap slowly started to become the predominant form of popular music, all the Pop Stars and their managers started copying different elements (or „features” if you will) of rap. Hell, even the jazz guys started adding beats to their songs, creating Acid Jazz in the process.

In the 60s and 70s features where either non-credited or people would form short-lived one album projects with each other.
Since rap emerged, everybody’s started to add the „feat.” thing.

Of course I might be wrong.
But I don’t think so.

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