Name: The Sugarhill Gang - 30th Anniversary Edition (Expanded Version) by The Sugarhill Gang
Brand: The Sugarhill Gang
SKU: 5414939495670
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (70 reviews)

COMPILATION

Although the Sugarhill Gang didn't invent hip-hop, they were the first rap act to have a huge international hit. Released in 1979, "Rapper's Delight" was millions of listeners' first exposure to hip-hop -- before that, very few people outside of New York even knew what hip-hop was. The Sugarhill Gang were also among the first rap acts to record a full-length LP; when this self-titled debut album came out in 1980, the vast majority of old-school MCs were only providing 12" singles. So The Sugarhill Gang is a historically important album even though it is a bit uneven. While "Rapper's Delight" and "Rapper's Reprise" (which features the Sequence, hip-hop's first all-female group) are excellent, most of the material is merely decent. And the ironic thing is that half of the songs aren't even rap. "Bad News Don't Bother Me" and "Here I Am," both of which find the Sugarhill Gang singing instead of rapping, are romantic R&B slow jams -- and "Sugarhill Groove" is a sleek disco-funk number that hints at Roy Ayers. So this LP can hardly be called the work of hip-hop purists; in 1980, Sugarhill Records leader Sylvia Robinson (herself a veteran R&B singer) evidently felt that putting out an all-rap album would be risky. But, while The Sugarhill Gang isn't a masterpiece, it's still an album that hip-hop historians will find interesting.
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1. Here I Am

by The Sugarhill Gang

Composer: C Derry
D Phillips
N Edmonds
Craig Derry
Nathaniel Edmonds; Composer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Producer: Sylvia Inc.; Production

2. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam)

by The Sugarhill Gang, The Sequence

Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang
The Sequence; Main Performer
Composer: Sylvia Robinson; Composer
Producer: Sylvia Inc.; Production

3. Bad News (Don't Bother Me)

by The Sugarhill Gang

Composer: D Phillips
N Edmonds
S. Robinson
Big Bank Hank
Guy O'brien
Michael Wright; Composer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Producer: Sylvia Inc.; Production

4. Sugar Hill Groove

by The Sugarhill Gang

Composer: Michael Wright
Joey Robinson, Jr.
Joey Robinson
Guy O'brien
Henry Jackson
Sylvia Robinson; Composer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Producer: Sylvia Inc.; Production
Jr.: Joey Robinson; Other

5. Passion Play

by The Sugarhill Gang

Composer: Smith
M. Smith
B. Reynolds
B. Roland
D Phillips
Edmonds
N Edmonds
Reynolds
Bernard Roland
Brenda Laverne Reynolds
Moncy Plummer Iii Smith
Nathaniel Edmonds; Composer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Producer: Sylvia Inc.; Production

6. Rapper's Delight (Single Version)

by The Sugarhill Gang

Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Jackson
Edwards
Wright
O'brien
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers; Composer

7. On the Money

by The Sugarhill Gang

Performer: The Sugarhill Gang; Performer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Composer: Sam Simpson
Matthen Mckay
Michael Mckay; Composer

8. Be a Winner

by The Sugarhill Gang

Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Composer: Alexander Bernard
Doug Wimbish
Sylvia Robinson; Composer
Producer: Doug Wimbish
Sylvia Robinson
Bernard Alexander; Production

9. I Like What You're Doing

by The Sugarhill Gang

Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Composer: Wingfield
Ed Fletcher
Mel Nelson
Melvin Glover
Paul Griffin
Sylvia Robinson; Composer

10. Rapper's Delight (Long Version)

by The Sugarhill Gang

Rap: Big Bank Hank
Guy O'brien
Michael Wright; Performer
Primary Artist: The Sugarhill Gang; Main Performer
Composer: The Sugarhill Gang
Nile Rodgers
Bernard Edwards
Gregory Rodgers; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

10 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 11 minutes and 4 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1408x1408 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

4/10 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

2/10 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop, International Pop, Hip Hop, Rap, Old School Rap, R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk, East Coast Old School

Label

Castle Communications

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1979

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

5414939495670

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The Sugarhill Gang - 30th Anniversary Edition (Expanded Version)

1. Here I Am

2. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam)

3. Bad News (Don't Bother Me)

4. Sugar Hill Groove

5. Passion Play

6. Rapper's Delight (Single Version)

7. On the Money

8. Be a Winner

9. I Like What You're Doing

10. Rapper's Delight (Long Version)

Technical Specifications

The Sugarhill Gang - 30th Anniversary Edition (Expanded Version)

Product information

Release options

1. Here I Am

2. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam)

3. Bad News (Don't Bother Me)

4. Sugar Hill Groove

5. Passion Play

6. Rapper's Delight (Single Version)

7. On the Money

8. Be a Winner

9. I Like What You're Doing

10. Rapper's Delight (Long Version)

Technical Specifications