Recorded 1979 Label Sugarhill Records | Length 39:17 | |
Released February 7, 1980 (1980-02-07) |
Sugarhill Gang is the self-titled debut album by influential rap group The Sugarhill Gang.
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Reception
The album was released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced by Sylvia Robinson. The single "Rapper's Delight" was a #36 hit on the US pop chart and a #4 hit on the R&B chart. Although "Rapper's Delight" was the only charting single, the album also included the minor hit, "Rapper's Reprise". The remainder of the LP consists several down-tempo soul tracks and a disco instrumental, as Sylvia Robinson didn't believe an album consisting entirely of hip hop music would be commercially viable in 1980.
Track listing
- "Here I Am" - 5:09 (Craig Derry, Nate Edmonds)
- "Rapper's Reprise (Jam, Jam)" featuring The Sequence - 7:40 (Sylvia Robinson)
- "Bad News Don't Bother Me" - 6:45 (Guy O'Brien, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright)
- "Sugarhill Groove" - 9:52 (Guy O'Brien, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Sylvia Robinson)
- "Passion Play" - 5:10 (Brenda Reynolds, Nate Edmonds, Ray Smith)
- "Rapper's Delight" - 14:37 [4:55 - shortened single version] (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers)
Personnel
References
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