IT WAS ON THIS DATE FEBRUARY 7, 1980 SUGAR HILL GANG RELEASED THIER DEBUT SELF TITLED

Sugarhill Gang is the self-titled debut album by influential rap group The Sugarhill Gang.

Sugarhill Gang

Studio album by The Sugarhill Gang

Released February 7, 1980

Recorded 1979

GenreOld-school hip hop, disco, soul

Length 39:17

Label Sugarhill Records

Producer Sylvia Robinson

The Sugarhill Gang 

chronology

Sugarhill Gang
(1980) 8th Wonder
(1981) Singles from Sugarhill Gang

• “Rapper’s Delight“
  Released: September 16, 1979
• “Rapper’s Reprise”
  Released: 1980

Reception

Professional Ratings

Reviews scores Source Rating

Allmusic^[1]

Smash Hits 5/10

The album was released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced by Sylvia Robinson. The single “Rapper’s Delight” was the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #36 on the U.S. pop chart and #4 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 of several down-tempo soul tracks and a disco instrumental, as Sylvia Robinson did not believe an album consisting entirely of hip hop music would be commercially viable in 1980.

Track listing

1. “Here I Am” – 5:09 (Craig Derry, Nate Edmonds)
2. “Rapper’s Reprise (Jam-Jam)” (ft. The Sequence) – 7:40 (Sylvia Robinson)
3. “Bad News (Don’t Bother Me)” – 6:45 (Guy O’Brien, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright)
4. “Sugarhill Groove” – 9:52 (Guy O’Brien, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Sylvia Robinson)
5. “Passion Play” – 5:10 (Brenda Reynolds, Nate Edmonds, Ray Smith)
6. “Rapper’s Delight” – 14:37 [4:55 – shortened single version] (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers)⁷

Personnel

• Rappers – Big Bank Hank, Master Gee, Wonder Mike (The Sugarhill Gang)
• Backing Vocals, and Rhythm Arrangements – Positive Force (tracks 3, 5, 6)
• Bass – Bernard Rowland (tracks 3, 5, 6), Douglas Wimbish, possibly Chip Shearin^[3][4] (track 6)
• Drums – Bryan Horton (tracks 3, 5, 6), Keith LeBlanc
• Guitar – Albert Pittman (tracks 3, 5, 6^[5]⁶), Skip McDonald, possibly Brian Morgan^[4][6] (track 6)
• Keyboards – Nate Edmonds, Skitch Smith
• Percussion – Craig Derry, Harry Reyes, John Stump
• Vibraphone, Backing Vocals – Sylvia Robinson
• Special Guest Appearance – Tito Puente
• Special Effects – Billy Jones, Nate Edmonds
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Billy Jones, Nate Edmonds, Sylvia Robinson

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak position

Australia (Kent Music Report) 92

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 32

Singles

Year Single & Chart positions

USUS R&B US Dance AUS

1979″Rappers Delight”36 (1980) 41437

External links

• The Sugarhill Gang-Sugarhill Gang at Discogs

References

1. ^ Zimmermann, Curtis. The Sugarhill Gang: Sugarhill Gang > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
2. ^ Starr, Red. “Sugarhill Gang: Sugarhill Gang”. Smash Hits (March 20 – April 2): 31.
3. ^ “Chip Shearin artist page”. TC Electronic. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
4. ^ ^a b “Sugarhill Gang”. EEG Talent. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
5. ^ http://nicolemount37.wixsite.com/music-bnb/bio
6. ^ “The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight”. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
7. ^ ^a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 299. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
8. ^ “Sugarhill Gang Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)”. Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
9. ^ “Sugarhill Gang US singles chart history”. Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011.