Sugarhill Gang (album)

Sugarhill Gang
Studio album by The Sugarhill Gang
Released	February 7, 1980 (1980-02-07)
Recorded	1979
Genre	Old school hip hop
Length	39:17
Label	Sugarhill Records
Producer	Sylvia Robinson Billy Jones Nate Edmonds
The Sugarhill Gang chronology
Sugarhill Gang (1980) 8th Wonder (1982)

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

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4.1 Singles 5 External links 6 References

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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".

Track listing

1. "Here I Am" - 5:09 (Craig Derry, Nate Edmonds)
2. "Rapper's Reprise (Jam, Jam)" featuring 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)

Personnel

• The Sugarhill Gang - Lead Vocals
• Bernard Rowland, Douglas Wimbish - Bass
• Brian Horton, Keith LeBlanc - Drums
• Bert Williams, Skip McDonald - Guitar
• Nate Edmonds, Skitch Smith - Keyboards
• Harry Reyes, John Stump - Percussion
• Craig Derry - Congas
• Sylvia Robinson - Vibraphone

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Top Soul Albums[2]	32

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1979	"Rappers Delight"	36 (1980)	4	14

External links

• The Sugarhill Gang-Sugarhill Gang at Discogs

References