Sugarhill Gang (album)

Sugarhill Gang
Studio album by The Sugarhill Gang
Released February 7, 1980
Recorded 1979
Genre Old-school hip hop, disco
Length 39:17
Label Sugarhill Records
Producer Sylvia Robinson
Billy Jones
Nate Edmonds
The Sugarhill Gang chronology

Sugarhill Gang
(1980)		 8th Wonder
(1982)
"Rapper's Delight"
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Sugarhill Gang is the self-titled debut album by influential rap group The Sugarhill Gang.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Smash Hits 5/10[2]

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

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Top Soul Albums[3] 32

Singles

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

External links

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. ↑ "Sugarhill Gang US albums chart history". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sugarhill Gang US singles chart history". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011.