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The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" is arguably the first true rap song to gain widespread recognition and, as such, the progenitor of one of the world's major musical genres. No wonder it doesn't sound dated today.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Gordon Skene Collection, Contributor - NILE RODGERS, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Rodgers, Composer, Lyricist - BERNARD EDWARDS, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Edwards, Composer, Lyricist - Gregory Rodgers, Writer - Redgers, Composer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1979 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Mitchell, Writer - Alexander, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, Composer, MainArtist - Bernard Alexander, Writer - Douglas Wimbish, Writer - Dwain Mitchell, Writer - Guy O'Brien, Writer - Henry Jackson, Writer - Michael Wright, Writer - Sylvia Productions, Producer - Wimbish, Writer - Robinson, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1980 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Ronald LaPread, Composer, Writer - R. Lapread, Writer - Clifton Chase, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, Composer, MainArtist - Guy O'Brien, Writer - Michael Wright, Writer - Guy Anthony O'Brien, Writer - Michael Anthony Wright, Writer - Joey Robinson, Jr., Producer - Cheryl Cook, Composer, Writer - Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Writer - Clifton Nathaniel Chase, Writer - Sylvia Inc., Producer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1980 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Larry Johnson, Producer, Writer - Michael Johnson, Producer, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, Rap, MainArtist - The Furious Five, Rap - Sylvia Inc., Producer - The Furious 5, MainArtist
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1981 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Wright, Writer - Alexander, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Michael Wright, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Chase, Writer - Lordan, Writer - Cook, Writer - Jiggs Chase, Writer - Cheryl Cook, Writer - Flamingo, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals - Jigsaw Productions, Writer - Sylvia Inc., Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1981 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Producer, Writer - Pete Wingfield, Writer - Peter Wingfield, Producer - Prince, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Robinson, Writer - Wingfield, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1982 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Writer - Wright, Writer - Jackson, Writer - Alexander, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, Performance, MainArtist - Bernard Alexander, Producer, Writer - Douglas Wimbish, Producer, Writer - Guy O'Brien, Writer - Henry Jackson, Writer - Michael Wright, Writer - Wimbish, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Cook, Writer - O'BRIEN, Writer - Cheryl Cook, Writer - Syliva Inc., Producer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1983 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Marlon McClain, Writer - Hepburn, Writer - Bruce Smith, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Robinson, Writer - Chase, Writer - Pleasure, Writer - Nathaniel Phillips, Writer - Michael Hepburn, Writer - Bruce Carter, Writer - Donald Hepburn, Writer - Joey Robinson, Jr., Producer - Sylvia Inc., Producer - Sherman Davis, Writer - Daniel Brewster, Writer - Dennis Springer, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1984 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Guy O'Brien, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Cook, Writer - O'BRIEN, Writer - Joey Robinson, Jr., Producer, Writer - Cheryl Cook, Producer, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1984 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Sylvia Robinson, Producer - Wright, Writer - Goodman, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Guy O'Brien, Producer, Writer - Henry Jackson, Producer - Michael Wright, Producer, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Ray, Writer - O'BRIEN, Writer - Harry Ray, Writer - Albert Goodman, Writer - Dodson, Writer - Virginia Dodson, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1984 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Melvin Glover, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Angela Brown, Writer - Joey Robinson, Jr., Writer - Cheryl Cook, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals - Kory Ward, Writer
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1985 Sugar Hill Records
Album review
The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" is arguably the first true rap song to gain widespread recognition and, as such, the progenitor of one of the world's major musical genres. No wonder it doesn't sound dated today.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:20
- Main artists: The Sugarhill Gang
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 2005 Warner Strategic Marketing
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