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While they didn't garner the critical praise of their label cohorts, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, the Sugarhill Gang still produced their share of memorable slices of early hip-hop. Helping to bring Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records into the limelight, the label's namesake group erred more on the funk side of the hip-hop equation, plying a steamy, all-night mix of go-go grooves, straight funk singing, and rapping. 8th Wonder features the hits "Apache" and the title track, as well as such slick funk burners as "Hot Hot Summer Day" and the incredible bit of uptown dance alchemy "Funk Box" (shades of Prince here). 8th Wonder may not be as good a starting point for newcomers as roundups on Rhino and Sequel, but it certainly will be one fans won't want to miss.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
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Mitchell, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Wimbish, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Macdonald, Writer - FLETCHER, Writer - Derry, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1997 Tommy Boy Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Sam Simpson, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals - Matthen McKay, Writer
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 2000 Rhino Entertainment Company
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 - Cheryl Cook, Composer, Writer - Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Writer - Clifton Nathaniel Chase, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1980 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
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1981 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
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1981 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Wright, Writer - Jackson, Writer - The Sugarhill Gang, MainArtist - Robinson, Writer - O'BRIEN, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1997 Tommy Boy Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
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 - Wimbish, Writer - Robinson, Writer - Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, Vocals
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1980 Sugar Hill Records, a label of Rhino Entertainment
Album review
While they didn't garner the critical praise of their label cohorts, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, the Sugarhill Gang still produced their share of memorable slices of early hip-hop. Helping to bring Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records into the limelight, the label's namesake group erred more on the funk side of the hip-hop equation, plying a steamy, all-night mix of go-go grooves, straight funk singing, and rapping. 8th Wonder features the hits "Apache" and the title track, as well as such slick funk burners as "Hot Hot Summer Day" and the incredible bit of uptown dance alchemy "Funk Box" (shades of Prince here). 8th Wonder may not be as good a starting point for newcomers as roundups on Rhino and Sequel, but it certainly will be one fans won't want to miss.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:21
- Main artists: The Sugarhill Gang
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1981 Sugarhill Records ℗ 1981 Sugarhill Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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