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The Best Of SugarHill Gang: Rapper's Delight |  | Artist: The Sugarhill Gang
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 6627
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71986
UPC: 008122719862
EAN: 0008122719862
ASIN: B0000033K4
Release Date: July 16, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Rapper's Delight | | • | Hot Hot Summer Day | | • | 8th Wonder | | • | Showdown - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang | | • | Apache | | • | Lover in You | | • | Word Is Out | | • | Kick It Live from 9 to 5 | | • | Livin' in the Fast Lane | | • | Girls | | • | Work, Work, the Body - Big Bank Hank, , Kory O, Wonder Mike |
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Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 16-JUL-1996
Amazon.com
It's not quite the first rap record, or the best, but Rapper's Delight--15 glorious minutes of the bass line from Chic's "Good Times," with a New Jersey crew spieling goofy routines about Superman and bad food on top--is one king hell of a party-starter. After that, they could have filled the rest of the disc with crowd noise and gotten away with it, but the Sugarhill Gang had a bunch of other party-jam hits, notably the almost-as-indelible "Apache" and "8th Wonder." Those songs show up here too, along with some entertaining non-hits and "Showdown," their rap-off with the Furious Five. What they're saying isn't really the point; the point is to move the crowd, and they're still hip-hop's greatest entertainers. --Douglas Wolk
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 dissin the Ol'school???? November 5, 2004
OlSchool
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Of course the Album is great, it represents the beginning (even though I remember King Tim III preceeding it). Saying that Ol'School is crap because something that came out later is "better" or more sophisitcated is like saying the wright brothers' plane was a piece of crap because an F18 fighter would kick it's ass. Anyone who doesn't understand that will have a tough life.
A More Innocent Age of Rap June 2, 2001
Andre M. (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you were a teenager at the time, or you just happen to like Old School pre-misogyny, pre-blood and guts, good times and feeling good rap, this is for you. With Rapper's Delight and it's funny tales of Superman and the Chicken tasting like wood and the atmosphereic "Apache," "Hot Summer day," and "The Lover in You." It's all about smiling, dancing, and having fun. BTW, Rapper's Delight wasn't really the 1st rap record-the funkier "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band which came out a few months earlier, was.
Rappers Delight- The Start of the Rap/Hip-Hop Era September 20, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
When we think of old school rap, the first thing that comes to mind is the Sugar Hill gang. Back in the 70's, they were what brought us to dance clubs and parties. If it weren't for them, modern day rap/hip-hop wouldn't even exist the way it does. So in a sense we owe them a lot.
"When I say SUGAR!, You say HILL!" July 4, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
NOT THE FIRST RAP ALBUM, BUT DEFINETLY A CLASSIC BUY IT FOR THE OLD SCHOOL, AND DANCE ALL NIGHT. THIS ALBUM IS HOT, NO MATTER WHAT YEAR IT CAME OUT.
The C.D. is great!!!! January 15, 1999
TEVANS2@SPSU.EDU (ATLANTA,GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Sugar Hill Gang brings back a whole lot of memories. In my opinion, "Rapper's Delight" is one of the best rap songs I've heard!!!
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