The Best Of SugarHill Gang: Rapper's Delight | 
| Artist: The Sugarhill Gang
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 9889
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71986
UPC: 081227198626
EAN: 0081227198626
ASIN: B0000033K4
Release Date: July 16, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang, Edwards, Bernard | | • | Hot Hot Summer Day - The Sugarhill Gang, Wimbish, Doug | | • | 8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang, Cook, Cheryl | | • | Showdown - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Sylvia | | • | Apache - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Sylvia | | • | The Lover in You - The Sugarhill Gang, Wingfield, Pete | | • | The Word Is Out - The Sugarhill Gang, Wimbish, Doug | | • | Kick It Live from 9 to 5 - The Sugarhill Gang, Hepburn, Michael | | • | Livin' in the Fast Lane - The Sugarhill Gang, OBrien, Guy | | • | Girls - The Sugarhill Gang, Ray, Harry | | • | Work, Work, the Body - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Joey Jr |
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Album Description
1995 compilation on Castle's Sequel label featuring 12 of these rap pioneer's phattes, including 'Rapper's Delight' (Album Version & Ben Leibrand DMC Remix), 'Apache' and 'KickIt Live From 9 To 5'.
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 dissin the Ol'school???? November 5, 2004
OlSchool
12 out of 13 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.
 pretty good greatest hits collection June 9, 2001
Ronnie Kaufman and Matthew Simmons (seattle)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
the reason this cd gets 4 stars instead of 5 is because I bought this cd thinking i was gonna get the full 15 minute version of rappers delight, which i didnt, so i was greatly disappointed in that. Other then that, this cd if filled with a bumch of feel good rap songs from back in the day. tracks 1 and 2 are the best in my opinion, but there arent really any BAD songs on the whole cd, seeing how it is a greatest hits cd. If your not a huge fan of sugarhill gang, just soneone looking for some good ald school rap, then go get sugarhill gangs first greatest hits cd, but if your a big sugarhill gnag fan, like me, then go pick up there first greatest hits cd and this one.
Jump On This!! July 13, 2005
D. A. Billins (Chesapeake, VA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Even without the classic Rappers Delight, I would have bought this this CD for Apache and 8th Wonder alone. Brings you back to a place and time when Hip-Hop was about the FUN instead of the GUN. To the misguided reviewer below "Super Pimp" - I for one DO get the point that you were just joking in order to get people upset. The only other alternative is that you really are as ridiculous as you sound. Peace 2 U 2.
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.
Super Pimp is an idiot January 14, 2004
liveon14887
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
It's idiots like Super Pimp you shouldn't listen to. It's idiots like Super Pimp who just don't appreciate where rap started. It's idiots like Super Pimp who don't even deserve to listen to rap music, real rap or crap music. Super Pimp is the prime example of what I ALWAYS talk about when I review a REAL RAP album- an idiot who listens to CRAP music. The Sugarhill Gang started this whole hip-hop thing, which means no matter what, you HAVE to have respect for these guys.I just couldn't believe this idiot's review on these guys when I read the reviews. It really amazes me that this person, claiming he started listening to rap when gangsta rap started, actually has the guts to go out and give lip to the ones who truly started it all. And the CDs he listed that are "better" than this is just APPAULING! WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD SAY THAT GAY-Z and NELLY ARE BETTER THAN THE ONES WHO STARTED IT ALL?? Super Pimp, unless you weren't dropped on your head when you were a baby, you're the world's most stupidest idiot. By the sounds of things, you have absolutely NO IDEA what rap REALLY is. You claim that you started listening to rap when gangsta rap came out, yet I didn't see a single gangsta rap album on that list. You call Nelly and Gay-Z "gangsta rap"? Please, that's an insult! Project Pat, who the f*ck is Project Pat? Must be another stupid idiot who just doesn't understand rap music. "This is the kind of rap that you should avoid"... Tell me fool, why is it that Sugarhill Gang gets HIGHER points for their CDs than Nelly and Gay-Z compared? BECAUSE THEY ARE BETTER THAN THEM! You are just the prime example why you shouldn't even be listening to rap music. Well of course the beats are dull, it was made back in to 70's, you stupid idiot! You seem to think you know everything about rap music when you don't know a single god-damn thing! It's boring and stupid because you cannot appreciate where rap started, which is sad really. You're a total idiot, don't even bother reviewing REAL RAP albums when you don't know what you're talking about. And believe me, you DO NOT know what you're talking about. People, don't listen to idiots like Super Pimp. It's people like him who don't deserve to listen to rap music. The Sugarhill Gang are truly legends- they started it all. This CD is a classic, gathering their many hits. And believe me, you'll enjoy this timeless classic rather than those stupid things that belong in the trash by Gay-Z, Nelly or any worthless rapper for that matter. Stick with listening REAL RAP music, the rap coming out today is total trash and is the reason why people are calling rap "crap". Super Pimp, think before you speak
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