Sugarhill Gang ‎– Sugarhill Gang

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Although the Sugarhill Gang didn't invent hip-hop, they were the first rap act to have a huge international hit. Released in 1979, "Rapper's Delight" was millions of listeners' first exposure to hip-hop -- before that, very few people outside of New York even knew what hip-hop was. the Sugarhill Gang were also among the first rap acts to record a full-length LP; when this self-titled debut album came out in 1980, the vast majority of old-school MCs were only providing 12" singles. So The Sugarhill Gang is a historically important album even though it is a bit uneven. While "Rapper's Delight" and "Rapper's Reprise" (which features the Sequence, hip-hop's first all-female group) are excellent, most of the material is merely decent. And the ironic thing is that half of the songs aren't even rap. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang

Tracklist

A1 Here I Am 5:13
A2 Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam) 7:52
A3 Bad News 6:46
B1 Sugarhill Groove 9:41
B2 Passion Play 5:13
B3 Rapper's Delight 5:03