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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars This was the JAM back in 1980, April 19, 2003
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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sugarhill Gang (Audio CD)
Strictly speaking, this isn't the first rap album as it has only 3 actual rap tunes on it. But in the summer of 1980 (a VERY good summer for R&B albums in general) this was the JAM! "Sugarhill Groove" (with an amazing drum break by the legendary Tito Puente) was perhaps the funkiest track the gang ever recorded. Highly underrated. "Rapper's Reprise" with the Sequence (including the young Angie Stone) is not so hot, but the slower tunes "Passion Play," "Bad News Don't Bother Me," and "Here I Am" in particular, show that the gang were not half bad as singers. Oh yeah, the version of "Rapper's Delight" included here is not the complete version. But overall, a very enjoyable and worthwhile purchase that (for the most part) still remains enjoyable two decades later.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars full version of Rapper's Delight, October 24, 2006
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D. Kelly (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugarhill Gang (Audio CD)
It's possible that the previous reviewer got an earlier release version of this album but I ordered mine from Amazon last year and it has the 15 minute (actually 14 min, 23 seconds) version of Rapper's Delight on it. It would be nice if Amazon would check this item and put that in the details (whether it is the 4:55 (original 45 RPM version), 6:30 (original short version on 12") or 15:00 (original long version on 12")).
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4.0 out of 5 stars like this, April 5, 2007
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I bought this for the slow jam Here I am. I like the rest of the tracks, but this has alwyas been my favorit cut on this recording.
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