The Sugar Hill Records Story { Various Artists } [Box set]

Sugarhill Gang (Performer), The Sequence (Performer), Grandmaster Flash (Performer), Spoonie Gee (Performer), The Moments (Performer), Positive Force (Performer), Trouble Funk (Performer), West Street Mob (Performer), Sylvia (Performer), Treacherous Three (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033T3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,861 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rapper's Delight [Long Version]

2. Funk You Up [Long Version]

3. Rapper's Reprise [Jam-Jam]

4. Super-Wolf Can Do It [Short Version]

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 8th Wonder

2. That's the Joint

3. The Birthday Party

4. Check It Out

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Hey Fellas [Long Version]

2. Sing a Simple Song

3. It's Good to Be the Queen

4. The Lover in You

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Message II (Survival)

2. Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras)

3. Yes We Can-Can

4. The Word Is Out

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Jesse

2. Beat Street [From the Motion Picture Beat Street]

3. Livin' in the Fast Lane

4. We Don't Work for Free

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic "Old School" that started the rap movement, March 16, 1999

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[e-mail] (Denver, Co) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sugar Hill Records Story { Various Artists } (Audio CD)

This box-set is an example of the classic "old school" that started the rap movement back in the early 80s. With 5 CDs of music, there's a lot to sift through. Each disc contains at least three or four essential tunes that clearly define why this music was so groundbreaking (and still is today). You've got all 14 minutes of "Rapper's Delight", two versions of "The Message", and a host of other notably catchy numbers. Even though Sugar Hill didn't invent the rap genre, they were the first to make it popular among the masses. The set also includes a booklet that contains several articles detailing the Sugar Hill story. For anyone who's into "old school" in the strictest sense of the word, then this box set is a must!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A HISTORY LESSON IN ITSELF, January 24, 2007

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Martin L. King "zonule" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugar Hill Records Story (Audio CD)

you know what i hate? i hate that these young folk today do not have any respect for da TRUE SCHOOL. i remember watching that MAKING THE BAND when DA BAND was on there (what a friggin' joke!!!!!) and diddy told them to do RAPPER'S DELIGHT and none of them knew it. i thought that all of them should've been sent home right there.

young or old, get this!!!! no, it does not tell the whole story, but it will up you on where a lot of these "new artists" are getting their ideas from. any young cats that are reading this, respect da TRUE SCHOOL!!!! i thank you.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, December 19, 2003

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Carnell (Newark, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sugar Hill Records Story (Audio CD)

So many people have forgot about where Hip-Hop started and some of the greatest MC's such as Melly Mel. This album is most important piece of my Hip-Hop collection.