Rapper's Delight [Long Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Edwards, Bernard [1
Funk You Up [Long Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Brown, Angela
Rapper's Reprise [Jam-Jam] - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Sylvia
Super-Wolf Can Do It [Short Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Brown, William
Hot Hot Summer Day - The Sugarhill Gang, Alexander, Bernard
And You Know That [Short Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Brown, Angela
Freedom - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Monster Jam - The Sugarhill Gang, Brown, Angela
Baby Let's Rap Now, Pt. 2 - The Sugarhill Gang, Keith, Tommy
People Get on Up - The Sugarhill Gang, Edmonds, Nate
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang, Cook, Cheryl
That's the Joint - The Sugarhill Gang, Caesar, Keith
The Birthday Party - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
Check It Out - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
Showdown - The Sugarhill Gang, Johnson, Larry [3]
Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) - The Sugarhill Gang, Brewster, Daniel
Spoonie Is Back - The Sugarhill Gang, Jackson, Gabriel
Apache - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
It's Nasty (Genius of Love) [Short Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Belew, Adrian
Track Listings (11) - Disc #3
Hey Fellas [Long Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Fisher, Thomas
Sing a Simple Song - The Sugarhill Gang, Cook, Cheryl
It's Good to Be the Queen - The Sugarhill Gang, Brooks, Mel
The Lover in You - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Sylvia
The Message - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
Whip It - The Sugarhill Gang, Andrews, Reggie
Scratching - The Sugarhill Gang, Bailey, Barry
Ooh Baby [Short Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Cook, Cheryl
Scorpio - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Making Cash Money - The Sugarhill Gang, Parker, David
Here Comes the Bride - The Sugarhill Gang, Brown, Angela
Track Listings (12) - Disc #4
Message II (Survival) - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras) - The Sugarhill Gang, Simon, Pau
Yes We Can-Can - The Sugarhill Gang, Toussaint, Allen
The Word Is Out - The Sugarhill Gang, Alexander, Bernard
New York, New York - The Sugarhill Gang, Fletcher, Edward
Girls - The Sugarhill Gang, Dodson, Virginia
Kick It Live from 9 to 5 - The Sugarhill Gang, Brewster, Daniel
Break Dancin' (Electric Boogie) - The Sugarhill Gang, Lordan, Jerr
All Night Long [Waterbed] - The Sugarhill Gang, James, Rick [Bass]
At the Ice Arcade - The Sugarhill Gang, Robinson, Sylvia
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [Long Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvi
We Are Known as Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) - The Sugarhill Gang, Bailey, Barry
Track Listings (13) - Disc #5
Jesse - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Beat Street [From the Motion Picture Beat Street] - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Livin' in the Fast Lane - The Sugarhill Gang, Cook, Cheryl
We Don't Work for Free - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvi
Step Off - The Sugarhill Gang, Gamble, Kenneth
Xmas Rap [Uncensored] - The Sugarhill Gang, Dewese, Moe
Busy Bee's Groove - The Sugarhill Gang, Parker, Dave
Turn It Up - The Sugarhill Gang, Dewese, Moe
The Down Beat - The Sugarhill Gang, Dewese, Moe
Vice [From Miami Vice] - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvin
Outta Control - The Sugarhill Gang, Carriel, Michael
Street Walker [Original Version] - The Sugarhill Gang, Glover, Melvi
The Message ['97 Dungeon Mix] - The Sugarhill Gang, Chase, Jiggs
Easily the two most overused words in music criticism are essential and classic. That said, this five-CD box set is all that and a bag of chips to boot. Back in the late 1970s, the small Sugar Hill Records label changed th... more »e nature of the rap genre with the music, made with a live band, that they released--and the beats still sound on point today. This box set features tracks from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Sequence, the Sugarhill Gang, the Funky 4 + 1, and the Treacherous 3 (to name just a few) and classic tracks like "The Message," "Freedom," and "Rapper's Delight." In other words, classic, essential party music that still rocks the house. Everybody say ho! --Amy Linden« less
Easily the two most overused words in music criticism are essential and classic. That said, this five-CD box set is all that and a bag of chips to boot. Back in the late 1970s, the small Sugar Hill Records label changed the nature of the rap genre with the music, made with a live band, that they released--and the beats still sound on point today. This box set features tracks from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Sequence, the Sugarhill Gang, the Funky 4 + 1, and the Treacherous 3 (to name just a few) and classic tracks like "The Message," "Freedom," and "Rapper's Delight." In other words, classic, essential party music that still rocks the house. Everybody say ho! --Amy Linden
"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."
The Real Deal
Carnell | Newark, NJ United States | 12/19/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"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."
Where's the Vinyl?
Starskee Suavé | Los Angeles | 03/23/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Great, important, fun collection! I have to ask--why does the photo show vinyl, but no vinyl was shipped to me? Only CDs. Years ago, my girlfriend at the time got this collection, and there may have been an all-vinyl release (can't remember for sure). Regardless, she had some vinyl and I remember some songs that are missing from the 5 CD set I received. (For example, "Super Wolf Can Do It" was reprised as a quasi karaoke version called "Anybody Can Do It," letting you rap your own lyrics over it. Did I get short changed?"
Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
