Artist: Sugarhill Gang Label: Sugar Hill Orig. Released: 1979 Catalog No.: LPSHIL245 Condition: Sealed-Reissue Format: LP Retail Price: $ 10.49 (1 available) Quantity: add to cart

Description Released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced by Sylvia Robinson. The single "Rapper's Delight" was a #36 hit on the US pop chart and a #4 hit on the R&B chart. Although "Rapper's Delight" was the only charting single, the album also included the minor hit, "Rapper's Reprise". Read more at Wikipedia about this album or artist ... This description is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately reflected here.

Track Titles A1. HERE I AM 5:09 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI) A2. RAPPER'S REPRISE (JAM-JAM) 7:40 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI) A3. BAD NEWS DON'T BOTHER ME 6:45 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI) B1. SUGARHILL GROOVE 9:52 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI) B2. PASSION PLAY 5:10 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI) B3. RAPPER'S DELIGHT 6:30 Sugar Hill Music Publ. Ltd. (BMI)

Liner Notes ENGINEERS: BILLY JONES, SYLVIA ROBINSON AND NATE EDMONDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: SYLVIA INC. MIXED BY: SYLVIA ROBINSON, BILLY JONES AND NATE EDMONDS ALBUM ART DIRECTION: NOVIGRAPHICS PHOTOGRAPHY: JAMES DARGAN ALBUM DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER ROHN MAKE UP ARTIST: CHALOEA LASTER BACKGROUND VOCALS & RHYTHM ARR.: POSITIVE FORCE ON PASSION PLAY, BAD NEWS AND RAPPER'S DELIGHT. THANK YOU, MILTON, FOR BELIEVING IN ME, AND TO YOU MORRIS WITHOUT YOU IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. SPECIAL THANKS TO JOEY ROBINSON JR. WHO DISCOVERED THE SUGARHILL GANG FOR HIS MOMMIE. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CREATOR WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE. --SYLVIA THANKS SHIRLEY "SAY WHAT"

Musicians KEY BOARDS: NATE EDMONDS AND SKITCH SMITH DRUMS: KEITH LEBLANC AND BRIAN HORTON GUITAR: BERT WILLIAMS AND SKIP MCDONALD PERCUSSION: CRAIG DERRY, HARRY REYES AND JOHN STUMP CONGA: CRAIG DERRY SPECIAL EFFECTS: BILLY JONES AND NATE EDMONDS VIBES: SYLVIA ROBINSON BASS: BERNARD ROWLAND AND DOUGLAS WIMBISH SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE OF TITO PUENTE COURTESY OF TICO RECORDS SUGARHILL GANG: MICHAEL WRIGHT - "WONDER MIKE" MICHAEL WRIGHT, BETTER KNOWN AS "WONDER MIKE," WAS BORN IN MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY. HE'S 22 YEARS OLD, 6'5", AND VERY HANDSOME WITH BEAUTIFUL GREY EYES. HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. MIKE'S HOBBIES ARE SKETCHING, PAINTING, SINGING AND WRITING POETRY. MIKE IS A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN AND LOVES READING THE BIBLE. HENRY JACKSON "BIG BANK HANK" HANK WAS BORN IN THE BRONX. HE GRADUATED FROM BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH AN A.S. DEGREE IN OCEANOGRAPHY. WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE, HE WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WRESTLING. AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE. HANK FOUND IT VERY HARD TO ATTAIN A POSITION IN THE FIELD HE SPECIALIZED IN, SO BEING WITHOUT WORK, HE WAS GIVEN A JOB IN A PIZZERIA. STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, A BLACK KID MAKING PIZZAS, HE DID SO WELL THAT WHEN THE OWNER OF THE SHOP EXPANDED HIS BUSINESS TO ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, HE BROUGHT HANK OVER TO HEAD HIS CRISPY CRUST, WHERE HANK WAS LATER DISCOVERED. HANK IS 22 YEARS OLD. GUY O'BRIEN "MASTER GEE" GUY O'BRIEN IS 17 YEARS OLD. HE WAS BORN IN ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, WHERE HE IS NOW A SENIOR AT DWIGHT MORROW HIGH SCHOOL. HIS HOBBIES ARE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, GYMNASTICS AND FLYING. GUY HAS A STUDENT'S PILOT LICENSE.

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