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Sugarhill Gang 1980

funk, hip hop, disco 40 min 6 tracks Sugar Hill Records

Sugarhill Gang is the self-titled debut album by the rap group the Sugarhill Gang. It is considered to be the first hip hop studio album, leading to more studio albums by other rappers.

funk hip hop disco

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Classical in form, warm, spare and grave.

classical in formformally daring
warmbleak
sparerichly built
grave

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Tracks

A1Here I Am5:09
A2Rapper’s Reprise (Jam-Jam)7:40
A3Bad News6:45
B1Sugar Hill Groove9:52
B2Passion Play5:10
B3Rapper’s Delight4:55

6 tracks, 40 minutes.

About the album

Artist: The Sugarhill Gang
Label: Sugar Hill Records
Released: 1980
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: US

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