Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (Long Version)
2. Funk You Up - Sequence (Long Version)
3. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam) - The Sugarhill Gang/Sequence
4. Super-Wolf Can Do It - Super-Wolf (Short Version)
5. Hot Hot Summer Day - The Sugarhill Gang
6. And You Know That - Sequence (Short Version)
7. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
8. Monster Jam - Spoonie Gee/Sequence
9. Baby Let's Rap Now (Part 2) - The Moments
10. People Get on Up - Positive Force
DISC 2:
1. 8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang
2. That's the Joint - Funky 4 + 1
3. Birthday Party, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4. Check It Out - Wayne & Charlie (The Rapping Dummy)
5. Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, The - Grandmaster Flash
6. Showdown - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/The Sugarhill Gang
7. Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) - West Street Mob
8. Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie Gee
9. Apache - The Sugarhill Gang
10. It's Nasty (Genius of Love) - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Short Version)
DISC 3:
1. Hey Fellas - Trouble Funk (Long Version)
2. Sing a Simple Song - West Street Mob
3. It's Good to Be the Queen - Sylvia
4. Lover in You, The - The Sugarhill Gang
5. Message, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
6. Whip It - The Treacherous Three/Philippe Wynne
7. Scratching - Crash Crew
8. Ooh Baby - West Street Mob (Short Version)
9. Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
10. Making Cash Money - Busy Bee
11. Here Comes the Bride - Sequence
DISC 4:
1. Message II (Survival) - Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
2. Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras) - Crash Crew
3. Yes We Can-Can - The Treacherous Three
4. Word Is Out, The - The Sugarhill Gang
5. New York New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
6. Girls - The Sugarhill Gang
7. Kick It Live From 9 to 5 - The Sugarhill Gang
8. Break Dance-Electric Boogie - West Street Mob
9. All Night Long (Waterbed) - Kevie Kev
10. At the Ice Arcade - Chilly Kids
11. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel (Long Version)
12. We Are Known as EmCees (We Turn Party's Out) - Crash Crew
DISC 5:
1. Jesse - Grandmaster Melle Mel
2. Beat Street - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five/Mr. Ness & Cowboy (from "Beat Street")
3. Livin' in the Fast Lane - The Sugarhill Gang
4. We Don't Work For Free - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
5. Step Off - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/Cowboy/Melle Mel/Scorpio
6. Xmas Rap (Un-Censored) - The Treacherous Three
7. Busy Bee's Groove - Busy Bee
8. Turn It Up - The Treacherous Three
9. Down Beat, The - The Sugarhill Gang
10. Vice - Grandmaster Melle Mel (from "Miami Vice")
11. Outta Control - Miracle Mike & The Ladies Of The 80's
12. Street Walker - Mass Production/Grandmaster Melle Mel (original version)
13. Message, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/Melle Mel & Duke Bootee ('97 Dungeon mix)
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Producers include: Sylvia Robinson, Denise Lasalle, Joey Robinson, Jr., Trouble Funk, Melle Mel.
Compilation producers: Steve Greenberg, Chris Clarke.
Recorded between 1979 & 1985. Includes essays by Ronin Ro, Ralph Heibutzi and Steve Greenberg.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
...THE SUGAR HILL RECORDS STORY is the perfect time capsule recording for hip-hop heads to catch-up on their heritage...
The Source (04/01/1997)
...THE SUGARHILL RECORDS STORY assembles enough moments to merit the attention of the uninitiated and those wanting to reminisce over consummate party grooves past...
Vibe (03/01/1997)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Sugar Hill records just sounded better. And they sound even better now, 15 years later. The ebullient, funky jams contained in this five-disc set are among the most inviting, audience-friendly records ever issued...
Rolling Stone (04/17/1997)
8 (out of 10) - ...tells the tale of how an African-American family of R&B vets and their offspring sold a ghetto phenomenon that changed the shape of pop culture and your jeans...
Spin (03/01/1997)
...an invaluable gathering of singles that spawned a genre. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (02/07/1997)
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