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Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder flac album
  • Performer Sugarhill Gang
  • Title 8th Wonder
  • Country US
  • Style Electro, Funk, Disco
  • Other formats DXD ASF AUD AC3 AAC XM MP3
  • Genre Hip-hop & RAP / Soul & Funk
  • Size MP3 1629 mb
  • Size FLAC 1790 mb
  • Rating: 4.1
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Sugarhill Gang is the self-titled debut album by influential rap group The Sugarhill Gang. The album was released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced by Sylvia Robinson. The single "Rapper's Delight" was a hit on the US pop chart and a 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".

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Helping to bring Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records into the limelight, the label's namesake group erred more on the funk side of the hip-hop equation, plying a steamy, all-night mix of go-go grooves, straight funk singing, and rapping.

8th Wonder is the second album released by rap pioneers Sugarhill Gang. Although not as commercially successful as their debut album, it stayed on a couple of Billboard’s charts for a few months at the beginning of 1982, peaking at on the Soul LPs chart and on the Top 200 chart, with 8th Wonder and Apache being the most successful tracks

8th Wonder is the second album by rap group The Sugarhill Gang. The album was released in 1982 for Sugarhill Records and was once again produced by Sylvia Robinson and James Cullimore. Though not as successful as the group's previous album, the album did feature the minor hits "8th Wonder" and "Apache" and featured an appearance by another Sugar Hill Records rap group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. 2. "On the Money" 5:25. 3. "8th Wonder" 3:56.

This album has an average beat per minute of 108 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 102/116 BPM). Tracklist 8th Wonder. Recent albums by The Sugarhill Gang. Livin' in the Fast Lane.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Apache 6:11
A2 Funk Box 7:59
A3 On The Money 5:30
A4 8th Wonder 7:10
B1 Kick It Live From 9 To 5 6:30
B2 Showdown
Featuring – The Furious Five
5:31
B3 Giggalo 3:51
B4 Hot Hot Summer Day 6:04

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-49619
  • Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-49620
  • Manufactured By – Rhino Records
  • Distributed By – Scorpio Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Producer – Jigsaw Productions, Sylvia Robinson

Notes

The pressing plant information found in the runout grooves indicate that this reissue was initially pressed in 2003.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): VID 306
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): VID 307
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout area side A): 5032 -SHN249-1 (A) S-49619
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout area side B): 5032 -SHN249-1 (B) S-49620

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SH 249 Sugarhill Gang 8th Wonder ‎(LP, Album) Sugar Hill Records SH 249 US 1981
SHLP 1001 Sugarhill Gang 8th Wonder ‎(LP, Album) Sugar Hill Records SHLP 1001 UK 1981
SHLP 1001 Sugarhill Gang Sugarhill Gang ‎(LP, Album) Sugar Hill Records SHLP 1001 UK 1981
SH 2000 The Sugarhill Gang* 8th Wonder ‎(LP, Album) Sugar Hill Records SH 2000 Italy 1982
VPLI 6628 Sugarhill Gang 8th Wonder ‎(LP, Album) RCA Victor VPLI 6628 Australia & New Zealand 1981