While they didn't garner the critical praise of their label cohorts, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, the Sugarhill Gang still produced their share of memorable slices of early hip-hop.
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 features the hits "Apache" and the title track, as well as such slick funk burners as "Hot Hot Summer Day" and the incredible bit of uptown dance alchemy "Funk Box" (shades of Prince here).
8th Wonder may not be as good a starting point for newcomers as roundups on Rhino and Sequel, but it certainly will be one fans won't want to miss.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 06:14 | 14 MB | 44 MB |
| 2 | Funk Box | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 08:10 | 18 MB | 54 MB |
| 3 | On the Money | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 05:38 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | 8th Wonder | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 07:26 | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| 5 | Showdown | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 05:55 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Giggalo | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | Hot Hot Summer Day | The Sugarhill Gang | Play | 07:09 | 16 MB | 46 MB |
| 44 mins | 102 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 299 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Hobish | Reissue Mastering |
| 2 | Steve Jerome | Engineer |
| 3 | Sylvia Robinson | Producer |
| 4 | Nathaniel Russell | Reissue Design, Reissue Layout |
| 5 | The Sugarhill Gang | Primary Artist |
The Sugarhill Gang
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |