''Rappin' Down Town'' is the third album from
New York City
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-based
rap
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hip hop
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group
The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1979. Their hit " Rapper's Delight", released the same year they were formed, was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, rea ...
. Released in 1983, this album includes the minor R&B hits "The Lover in You" and "The Word is Out."
The final three tracks on the album would also appear on the band's next album, ''
Livin' in the Fast Lane'', the following year, with "Kick it Live" becoming a moderate hit.
Background
The Sugarhill Gang's debut single "
Rapper's Delight
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" has been said to popularize rap music and bring the genre into mainstream music in America. ''Rappin' Down Town'' was the third album the group recorded.
Track listing
#"The Lover in You"
(Pete Wingfield
William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, Keyboardist, keyboard player, songwriter, singer, and music journalism, music journalist.
Career
Whilst at Sussex University, Wingfield and three other students formed ...
, Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson (née Vanterpool; May 29, 1935 – September 29, 2011), known mononymously as Sylvia, was an American singer and record producer. Robinson achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylv ...
) (6:52)
#"The Word is Out"
( Bernard Alexander, Doug Wimbish
Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bassist, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as Sugarhill Gang, G ...
, Guy O'Brien, Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Robinson) (5:40)
#"Winner Is"
(Wimbish, Skip McDonald
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Career Early career
Grounded in blues music learned from his father, a steel worker who played blues guitar at w ...
) (6:48)
#"Kick It Live from 9 to 5
(Michael Hepburn, Pleasure
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) (6:25)
#"Space Race"
(Wimbish, Ed Fletcher
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Fletcher was born on December 31, 1872 in Littleton, Massachusetts, son of Charles Kimball Fletcher ...
, McDonald) (7:41)
#"Girls"
(Al Goodman
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Early years
Goodman was born in Nikopol, Ukraine, (another source says that he was born in Odessa, Ukrai ...
, Harry Ray, Wright, O'Brien, Venus Dodson) (5:37)
External links
Sugarhill Gang- ''Rappin' Down Town'' @Discogs.com
1983 albums
The Sugarhill Gang albums
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