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"Rapper's Delight" (Single), Long Version by Sugar Hill Gang
Record company
Sugar Hill Records
Performing artist
Sugar Hill Gang
DateSeptember 16, 1979
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (31.75 × 31.75 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 12 in. (30.48 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 12 in. (30.48 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.197.9.A,.B
Text Entries“Rappers Delight” (Long Version) vinyl record album by The Sugar Hill Gang.
“Rapper’s Delight” was the first recorded rap hit released on September 16, 1979, that projected hip-hop into the public. “Rapper’s Delight” sold two million copies and became the first rap song to hit the Top 40 on Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 36. The song is performed by The Sugar Hill Gang members, Wonder Mike (Michael Wright, b. 1957), Big Bank Hank (Henry Jackson, 1956-2014) and Master Gee (Guy O’Brien, b. 1962). The song sampled from Chic’s “Good Times” and was written by Cold Crush member Grandmaster Caz and produced by Sylvia Robinson. The 15-minute single is credited as introducing hip-hop to a mainstream audience.
12inch vinyl record. Vinyl sits in a light blue sleeve with “Sugar Hill” written in cursive red, blue and yellow striped colored font. There is a blue skyline of a city in the middle of the sleeve where record states, “Sugar Hill, Rapper’s Delight, Long Version, Sugar Hill Gang”
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Sugar Hill Gang
Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.692.1.A,.B
Sugar Hill Gang
Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.9.A,.B
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Date: March 1, 1981
Medium: acrylic; wood
Object number: 1999.145.1
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Date: 1981
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 2000.665.7
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Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1983
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1998.802.22
Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.441.18
Sugar Hill Records (NYC)
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.46.A,.B
Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.482.15.A,.B
Epic Records Group
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.10.A,.B
Enjoy Records
Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.11.A,.B
Columbia Records
Date: 1991
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1999.425.12.A,.B
Sequence
Date: December 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.23.A,.B