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"Rapper's Delight" peaked at number 36 in January 1980 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, [15] number four on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in December 1979. The song was much more successful internationally, reaching number one on the Canadian Top Singles chart in January 1980, [16] number one on the Dutch Top 40, and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
The hotel/motel/Holiday Inn rhymes of the early cuts may be fluff, but its uplifting fluff with a sense of discovery." [ 6 ] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the compilation a five-star review, noting that Sugar Hill Records music "remaining out of print during the rise of the hip-hop during the late '80s and '90s.
The song samples "Push the Feeling On" by Nightcrawlers and interpolates lyrics from Jay-Z's "I Just Wanna Love U" ("Gimme that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff"), The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Nasty Girl" ("Put them fingers in your mouth / Open up your blouse / Pull that g-string down south"), and Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" ("We at the ...
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 , [ 1 ] reaching a peak position of number 36 on January 12, 1980. [ 2 ]
The album was released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced by Sylvia Robinson.The single "Rapper's Delight" was the first rap single to become a top-40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 36 on the U.S. pop chart and number 4 on the R&B chart.
Henry Lee Jackson (January 11, 1956 – November 11, 2014), known by his stage name Big Bank Hank, was an American hip hop recording artist and manager. Also known as Imp the Dimp, he was a member of the trio the Sugarhill Gang, the first hip hop act to have a hit with the cross-over single "Rapper's Delight" on the pop charts in 1979. [1]
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He is a founding member of the hip hop group the Sugarhill Gang. On the band's signature song, "Rapper's Delight", he raps, "I said M-A-S, T-E-R, a G with a double E, I said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee". He was 17 at the time of recording the song, alluded to by the lyric, "I guess by now you can take a ...