Sugarhill Gang

VINYL FORMAT. CLASSIC. Although the Sugarhill Gang didn't invent hip-hop, it was the first rap act to have a huge international hit. Released in 1979, "Rapper's Delight" was millions of listeners' first exposure to hip-hop — before that, very few people outside of New York even knew what hip-hop was. The Sugarhill Gang was also among the first rap acts to record a full-length LP; when this self-titled debut album came out in 1980, the vast majority of old school MCs were only providing 12" singles. So The Sugarhill Gang is a historically important album.