Sugared Delights
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [SH-542 USA 2019 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Often credited with bringing rap music up from the streets of New York to the masses (via late seventies discos), Rapper's Delight possibly does not get the credit it deserves these days as hip-hop has developed greatly beyond this lengthy fourteen plus minutes (not quite the fifteen indicated) of disco rap. My copy is the original US red label pressing without the subsequent Chic credits. You will notice quickly that the kick drum on this version sounds much thinner (it literally pops) than on subsequent remixes (there were many), but that bass line (recorded in full in one take) is as thick as it ever has been. A1 Rapper's Delight (Long Version) B1 Rapper's Delight (Short Version)