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Wednesday | City Paper

The Sugarhill Gang Goes Downhill

The historic early hip-hop trio Sugarhill Gang are currently on a 30th anniversary tour, commemorating a career that began with the release of the watershed single "Rapper's Delight" in 1979.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Baltimore Metro

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Metromix Indianapolis

Kurtis Blow: the elder statesman of rap

When hip-hop blew up, Kurtis Blow was there. His 1980 song "The Breaks" became the second rap track to reach the Top 5 of Billboard magazine's R&B chart .

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Related Topix: Rap, Black Entertainment, Kurtis Blow, R&B, R-N-B, Hip-Hop, Run DMC, Dance, Whodini, DMC, Music, Entertainment

Sat Nov 21, 2009

RTE 2FM

on the Show - Nov...

Irish 4-piece The Angel Pier kicked off 2009 with a storming show to a packed Whelan's in Dublin, showcasing new songs including two the band recorded recently withJjimmy Eadie.

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Related Topix: Jose Feliciano, Latin, Hip-Hop, Englewood, NJ

Thu Nov 19, 2009

K99FM

I'm From The Country

One of the truisms of pop music is that in a style's early years, novelty songs are commonplace: the freshness and novelty of the musical form lends itself to giggly comic songs, and in turn new audiences attracted by the humor get exposed to the new kind of music.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Rap, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Clint Eastwood

Tue Nov 17, 2009

PR-inside.com

Poet talks politics, Tupac

Nikki Giovanni speaks at Bell Memorial Union By Joel Hersch Many people came out to see Giovanni speak and read her personal poetry about love, family and life Friday evening at the Bell Memorial Union auditorium.

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Related Topix: Activism, Arts, Poetry, Hip-Hop

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The New York Observer

Sugarhill Gang in 2002, a less litigious time.

Rudy Giuliani thinks it's too nice to bring the 9/11 detainees to trial in New York, writes the Post : "There seems to be an over-concern with the rights of terrorists and a lack of concern with the rights of the public." He noted that terror chief Khalid Sheik Mohammed "asked to be brought to New York" when he was first arrested.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, US Politics, US News, Rudy Giuliani

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Post Chronicle

The Sugarhill Gang Classic 'Rapper's Delight' Gets Hall Of Fame Honor

Hip-hop pioneers The Sugarhill Gang will mark the 30th anniversary of their iconic hit Rapper's Delight with a special honour at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Hour.ca

Montreal hip-hop symposium

Hip-hop conscious Stefan Christoff This month, the world marks the 30th anniversary of hip-hop's emergence from the streets of New York City - back in Oct.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Boston Globe

The truly original thing about a Rappera s Delighta

"Now what you hear is not a test": Thirty years ago this month, a thrown-together crew from Englewood, N.J. - Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank, and Master Gee, collectively calling themselves the Sugarhill Gang - released their first single, "Rapper's Delight." It wasn't the first hip-hop recording, but it was the first to become a widespread hit, ...

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Related Topix: Englewood, NJ, Hip-Hop

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Notes from a Different Kitchen

"Rapper's Delight" Turned 30 years old last week

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Monday, October 19, 2009 "Rapper's Delight" Turned 30 years old last week! Surprised no other hip hop blogs acknowledged this.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Hip-Hop

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Washington Square News

Rapping with disabilities

Rob "Da Noize" Temple is best known for performing with the Sugarhill Gang, a hip-hop group formed in 1975.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Tue Oct 20, 2009

The Sun Online

Why Chipmunk wants to inspire

THIRTY years ago in a trendy New York nightclub, three young lads in jeans and T-shirts jumped on stage as the Chic disco classic Good Times started playing.

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Related Topix: Why?, Hip-Hop, Disco, Chic, Rap, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Dr. Dre, Black Entertainment, Offbeat

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Zimbabwe Independent

Hip-hop Comes of age

THIRTY years after the first mainstream rap song, Rapper's Delight, hit the US charts, what effect has hip-hop had on New York and wider American society? Joe Conzo gets misty eyed when he recalls his teenage years in the South Bronx.

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Related Topix: Publishing, New York Times, Hip-Hop, New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro

Fri Oct 16, 2009

BBC News

Old skool tie

Thirty years on from Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang becoming the first mainstream rap song to hit the US charts, hip-hop has played a surprising role in shaping modern British culture.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, African-American, Jeremy Paxman, Dizzee Rascal

Wed Oct 14, 2009

BBC News

How hip-hop was born in the Bronx

Rapper's Delight, by the Sugarhill Gang, became the first hit rap song 30 years ago after it entered the US Billboard charts in October 1979.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Audio

Mon Oct 12, 2009

BBC

Life on planet hip-hop

Thirty years on from Rapper's Delight, by the Sugarhill Gang, becoming the first mainstream rap song to hit the US charts, how and why has hip-hop spread to different parts of the world? Public Enemy rapper Chuck D famously once said rap was "CNN for black people". In the years following its emergence in 1970s New York, hip-hop culture has ...

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment, Rap, Public Enemy, CNN, African-American

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Tips and Answers

Essential 80s Rap Music

The golden age of hip-hop, many argue, was the early years, before California brought the gangsta sound into full effect.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Wed Sep 30, 2009

The Independent

Bling doesn't mean a thing: A new play puts hip-hop and its image problems centre stage

Take the rap: Bashy plays the title role in 'Markus the Sadist', Jonzi D's new play about an aspiring rapper who sells his soul for fame and fortune enlarge Jonzi D has had enough.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Tue Sep 08, 2009

RTE 2FM

Playlist - Monday...

Elbow - 'Grounds For Divorce' Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Hysteric' Sinead O'Connor & Republic Of Loose - 'We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue' AC/DC - 'Highway To Hell' Passion Pit - 'Little Secrets' The Flaming Lips - 'Do You Realise?' The Sugarhill Gang - 'Rapper's Delight' Codes - 'You Are Here' Eurythmics - 'Sweet Dreams ' Jamie T - 'Chaka Demus' ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Ac/DC, The Flaming Lips, Hip-Hop, The Prodigy, Techno

Mon Sep 07, 2009

The Independent

Rappers sell their lyrics (and their souls) to the highest corporate bids

The Sugar Hill Gang started it back in the early Eighties when they chanted about the "hotel, motel, Holiday Inn" in the hit "Rapper's Delight". A quarter of a century later, rappers are still name-checking brands from Cristal champagne to Jello in their music - and the practice is proving to be lucrative.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Life, Food, Fast Food, Marketing

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