Song 8 th wonder the sugar hill gang sugar hill band

 SONG: 8 th Wonder – The Sugar Hill Gang

 Sugar hill band also deserved credit as they were responsible for sampling
other records – they didn’t use sampling machines
 They sampled by recreating with a live band **
 By 1982 the sound of hip hop began to change – symbolized the end of sugar
hill domination
 Technology is beginning to change the industry – drum machines and
sequencers and new technology – live bands were no longer needed
 Sugar hill became outdated
 Sugar hill at the time was the popular rap label
 Technology left sugar hill to go out of business
 Other record labels were starting to become more prevalent
 L.L. Cool J was ignored by sugar hill – major mistake – he was later signed to
Def Jam
 Spike Lee was also rejected
o Vaughan Mason & Crew
 SONG: Vaughan Mason & Crew – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll Pt. 1
 Song is relevant because it had the same base line as good times
 First and only LP by the group
 Made top 5 on R&B charts
o Another one bites the dust was queen’s highest charted song to date
 Fans felt that the band sold out
o SONG: Sequence – Funk You Up
 Sequence was signed in 1979
 Cherly Cook, Blondie, and Angie brown stone
 This group, along with Silvia Robinson were the writers of this song
 Silvia also had a hand in producing the song
 They were the first female rap group to successfully release a record
 From south Carolina
 Sugar hill artist
 Big in roller skating
 Deviated from the bass line on good times