Sugarhill Gang
by The Sugarhill Gang
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The Sugarhill Gang bestography
Sugarhill Gang is ranked as the best album by The Sugarhill Gang.
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Sugarhill Gang track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sugarhill Gang rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 46/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 1980 | 51/59 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 65 Music Albums of 1980 | 58/65 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ObsoleteEntity | Hip-Hop Greatest 100 | 89/99 | - |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | My Next 100 Favourite Songs 101-200 | 25/100 | - |
| 2025 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Best Of 1980: 40 Jahre, 40 Alben by laut (2020) | 18/40 | - |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Hip-Hop Albums 2 | 12/100 | - |
| 2023 | conallmalone | 80s Hip Hop | 40/65 | - |
| 2022 | Chambord | Top 61 Music Albums of 1980 | 58/61 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Sugarhill Gang ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 13:46 | RockyRaccoon | 7,241 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:59 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2025 15:28 | Mafedere | 835 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/01/2012 19:40 | #51592
Have you ever went over a friends house to eat, and the food just aint no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed, and the chicken tastes like wood...
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/01/2018 12:11 | #204334
Millions around the world become aware of rap because of rappers delight. Some love it that much that they want to hear an albums worth of it. So Sugarhill records issues this which is regarded as the first hip hop album, only to fill half of it with shitty half arsed r n b. they could have put the long version of the smash hit on and left off some of the shit. I imagine people being puzzled when they first put the needle to side one and thinking they'd been given the wrong record. Seems a bit unfair to criticise too much all considered. They probably didn't have enough material for more rapping. Maybe they should have gotten hank to go over to mr caz fly and actually purchased some lyrics from him.
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