Various Artists - Sugar Hill Hip-Hop Box Set (3 CD) (2008)

This three-disc box is a budget version of Rhino's five-disc Sugar Hill Records Story. For those who want to go a little deeper than one of the single-disc Sugar Hill compilations, while at the same time wanting to avoid the extensive nature of the Rhino set, this is a decent midway point, including essentials like the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight," Funky Four Plus One's "That's the Joint," and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message." However, the Rhino set is such a definitive release, making this -- and the very similar Sugar Hill Story: To the Beat Y'All (also a three-disc set) -- seem like a compromise. Regardless, the inclusions make for some of the earliest and most vital rap music money can buy. It's packaged much like the several Trojan reggae box sets that were in circulation at the time of its release.

Tracklist:
1.01 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (7:09)
1.02 - The Funky Four Plus One - That's the Joint (9:20)
1.03 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (Extended Version) (7:10)
1.04 - The Treacherous 3 - Yes We Can-Can (6:57)
1.05 - West Street Mob - Break Dance - Electric Boogie (5:09)
1.06 - The Sequence - Funk You Up (10:48)
1.07 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Superrappin' (12:11)
1.08 - Lady B - To the Beat Y'all (5:20)
1.09 - Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap (7:01)
1.10 - Crash Crew - We Are Known as Emcees (We Turn the Party Out) (5:36)
2.11 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On the Wheels of Steel (Extended Mix) (7:06)
2.12 - Spoonie Gee - Spoonie Is Back (6:33)
2.13 - Super-Wolf - Super-Wolf Can Do It (6:20)
2.14 - The Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder (7:24)
2.15 - Spoonie Gee & The Sequence, The Sequence, Spoonie Gee - Monster Jam (8:48)
2.16 - West Street Mob - Mosquito (Hobo Scratch) (5:30)
2.17 - Crash Crew - Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras) (7:21)
2.18 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Flash to the Beat (4:21)
2.19 - The Treacherous Three & Kool Moe Dee, The Treacherous Three - Turn It Up (7:32)
2.20 - Grandmaster Flash feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Duke Bootee - Message II (Survival) (6:44)
3.21 - Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Don't Do It) (Long Version) (7:37)
3.22 - The Funky Four Plus One - Rapping and Rocking the House (13:30)
3.23 - Reggie Griffin - Mirda Rock (7:19)
3.24 - Wayne & Charlie (The Rapping Dummy) - Check It Out (5:59)
3.25 - The Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It) (6:13)
3.26 - Waterbed Kev - All Night Long (Waterbed) (6:06)
3.27 - West Street Mob - I Can't Stop (12" Mix) (5:05)
3.28 - Busy Bee - Making Cash Money (6:35)
3.29 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - It's Nasty (Genius of Love) (4:18)
3.30 - Crash Crew - Scratching (Stereo) (5:37)