Episode #75: Drop the Bomb

Because of the chronological restraints we don't get a lot of hip-hop on Star Time, so when we do we tend to organize a whole special around it. And even in this week's Summer Special tribute to Sugar Hill Records, the label which pretty much introduced everybody to rap, there are some funk, disco and soul ballads in the mix as well. It's classic material, utilizing primitive technology like early drum machines and, uh, a live band playing Chic's "Good Times." It's all in the second half of this week's show. In the first half: additional music!

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	Got to Testify (Love)	1974	United Artists
Nancy Wilson	Streetrunner	1974	Capitol
Lea Roberts	All Right Now	1975	United Artists
Linda Carr & the Love Squad	Highwire	1975	Chelsea
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly	Color Blind	1977	Capitol
The Pointer Sisters	You Gotta Believe	1976	MCA
Set 2
The Notations	Think Before You Stop	1976	Gemigo
Parliament	Dr. Funkenstein	1976	Casablanca
Boiling Point	Let's Get Funktified (Part 1)	1978	Bang
Philippé Wynne	Like a Loser Needs a Winner (You're All I Need)	1977	Cotillion
Jean Carn	Don't Let It Go to Your Head	1978	Philadelphia Int'l
Slave	Slide	1977	Cotillion
Set 3: Sugar Hill Records
Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight	1979	Sugar Hill
The Sequence	Funk You Up	1979	Sugar Hill
Super-Wolf	Super-Wolf Can Do It	1980	Sugar Hill
First Class	Give Me, Lend Me (Can You Spare)	1980	Sugar Hill
Brother to Brother	Monster Jam	1981	Sugar Hill
The Moments	Baby Let's Rap Now (Pt. 1)	1980	Sugar Hill
Set 4/Outro: Sugar Hill Records
Spoonie Gee	Spoonie Is Back	1981	Sugar Hill
Fine Quality feat. Cuz	Ahh Dance	1981	Sugar Hill
West Street Mob	Got to Give It Up	1981	Sugar Hill
Trouble Funk	Drop the Bomb	1982	Sugar Hill
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	The Message	1982	Sugar Hill