R.I.P. Sylvia Robinson
2011-09-29
[youtube]diiL9bqvalo[/youtube] Sylvia Robinson, the co-founder of Sugar Hill Records with her husband Joe passed today of congestive heart failure. Robinson had the vision to record rap music at a time when it was still mostly unknown to America. She formed the Sugarhill Gang and recorded their “Rapper’s Delight” which becameContinue Reading
Throwback: West Street Mob-Let’s Dance (Make Your Body Move)
2010-10-24
[youtube]Z4eP4m08ZYE&[/youtube] West Street Mob is mostly known for their 1981 definitive B-Boy classic “Break Dance (Electric Boogie).” Despite the label owners’ Joe and Sylvia Robinson’s son Joey Robinson Jr. being in the group West Street Mob was one of the lesser known acts on the Sugar Hill label. “Let’s DanceContinue Reading