Rapping And Rocking The House - The Funky 4+1

[MrMacaroonMan]

1 wanker listens to eminem

[kingoftheironham]

Listen to this while I'm alone in the house, totally jam to it, dancin round the house xD

[xFunkyGuyx189]

Its the old skool unfake and way better version of nicki manjah how ever the heck you speell her name

[dakotaV45]

i come to listen to this every week

[musicamw23]

I just noticed somthing. The bass line is the same bass line from "Got To Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn!

[dakotaV45]

@musicamw23 this one is more funky and upbeat

[dakotaV45]

@lizainuk PRETTY MUCH YEAH u are LOL



[dakotaV45]

THIS WAS LIKE 32 YEARS AGO

- 2011

[lizainuk]

@dakotaV45 for real????? well, then I'm 32 years late. i love this song!!!!!

[WillMega06]

The intro alone is better than 95% of music that has came out in the last five years. HOT!

[BrandonOmari]

sounds like souls of mischief.

[dakotaV45]

NO DISLIKES OLD SCEWL RULES

[andreastory800]

FUNKY AND MELODY AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYIN

[WillMega06]

"Letter To The Old School" - People Under The Stairs

[MrWreckmob]

Tony Hawk Proving Ground

[msbarbiedoll62]

this ihe way we rock the house back in the day

[CookyMonzta]

Do you know that, in the early-1980s, Rodney C. (Rodney Stone) would marry one of the members of the female rap trio called the Sequence, and have a child together? That member was Angela 'Angie B.' Brown.

[gt2e]

@CookyMonzta  fuck off you irrelevant cunt no one asked you

[deathacus]

@CookyMonzta yeah, seeing how it's 2011 and everything.

[blackyfloyd]

that's some prime rib.

[Homeekilla]

This is real shit rigt here! not lil wayne and soljah boy!

[gilinnc]

This is what we throw down to back in the early 80's in Jersey.

Yeah, I remember when Jay Z tried to come out first.That goes to tell you it just wasn't his time yet.Isn't that somehting?

[insanelook]

Selling my whole collection of rare old school hip hop and funk, mainly original vinyls from the 70's and 80's. List sent by requested Pm.

[TheLordwaster]

@insanelook do u still got that collection

[dlemma74]

A.Y.K.T.!

[lefort8]

the orignal female da 1st

[lefort8]

the orignal female da 1s

[bronxboy129]

Jay Z tried to make it back in the days came out in maybe a couple of videos did not make it to far and of course with the new follow the leader generation he became successful Who the fuck will wear pink Timbs (Camron)if you did back then you will be considered a homothug!lol

[bronxboy129]

SCHOOL 129, TBB, BRONX BOYS SURE SHOTS,STARCHILD LA ROCK ROOSEVELT HS, EVANDER CHILDS HS, THE T-CONNECTION,AT THE FEVER,AND FOR WHO DIDN'T KNOW PUERTO RICANS ARE PART OF HIP HOP HISTORY AS WELL,JAY-Z, KANYE IF YOU NEED SOME RAPPING LESSONS TAKE ADVANTAGE WILE THERE IS A FEW OF THEM AROUND,I KNOW DRAKES MADE CUP CAKES LOL

[Khultan]

@bronxboy129  Cool!

[daedaebelly]

dis REAL rap musik rite hur! FACK SOULJA BOY!!!!!!!

[RoLonSoLutions93]

these niggaz r so freshh 

[funkberto]

2 integrants were members also of DOUBLE TROUBLE (appears in Wild Style)

[erics9194]

@illmatic432 amen. may i add del tha funkee homosapien and jeru the damaja

[grawlick123]

to bad they split up in 1983

[sattski]

nice to hear rap that goes a whole two seconds without mentionin the words 'nigga' and 'booty'. i hate that gangsta nonsense. this rules.

[deathlicker]

@sattski See 3:35.

[sattski]

@deathlicker my bad. :)

[ay0utubeaccountname]

i wanna see jay z top this

[RomanJackass]

@ay0utubeaccountname not possible ;)

[abdullahquick]

LYRICS lol hey can i get some lyrics to this

[Blackmac95]

Damn This Jam Is nearly As Old as my moms lol, I dont care if its 17years older than me its my fave song of all time, Sha Rock Jus blesses my ears on this One

Im Gonna Upload The Full 16 Min Version sometime soon

[sfischer1900]

thirty years ago...what!!?! So it was NOT just yesterday when a white german boy threw the cardboard and tried to break it and be cool like them 4+1??

Unbelievable...

Grueße uss Koelle

[boshidobrown]

my first wax

[wrathcpa]

i no rodney c personally hes putting together safe nights all over NYC for the youth of today to perform there talents and model! want any info hit me up ill tell u anything u needa no

[469mack]

1st hip hop group to appear on "Saturday Night Live", enough said.

[TheYoungChamps]

notice he only said one curse word JUST ONE!

[Protongnom]

I havent read any comment, and I say: just classic...cool people making cool music

[fredblassie123]

check out the 16 minute version....amazing....great drums and guitar throughout....classic.

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥

[TheXoSkeleton]

To my boy Keith Keith I dont no if I ever told you how much this group has had an influence on how I write. I'm so happy I came to AHRC, cause even though we lived not to far from each other I might not have met you.

[thekingsof863]

Yo this is true hip hop in it's original form. Straight up rhymin' over disco beats.

[jwclone]

this is good shit. but im not into this stuff that much. its not the rap over it, it's the music. It doesnt work for rap that well.

[Retardzz1]

Love this Fuckin song

[ROMAJAM]

:-)

[Reddoggystyle]

well a 1 to 2 to 3 to the 69 in the house asho nuff all the garannys i turn out geezer

[SUPAGUNZ]

do your homework. they sound nuthin like treacherous 3.

[pissfotz]

Anyone got the lyrics? I dont feel like writing it down cause it will be like 10 pages

[bxkrod]

BIG UP TO THE FUNKYY 4 RODNIE C

[dmp3171]

They Sound Like The Treacherous Three

[ghettosearch]

like this version also

[ttone96]

this song is so good i wish it could go on forever

[Khaliqdialectic]

Love this Joint

[WHAC92]

the beat reminds me of the song from joe bataan - rap-o-clapo,,i like the rappin on this track no nonsence just straight flowin and spitin

[XinoWuantanKlan]

Cool!

[FishRock77]

Old School Hip Hop is the best party music ever.

It is funny though how much they introduce themselves in the songs. :-)

[PsycadelicShack]

@FishRock77 Yeah! I know what you mean! No one ever does that now.

[jarvis911]

this is a classic i always feel like partying on a sunny day jammin to this

[rsvlara]

classic jam

[qtip5585]

great break song!!

[ItsBobbyLook]

is this ment to be good or sumet :/?

[chillyman13]

i thank tony hawks for introducing this song to me.

[joelyboii88]

haha same, wouldnt of found it without that legend :D

[Tenatu]

Classic ish right here. I had the record when I was a kid... the original version is like 16 minutes! THat's what happens when you have 2 DJs and 5 Mc's...

[TheRicco57]

de la funky comme on aime!!!

[glav2000]

sur

[JonasTieppo]

RARE!!!

Awesome!!

[daryl138]

sha rock was one of the best mc's ever

[LordOctemeus]

damn... hip hop of today is total garbage compared to this.

[TheMastaPlan]

not all hip hop...dont hate

[RoLonSoLutions93]

@LordOctemeus i agree man

[TehRoXXX]

@LordOctemeus its just evolved .. although your right about 95% of it

[08babymonster]

@LordOctemeus

right i also like 70's disco

[lulabell232002]

this is the best go sha!!!!

[OldHollows123]

i like kickin' rockwell!

[cripzvsbloodzw]

Nice

[eddiebrooklyn718]

thank you.... i use to break dance to thiz !!! "real-talk"

[MarloBomfunk]

Yeah Awesome Track !

[2TheDeath]

Great party jam.

[kell7wlt]

On this jam little rodney c coined wearing pants on thighs for those of you who dont know "Saggin".

[royalefreshness]

what song does this sample. by the way brilliant song ive got its its one of my favourites.

[electronationradio]

cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real

[royalefreshness]

Thank You

[pjprythms]

The song is "To Be Real", and the band played it live in the studio. It was cool, I was there the night they did it.

[chujhuj11]

love the way they rock the house! yeaaah

[CLSmooth70]

She was before Roxanne Shonte and all other female rappers.

[treyman8064]

the best eva

[macewindu67]

Got to be real Cheryl Lynn

[AJ5166]

A bonifide classic from the first Hip-Hop group to ever appear on " Saturday Night Live".

[fizi247]

One of my very 1st Rap records back in the late 70's! This is a mutha fucking Rap Classic, whosoever disagrees knows fuck all about Rap music!

[Guulasch]

old schooool

really cool

[eazyb69]

it's the original !!

Do you know the breakdance song " you boys can googie too ..."

[furball007]

Good beat, good song.

After 30 years, its still hot.

[KillaKlump]

still a fresh ass track

[grimelab]

i got the O.G. pressing of this on vinyl from 1979. Dope

[200332631]

sha-rock was the most underated female rapper ever she was awsome.

[aituaitz]

i'm a friend of rock punk indie and metal but i think this is a real masterpiece  by the way I got it from tony hawk too

[gizmoPL122]

best song in thpg (in my opinion)

[rexboogie]

wow! this take me back to parties at the center. 95 lincon ave in New Rochelle for those who were there. Oh and the boys club jams. They Proformed there more than once.

[bananaz32]

new ro...remember a group called the Collin's Bros Crew. I got some of the reel-to-reel tapes? MarK C. Wayne Wheel, Papa-Doo-Jam

[namkooc]

this is nearly 30 years old and still sounds so fresh imagine lisyening to the garbage thats out now in even 10 years you wont this is timeless

[bustamobb06]

this and fatback bands king tim III were the first rap songs, sugarhill gang was out after these two records. i actually hate rappers delight, lol, too over played, much prefer this.

[fredblassie123]

This is a classic Rap jam. Relentless!!

[aceman185]

dude i love this song. im not one for hip hop or rap but i think this is so catchy. i found out about it on tony hawks proving grounds. WOOT

[corrupter93]

me too :P

[aceman185]

hahaha nice

[lucasvolume3]

same here! hahahah! i got into 90s rap from proskater 4 in 5th grade!

[illmatic432]

shit man, i got into so many artists from the soundtracks on tony hawk games.

nas, gang starr, n.w.a., atmosphere, fatlip, jurassic 5, public enemy, redman, run-d.m.c., frog one, murs/living legends, pete rock/c.l. smooth, grand puba, audio two, all artists ive learned thanks to tony hawk games.

[spicythang3]

i know i got these songs(Jurassic 5) off tony hawk proving grounds i love the soundtrack to that!!! THANKS TONY

[mootbooxle]

I hear that! Those games, besides being SUPER fun, all of em have dope soundtracks!

That was the first time I heard People Under The Stairs...remember? "The Next Step II"

Those dudes are baaaaaad...Scary with a MPC!

[euhlich]

@illmatic432  OK crazy 21

[BIgSmokey231]

@illmatic432 i know right like for reals some of them i knew before tony hawk but ive learned funkyfour+1 off of it

[WEGETOFF3]

@illmatic432 i know right hahaha go towny hawk proving ground

[405illmatic]

@illmatic432  Dude I so understand you, i can thank Tony Hawk for molding my mind into that of a hiphop head

[mutedmakequiet]

@illmatic432

You forgot AESOP motherfucking ROCK. 

[sstephrose]

@illmatic432 me toooo!!! :D

[DarkSoraElite]

The best rap ever!5/5

[LINY65]

The first rap group to perform on SNL.

[iamthefreshprince21]

that message was for u CrouchTooklt

[dashytube004]

this song iz frickin great

[cherriesandicecream]

they had one of the smooth sounding female mcs Ive ever heard

[cherriesandicecream]

LONG LIVE FUNK!!!!!!!

[Zoro420]

whats the original sample used for bass and all that?

[mcfunkyfreshhh]

LOVE this song! one of my all time favourites!!! thanks for posting

[CrouchTookIt]

only being 13 i know this true hip hop

[defcreator]

man glad there still are young people that appreciate real music!

[MISTERQCUE]

1 last note.....

Sylvia Robinson & her SugarHill Label is recog'nzd as the 1st record label to put Rap/Hip-Hop on wax(The talentless, Sugarhill Gang & that "Chicken Taste like Wood" crap where GrandMaster Caz of the ColdCrush Bros. ghost-wrote the rhymes for Big Stank Skank & DunderMike less credits)that's WRONG!! F4+1M followed by GMFlash&Furious5,were the 1st EVER on 12"vinylxon indie ENJOY Recs.

I was there!.......

'Nuff said!

[24Adrian24]

King Tim III?????

[pondusm]

Limewire is bullcrap

[rockjohnson80]

The original version of this song is 18 minutes long. The longest rap song ever recorded.

[pondusm]

Do you know where to find it :P?

[rockjohnson80]

lol!!! Limewire...

[osta911]

hell yeas

[BLUECITY6]

finally i found this song!this is going straight to my myspace page!i found out about this song from a video game this is real soul hip hop

[CrouchTookIt]

yeah, supa gay proving ground

[iamthefreshprince21]

shut ur trap white bitch this is where the real soul hip hop is from

[CrouchTookIt]

wtf are you talking i bet your white foo, im not even white, i didnt say anything bad about this you dumb nigga, so what the hell are you talking you gay prince, i know this is real hip hop and soul thats what i said

[JayR702]

Sooo Freshhh~!

Love it! ;)

[GiselaNYC1]

I was looking for funky 4 + 1. Thank u pr2409.

[markypops67]

what year did this originaaly surface please??- quality

[HipHopDontStop46]

'79

[MISTERQCUE]

markypops67 "what year did this orig surface please?"The orig 18mn version on ENJOY was rec'd Aug,1979. Side A vocs with Side B instrmntl. Music was perf'd by Pumpkin & Friends.Funky4+1 started w.Keith-Keith,KK Rockwell,Lil'Rodney Cee,Sha-Rock(the 1st REAL,female MC)& Raheim(later on left the grp to perf w.Flash&The Furious 5).DJ's were Breakout & Baron &the 9Crew.Jazzy Jeff came on when Raheim left.The F4 got mad luv&'spect for thier tite rhymes and innovative use of the "echo chamber"efx box.

[bwv639echo]

good music

[nicoledanielle19]

one of the illest hip hop songs ever...bboy 4 life

[sparkyak213]

theres good songs and bad songs in the world, this one is the good one.

[huzi500uk]

if u like just listening to this you wabt to try playing tony hawks poving ground along to it, its

GREAT

[pissfotz]

yeah thats true man

[dreammerchant1956]

tight.

[Bdwag]

the full version is 16 minutes

[apimpnameshell]

sha rock is the first emcee to rock the mike./i remember they used to rock the bellbottom lees with there names painted on the side with the permanent crease.ya'll young cats don'tknow about that.

[ABX149]

And don't forget the British and Mock Necks to go with that..