The Sequence-Funk you up

[sassyprofiles2]

i love them.. grew up on them. simple rap.. not that complicate shit i hear today.

[TheMadgroove]

bon morceau de funk,

[Catch22ish]

college radio brought me here :D

[TheBrownsugar724]

i was 9 yrs old when this came out me and my sisters nd our girlfriend used to sing this i still love it ...

[philippe532]

LE BON ET VRAI RAP

[sunnysoprano]

WoooooooW...This was my favorite song when I was 8 yrs old growing up in Harlem. This song still sounds hot even with their basic flow. Ring Ding Dong...Sequence said it first and not Dr. Dre...This song go off... hot hot hot!!!!!

[MrTrackfreek]

THIS IS A CLASSIC SONG IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.THE 1ST RAP SONG RELEASED BY A FEMALE GROUP.ANYTIME YOU CAN SAY YOU WERE THE 1ST TO DO SOMETHING IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC,THAT'S BIG.AS A 48 YEAR GUY,I CAN REMEMBER DANCING TO THIS ONE BACK AT THE SPRING STREET COMMUNITY CENTER IN MY HOMETOWN BACK IN 1980.AS I LISTEN TO IT TONIGHT,I'M STILL DANCING WITH THE SAME DANCE PARTNER I HAD IN 1980,MY LOVELY WFE OF 28 YEARS NOW..

[jawzmuzik]

@MrTrackfreek A GOOD MAN!

[MissAblue676792]

The 1st and best female rappers ever! Love Salt N Pepa but how is it that they get acknowleged and not the Sequence? They were the 1st women MCs!

[58dhart]

This go hard

[DBRACHONEYBOBBA]

i been looking for these sisters since they invented you tube i was a pre teen when their career ended but they have been with me all my life because of this song

[Pimpdog1274]

This beat is so raw, if this dont give you a funky strut, you got no soul.

[Chellyd777]

Sequence was the bomb. They inspired me, and today I rap for the Lord, but I give these sisters mucho respect for being the pioneers of female rappers. I had no idea that Angie Stone is Angie B. Awesome! All young people should hear their music and respect their artistry.

[joelsims98]

These new jacks don't respect the old school. Me and my boys used to skate to this jam back in 1979 when it came out.

[t1000tone]

hey make this available on mobil!

[btinsley1]

Gather round chilluns and let me tell you when THIS sound hit cho uncle Tinsley right in the earhole when he was only 18 and fresh out of HS. We heard this in the late summer of 1979 and it followed King Tim's rap innovation. i went to OZ (that's an 'ol school record store bwaa) and dropped a 5 for this 12 inch disc (i said DISC ya filthy lil kim wanna-be!). I taped it to cassette & jammed it in my ride...a new sound...listen to that...still make an 'ol man like me bop dat head...

...peace

[busycloud77]

ORIGINAL RAP! I wish we would embrace our history more!

[groundpounder35]

@busycloud77 We are unfortunately not in charge of our own history. They will only push what sells and makes money for them.

[briangriffith1026]

They were great this brings back alot of fun memorizes dee jaying parties in LA and playing this for the first time it was so amzing. Props to the first ladies of Rap

[IndieTalkJapan]

Thank you MinisterServer....Many blessings for remembering....

[giacomomassop]

Lil' Kim is pissed because she feels she isn't given her props by Nikki Minaj. How arrogant to think that every new chick in the rap game must genuflect & kiss the ring. What about the strong females who came before HER?! I'll bet Kim never heard of these ladies. She thinks it all began with her. Pity. Shout out to the unsung original Queen B's!!!

[truthfulexposure]

@giacomomassop ...That's right. Not many of the new artist pay homage to the people that started Rap and were some the first Rappers and Rap groups. Sequence was the FIRST female rap group. Not enough people know that.

[mightyblack1]

How come VH1 or BET Hip Hop Award Shows never gave these Sisters their props hell the were the first female rapperson the scene.

[ObamaLoaf]

'Angie B' in this group ya'll know that's Angie B right?

[pepdogg513]

The Cornerstones of Female Rappers, or should I say the Grand Matriarchs of Female Rappers. This is the real deal, and let us not forget Blondie and her song rapture. But, hell yeah, this is the real stuff, all else is just carbon copies.

[UcantCeeMi]

if you are from ny you would understand, love these ladys!

[edibleresidue]

and the sugarhill gang ripped off some of the lyrics

[htiek123]

Freshman year at William Paterson College in NJ. The Dorm parties!!!!! (1979)

[MinisterServer]

RIP to SYLVIA ROBINSON, the Godmother of Rap music, thanks for believing AND investing in Rap music when NOBODY else did! You are a TRUE Hip Hop pioneer, Word!...Check out this JAM by SEQUENCE- Cheryl the Pearl, Blondie and Angie B(Stone), the FIRST Female Rap group to release a song; people forget THIS song was released in1979, the SAME year as Rapper's Delight! NUFF RESPECT to Sugar Hill Records, Word!

[kissmylipsification]

Make that Nature Rise!!

[REVKEV2911]

At 3:48, sample for Dr. Dre and Tupac's " Keep Their Heads Ringing"

[EMARQUEZ23]

@REVKEV2911 tupac?

[REVKEV2911]

@EMARQUEZ23 my bad..keep getting songs that Pac did with Dre and Dre songs form that time mixed up...Just Dre

[EMARQUEZ23]

@REVKEV2911 yeup! its cool to hear the original songs and the original parts that are frequently used in rappers songs

[meispootaa]

-much love bought this in 1979 damn this was my 3rd album ever

[devadolly]

OMG where did you find this, I use to run this all the time!

[fjcampbell1]

With all due respect please don't leave out Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham with "Here Comes The Judge" as the OG of what we know as rap. 1

[fjcampbell1]

With all due respect please don't leave out Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham with "Here Comes The Judge". 1

[MsLawana1]

This is the funk...wendy..

[overjam1]

Alot had happened in Rap b4 Sugarhill.Gang.Including Fatback's big hit "King Tim, Personality Jock" We will never forget this one!

[QueenMother77]

I saw them in concert, back in the day! Still the jam!

[flyflysparkle]

yes baby the real mccoys

[dbzgtaCoD4pro]

angie stone was in sequence. wow. didn't no that. i no now those lol lol lol. funk u up was the shit 2..........mccabe crew.....48/63...

[thairpee1]

DAMNNN. I was a teenager then and it still awesome. wow.

[eopig]

this group was out in 1979.. hard to beleave that angie b.. aka angie stone still killin it.. go angie

[eopig]

this group was out in 1979

[babygirlt34]

Original rap!! This was my JAM waaaaaayyyyyyyyy back in the day!! C'mon all my old heads ... get up get up get up get up get up get up get up get up... sit back down!! LOL

[VaughnCtheOnly]

Actually, Sha Rock was the first female rapper of the hip hop movement... she was in the seminal group Funky Four Plus One More... they were the first rap group to appear on TV (Saturday Night Live in 1980) and the first rap group to participate in a hip hop tour... yes, even before Sugar Hill Gang... in fact, there were a number of groups emerging in NYC before Sugar Hill Gang, who were put together by Sylvia Robinson in 1979 to capitalize on the growing hip hop movement.

[gat333]

It's still FUNKING people today for sure.

[BruklynG]

To bevanddyke: Atlanta/ATL/The 'A'

[Erionnacirema]

I 1st here this JAM on the BIG DM, radio station WWDM 101.3 FM Sumter/COLA of the Palmetto State.

Props to The BIG DM, Barbara T. (Taylor), Bill Terrell and James "Quickdraw" Gallashaw from back in the day !

I guess Columbia did PRODUCE something folks can remember after all.

"Salt N Pepper" were the Hip-Hop version of these 3 ladies. These Ladies had a little more CLASS I think.

[JayJuBo]

a main man a yoga bear haha

[bevandyke]

I was in here groovin baby! That was a smooth ass, BAD ass jam right there.

[djbigsmooth]

bill irwin rocked a sample of this song on the sesame street video with mr. wiggles and leon chesney.  funky groove

[XMAN4708]

HOME GIRLS FROM COLUMIA , SC!!!

[TheGucci71]

Columbia, S.C. stand up!!!!

[port2344chester]

HUGE IN THE NYC... recall when this 1st hit the wax... played @ many house & block partys... Angie Stone is 1 diverse lady... LONG LIVE THE OLD SCHOOL!

[amandaskye]

They were the Woman of Rap that started the funk fresh funky.

[BruklynG]

To 083168ful: WOW!!! I was in the Navy in Charleston SC when this came out and I had a buddy from Columbia and he told me The Sequence was his homegirls!!! I didn't believe him (being from NY) but when I saw the posts about Angie Stone and I knew SHE was from Columbia, then saw YOUR

post, it blew my mind! GREAT memories of my South Carolina years!!! Two Notch Road! I logged a lot miles on I-26 back in the early 80s! The Big DM! WPAL/730 AM & WPXI in CharlieTown!!! T H E 1st women of Rap!

[bevandyke]

@BruklynG: Thats my HOME!!! Columbia,SC!

[bevandyke]

@BruklynG: Where do you live now?

[blackelvis3000]

But I pay my dues

I lay more chicks than Mother Goose

Pass the O.J., 'cause I got juice

Break the silence, and make the truce

[TheBridesOfTrashMan]

i still have this on wax, saw it on ebay going for $50.00 and ill be dam, it got sold in less than 13 hours lol for the asking price of $65.00

[michal23pl]

there's a sound. no probs. I can hear it :D great tune! keep going, keep going...

[powerpier]

Keep they're heads ringing!!!

[083168ful]

much respect to Columbia SC 's own Sequence

[fernandoh481]

@083168ful Bet'Cha none of you sucker"s,didnt know that's Angie Stone{aka Angie B.}

[MrKevin619ism]

@fernandoh481 I knew that was Angie. Angie was a part of several projects before going solo. Do you remember when she was a part of Vertical Hold?

[psmontg]

WMG is a dumb company to not authrize this track for you tube. Exposure always means more and better for an artist and its company. Dumb move. Let the record play.

[bossofsur]

WMG fuck you

[swtv1754]

@bossofsur Hey!! the sounds back!! enjoy!!

[Sl0wDiv3]

WMG sucks

[Buggy702]

awww...no sound...:(

[retrofooze]

fuck you WMG

[whichlips]

Can't hear anything.

[TantPire]

Funk WMG and Youtube! The song cannot be heard!

[Misteriosi81]

I first herd this in a sports bloopers highlight real from the 80's

[kmne11528]

WMG are cocksuckers!!!

[alpha520mec]

FUCK WMG

[littledreemer]

Back in the day when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore.... Great clean lyrics. Something you can share with your kid or kids.

[gelazso]

:-( No sound in Germany

"FIGYELMEZTETÉS A videó olyan hangsávot tartalmaz, amelynek használatára WMG nem jogosított fel. A hanganyagot letiltottuk."

[natour1966]

Dumb azzes, don't they realize if people can hear it, remember it they may want to download it ergo PAY for it?? I've been trying to find this song. Didn't find it here either...:(

[chiggs1202]

i remember singing & dancing to this back in the day with my sister & my cousin

[MsTexas73]

@chiggs1202 They were such a big deal back in the day. All us girls were HAPPY to see a GIRL rap group. Sequence and Sha Rock were BIg deals.

[chiggs1202]

I remember dancing & singing to this with my sister & my cousin back in the day

[chiggs1202]

This is the original female rap/singing group right here. I remember my sister cousin & I used to sing & sance to this record all the time brings back memories... too bad we can't hear the lyrics

[Ogizzie]

Damn you WMG!!!!!

[opoort]

fa you UTobe!

[mybelovedone1]

although I can't get it to play, I remember this song, & still luv it.

[massusm25]

FUCK WMG !!!

[stevieplez2]

HOLD UP, u mean 2 tell me Angie Stone is Angie B from the Sequence, this is mind blowing, I have 2 tell everyone...

[ScaryJBlige]

@stevieplez2 yes, Angie stone was Angie B

[23airjordansgirl]

If you're from Lackey HS (MD) in the early 80s, you REMEMBER this song... along w/the basketball team. This was the song they came out to during warm ups! No one was seated in the stands... all hands up and heads rocking! Yes yes y'all!

[toddd4u]

Man, I remember this one. Another one to pull out the roller skates on. If you listen to what these girls are sayin, it could work today. These lyrics truly stand the test of time. Yeah, if this ain't the hardest baseline I don't know what is? Much luv Sequence!!

[AithWONDER]

SHiiittttt, We use to tear the the Fulltilt up off of this! Just down right Funky!!!

[supercunderlover]

yes angie stone 4 life zulu nation. In the 80s everybody corperate took rap music as a joke, we was doing this when some of yall didnt smell air yet. yes yes yall c-larock from the younger generation yall pay attention old school rappers r comming back, and you will be surprise whos r&b now, and used too rap back in the dayz south bronx shorties

[namib6969]

Finally the group will be inducted into the hip hop hall of fame spring of 09. I am so happy love Angie Stone. Blondie and tina marrie were not the first ladies of rap. sequence was okay.

[jonthom11702]

Wow! I have to admit, I hadn't heard of them before now. An article on female rappers in Slate posted a link here. Thanks for the history lesson! :-)

[raynabeth]

slate for me also. this is awesome

[sexyellex]

Sequence was the first female rap group.

[namib6969]

okay.lol

[supercunderlover]

well not really the first female rappers, but the first to get a major record deal.sharock pepplely poo was the first to rock the mike in the projects in 1978

[sexyellex]

Thanks for the correction. Point taken.

[symonfenix]

the FIRST HIP-HOP SONG I ever heard!! but i didnt know ANGIE STONE was in the group!!and im 36 whenthis song came out i was 7!them and sugerhill ''rappers delight'' are the first songs i ever remember!

[danigirl562]

i did not know Angie Stone was in this group

[WestLondonDITC]

3:50 in, Dr Dre!! Keep Their Heads Ringin...

[emanthe1st]

the chick on the right is angie stone..lol

[TheBigShel]

@emanthe1st Wait..for real?

[Boobie313]

THIS WAS THE SONG BACK IN 1979

[Gospelwatcher]

Hail to the very very first women to ever rap anywhere ever. Salt N peppa stole their thunder AND lightning! Salt and peppa neva would have ever done rap without these women.

[riderguy30]

@Gospelwatcher I don't think Salt n Pepa Stole anyones thunder. Salt n Pepa came out years after this record was released. You also have to remember this was done when Rap music and hip hop in general was still new and nobody knew where it was going.

[CookyMonzta]

@riderguy30 Salt N' Pepa came 6 years later (1985), and back then they were known as Supernature. Their first hit was "The Showstoppa", a response to Doug E. Fresh's "The Show". 1985 was also the Sequence's last year.

[riderguy30]

@CookyMonzta That is my point. Salt n Pepa came out after Sequence, so how can they have stolen anyone's thunder. And please don't give me a lesson on Salt n Pepa. I was around when they came out and do have or had all of there Albums, Cassettes, Cd's and Videos . I am a HUGE Salt n Pepa Fan. To me ALL Rap artists should bow to them. Again, I say TO ME.

[CookyMonzta]

@riderguy30 They ALL should be bowing to the one who got this ball rolling right from the beginning: Sha-Rock of the Funky Four plus One. THE first, the VERY first, of the female rappers anywhere in hip-hop and R&B.

[riderguy30]

@CookyMonzta OK, I can agree with that. But I'm still loyal to the 3 queens from queens.