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  • got my 7yr old & i over here JAMMIN'!

  • Man, you went way back for this one.......I LOVE IT!

  • shocked the hell out of me also,,,,,knowledge is power. but I think the version that's more popular is by Mother's Finest, no Angie Stone though

  • Wow!! I didn't know Angie Stone was a member of this group too! I remember the group Vertical Hold when she was the lead singer. Angie has been getting her hustle on for years. Goes to show one should never give up on his/her dreams.

  • OmG, haven't heard this song seriously in about 20 years.........luv it!

  • This is the best remake of Love Changes

  • I didnt know they did this song originally. I thought Me'lisa Morgan and that guy did it first. Learn something new everyday.

  • @SlickEmLicksEmDown For a good 2 years I thought that myself, but then I could have sworn I heard it long before Meli'sa Morgan and Kashif did it. I checked the 'Billboard R&B Hits 1942-1988' book and found out that Mother's Finest recorded it in 1978 (4 years before this remake by the Sequence). Mother's Finest went to #26 on the R&B chart in 1979 with this song.

  • yep it's her, sounds like her alll the way

  • WOW! I had NO idea Angie Stone was a part of the group Sequence!  I love Old Skool music like this!

  • Certified dopified on the smooove tip!!

  • for all u youngsters that dont know angie stone bka b angie b thats right all the way back go angie!!!!!! i was right there with u

  • @nubiangirlnaturalhr B Angie B was a different singer and from the West Coast (early-1990s). Angie Stone was (the original) Angie B. (Angie Brown), before she married Rodney Stone (Lil' Rodney Cee) of the Funky Four plus One. The Funky 4+1 had THE first female rapper in hip-hop, Sharon 'Sha-Rock' Green.

  • Ive actualy got that Sequence album.. Duhhh maybe i shud peep at the foot notes but thanks for the info man, im stunned!!

  • But the sequence have been going from the late 70's. So how old is Angie Stone.... Damn! This has come as a shock.. lol

  • @DC6six (ROFL... Hey... "black don't crack". She also played Saxaphone in Lenny Kravitz band. You can hear her doing the background vocals on his song "Heaven Help" (it's here on youtube). She later recorded the song on her black diamond album.) (but to answer your question, as of this writing.. she's 49)

  • @DC6six:

    Well, Angie was born in 1961, so she could have been in her late teens during the late 70's. Possibly, she could have replaced another member in the 80's? I don't know.

  • @SpankRamen2 Nope she is an original member. They were teenagers when they left South Carolina and signed to Sugar Hill Records. Angie was 18 going on 19 when they got their first gold record.

  • @SpankRamen2 No replacement. When the Sequence hit the scene, Angie was right there from beginning (1979) to end (1985). Angie was 17 when they got started! "Funk You Up" was the 2nd record released by Sugarhill Records. It hit #15 on the R&B chart in early-1980.

  • @DC6six yeah...I just found out that Angie Stone is 49...dayum!

  • @DC6six yeah...I just found out that Angie Stone is 49...dayum!

  • @DC6six ... She's 50... and beautiful!!!

  • @DC6six angie is a pioneer, indeed

  • great song great performers.... memories.... I used to know this title performed by Melissa Morgan.... another great Voice... Thanks for sharing this !

  • no they came out in the 80's between 81 or 82

  • Wot am i mistaken.. Did someone say Angie Stone was a member of The Sequence??.. No way...

  • @DC6six (LOL... Yep, that would be the one and only Ms. Angie "Funk You Up" Stone).

  • THE BEST REMAKE OF THIS CLASSIC MOTHER'S FINEST JOINT.WOW AS A 47YEAR OLD I HAVE HEARD MANY VERSIONS TO THIS JOINT& NOW AS WAY BACK WHEN,THIS IS THE BEAT REMAKE YOU MIGHT EVER HEAR.

  • SHOUTS OUT 2 DIRTY BIRDY!!!!! it was because of his song 'female mc's' that i got to this! one love 2 all female mc's

  • OMG! Angie Stone in a rap group??? Never heard of them until I watch my mic sounds nice last night..sad how female mc's dont get the shine and respect they deserve!

  • @D3AndraCapric3 yes, Angie Stone was in this rap group. Their best known hit "Funk you up" - was playing in the background on "my mic sounds nice". Lady of Rage was singing along to it & Dr. Dre borrowed lyrics from it on "Keep Their heads ringin" - Angie's credited as a co-writer for his song

    She also did an Updated version of 'funk you up' with Erykah Badu. it's called "Love of My Life Worldwide" also features Bahamadia & Queen Latifah & it's on Badu's 2003 album "Worldwide Underground"

  • Been a long time since I heard this remake. Thanks for posting.

  • This reminds me of the old days growing up in Columbia, SC and going to C.A. Johnson when we used to throw paper at these girls on the bus for singing. They were good even then. Little did we know that all that heckling and throwing paper would one day give Angie the last laugh.

  • amazing

  • Thank you soooo much for posting this...This definitely takes me back to my early childhood of the 70's!

  • angie can sing ta bloodclaut

  • I remember back in 1979 hearing Funk You Up and me and my best friend would "choreograph " steps to it. LOL those were the days! Ol skool heads know about Angie Stone from Sequence.

  • I had been giving my girl Roxanne Shonte all the credit as the first real hip hop female......but thanks to YouTube, my memory has been jogged, Sequence definitely came before Shonte. And Angie Stone....wow, that really surprised me. This was b4 hip hop had really even left NYC. Shonte is still "Big Momma" cause she took on all comers, male or female, bar none.

  • mothers finest???

  • jamie foxx did this with mary j blige and its good too.

  • this guy i had a major crush on said hey u look like the lady from sequence he was 15yrs my senior so i had no idea who he was talking about but at 28 now looking back that was a very nice thing for him to say...and angie still is fly as ever

  • Yep, that's Angie in this group! 30 years in the business this month and still going.

  • Yo man I don't want to keep commenting but I used to love the Sequence, and they had those voices Blonde, Sheryl the Pearl and Angie B, if u really know hip hop and you don't mention them, then you would be remissed !

  • What she was in another group called vertical hold... imma search it but u can also tell me..

  • Yes she was. I have one of their videos in my channel. Go to my channel and click on other videos and you will "Love Today" Vertical Hold.

  • @stevieplez2 - Listen to ' Seems you're just too busy' by Vertical Hold. That's when she bussed back on the scene

  • I just told my brother and it blew his mind too, we never heard anybody mention this before. Only true hip hopers remember the Sequence anyway, I loved all of their voice when they rapped. U have 2 have a rap voice, people don't realize that..

  • LOL. I agree with you 100%. Everyone seems to remember SugarHill Gang and Grandmaster Flash, but the Sequence never get their due and respect. No, they didn't cross over like Salt & Pepa, but Funk You Up is one of the best rap records of all time. They have Hip Hop Awards and have never given Sequence anything and that's just wrong.

  • @thejukejoint what about the white female rapper Blondie " man from mars "? and Tina Marie ( rick james ) count when she "rapped " in Square Biz " ? mixing hip hop -soul with rap caught my attention when Lakeside performed " fantastic voyage " ---'hey come on, come on take a ride, there`s a party over here that ain`t no jive."

  • Type in Sequence Simon Says (in the youtube seach engine). There's a video of them performing. You can see Angie.

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

  • LOL... Yep, thats Ms. Angie Stone from Vertical Hold. You can hear in here voice. She had so much soul then and still do now. I actually wish she would do a real down home soul project. I did like Mahogony Soul and Black Diamond. But I would like her to do some Millie Jackson, Betty Wright, Shirley Brown type soul. I do love her!

  • I love them. I grew up hearing my mom sing their songs. She grew up in south carolina.

  • B Angie B and Angie B are not the same. B Angie B was someone hammer brought out in the 90s. Angie B was in Sequence and is AKA Angie Stone

  • LOL. I'm always surprised by the many people who think they are the same person. Those mostly are the same people who think Salt &Pepa were the first females to rap on record.

  • this Sounds mediocre .Angie's has definitely matured musically . I just love what she has done after she left this group

  • She has went on to do some great things. She grew with each project. She was only 17 with the Sequence and singing "grown folk" music. I thought she did ok for her age, and the material she was singing about.

  • This is a hard call. The Me'Lisa Morgan/Kashif version is probably the most radio friendly, but the vocals on this version are killer while I like the instrumentation on the original "Mother's Finest" version the best. Wow...! None of them are bad though, but this is my least favorite version because the music drags a little too much.

  • B Angie B was on Soul Train with a pants suite cut all the way down the back. I never forgot that face and body. Damn, she was the bomb and had a beautiful voice and could dance.

  • This kinda sounds like Feel The Funk by Immature...the tempo of the verses are similar....

  • actually this is a remake of the original song love changes. immature sampled this beat to make feel the funk. Neither this group or immature created this beat.

  • Holy Shit 4real feel the funk was my joint, remember the dance move in the clip? lol

  • P.S. B Angie B was so named in part because Angie Stone was known by the name of Angie B. (for her last name at the time Brown).

    B Angie B lives back in Mississippi and she is only slightly fuller curves but not much bigger than when she was with Hammer&Co

  • My homegirls from the 803!!!!

  • Angie Was around when hip hop Started She was Angie B. I have a photo of her slim & trim. The Girl is bad.

  • NO!! R U saying she was B Angie B? 'Cause I think that was somebody different (with Hammer).

  • B Angie B was Angela Boyd from Morton, Mississippi born in 1968, Angie Stone was Angela Brown born in Coloumbia, South Carolina in 1961 which actually makes her older than

    B Angie B. Both powerful voices but Angie Stone was NEVER thin

  • wow first time i ever heard this. i am young though i didnt know angie stone was like 50 lol :)

  • LOL (50 plus some) (Just kidding. Angie looks good for her age. Thanks for watching.

  • Angie Stone is 47 years old....her Birthday is Dec..18th, 1961

  • who ever is playing the bass is killing it on this song. I didn't know that sequence did a cover of this song. I wonder who did the cover to this song first between sequence and Kashiff and melissa morgan?

  • Sequence did it before Me'lisa and Kashiff. Also I heard one of the 90s male groups redid it as well. I haven't heard that one. But I do love the Sequence version. I actually heard it first.

  • i believe thats doug wimbush on bass guitar.

  • I had no idea that Angie Stone was part of the group called Sequence. Now it makes sense why her voice is so VERY SOULFUL... she is truly from the old school and out of all these years looks so young. Thans for posting this video. Have a Happy 2009 everybody!

  • Happy New Years to you to. Yep, Angie has been around for awhile. Look at my video "Love Today". She was also in Vertical Hold, which was a group that sound like Loose Ends in the 80s. So she has had that 70's and 80's vibe. Thanks for commenting. Blessings!

  • Not bad, but it sounds very limp after having heard the covers by Me'Lisa Morgan and Kashif and the version by Mother's Finest.... The vocals are first class, however....

  • mother's finest is the original and best

  • Lucky enough to have this album. I love this song

  • A highly underrated group...I remember seeing them in concert in the 9th grade; they straight tore the roof off the convention center in Indianapolis

  • You better sing, Ang!!!

    Sequence was so slept on!!!

    Great cover, they made the song their own.

    That's how ya do it!!!

  • YES!!!!!

  • wow, i didn't know angie's group sung this. me'lissa morgan also covered this song a while back and did a fabulous job.

  • what year was this? i remeber it was a groove.

  • early 80.s

  • THESE WERE THE FIRST LADIES OF RAP, not Salt and Pepper. They just got lucky with their first hit "Push it".  Sequence opened the door for all females of rap.

  • Ohh I remember dis 1 :)

  • SING!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This is a group that i would love to see reunited on some program, if only for one day. PEOple have no idea what role these women played in being hip-hop pioneers. Other than Erykah Badu's nod to them on "Love of my life" remix, featuring Angie, they rarely even get spoken of anymore. Damn shame!!

  • With all due respect to Angie please don't don't make them female pioneers of hip-hop. Angie was nice and could sing but this was a put together (ala-Jermaine Dupri)group by Sylvia Robinson. They had some joints but they did'nt write or produce them. If we gonna give credit then lets give Peebly-Poo (Master Don & the Death Commitee) and Funky 4+1 some credit.

  • yes Pebblee Pooh,Sha Rock,Lisa Lee,Debbie Dee, The Mercedes Ladies,Wanda Dee all were around before Sequence.

  • Que bien, que voz de las mejores, esto es funk!!! gracias por compartir...

  • I fell in love with this song the very first time I heard it back in the 80s when Sequence, then on Sugar Hill Records, did it. I remember this VERY well!

  • Well I be damn... I didn't know angie was in this song lol... WOW!!! Go Angie...

  • you guys sure do your homework well,refreshing to see people with a real love for music,but i have to agree mothers' finest.originally recorded this,in 79,there was also a live version

  • Go head Stone Make It Do What It do!!!

  • Never heard of this group before or any of their songs. I knew Angie was in another group!!!

  • ahhhhhhhhhhhhh angie in a girl group omg and i know this song

  • Written by Skip Scarbrough!!

  • Skip wrote this? I'm suprised Wanda,Sheila,& Jeanette didn't get their exquisite chops into this jewel!!!

  • This was the my first slow dance...Thanks Ushay. RIP

  • I know Mother's Finest did this song, and then Kashif, yet which one came first, second and third? I love them all, but it would be nice to know the order they came out. I'm a little lost. lol Thanks

  • Thanks for you comment. Mother's Finest did it first, Sequence did it second and Kashif and Meli'sa Morgan did it third. Thanks again for watching.

  • Kool! Thank you so much! I'll make a note on all my versions. ;)

  • Is this the cover from Mothers' Finest song called Love Changes. Love it. But I like the original and this song too.

  • Thanks for your comment. Yes, this is a remake of Mother's Finest. Kashif and Meli'sa Morgan did it after Sequence.

  • tHEJUKEJOINT THE 1ST WAS SEQUENCE THE 2ND WAS KASHIF AND MELISSA MORGAN, THE 3RD WAS A BOY BAND CALLED IMMATURE WHO CHANGED THE LYRICS OF THIS SONG AND THEY PLAGERIZED THIS SONG I DO NOT KNOW IF MOTHER FINEST BAND SUED IMMATURE FOR MUSIC ROYALITIES IN 1995 FOR THEIR 2ND ALBUM IN 1995

  • Wouldn't the first have been Mother's Finest. Theirs were released in 1979. The Sequence was around 1980-1981. There's would have been #2, Melisa and Kashif was #3. Look up Mother's Finest - Love Changes. Someone has it posted on here. Joyce Kennedy used to be in that group. Skip Scarbrough (sp?) wrote it.

  • I heard Angie on the Steve Harvey morning show saying she was in a group called Sequence...I'm too young to remember them...thanks for posting this

  • Congrats, Juke Joint! You deserve all the honor.

  • Congrats to you "thejukejoint" on your very first Honored post... With many more to come Im sure, Keep up the good work

  • Thanks so much! I really appreciate you watching. I was just suprised being that it wasn't an actual music video. It remind of the days when it was the music fisrt and the video second. Now, it's all about the video even if the song isn't that good. Videos does help, but the song should be the top prority (just my opinion). Thanks again.

  • interesting.

    Must've been from their first LP, because their second LP did not have that on there. (But it had "I Just Want To Know" which i'll be posting on the upcoming Neglected Funk sets...)

    t4p!

  • Thanks for your comment. This was actually from their second LP. They did 3. The first one featured Funk You Up, And You Know That, Monster Jam, Simon Says. The LP was called "Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence. The second was self titled "The Sequence. The third one was "The Sequence Party". It featured "I Just Want To Know, Where Are You Tonight, I Just Want To Love You Baby and one of my favorites "Angel's Playing Hooky". I may post some of their other stuff later. Thanks again.

  • Wow.. I just posted this less than 24 hours. It has a honor and voted #71 most viewed today - Music)

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