Play My Funk [1994] - Simple E

[DAMMSE420]

Is that a tatto on the left side of her face ?

Or is just that a natural think ;D

They try to hide it ^^

[TheHeavensSpear]

This song was the whole ambience of Sugar Hill...One of my favorite movies.

[nathar40]

Back when female rappers focused on skills. Aint nothing being sexy nowadays but it shouldn`t be the focus of your music too.Image is short-term. Talent is forever.

[SonjaMarieWordlife]

My fuckin jammmmmm!!!! "...everybody wanna play my funk...!

[thegreatestPERIOD]

Play my funk, baby...Thas that shit!!!

[3YECANDY08]

sm0oth my type of shit i love dis song sinCe sugaR hiLl

[LADYCHALLENGER]

whats up with this girl now?

[U4rikmind]

i don't know this song but the feeling of the era is something i love to remember

[deejaygrl]

Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[missladylove100]

Oh man this use to be the jam....

[DynastyQg9]

This is tha bomb diggity..

[blacksultan85]

SUGAR HILL!!!!!!!!

[TheAndre396]

this was my joint back in the day no doubt

[outlawstarr417]

Back when an artist was appreciated exclusively by the talent they had. no overdone "he/she's the best!!!", no unnecessary endorsements, product placement, no GIMMICK, just the ARTIST.

[stony4321]

I love this song. This is one of the jams that, let me love hip hop. It kick ass dude!!!

[dipmuthafukinset]

thats some fresh flowwww

[78donjon]

I MISS THE "JOE CLAIR/BIG LEZ ERA" OF RAP CITY!!! REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. DAMN I MUST BE GETTIN OLD!! OR JUST BETTER. 90S HIPHOP HEADS WE RUN THIS!!!

[78donjon]

I MISS THE "JOE CLAIR/BIG LEZ ERA" OF RAP CITY!!! REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. DAMN I MUST BE GET OLD!! OR JUST BETTER. 90S HIPHOP HEADS WE RUN THIS!!!

[DEVROE420]

THIS SONG IS THA SHIT,AND THA MOVIE NOT TO BAD THAT EITHER....IT HAS A FUCKED ENDING...!

[DeJuansat]

this song and movie was the shit!

[keam27]

best song on this soundtrack!!!

[blackadam06]

Ahhh the early 90's..

This dropped my freshman year of college..

[manwomanboogie]

i had this joint on a cassette single...this was my shit and it still is.

damn, memories are so vivid right now!

[AGYMAH]

@ Twizzle doc187 You are so correct!!!

[MemphisGrooves]

Many Thanks For The Post

[JarrodsVideos]

Real talk I forgot how mellow this shit was til I saw an old In Living Color episode yesterday...Damn I was 15 and hadnt even had no pussy yet...lol...94.....But I had a pistol and some work though......I miss these days.....Fuck A Dance I like to bob my head..

[orp8428]

I have search high and low for this song, ever since my Cd was stolen years ago!

[Wheel2teamher]

dam she was just pretty in the first few seconds but after she started spittin she just morphed to fucking gorgeus!!!

[KelferMookie]

cant nobody hold meeee

[7red7]

Reppin true Hip Hop forever!!! This is a true classic street anthem!!! Simple E had a mad smoky cadence!!!

[OGxLOKO187]

naw rap died when the 2000s came, then music started to suck and they only rapped for the fame and money they werent real like tupac n eazy e n the others from the 90s,,,,,,,,,,,,, 90s for ever!!!! fuck todays bullshit

[MercuryX3769]

@OGxLOKO187 i agree..these guys are fag rent-a-rappers

[OGxLOKO187]

@MercuryX3769 haha forreal. lil layme,soulja bull-shit,young sleezy,50 cunt, all abunch of raw ass crap.

[odog65]

@OGxLOKO187 and what I don't get is why some of the 90's stars today will collab with retards I nearly threw up when I saw Mac 10 do a track with Lil Wayne. I'm thinking damn how much weed did Mac 10 smoke to agree to do a shit track with him

[justindavidvazquez]

I still play this song. I'll give Keith credit, he put me on to this song... THANKS! LMAO!

[LilacStar82]

Damn she never looks at the camera cock eyed @ 2:41.........

[Dorian73]

1994 was the best year ever!!

[mc782]

lol...dont blame that on the south.....remember you have to have executives and record labels who sign off on that crap.....get mad at them.

[abdulmuhammad]

Another great song. Whatever happened to this girl. Very talented!!!!

[singboyy]

Dope, beat

[Tonyillicit]

man this was so dope... Where did all these great days of hip hop gone??

[shanninja123]

Miles Davis sample is what made this melody. Phat track.

[LilacStar82]

@shanninja123 Actually they sampled this from Herbie Hancock "oliloqui Valley".

[JohnSoultrain]

I forgot how much I loved this song.

[qwandiddy]

Lil Wayne/ Lil Jon killed good hip hop like this.

[shaheed79]

This song always makes me want to go back to 93-94. We need to infiltrate area 51 and steal that time machine they got held up in groom lake.

[msgia01]

Are videos for movie soundtracks being made???????

[tt7d8]

been lookn 4 this 4EVR!!! 8-) THX!

[trence5]

Damn I loved this joint!

[MusicalTariq]

damn o damn...man o man...i miss these days. Music ain't like what it used to be. Hey Larh124...I'm callin shotgun...

[qwandiddy]

Top 5 Female Rappers: Simple E Nikki D Roxanne Shante Queen Latifah Bahamadia Coucious Daughters MC Lyte Monie love Da Brat MC Trouble (R.I.P)

[TheRETROKID1980]

@qwandiddy sha rock and miss meolody

[AbbottSupreme]

@qwandiddy Dope list word up!!!!...Respect!!!!

[jody213]

This is a classic hit! We need more music like this!

[CANDYEYED5533]

I know here! She's singing the songs Cheerleader and Bring it on on Bring it on the movie!!

[davisismail1comcast]

Classic movie, Classic track. "Master Piece" Sugar Hill.

[AmbassadorAusar]

I have looked for this joint for years! Love everybody wanna play my funk! I love this song!

[gerniee3]

Erica, wussup girl!! It's ya dude Ernie G. TSU is in the building!

[92anuk]

her style reminds me of dred scotts

[treasurecat03isme]

maaaaaan dis was the shXX!

[rinny02852]

This is from Sugar Hill circa 1994, Wesley Snipes........

[dcm221985]

@rinny02852 ...for real, 16 years has gone by the fast

[Redzis5]

Merry Christmas

[Redzis5]

i dont see it ;/ thx ;)

[Redzis5]

What movie is on clip ? Could anybody tell me?

[AstonMartinbyage25]

Yea no problem it's from the movie "Sugar Hill" JUST LIKE THE DESCRIPTION SAYS (O_O)

[DSHAWN666]

SUGAR HILL

[jackmanslightpepper]

You know, I had to order this album off the net. Since I was sixteen, "Play my Funk" and "Blue Jeans" have stuck with me. Nobody seems to know what happened to Erica, though.

[832326king]

She's in LA. I spoke with her last week. She's great.....keep ya ears open cause she will be back soon.

[s1ns4n3]

WOW!!! i forgot about this here, i used to had her whole tape, man what happen to her? i love this song and her flows

[panamaniak]

Damn! Whatever happend to her?

[stangd9]

Her rhyme style reminds me of MC Lyte.

[revlooshin]

yeah!!!!

[luchador21]

the mid 90's aka the golden age of hip hop, unrivaled till this day ladies and gentlemen...

[panamaniak]

@luchador21 actually IMHO this was a type of SEQUEL to the true Golden Age. Most would say between 87-90. A LOT of seminal groups either debuted or had sophmore projects that were better than the FIRST album. ie,PE with it Takes A Nation... and Eric B. And Rakim with Follow The Leader. Both in 88. There's a lot more but I agree the mid 90's was a type of 2nd Golden Age. Pac,BIG,Snoop,Dre,etc.

[reeleast]

This is straight smooth yet fire at the same time.

[reeleast]

This still go hard ya'll. I wasn't even lookin' 4 this joint and stumbled upon it and now it's in my '94 playlist. Thx 4 the post.

[dellboyusa123]

This was the joint back then and is still the joint.

[gwenelllawson]

this was hot joint

[jbthegrinder]

dam simple e please come back to the game

[publica74]

1994 Hip-Hop Bliss..i miss this sh#t.... :-(

[blazed2blaze]

oh wow!!!!

[EricTyrones]

They used to bump this on Majic 108 all the time

[QUEENRIZZ]

CLASSIC... I use to rock this back in the day....DAME

[seekingdivineinall]

I am soooo happy. I was looking for this song forever and no one knew what the hell I was talking about. Thanks for this. This use to rock!

[goldy1mac]

sampled by Herbie Hancock song is  "Oliloqui Valley"

[mzmuzikluvr]

wow! i was close to 30 years old when this came out. my daughter, (now and adult) just said, "mama, i remember when you used to play this ALL the time!"

(yep, i sho' did) does anyone know the herbie hancock tune this was sampled from?

[naptowncity]

This was a overlooked artist from the 90's! this track was hot, I believe it was on the Sugar Hill sound track! Classic!

[jackhammer250]

Also as fans we must keep upcoming hiphop artists and more established acts from the 90's and now alive. Via of concert tickets or Cd purchases. Independent underground hip Artists can still do platnum numbers or be pushed into radio rotation without a major record companies behind them. but its up to the consumers to do the other half .and independent radio djs ( mainly internet basement stations to push and not follow whats being played on main stream radio.) consumers to buy the album

[bronislaw]

Yeah, bring back the good old days...lovin the Herbie Hancock sample. I was lookin for the 12" but never found it...

[batisitad]

now this is true hip hop and i wish that artist would go back to the roots of hip hop of what the art form is all about instead of talking about cars houses and jewlerly hip hop is dying right now and we need to let the artist know what is good and what is garbage instead of buying or downloading whats good on the radio and tv

[jackhammer250]

Hiphop Still prevails, The underground is still alive. Hollow at me i will point in the right direction.

[jackhammer250]

Its not just the subject matter that artists is rrhyming about thats lacking but The production and choice of beats many people are still using that crunk style flavor. You can talk about cars all day but to catch my attention The production and beat has to be their i don't really care about the lyrics but how well the artists deliver over a track.. don't get me wrong i like Artist that spit thought provoking lyrics espicially it the beat hot. Send a message and ill give some examples.

[cheebs19]

This is my girl from college. She had flava then, but she was the first artist on FOX records and I really don't think FOX knew how to promote a rapper, less a FEMALE rapper. E was definatly before her time. TSU stand up!!!!! Jerzeee stand up!!!!

[tommyrainey]

This was my shit back in the dayz!

[curtisb3000]

I love her chill delivery...and the beat is dope.

[guccikat6]

she was dope...this was poppin when i was about to go to 9th grade

[yes10123]

this cd was so hot when it hit in 9 4

[cashmoney110]

Truth be told she was doin it before Missy...I guess the industry didn't know what to do.

[Larh124]

I wish I had a time machine boy things were different back then! Real hip hop right here! 90's at it's best 4 real!

[FSUNOLES57]

@Larh124 No doubt. Hip-hop was the sh*t in 94. 

[shydmples]

a bastard stole my CD when I let him stay in my apt....thank God for Ebay..........life goes on.

[shydmples]

She was ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL LAT

[shydmples]

she was SEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXY as hell.

[24chapters]

wonder where she at now cuz this is DEFINITELY OFFICIAL!!!

[24chapters]

i was only in 6th grade bu t remember it vividly, same time i lost my best friend...

[qwandiddy]

Man I wish black sista can go back to their early 90s braided hair style like this cuteness rapper.

[MsChissa]

Classic!!!!!!!!

[dvusrey8178]

if u think hip hop is dead then u a lazy ass fool who only listens to what viacom tells is hott. hip hop is stronger than ever. listen to black milk, blackalicious, q-tip's new cd just 2 giv u a clue of whats hot rite now.

[SidewalksOfNY315]

Dope song and video over a CLASSIC Herbie Hancock sample!

[hiphop4prez]

hip hop wont die if you wont let it. you have the choice to listen to that new age hip pop.

spark an L, jam out on some dope hip hop. it's as live in me as it ever has been.

those who think hip hops dead.. your lettin it die. keep that chin up b

[Juniorfam1st]

wow!!! i mos def member dis

[Dontae1979]

1995

[cookieslikemilk]

i took a quiz on quiz farm and it said this would be my favorit song

[Twizzledoc187]

Two words.......HIP HOP!!!!

R.I.P. It died when those southern garbage pieces of crap rappers took over the radio!

Ya'll know who you are......

[Drayton42677]

Yeah they know who they, but they ain't saying shit' cause they ain't nuttin' to say worth listining to

[qwandiddy]

Yeah no shit, This is still my shit, I was in 7th grade when this came out.

Plus we need female rappers back like this.

Early-Mid 90s Rules!!!

[jackhammer250]

We got rappers like that. But know one gives them the oppertunity to shine. Also i wouldn't mine seeing Simple E ressurected from the Dead.. One my favorite female Artists from the 80's has already been brought back from the Dead with tight production. Shoot me a message and i'll give you the 411. Also we as hiphop fans and consumers must keep artists alive buy purchasing the albums either by Itunes or cd's.. .

[JohnSoultrain]

@Twizzledoc187

THANK YOU. The south put nothing but crap out. Soulja Boy? Wacka Flocka? THe south died the day Outkast broke up.

[kaijojo]

@Twizzledoc187 hiphops not dead its just malnourished

[MzSiddiqui]

@Twizzledoc187 lol funnnnay. I hear what your saying and for the most part you have a point. You know hip hop takes on many forms and goes through its phases and there is some good hip-hop coming out of the south but unfortunately its never played on mainstream radio...in fact if were lucky , we may get a taste on Non commercial radio stations. I am sure this era in the south will also soon fade to black and another region will have hip-hop and hopefully it will return to its basic fundamentals

[KelferMookie]

@Twizzledoc187 bruh... hiphop sound changed way before south rap was the main rap. it was bound to happen you lame ass nigga.. you think rap was gonna sound the same forever?

[JarrodsVideos]

@Twizzledoc187 Hip Hop aint dead yet but u can blam Napster for the assassination attempt...

[matrimonyslim]

haha..thats true

[matrimonyslim]

southern music didnt destroy hip hop they doing there thing doing there own thing! New york hiphop is not dead they just have to get with the program of time and realize that there is more music out there than just new york music.

[jbthegrinder]

@matrimonyslim hey u right , newyork fell off cause they don't make music 4 ladies. all that concious music don't hit in the clubs. the south new how to get the ladies to shake their ass , and the rest is history

[iluvmyboba]

What happened to her?

[YoungmindOldsoul]

tru hip hop dis beat was before its time like thew roots proceed to roc da mic she put it down jus think if pac woulda spit on nis beat dame...............!!!!!!!!!!!­!! good music

[starwarsnerd79]

Wow...Now this definitely brings back memories.

*fires up LimeWire while bobbing her head*

[Stella2Stellar]

Freaky! I just Did the Exact Same thing..Before reading your comment.

[unpoeticpoet099]

yeah! i had brought that cd also. I loved it oping she would blow up!!!!!!!

[bigd53224]

This was the jam. I remember this on The Box and VH soul. what up the 90s

[tlofee]

Simple E.did the same thing as tribe,digible planets,and gangstarr.Blending hip-hop with jazz,making it come out tight.

[jrandolph73]

WOW...I totally forgot about this one. Flavors!!

[bronxreaper]

someone correct me if im wrong but i think dwayne wiggins from toni tony tone produced this joint.

[tannerjiggawitz]

Play My Funk wow! the 90's was BANGING!

[deejaygrl]

I had this tape,but misplaced it. A great beat.deejaygrl

[razorboomerang]

YES! Found it!

[colorpurple71]

am sure this was from the film ..sugar hill with wesley snipes

[d1inonly]

You're right...And that movie went hard! "Dis iz da flava dey savor up here neighbah!"

[blacksultan85]

smoooooooth flow.

[jkoppy]

all the music from this era is just classic

[nikima99]

I'd this Cassette single from Sam Goody- LOL. none of my classmates at this time knew this song.

[dominoize]

Wow! I was just listening to Flava of the Month by Black Sheep and i heard the "everybody wants 2 play my funk" line...and I had to YouTube this song. I love this track!!!!

[Dorian73]

god, I remember hearing this song on the radio when I was 16..March 94' I believe.. I recorded it onto cassestte, and havent heard it since...until now!

[IRON5]

OH HOW I MISS THE NINTIES

[StoicTwo]

Your not the only one, this shit is scray out here wooooo weee........

-StoicTwo!

[demvids]

my GOD I've been dumbed down so much by todays music that this sounds futuristic, BUT ITS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD!!!!

im going to find and download this immediately

[RicanSHO]

Sweet Jesus I've been lookin for this song for YEARS!! I had the single on cassette when I got my license and first car, but played it soo much that it broke. Thanx!!!!!!

[joekiddphonehome]

This was the shiznit..........The hook on this song gets locked in your head. Damn this is ma Jam!!!

[AndraeJones816]

GREAT FUCKIN SONG N MOVIE

[rollituphomie]

unbelievable i didn't think i would ever hear this again,man what a great jam

[ShawnWhite2007]

this was my shit back in the day.

[hudson2441]

Man I remember coming back from school back in the day turning on Rap City and Video LP to listen to this and other classic stuff like this.

[qwandiddy]

I know, it is still my favorite times, I was in 7th grade when this came out, late80s to mid 90s has better music like this, I hate nowadays like 106 n park and rap city is not what it used to be anymore.

[hudson2441]

Definitely, I was in Jr. High too with this stuff and a walkman in my ear in the back of the school bus. Cassettes! Those were like $10. CD's were like $15. haha Got back from school flipped on Rap city. They got underground and more popular artists 3 months before MTV would even hear about em. Dr. Dre was old news on Rap City by the time MTV picked up the chronic.

[qwandiddy]

As matter of fact, I have the final season of In Livin Color episode with this song on it at the end when she was rappin in front of the group. I remember I brought a cassette of this at Musicland for 3 bucks, Cds were 12 bucks back then, now almost 20 bucks. I dont even like MTV as much I dont like BET of todays either. Now I have this on my MP3 player and ringtone.

[jackhammer250]

Simple E has another hot track out called MY BLUE JEANS. Too bad her career didn't get past the first lp.... If had a record company and she was signed too me, I would have least pushed for at least three lp's regardless of money even if it didn't sell...

[jackhammer250]

Man I remeber this, what happen to her Man, i now have plenty of hiphop material from the 90's cataelog

[BeautelligentDiva79]

This was my chill out song back in the gap!

[sacaleche2]

dam again back to st.maarten late night bet lawd mc trouble days

[wk33sa]

oh shit again, classic.

[JBenz1221]

OH SHIT!!!

[mackb]

shiiiit

[thehoodspecialist]

dang I forgot about this joint..........

[halfblackmaniac]

Man this came out.....Wesley was coming up. Colorful gear and Carhart gangstas.

end of line.

[pbf19]

Love this, the flow is so smooth, damn i miss the 90s

[mrtibbs24]

was this of the Sugar hill soundtrack?

[tpriest1914]

Yup

[tuffshawty3]

OMG I still have this cassette single and her performing live on BET by host Sherry Carter!!! this was from the Sugar Hill Soundtrack!!! One of my favorites of all time. Another Smooth meets lauryn Hill

[ceddagr8]

Yo I've been looking for this and now it's here. Simple E's one of the unsong hereos of hip hop!

[1CandyGirl]

Uh oh, you pulled out a THROWBACK JAM with this one, Denissanchez10456 !! Another one from the college days!

[ixeosixe]

Mannn, what ever happened to Simple E? The album, 'Colourz Uv Sound' was awesome. This song made me go pick that up.

[daland216]

hell naw the tube got everything! good looking for this one here!!

[SidewalksOfNY315]

Dope song over a CLASSIC Herbie Hancock sample!

[ambrosial68]

WOWzers!!!! It is 2am in the morning in LA & I never ould have thought I would have found this video online!!!! I loved this song!!  THANK YOU!!

[bigmal33]

you're right this was the shit back in the days that down and gritty hip hop without that teenie bop shit that is upon now. I wish there was a time machine I would erase all of this bullshit Hip Hop and Bullshit R&B that has taken most of our radio stations hostage. I feel sorry for this generation they really don't good music now of days. I miss the days of Big,Pac,Jay,Nas,and Pun. R&B Kells before the charges,Usher,Keith Sweat,BabyFace,Aaron Hall. It's just horrible man!

[herculeshernandez]

this was "gritty hip-hop"? Really?

I like the song and all... but when I think of gritty hip-hop from that era, this isn't one of the songs that pop into my head.

[KRS1DropsKnowledge]

No you didn't. DAMN THIS WAS THE SHIT !!! I forgot about this song and whn I saw the title I was like . . . . "It can't be the same one" I'm loving you right now.

[ginagina76]

I've been lookin for this song for years...thats whats up....real hip-hop....out

[SoulDawg97]

YouTube is the greatest. I have not seen this video since '96, and I prolly never would have again otherwise.