MC Jazzy Jeff (of Funky 4 + 1) - King Heroin

From 1985 12": "King Heroin".....

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MC Jazzy Jeff was an American rapper from the Funky Four Plus One who was active from 1979 to 2002.
Funky Four Plus One (also known as Funky 4 + 1) was the first Hip-Hop/Rap group from The Bronx, New York, United States to receive a recording deal. They were notable for having a female MC, and were the first rap group to perform live on a national television broadcast. Jazzy Jeff from Funky Four Plus One is not the same artist as DJ Jazzy Jeff from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. When Jazzy Jeff was setting up a solo career after the (3rd) Funky 4 split up around 1983 he sued Jive Records (who had subsequently signed DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) and he won a lawsuit over the rights to the name "Jazzy Jeff"
Formed in 1977, the group was the first hip hop group to have a female MC, Sha Rock. Their most significant hit was the nine-minute "That's the Joint," which was sampled by the Beastie Boys on the song "Shake Your Rump." "That's the Joint" was sampled from A Taste of Honey's "Rescue Me". Their other notable recordings included the almost sixteen-minute "Rappin' and Rockin' The House", and Jazzy Jeff's recording of "King Heroin", from which a beat was sampled for use in the theme of the "The Apprentice" which taken from the O'Jays' "Money". The group never recorded a full studio album.
They were the first hip hop group to appear on a national television show, Saturday Night Live, in a season six episode hosted by Blondie's Deborah Harry (some have mistakenly reported that Run-DMC was the first rap group to appear on SNL - in fact, Run-DMC were first rappers to perform on MTV some years later).
The original members were The Voice of K.K. aka K.K. Rockwell (Kevin Smith), Keith Keith (Keith Caesar), Sha Rock (Sharon Green), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams). Rahiem later left the group to join Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Sha Rock temporarily left as well, and they were replaced by Lil' Rodney C! and Jazzy Jeff, who became the 'New' Funky Four and with the return of Sha Rock who became the Plus One More.
[edit]Career
With the addition of Lil` Rodney C! and Jazzy Jeff, the group became the "New" Funky Four, with D.J. Breakout and Baron. None of the Emcees were older than 17 when they signed with the Enjoy label, with "Rappin' And Rockin' The House". This utilized elements of Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real", over which a 16-minute rap commentary was placed. The tracks were recorded by a live band led by drummer Pumpkin, arguably rap's first production hero, and it was an impressive overall introduction.
Shortly afterwards they switched to Sugarhill Records, losing the "Plus One More" and adding 4 + 1 suffix. Prior to this cast D.J. Mark The 45 King would act as Breakout's record boy after Pookie D, locating and passing records up to the decks as Breakout requested them. They made their debut for Sugarhill in 1980 with "That's The Joint", a song arranged by jazz-funk organist Clifton Jiggs Chase. Their performances at Bronx Club parties included full blown dance routines.
After a dispute with Sugarhill, Lil` Rodney C! and KK Rockwell left the group and started The Original Double Trouble, at which time Rodney C! would marry Angela (Angie B) Brown of The Sequence fame aka (Grammy Nominated) Angie Stone. Jazzy Jeff went on to have a solo career.
In 2008, their song "That's The Joint" was ranked number 41 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

Extended & updated info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Four_Plus_One

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[Mackadoeshez]

Hip Hop always had a message in the music- what happened to it(mainstream)?

[blacksultan85]

PURE CLASSIC!

[LBJTV]

@npwme yes but lets be realistic here..these guys all did drugs anyway..but at least they projected a positive image and left their personal lives personal.

[SDSOverfiend]

You see what the Bronx used to look like? As a kid whenever i thought about the bronx i thought of burned down houses and vacant lots. The message was always in the song and with this as a backdrop why the hell would you do drugs.

[npwme]

see how rap used to say DON"T do drugs, not today its kool to do them according to today's rappers



[sam0016]

anyone else want to try heroin after watchin this?

[HOODDEBATAZ]

@Mackadoeshez check out the HOOD DEBATAZ!!!!

[nceisTV]

Why I was born in '95 ;( A lot of today music i real comercial shit.. Why I was born in Poland? ehh.. Greetings

[guitaro5000]

@Mackadoeshez J Cole is gonna take the torch, man.

[memyself2k]

That castle looks like the old armory on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx.

[ebeeze824]

@dua72 this was originally made by James Brown but Jazzy Jeff put the hip hop spin on it when the drug era was going into a full upswing