{"id":1419,"date":"2010-01-07T00:24:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2013-12-03T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:53:00","slug":"funky4plus1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/artists\/emcees\/funky4plus1.htm","title":{"rendered":"Funky 4 Plus 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nKK Rockwell (Kevin Smith)
\nKeith Keith (Keith Caesar)
\nLil’ Rodney Cee (Rodney Stone)
\nJazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Myree)
\nSha Rock (Sharon Green)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forming in 1979, this was one of the first hip hop groups that contained a female emcee, Sha Rock.\u00a0 And unlike many female rappers today, she was not looked at as a sex object, but rather she was just another member of the group.<\/p>\n

One of the original members of the group was Rahiem who left to join Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five<\/a>.\u00a0 He was replaced by Rodney Cee.<\/p>\n

Despite never releasing a full length album, they remain a very influential group.\u00a0 A quick listen through any of their singles will undoubtedly reveal several recognizable samples.<\/p>\n

Their single “Rappin and Rockin the House” clocks in at over fifteen minutes and is one of the longest hip hop songs ever.<\/p>\n

“That’s the Joint” is considered their quintessential song.<\/p>\n

There other releases include “Do You Want To Rock”, “King Heroin”, “Square Biz”, “Feel It”, and “Superstars”.<\/p>\n

They were the first hip hop group to make a national television appearance.\u00a0 It was on Saturday Night Live in 1981.<\/p>\n

By 1983 the group had split up.<\/p>\n

KK Rockwell and Rodney Cee formed Double Trouble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sha Rock joined two other female rappers in Us Girls<\/a> (the group performing in the house party in Beat Street<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jazzy Jeff went on\u00a0 to record as a solo act with Jive.<\/p>\n

Check out “That’s the Joint”<\/h3>\n