Rappin And Rocking The House / Funky Four Plus One More / 1979

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • Song belonging to the single "Rappin & Rocking The House" released in 1979
    Funky 4 + 1 was a hip hop group from The Bronx, New York, composed of Jazzy Jeff, Sharon Green, D.J. Breakout, Guy Williams, Keith Keith, The Voice of K.K. and Rodney Stone. They were the first hip hop group to receive a record deal, as well as the first to perform live on national television. The group was also notable for being the first to have a woman MC, Sha-Rock.
    To listen to this and more Hip Hop songs from the 80s follow this playlist on Spotify
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Комментарии • 373

  • @tsapp6649
    @tsapp6649 11 месяцев назад +53

    Who Listenin' in 2024

  • @continentafly
    @continentafly 11 месяцев назад +13

    When you listen to this sound at 38, you know you like real music.

    • @tsapp6649
      @tsapp6649 11 месяцев назад +1

      Go on Youngsta...you got a good ear

  • @customshopuniversity9448
    @customshopuniversity9448 Год назад +17

    I been listening to this song for30 plus years,FIRE! SHA ROCK THE GWOAT!!!!!!

  • @roundhousemusic1627
    @roundhousemusic1627 Год назад +14

    When I moved to Philly in 1980 I took this jam to a party in West Philly and turned it out.I brought it from NYC.

    • @tsapp6649
      @tsapp6649 11 месяцев назад +1

      I still got my album too

  • @reginalddavis7578
    @reginalddavis7578 3 года назад +24

    R.I.P. drummer Errol “Pumpkin” Bedward, layin down the funky hip hop groove for the Funky Four plus One More!

  • @anthonymack6412
    @anthonymack6412 3 года назад +39

    This is my favorite song of all time. Any genre. I’ve been listening to this song for 42 years. I was about the same age as them when this song was released. I was so amazed that kids my age could do something like this.

    • @calvinbriggs1840
      @calvinbriggs1840 2 года назад +1

      Go to go to go to work. Be prepared

    • @JeffGrimes-bo4cc
      @JeffGrimes-bo4cc Год назад +1

      Allthe great rapper's the great band bass congos keyboards cow bell wow

    • @JeffGrimes-bo4cc
      @JeffGrimes-bo4cc Год назад +1

      Rest in.peace Mr pumpkin great drum love the symbols wow

  • @amojasman70
    @amojasman70 6 лет назад +145

    Nobody got shot, no female got violated or disrespected, no drugs....pure rapping about rocking the house. 🔥🔥🔥

    • @jackals1982
      @jackals1982 4 года назад +10

      Facts, I remember having a 14 year old girlfriend and I was 15 we both knew when this song came on you had to dance for 16 minutes.

    • @chisomibeneche5801
      @chisomibeneche5801 4 года назад +3

      I wish for this time ever day cmd camden ,nj

    • @blake-qh9xp
      @blake-qh9xp 4 года назад

      every now and then someone got the fair one, usually over a girl or steppin on my shoes could get you banged out to lol

    • @Mayhem5150
      @Mayhem5150 3 года назад +3

      Of course not crack didn’t touch down for two years on the west coast and almost five years on the east coast. If rap would’ve continued to be party and bullshit like this it would’ve died. It had to evolve to different, and sometimes uncomfortable, topics to survive.

    • @bxdale83
      @bxdale83 3 года назад +7

      Even though the rappers weren't apart of it there were definitely shootings and robberies at some of the early hip hop jams. Violence was commonplace in 1970s-80's NYC

  • @anthonyford6655
    @anthonyford6655 Месяц назад +2

    I was 20 years old in 1979. This real true Hip Hop.

  • @jeffreygrimes7313
    @jeffreygrimes7313 2 года назад +12

    The powerful guitar and drums and congos and what powerful female rapper great men what great group wow

  • @wally-fz9sf
    @wally-fz9sf 8 месяцев назад +3

    Rappers Delight was great, but this was the song that made me fall in love with Hip Hop.

  • @alfonsomoreno5232
    @alfonsomoreno5232 2 месяца назад +4

    Love my Ole school raps.

  • @gregoryhunter961
    @gregoryhunter961 Год назад +9

    Still DOPE after all these years! I still have the Album!😊❤🎉

  • @jediknightdiscomike22
    @jediknightdiscomike22 3 месяца назад +7

    On some days, I would have this on repeat for 4 times !!! Still cant get enough of this song 45 years later !

    • @djaygravity4501
      @djaygravity4501 Месяц назад +1

      classic, they definitely set it off ...

  • @checkurself47
    @checkurself47 5 лет назад +45

    2020 still rockin this joint..ya heard!!!

  • @harrybrucker1739
    @harrybrucker1739 Год назад +3

    I remember listening to this song vaguely on the streets of Queens New York City when I was just a toddler

  • @CGY-
    @CGY- 3 года назад +9

    I'm still jamming to this in 2022. Old school block party and house party cook outs back in the days of FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @JeffGrimes-bo4cc
    @JeffGrimes-bo4cc Год назад +7

    The guitar so great all the great the live video a true classic great rap 2 all of them

  • @webbgems67
    @webbgems67 5 лет назад +46

    Who still listening forever, funky 4+1 legendary.

    • @bonniw5184
      @bonniw5184 4 года назад +1

      Still rocking it over here - Chester, Pa

    • @webbgems67
      @webbgems67 4 года назад +1

      @@bonniw5184 DJ Shahid Chester armory, WDNR Fm Zulu Nation Johnny Webb 👍🏽

    • @bonniw5184
      @bonniw5184 4 года назад +1

      @@webbgems67 You already know!! Eastside in the house!!!

    • @webbgems67
      @webbgems67 4 года назад +1

      @@bonniw5184 rip Master Blaster 🙏🏾

    • @bonniw5184
      @bonniw5184 4 года назад

      @@webbgems67 Yo! Master Blaster passed- when?

  • @schemesupreme7
    @schemesupreme7 Год назад +14

    ONE OF THE GREATEST RAP RECORDS OF ALL TIME!

  • @chevyboss97
    @chevyboss97 5 лет назад +34

    Sha-rock murdered her verse 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥can't be stopped
    "5 MC's four of my brothers plus one that's me" holy fucking shit it's so simple and yet 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @webbgems67
    @webbgems67 5 лет назад +16

    Back and forth skills.. Bring it back real hip-hop

  • @leroyedwards8298
    @leroyedwards8298 3 года назад +12

    I WAS IN THE 11TH GRADE MY BOY BENNY GOT ME INTO THIS JAM WE WOULD HANG OUT AFTER SCHOOL AT HIS HOUSE AND PLAY THIS JOINT AND AT SCHOOL TOO ...BENJAMIN FRANKLIN H.S. EAST HARLEM CLASS OF 1980 ...GOD BLESS YOU BENNY AND THE REST IF THE CREW

  • @dariusfutrell7812
    @dariusfutrell7812 2 года назад +5

    True old school

  • @dontaesmom16
    @dontaesmom16 Год назад +12

    This is PURE RAP at its BEST! We partied our teenage hearts out, when this hit the PARTY and local radio stations
    WDNR-FM (Widener Univ) with Master Blaster, Walt Wonder w/The Thunder & Andre "Sure Jam" McKenzie
    WGLS-FM (Glassboro State) and can't forget the 1 & only
    Lady B in Philly 🎶🎤🎧

    • @ThePslapid
      @ThePslapid Год назад +2

      Todays youth missed it

    • @ThePslapid
      @ThePslapid Год назад +1

      WBLS nyc

    • @dontaesmom16
      @dontaesmom16 Год назад

      @ThePslapid YES they surely did!!! I don't know what their listening to nowadays, but it's NOT REAL RAP!!

  • @shell0323
    @shell0323 3 года назад +27

    Gosh, I remember when they were on SNL back in the day. My sister and I were so excited, music that we actually listened to and seeing them on national tv. My sister sent me this just today, 4/16/21. Feel Good Friday 😊.

    • @daxterclark5092
      @daxterclark5092 3 года назад

      I'm thinking a young Eddie Murphy was the one who got them on back then...i could be wrong,though... I remember just coming on that show around that time...i was in 5th grade back then.

    • @stanleyshack26
      @stanleyshack26 3 года назад +1

      What year was this?

    • @djcb505
      @djcb505 2 года назад +1

      @@stanleyshack26 around 1980.

    • @vgrepairs
      @vgrepairs 2 года назад +1

      @@daxterclark5092 unfortunately it was due to Blondie... it wouldve been cool if eddie got them in somehow

    • @robertpender9647
      @robertpender9647 2 года назад +1

      @@stanleyshack26 1975

  • @keithhinds6086
    @keithhinds6086 2 года назад +9

    The art of MC and DJing at its best let's get two thumbs and two toes up 🤩🤩 hip hop you don't stop the elements

  • @UrsZimmermann-r6f
    @UrsZimmermann-r6f 8 месяцев назад +3

    wow Rapping forward❤1979 magic!!!

  • @anthonyjames520
    @anthonyjames520 4 года назад +13

    SHA ROCK!!!!

  • @hepburnscott5618
    @hepburnscott5618 6 месяцев назад +4

    Devastating rappers cold crushing this devastating rhythm and beat. It still cranks and gets your feet moving and body grooving!

  • @bbfitw2008
    @bbfitw2008 5 лет назад +18

    This is the way we rock the house sho nuff everybody gonna turn it out,,,,damn i miss those days

  • @anthonywatkins8018
    @anthonywatkins8018 3 месяца назад +1

    Shara is one of the best female rappers of all times.

  • @charlesrobinson1121
    @charlesrobinson1121 6 лет назад +84

    The Greatest Female Rap Voice of all time!

  • @meghangigscarrero5185
    @meghangigscarrero5185 9 лет назад +68

    This fire has been burning since '79 apparently.

  • @barty2381
    @barty2381 Год назад +2

    Skills! 🔥

  • @rickyedmonds3364
    @rickyedmonds3364 4 года назад +10

    Best rap group ever point blank✌🏽

    • @JeffGrimes-bo4cc
      @JeffGrimes-bo4cc Год назад +1

      The symbols tearing up play your thing g great drummer wow 👌

  • @kayanmantovanello4442
    @kayanmantovanello4442 8 лет назад +53

    Perfect song for street skating

    • @kobalt25
      @kobalt25 3 года назад

      it’s in tony hawk’s proving grounds

  • @kandr21400
    @kandr21400 4 года назад +8

    Remember when they were on Saturday Night Live?

  • @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596
    @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596 5 лет назад +22

    I was 9 when this joint came out. My older Brother had the 12 inch. RIP. Man, I loved this joint, still do to this day. Funky 4 Plus One was on point. All of them had skills.

  • @cornellabatts
    @cornellabatts 2 года назад +8

    This record and the new rap language by treacherous 3 and super Rappin by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 are my 3 all time favorite rap records ever!! Ironically they were all recorded on the same day at the same studio on the same record label(Enjoy) . Thank you Mr. Robinson for giving us the true talents of these incredible mcees who where the commanders and manipulators of this childish language called English. ❤❤❤

  • @Zynae
    @Zynae 2 года назад +4

    my generation will never know true rap man.

  • @glenleyferguson3763
    @glenleyferguson3763 2 года назад +5

    I was a high school senior when this joint came out. I was in love Sha Rock. NY stand up!

  • @mikepaul1216
    @mikepaul1216 2 года назад +5

    thank you for posting this song. you rock the joint.

  • @marcushaupt1564
    @marcushaupt1564 2 года назад +2

    Pumpkin! I should have known. Here comes that beat

  • @dietrichwilliams2913
    @dietrichwilliams2913 3 года назад +11

    Man when this dropped everyone was banging this joint!!!

  • @bibdaddy67
    @bibdaddy67 3 года назад +16

    The music band is straight fire. That bass line and drummer is straight pocket!!!

  • @tommygibbs901
    @tommygibbs901 2 года назад +11

    2022 and I'm still rocking this joint you don't hear that harmony that they have, I miss them and that echo chamber that they were rocking and rocking the house with

  • @jeffreyt1907
    @jeffreyt1907 5 лет назад +15

    MAN I WAS IN THE 11TH GRADE BUT 1979 WHEN I WAS ROCKING THIS JAM , NEVER FORGET SOME OF MY REAL FRIENDS FROM NEW YORK KNEW SOME OF THEM, AND WHEN THEY TURN ME ON TO THIS ALBUM I WAS HOOK, JUST A TEEN GETTING HIGH AND STONE IN DANVILLE VA, THANKS TO MARSHA, TONYA,STEPHANIE, AND THE NEW YORK CREW TO INTRODUCING ME TO THIS JAM, NOW IM 59 AND STILL GROOVING N MOVING,,LOL..

    • @djbro1989
      @djbro1989 4 года назад

      i used i date a girl in danville VA small town you probably know her

    • @jeffreyt1907
      @jeffreyt1907 4 года назад

      Cliff Garner ohhh yeah who that might be bro?

  • @diegocelaya298
    @diegocelaya298 7 лет назад +37

    this is a masterpiece

  • @jamestaliferro8600
    @jamestaliferro8600 7 лет назад +79

    still rocking to this jam and it sounds just as good as ever there's nothing like old school rap still rocking in 2017

  • @carltonkeys6205
    @carltonkeys6205 4 месяца назад +1

    This is where jazzy jeff started

  • @aaroncreagh4402
    @aaroncreagh4402 5 лет назад +13

    Sha Rock is one of the nicest...

    • @brucekarriem2681
      @brucekarriem2681 2 года назад +1

      The true queen. Lisa Lee from the zulu nation too,but queen sha rock was number one always and forever

  • @harrybrucker1739
    @harrybrucker1739 Год назад +2

    Absolutely

  • @kamwilson5776
    @kamwilson5776 Год назад +2

    TIMELESS.

  • @aaroncreagh4402
    @aaroncreagh4402 7 лет назад +39

    .
    Rap groups.
    This is how it's done.

  • @rhondawalker821
    @rhondawalker821 3 месяца назад +1

    WOW,iremember this album in my house,the red color and large words that said ENJOY...WOW, when you learn how BEAUTIFUL your life is, because of the GRACE of GOD bringing me a MIGHTY LONG WAY,WOW❤❤❤❤❤

  • @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596
    @rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596 6 лет назад +25

    Still got this 12 inch. Loved this joint when it came out. They all got different styles and Sha Rock is so dope. Not to mention Pumpkin and Crew with the music.

  • @eljahsiemallah
    @eljahsiemallah 2 года назад +1

    Classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @haroontillman1276
    @haroontillman1276 Год назад +2

    Pumpkin The Most Underrated Producer of ALLLLLL Time 🙏🏽☝🏽

  • @DjDvDndMcSuperiorair
    @DjDvDndMcSuperiorair 2 года назад +2

    Ahh I love old rap.its like a cool summer

  • @raelockletree3858
    @raelockletree3858 5 лет назад +128

    This destroys Rapper's Delight

    • @iwillmusic6090
      @iwillmusic6090 3 года назад +6

      By a LONG SHOT 💯

    • @davegrabowski6123
      @davegrabowski6123 3 года назад +6

      OH YES!!

    • @scottcoley9302
      @scottcoley9302 3 года назад +10

      Rappers Delight was a bite and if you listen to it closely you can tell Caz wrote all the raps because none of the 3 rappers have a unique style of their own

    • @jamesfrench6149
      @jamesfrench6149 3 года назад +6

      @@scottcoley9302 CAZ DIDN'T WRITE THAT SONG THE VERSE BIG HANK USE WAS CAZ RYTHMS

    • @scottcoley9302
      @scottcoley9302 3 года назад +8

      @@jamesfrench6149 Didn't Caz give them his notebook though?

  • @furious444
    @furious444 9 лет назад +107

    playing this song ever since Tony Hawk's Proving Grounds.

    • @chandlerisded
      @chandlerisded 7 лет назад +14

      Chief Rocka ayy this man gets it

    • @shannonbanks9852
      @shannonbanks9852 6 лет назад +2

      - - hell yea my boi

    • @DJB1PlanetFunksville
      @DJB1PlanetFunksville 6 лет назад

      Wow nice didnt know this was on a game

    • @DJB1PlanetFunksville
      @DJB1PlanetFunksville 6 лет назад +10

      Mc sha rock was 13 when she recorded this and shes the first Female Rapper

    • @12brando12
      @12brando12 6 лет назад +2

      Thats how i got put on to this 🔥 jam. I would never change it always on repeat

  • @Phuriusstilez
    @Phuriusstilez 2 года назад +2

    Kk killed it.
    No limitations to my finesse mc running down rhyme when half the time they just running down mine

  • @chevyboss97
    @chevyboss97 5 лет назад +14

    This song is epic BUT that drummer is the 🐐🐐🐐🐐

  • @cashmerefunk2136
    @cashmerefunk2136 3 года назад +1

    Just passing thur had this single i remember hearing at the party i was walking in the club with the fellas the dj play this i stop what i was doing walk to the dj table asking the dj who's that he told me the next day when to the store bought two just in cases just in case i lose one with no skip or scratch on it. summertime 1979 that was one hot summer i can still smell the bar-q grill mix with the summer time air✌

  • @rashonkeitg2954
    @rashonkeitg2954 7 лет назад +42

    pure skill the best hip hop song ever

    • @makeithap
      @makeithap 6 лет назад +1

      word

    • @SeisanStnc
      @SeisanStnc 4 года назад

      Yup, and KK and Lil Rodney C kept it going in Live at the Amphitheater

  • @rickyedmonds3364
    @rickyedmonds3364 4 года назад +6

    Sharock know best female rapper of all time no questions asked ✌🏽❤️💯

  • @harrybrucker1739
    @harrybrucker1739 Год назад +2

    This one and rappers delight

  • @Tha-One
    @Tha-One 4 года назад +4

    Funky Four Plus One More still rocking the house in August 2020

  • @12brando12
    @12brando12 6 лет назад +9

    Im down by law with rhymes galore thats why im down with the funky 4 !!!!! Wowwzas!! Classic

  • @Soulmodulation
    @Soulmodulation 8 месяцев назад +2

    The verses might not be super deep, but they used their voices like an instrument and raised the music... great stuff here.

  • @marcaskew7846
    @marcaskew7846 5 лет назад +30

    This is when rap music was clean

    • @jamesfrench6149
      @jamesfrench6149 3 года назад +1

      THIS ISN'T RAP THIS IS MCING BRUH THIS IS HIP HOP

    • @Mayhem5150
      @Mayhem5150 3 года назад +2

      You never heard X-Mas Rap by The Treacherous Three if you believe what you typed. I came out a year later and it was far from clean and it was far from the only rap like that.

    • @brucekarriem2681
      @brucekarriem2681 2 года назад

      And dope

  • @lancebeamon9729
    @lancebeamon9729 5 лет назад +21

    It's 2019 and this is still THU JOINT‼❤

  • @Gunnafandom
    @Gunnafandom 3 года назад +3

    my uncles favorite joint

  • @MCKnicks7
    @MCKnicks7 3 года назад +6

    One of the best rap songs ever!!!

  • @rockosfuture7063
    @rockosfuture7063 2 года назад +2

    Lil Rodney Cee member of Four Plus One More was the first with Lil in there name

  • @dadewd7061
    @dadewd7061 7 лет назад +20

    My graffiti days back in NYC and hitting the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and the dingdongs too! :D

    • @jayfe7298
      @jayfe7298 6 лет назад

      Any chance you have some pictures on Instagram or anything? Love to see some throwups on them dingdongs

    • @revmarcusstee3
      @revmarcusstee3 5 лет назад +1

      “STEE 3 TBB”.....Brooklyn

    • @marcussteewilliams915
      @marcussteewilliams915 3 года назад

      “STEE 3 TBB”

  • @gregoryhunter961
    @gregoryhunter961 Год назад +2

    Correction: This is a Classic that will always be loved!❤

  • @DJNICKNasty
    @DJNICKNasty 3 месяца назад +1

    My jawn

  • @carltonkeys6205
    @carltonkeys6205 4 месяца назад +1

    Lower Merion hs class of 82

  • @jamesbarno9541
    @jamesbarno9541 5 лет назад +8

    Memories Of Old School Rap

  • @jeannettemiller9275
    @jeannettemiller9275 2 года назад +4

    THE MEMORIES ARE OVERWHELMING / THANKS GUYS FOR SHARING ! YOUR SKILLZ!! WERE VERY MUCH NEEDED!! AND SOOTHING

  • @ketometreveli2341
    @ketometreveli2341 4 года назад +7

    Still rockin' 2020

  • @chisomibeneche5801
    @chisomibeneche5801 4 года назад +5

    First hip hop song i ever heard

  • @darrylharvin9079
    @darrylharvin9079 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’m 60 y/o and still know the words, and I should becuz I played it to death. I was 15 back then✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @webbgems67
    @webbgems67 5 лет назад +6

    Shout out to the bx 👍🏼

  • @Cradelikz
    @Cradelikz 3 года назад +6

    Perfect song for cruising around. Coasty, jammy and wavy that keeps pumping on and on.

  • @ProdStxng
    @ProdStxng 6 лет назад +23

    Man i swear to god im so young i wish i was born back then my gen will never understand real music

    • @TCORV
      @TCORV 5 лет назад +2

      All they do is listen to trash rap

    • @raelockletree3858
      @raelockletree3858 5 лет назад +2

      You will, dont worry about them

    • @Lioness_123
      @Lioness_123 4 года назад

      This is why ruclips.net/video/1IhwBqd5gxc/видео.html

  • @makeithap
    @makeithap 8 лет назад +44

    Best rap song Ever !!!!!

  • @kyraocity
    @kyraocity 6 лет назад +32

    6:56 Sha-Rock spits

  • @donaldjohnson4634
    @donaldjohnson4634 4 года назад +7

    Dam this is got to be the longest song ever,now I see why I never heard this on the radio.

    • @jamesfrench6149
      @jamesfrench6149 3 года назад +2

      THEY PLAYED THE SHORT ONE ON THE RADIO

    • @abrahamsmith4248
      @abrahamsmith4248 2 года назад +2

      When it first came out, it was played on the radio. HBI radio station. With Mr. Magic.

  • @JS-gk8of
    @JS-gk8of Год назад +2

    This vibe still applies today.

  • @seanwright8786
    @seanwright8786 3 года назад +4

    2021 still rockin' this shit. Got me thinking I'm back in 4th grade still.

    • @daxterclark5092
      @daxterclark5092 3 года назад +1

      Facts...i was in the 5th grade back when this came out.

  • @garyjoseph2767
    @garyjoseph2767 3 года назад +3

    Great group...they sound the same live...the good old days

  • @MrEricm60
    @MrEricm60 2 года назад +3

    Du grand rap jovial comme on en fait plus. Les mots sortent comme une joie de vivre intacte...

  • @wuwear912
    @wuwear912 4 года назад +3

    I remember buying this record at Burke Avenue and Holland Avenue. The record store sad they don't have record stores no more

    • @brucekarriem2681
      @brucekarriem2681 2 года назад

      I used to live right there,but it was about 85 when I was there

  • @louisjames5953
    @louisjames5953 2 года назад +2

    Classic ( I love this joint!!)

  • @poplifeinctv
    @poplifeinctv 3 года назад +1

    They Hard!

  • @St8yaname
    @St8yaname 3 года назад +1

    Happy rap! Original hiphop!

  • @DJSammySAM100
    @DJSammySAM100 6 лет назад +10

    PRICELESS!!!

  • @smalliebiggs3836
    @smalliebiggs3836 3 года назад +6

    The rap group to get on the enjoy record!