The Sequence is a former female

Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

 old school hip hop

Old school hip hop

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

 trio signed to the Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill Records (rap)

Sugar Hill Records was the name of a rap music record label that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Malden and financial funding of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records.-History:...

 label in the early-1980s. The group consisted of Cheryl Cook (Cheryl The Pearl), Gwendolyn Chisolm (Blondie), and lead singer/rapper Angie Brown Stone

Angie Stone

Angie Stone is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She has been nominated for three Grammy Award. She is more successful on the charts R&B charts, with four Top 10 albums, forms including a number one album and 10 singles on the R&B chart,...

 (Angie B.). The group originated from Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

, South Carolina

South Carolina

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 as a group of high school cheerleaders.

Their most notable single was "Funk You Up

Funk You Up

"Funk You Up" is a 1979 rap song by The Sequence. Dr. Dre used interpolations for his 1995 hit "Keep Their Heads Ringin'". In 2003, a semi-remake entitled "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Erykah Badu's album, Worldwide Underground...

" (1979), which was the first rap record released by a female group and the second single released by Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Records (rap)

Sugar Hill Records was the name of a rap music record label that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Malden and financial funding of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records.-History:...

. Elements of "Funk You Up" were later used by Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...

 for his 1995 single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'

Keep Their Heads Ringin'

"Keep Their Heads Ringin" is a single by Dr. Dre taken from the soundtrack of the movie Friday. Although the album was released on Priority Records, Death Row Records still owns the masters to the song...

".

The group backed Spoonie Gee

Spoonie Gee

Spoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term 'hip hop' and some the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta rap....

 on the single "Monster Jam" (1980). Their single "Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off)" (1981) was a remake of the single "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

"Give Up the Funk " is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker ". It was the second single to be released from Parliament's 1976 album Mothership Connection "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It...

" (1976) by Parliament

Parliament (band)

Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

. The groups other charting single was "I Don't Need Your Love (Part One)" (1982). Angie Stone subsequently became a member of Vertical Hold and later a solo artist.

Albums

• Sugarhill Presents the Sequence (1980), Sugar Hill
  Sugar Hill Records (rap)
  Sugar Hill Records was the name of a rap music record label that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Malden and financial funding of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records.-History:...
  
  
• The Sequence (1982), Sugar Hill - #51 Black Albums
• The Sequence Party (1983), Sugar Hill

Compilations

• Funky Sound (1995), P-Vine
• The Best of the Sequence (1996), Deep Beats
• Monster Jam: Back to Old School, Vol. 2 (2000), Sequel

Singles

• "Funk You Up
  Funk You Up
  "Funk You Up" is a 1979 rap song by The Sequence. Dr. Dre used interpolations for his 1995 hit "Keep Their Heads Ringin'". In 2003, a semi-remake entitled "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Erykah Badu's album, Worldwide Underground...
  
  " (1979), Sugar Hill – #15 Black Singles
• "Monster Jam" (1980), Sugar Hill – with Spoonie Gee
  Spoonie Gee
  Spoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term 'hip hop' and some the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta rap....
  
  
• "And You Know That" (1980), Sugar Hill
• "Funky Sound (Tear The Roof Off)" (1981), Sugar Hill – #39 Black Singles
• "Simon Says" (1982), Sugar Hill
• "I Don't Need Your Love (Part One)" (1982), Sugar Hill – #40 Black Singles
• "Here Comes the Bride" (1982), Sugar Hill
• "I Just Want To Know" (1983), Sugar Hill
• "Funk You Up '85" (1984), Sugar Hill
• "Control" (1985), Sugar Hill
• "Love Changes" (1982), Sugar Hill

External links

• Discography