Rare 1980 Footage of Funky Four Plus One, Live at The Kitchen, NYC 

Sha Rock flows so perfect in the pocket and her breath control is ridiculous. One of the most flawless deliveries I've ever seen

Sha Rock literally rhymes better than at least 85% of major label rappers today. FACTS...that lady is a Goddess on the mic, all praises due.

Sha Rock was clear and her Rhymes were strong. She was definitely the prime example of what a female MC should sound like. If anything she should be in the R&R hall of fame by herself. Ahead of anyone you can even think of.

Sha Rock wasn't no damn JOKE!

SHE IS AWESOME!! NEEDS MORE RESPECT IN HIP-HOP HISTORY!

I am 56 years old today, I was 14 years old when I heard this title, when I listen to it again now I have chills and I am nostalgic for that time:

I can’t begin to describe how dope this is. It almost brings me to tears. Hip Hop in its purist form. When it came from a real place.

Sha-Rock killed it, I always loved her voice and flow and she looks innocent but assassinated the mic..Love this group..

wow brother I am sitting here with Rodney C watching and he is stunned

I'm astonished this exists. Let alone the quality.

5 of the dopest rappers period! Sha-Roc was so ahead of her time, and she was flowin without trying to be a diva, just a straight B-Girl!! Pure Dopeness!!!

Pure lyrical prowess. No smoke, mirrors, autotune, studio tricks, etc.

CRAZY! This footage is nearly 40 years old, shot in low light and looks like HD. Not only is it captured well but it has captured a moment in time that many of us wish we could transported back to. A moment when the music was raw, exciting and pure! This is incredible!

REAL RAP SHA ROCK HAD A GORGEOUS VOICE

Sha-Rock's voice...timeless.

Is Sha-Rock even breathing? Good grief, she rocked without any effort whatsoever!

This is hip hop, true lovers of the culture know that

K K Rockwell and Rodney C moved on to form "Double Trouble." They had a cameo in the hip hop classic movie "Wild Style." And Sha-Rock had a cameo in the movie "Beat Street." She was one of the female rap trio "Us Girls", at the house party.

Stuff like this brings a tear to my eyes. Real Hip Hop to the core!

I wanna say thank you to the person who had the hindsight to record this moment in time when others probably thought he/she were wasting their time. God bless the archivists in any mode of art-a thankless but intricate Job.

Sha Rock was the best hands down

Sha Rock ripped it hard in that one minute(with breath control) than Cardi B and Nikki do in three minutes. She also has natural beauty without showing her body.

Sha-Rock actually had the cleanest flow out of the group.

I moved to NY from another country in 1979 and had no idea what the hell hip hop was. I was 14 at the time and this shit hit me like a 18 wheeler. F4+1 more was definitely one of those seminal groups that set the foundation. beautiful memories of a beautiful transformative time in music.

Real hip hop , take me back their please, I was talking to a friend of mine and we were discussing hip hop from back in the day wishing we could go back to a time like this , nuff respect due to the pioneers

Im glad this was taped and documented.

OMG, where did you get this?? It should be archived at the Smithsonian! This needs to be preserved for future generations. I was a big fan of the group back in the day just based on their tapes and then their records. I was too young to see them live and I missed their TV appearance on SNL, so this video is a welcome surprise. My given name is Rodney and my middle initial is C, so you can guess who my favorite member of the group was...after Sha-Rock that is.

Sha-Rock ROCK ON!!!

One of the most influential group in hip hop history

This is fantastic. It's incredibly sad what 'mainstream' hip hop has become.

Genius! Their energy and skill is unmatched.

Sha Rock had the prettiest voice in Hip Hop history. She had a clean-cut and clear delivery on the mic. The Funky 4 + One More, was authentic. That's The Joint. Priceless.

...this brought a tears to my eyes...WHEN HIP HOP WAS REAL!!! one of my favorites groups ever, along with the furious 5.💯 #DOPE

Sha Rock's voice is fire !!

I cant think of enough adjectives to describe how dope this is!

i watched this today and am totally amazed that sha rock sounded better and rhyme was better than her bandmates. she looks so innocent. longest rhyme delivered effortlessly! i was like damn!!! she still going?

😳😳Wow, what a freaking throwback 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻N.Y.C. The best era 80’s..💃🏻💐💐

funky four plus one was simply PURE PERFECTION, ASIDE FROM THEIR never duplicated incredible talent, their group synchronization and obvious pure respect for each other at such a young age, it is just mind blowing...so underrated, one of the best group that ever did it, real pioneers beyond their ages. At such young ages they were more talented than so many of today's rappers that are twice their years.

sharock is so perfect such talent, such beauty

Now this right here! is the epitome of old school rap! "lady Sha-Rock" the original female emcee! this was how it was done! class is in session!!!

SHA ROCK!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!

They don't make them like this no more!!!! Classic

Oh WOW!!!......I miss those days. I'm so glad I was an actual witness to those days, especially the young days of hip-hop. Going to all of the jams all around NYC and the Bronx. B-Boys & B-Girls Forever!!!!

Sha Rock had the smoothest flow......

Sha Rock 🔥🔥🔥💯

My girl Sha, I was so happy to meet her with a room full of other legends, She was the only one I took a picture with.

legends of hip hop

all the guys were always crazy about ShaRock's voice and wanted to see her but we weren't as fortunate as kids today who can just turn to channels like MTV and BET and watch their favorite artists all day

Sha has the best hip hop voice ever!

Rap was soooo authentic so special back in the 80s I swear I wish I grew up in this error you can tell they enjoy music and was passionate about it and was having fun

Killer voice on her 1:39

She's just awesome!

There are not many videos of the early performances and shout out to Sha Rock the first female MC. This is a piece of history that needs to be preserved.

They did a great job taking what Blondie had already done and building on that. Very good group.

The rhymes are CRAZY.

Funky 4 plus 1 was one of the hottest group's out there at that time...

What a great video! I used to jam "That's the Joint" when I was in high school. They should collect royalties from today's rappers for paving the way.

I have a huge old school rap tape collection and my Funky Four tapes are some of my most cherished tapes. I just always loved the way they rhymed together as a group.

They rhymes was flawless wit finess n they were the best!!!! I say they were the best!!! Black young people create culture.👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

One of the BEST old-school groups! Some bands get most of the old-school fame, like Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Kool-Moe D & T3, but Funky 4+1 was always one of my favorites!! Powerful & smooth, most bands couldn't flow like this, still love it!!

This is one of those moments that should be preserved in the national archive for historical significance and cultural importance.

Get it SHA!!!

First Hip Hop group to appear on SNL

IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE VIDEOS FROM GROUPS OF THIS ERA PLEASE POST THEM UP ON YOU-TUBE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE , I WAS A TEEENAGER DURING THIS TIME AND I HAVE THE MUSIC BUT SEEING THIS VIDEO SURELY BROUGHT BACK ALOT OF GREAT MEMORIES ...... WAITING ON LONG LINES TO GET IN THE PARTIES AND THOSE BLOCK-PARTIES WAS ON BACK THEN .... MISSED THOSE DAYS BIG-TIME .... N.Y.C.-5 BOROUGHS .....

Ahhhh! When rap was rap. This new school just can not compare to this.

Gawd I love Sha rock's voice.

Omg shay rock is fully covered and didn't twerk not time and still captured my attention with her talent (is she even breathing)

My child hood One of the songs that had me fall in love with hip hop. Sha Rock!

Word up ya'll... I'm so blessed to have grown up during the early 80's bboy hip hop era when I was a teenager, now I pass on my memories down too my teenage son's on how much we strived on during those hard times in the concrete jungle with true good friends and school yard block parties and experiencing the birth of hip hop and styles of gear and tagging graffitti and most definitely break dancing in which it "all started out too something negative too something positive"! Brooklyn..Bronx..Queens.. Manhattan.. Staten Island.. Strong Island.. Stand Up! We Audi 9000.. Funky Four Plus One.. Krazy Dope!

Sha Rock a.k.a. The Mother of the Mic. Always held her own. Much respect to the Queen MC.

So freaking ill! You can throw anything else in the dustbin from modernity. This is the formula. So glad my Bishop presented this to me! You can here God in the melody.

In my opinion, there are only few groups who have made Hip Hop/Rap a fully fledged musical art form in its own right! Funky 4+1 are one example of that. To do it whilst having a female in a male dominated genre whilst not over sexualising her, but treating her as an artist in her own right should be championed a lot more! 1980!!!!!!!!!!

The quality is amazing, this is a great find.

THE FIRST HIP-HOP ARTIST TO APPEAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE I HAPPY TO HAVE WITNESSED IT OLD SCHOOL FOREVER ❤

Sha Rock, what a talent.

Best rap track from 1979. Absolute Classic!!!

LOVE. Hip Hop emerging from an Egg to live and progress for an eternity.

Incredible charisma and flow, ESPECIALLY for 1980. And the video quality is great, thank you for this

Sha Rock was so dope. Effortless. Incredible group.

Much RESPECT to THE FUNKY FOUR +1. Shout out to KEITH KEITH. Great footage from 1980, TRAILBLAZERS 💥💥💥💥🙏

No words to describe how great this is.

That shit was so fresh sha rock i love that beautiful black queen

The guitar chords this song so great play on the radio wow

If not done so already, submit this to the Library of Congress! This must be preserved.

I'm only 14 right now 2019 and I absolutely love this❤ Edit: 18 now, still love it lol

Just to know how many legendary male rappers Sha rock inspired is crazy also They were the first rappers to perform on Saturday night live and Rodney C was Angie Stones man back then when she was in a group called sequence, just some hip hop history.

True School!!!!!!!

Sha Rock is so effortless.

The living legends of old school rap, This is what its all about!

This is what it is - Classic! Everybody loved Flash and The Furious 5 and I did too, but my favorites were always The Funk 4 Plus 1. Thanks Much

This music is perfect...btw anyone on 2019

I never heard of this before. This is true hip-hop ... To me this is better than Rappers Delight. Sha Rock is out of this world with powerful rhymes, bars, and flows . Flawless

My favorite emcee before I knew her name Sha Rock❤

Sha Rock has an awesome voice!

Sha Rock!!! Beautiful Pioneer that open Doors!!! Shout out Queen Lisa Lee!!!

amazing..... just pure class. thank you , made my day

Sha Rock as hard as any dude lyrically back then.....im not even gonna compare to anyone today.

Wow,,, this so Amazing, ,,, I'm from this era of hip hop

I'm 56 years old and I grew up in Long Island NY aka Strong Island NY the 🏡 Rakim Public Enemy Dela Souul Craig Mack Prodigy from Moob Deep Biz Markie Grand Daddy IU Method Man Keith Murray Freedie Foxx Roc Marciano and countless others. I grew up during the Golden Era of Hip Hop and I remember the block parties and my old hood having Westbury day in New Cassel Park and people from all over Long Island and the boros coming to our hood to party and jam to the latest Hip hop classics spun by Doctor Dre from Yo MTV Raps who was from our hood and in a group called Music Mind. Seeing these old footage of the first generation Mcs and Djs like the Finky Four plus one more sends chills through my Hip Hop body because I witnessed Hip Hop in its infancy growing up in Long Island NY which played a integral part I'm NY Hip Hop with all the iconic acts we spit out. But salute to the Boogie Down Bronx and Harlem World ,Brooklyn, Queens ,and Staten Island for creating a culture that even infiltrated the ghetto suburbs of Nassau and Suffolk County Long Island NY and the rest of the country and world when it comes to Hip Hop. Mc Sha Rock is the first lady of Hip Hop and she was so cute and her breath control was wicked.

My uncle grew up with these guys and traveled with them to plenty of their shows and hung out with them before the success of the music ( mainly with the lead MC / KK Rockwell ) He used to come to Harlem from the Bx and let us hear the tapes of the jams and fill us in on all the info about group, So me my brother & sisters were all in like listening to inside scoop similar to the reality show like Love & HipHop but back in 1979 to about 1983 when WildStyle came to the movies. My Uncle Vamp was a ball player and could of been in the group if he choose to but like I said he was on the blacktop putting in the work. Shout out to Vamp, The Funky 4 plus One, Double Trouble and Rest In Peace ( Pookie Wilson ) MVP