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

Sha Rock wasn't no damn JOKE!

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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:

REAL RAP SHA ROCK HAD A GORGEOUS VOICE

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.

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.

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

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.

Sha-Rock's voice...timeless.

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

Im glad this was taped and documented.

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!!!

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

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

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 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.

Sha-Rock ROCK ON!!!

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

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.

One of the most influential group in hip hop history

Genius! Their energy and skill is unmatched.

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

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?

Sha Rock's voice is fire !!

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

...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 🔥🔥🔥💯

She's just awesome!

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.

sharock is so perfect such talent, such beauty

Killer voice on her 1:39

legends of hip hop

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!!

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

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

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

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

The quality is amazing, this is a great find.

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

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

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 .....

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.

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.

Sha has the best hip hop voice ever!

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!!!!

Get it SHA!!!

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

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.

FIRE!! Sha Rock movie please

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.

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.

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

First Hip Hop group to appear on SNL

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!!

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

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

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

True School!!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!

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

The rhymes are CRAZY.

Footage from 1981 but look like it dropped yesterday.

Gawd I love Sha rock's voice.

this was beautiful!

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

No words to describe how great this is.

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

Sha Rock was so dope. Effortless. Incredible group.

Thanks for putting this classic on here, so many good memories.

Sha Rock has an awesome voice!

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

Quality is amazing

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

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

AND LET'S US REMEMBER DAT THE FUNKY 4+1 WAS THE FIRST HIP HOP GROUP TO RECEIVE A RECORDING DEAL,THE FIRST HIP HOP GROUP TO HAVE A FEMALE MC AND THE FIRST HIP HOP GROUP TO PERFORM LIVE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION(SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE BACK IN 1981).HIP HOP ROYALTY,THO THEY SEEM TO BE FORGOTTEN BY SOME OF US TODAY.

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

Best rap track from 1979. Absolute Classic!!!

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

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

Sha Rock is so effortless.

This is real old school, I still have this jam on vinyl in pristine condition in a couple of different 12" versions in my rap collection. I bought this record in my teens when rap was making its way to the west coast. I live in California and when I heard rap for the first time with Sugar Hill Gang and then I found out about this group and my mind was blown. Rap would not be played on the FM radio band till many years later. I used to record mix shows on Friday and Saturday nights off the radio from 1580 KDAY (Static noise and all). I consider this era of rap real talent because there was some thought that was put into the lyrics of rap jams. This is the reason I also love the Beastie Boys, because they had the same Old School rap style and they constantly played homage to various old school old school rappers and rap groups. There are too many groups to mention but Funky 4 Plus 1 More, Spoonie Gee, Sequence 3, Marly Marl and MC Shan, Biz Markie, and many others are still some of my favorites. Both east coast and west coast artist brought their own style to the Hip Hop scene before it became a negative thing with more of a East against the West Coast hip hop feud. I never understood why Hip Hop artist would get into this type of exchange with each other and then they would start getting negative with the Old School hip hop artists. I think this was all just a result of money hungry music producers that fabricated these feuds to help sell records. Props to the Old School and the New School artist that represent positively and continue to push the true art of Hip Hop which has managed to span the globe and it all started in small neighborhoods in the east coast and west coast with artists that are now legends of Hip Hop. From an Old School Pop Locker on the West Coast.

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

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

SHA ROCK is nice with it!!! Her breath control is crazy! Back then you didn't see anybody except some videos. MTV hadn't even started playing Flash, K.Blow, Run-DMC yet. Video Music Box hadn't started yet either.