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The group originated from Columbia, South Carolina as a group of high school cheerleaders.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir most notable single was \"Funk You Up\" (1979), which was the first rap record released by a female group and the second single released by Sugar Hill Records. Elements of \"Funk You Up\" were later used by Dr. Dre for his 1995 single \"Keep Their Heads Ringin'\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe group backed Spoonie Gee 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)\" (1976) by Parliament. 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.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/The+Sequence","playStationPath":"/stations/113925526/play","stationId":113925526,"bioPath":"/music/The+Sequence/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/I+Call+Fives","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b98/b98a633dfc625af00eed412bf46f7a56_md.jpg","artistName":"I Call Fives","artistId":131013,"station_id":285318800},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Years+Gone+By","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e7e/e7e5add7c6b0312f16f35d79aa39d462_md.jpg","artistName":"The Years Gone By","artistId":12941,"station_id":114758646},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Treacherous+Three","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c3f/c3f5b9fa455ce479fa613ced617f6a2a_md.jpg","artistName":"The Treacherous Three","artistId":9125,"station_id":113794648},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Sugarhill+Gang","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/427/427c43065b8a8aafeecaf05b05d710eb_md.jpg","artistName":"The Sugarhill Gang","artistId":770,"station_id":113263160},{"musicPath":"/music/Danger+Radio","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/683/6836f82340c3450f476922517dffbf00_md.jpg","artistName":"Danger Radio","artistId":12308,"station_id":113262389},{"musicPath":"/music/Self+Against+City","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b0e/b0e5a713f8d5d1c476e22aa86f98ee43_md.jpg","artistName":"Self Against City","artistId":100552,"station_id":280763047},{"musicPath":"/music/The+High+Court","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/853/8537569011bbeda3548c2fea16c3e222_md.jpg","artistName":"The High Court","artistId":108077,"station_id":282140185},{"musicPath":"/music/Crash+Crew","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8f7/8f7b44f95bf817e61dcf744038cff543_md.jpg","artistName":"Crash Crew","artistId":9122,"station_id":113494241},{"musicPath":"/music/Run+Kid+Run","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/467/4679312cdaaa83de5232b27f3d6f2aa8_md.jpg","artistName":"Run Kid Run","artistId":11328,"station_id":113290161},{"musicPath":"/music/Dana+Dane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/94d/94dcacef4358ad01ce62bb30eb34ee7b_md.jpg","artistName":"Dana Dane","artistId":11417,"station_id":114325341},{"musicPath":"/music/Melle+Mel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ece/eceba0ea1dbd2d48bfca32a88e40041e_md.jpg","artistName":"Melle Mel","artistId":132058,"station_id":285483884},{"musicPath":"/music/West+Street+Mob","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/38a/38a5611bdda4a2fa9fd98b49bbd1f161_md.jpg","artistName":"West Street Mob","artistId":9126,"station_id":113448939},{"musicPath":"/music/Van+Atta+High","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/234/234123c231e9521ab856963666570a64_md.jpg","artistName":"Van Atta High","artistId":103810,"station_id":280764781},{"musicPath":"/music/Boys+Will+Be+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cad/cade3abc78c54f26641ceb06b00f4ecf_md.jpg","artistName":"Boys Will Be Boys","artistId":81289,"station_id":268156209},{"musicPath":"/music/Grandmaster+Melle+Mel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/423/423670c71da1956e3070032a774e5cdc_md.jpg","artistName":"Grandmaster Melle Mel","artistId":9123,"station_id":113830730},{"musicPath":"/music/Holiday+Parade","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/636/63632e1c4e4642550f2150bc78d097cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Holiday Parade","artistId":11563,"station_id":113319093},{"musicPath":"/music/Disco+Curtis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fa1/fa1a7e772fd3388419f27f98d18747bc_md.jpg","artistName":"Disco Curtis","artistId":102711,"station_id":279736580},{"musicPath":"/music/Amely","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/982/982f0f6b16afe3330d03f891f823cfc0_md.jpg","artistName":"Amely","artistId":62578,"station_id":262760955}]}