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Do You Want To Rock (Before I Let Go)
Do You Want To Rock (Before I Let Go)

Do You Want To Rock (Before I Let Go)

Record company Sugar Hill Records
Performing artist Funky Four MCs
Date1982
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 11 13/16 in. (30.004 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.482.15.A,.B
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Do You Want To Rock (Before I Let Go) is a track released in 1982 by Funky 4 + 1. Released under Sugar Hill Records, this vinyl was produced by Jigsaw Prod., Sylvia Inc. 

 

Funky 4 + 1 included K.K. Rockwell (Kevin Smith, b. unknown), Sha-Rock (Sharon Green, b. 1962), Keith Keith (Keith Caesar, b. unknown), Rahiem (Guy Todd Wiliams, b. unknown) until 1979 when they decided to join Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Lil’ Rodney C (Rodney Stone, b. unknown), MC Jazzy Jeff (Jeff Miree, b. 1962) D.J. Baron (Baron Chappell, b. unknown) and D.J. Breakout (Keith Williams, b. unknown). The Funky 4 + 1 is considered a legendary Hip-Hop group emerging out of the South Bronx, forming at the end of the Disco era in 1978. Funky 4 + 1 was one of the first battle groups, the first Rap group to have a female MC, the first Rap group to be signed by a major record label, and the first Rap group to perform live on national television (Funky 4 + 1 performed ‘That’s the Joint’ on Saturday Night Live, February 1981). Their debut single was the 15-min track Rappin and Rocking the House released in 1979, which was the same year they signed with Enjoy Records for three months then signed with Sugar Hill Records where they released ‘That’s the Joint’ in 1980.  

Sugar Hill is written in cursive red, blue, and yellow striped colored font. There is a blue skyline of a city in the middle of the cover over a light blue background. 

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