That's The Joint (Vocal) / That's The Joint (Instrumental)

“That's The Joint (Vocal”) / “That's The Joint (Instrumental)” is a song released in 1980 by Funky 4 + 1 on Sugar Hill Records and produced by Jigsaw. The single became Funky 4 + 1's signature song and is frequently cited as influential early Hip Hop record borrowing from Disco, Funk, and Jazz. Rolling Stone listed "That's the Joint" at number 288 on their updated list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in September 2021.

Funky 4 + 1 included K.K. Rockwell (Kevin Smith, b. unknown), Sha-Rock (Sharon Green, b. 1962), Keith Keith (Keith Caesar, b. unknown), and Rahiem (Guy Todd Wiliams, b. unknown) until 1979 when they joined 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.