There are many groups in Hip Hop who were on the cusp of “making it big” and becoming household names.
There are even more who were incredibly influential and developed some of the techniques that became part of the blueprint that later groups benefitted from greatly. The Funky 4 check all of the above boxes and K.K Rockwell, Keith Caesar, Rahiem and Sha Rock were one of the first Rap groups formed at Hip Hop’s inception. M.C. Jazzy Jeff and Lil Rodney joined later and were part of a personnel change that would rename the group The Funky 4 Plus One.
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Steel Pulse
Thursday, May 22 @ UC Theatre, Berkeley
Too $hort, Scarface & DJ Quik
Friday, June 20 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
Earth, Wind & Fire
Friday, June 27 @ Greek Theatre, Berkeley
Macy Gray
Saturday, July 12 @ Palace of Fine Arts, SF
Thievery Corporation
Saturday, Sept 6 @ Fox Theater, Oakland
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