First female hip hop album, not too different from the male beginnings in the game. Not wanting to force an entire female rap album (it'd have been sensational!), but nobody at the time had tried it yet, not even the Sugarhill Gang who had still had a surprising return with its debut single. Sylvia Robinson, former R&B artist who launched Sugar Hill, also launches this female group, which is slightly better here than the male counterpart's debut. Officially credited as featuring guest in the first album released by the Sugarhill Gang, The Sequence is the first artist featured in a hip-hop album ever. This disk bases its roots on disco music and funky rhythms, on which there's a rapping delivery of the trio. Exceptions are a couple of funky / disco songs ("Funk a Doodle Rock Jam", "Come on Let's Boogie") where they sing, and the ballad "The Times We're Alone", R&B song. "Simon Says" and "And You Know That" among the standout tracks. 6.5/10.
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