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May 24, 2017 “The Sequence: The Funked-Up Legacy of Hip-Hop’s First Ladies” by Christopher R. Weingarten • Rolling Stone

Doug Wimbish describes how he created the iconic bass line to The Sequence’s ‘Funk You Up’ on the spot. Summoned by Sugar Hill Record’s Sylvia Robinson while on a Sugar Hill Gang tour stop at Township Auditorium in South Carolina, Doug listened to the trio and wrote the bass line in “about five seconds”. Read article here →

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Dec 5, 2012 “The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time” by Rolling Stone • Rolling Stone

Doug Wimbish’s bass playing as the Sugar Hill Records house band bassist is heard on three of Rolling Stone’s top 50 greatest hip hop songs of all times: #1 ‘The Message’ - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five #47 ‘That’s the Joint’ - Funky 4 + 1 #49 ‘Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel’ - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Read article here →

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