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| origin =[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[South Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| genre = [[Old school hip hop]]
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| label = [[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill]]
| associated_acts = [[Spoonie Gee]]
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| past_members = [[Angie Stone|Angie Brown Stone]]
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'''The Sequence''' was
The trio was noticed when they bum rushed a performance by [[the Sugarhill Gang]] and sang for them and [[Sylvia Robinson]] backstage.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hip Hop Family Tree|last=Piskor|first=Ed|publisher=Fantagraphics|year=2013|isbn=1606996908|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}</ref> Their most notable single was "[[Funk You Up]]" (1979), which was the first rap record released by a female group and the second single released by [[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill Records]].<ref name="Greenberg1999">Greenberg, Steve; Light, Alan [ed.] (1999). ''The VIBE History of Hip Hop''. Three Rivers Press. p. 28. {{ISBN|0-609-80503-7}}</ref>
▲'''The Sequence''' was the 1st [[female]] [[old school hip hop]] trio signed to the [[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill]] label in the late-1970s and early-1980s. The group consisted of Cheryl Cook (Cheryl The Pearl), Gwendolyn Chisolm (Blondie), and lead [[singer]]/[[rapper]] [[Angie Stone|Angie Brown Stone]] (Angie B.). The group originated from [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[South Carolina]] as a group of high school [[cheerleader]]s.<ref>Hogan, Ed. "[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p194849|pure_url=yes}} The Sequence]". [[Allmusic]].</ref>
▲The trio was noticed when they bum rushed a performance by [[the Sugarhill Gang]] and sang for them and [[Sylvia Robinson]] backstage.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hip Hop Family Tree|last=Piskor|first=Ed|publisher=Fantagraphics|year=2013|isbn=1606996908|location=|pages=|quote=|via=}}</ref> Their most notable single was "[[Funk You Up]]" (1979), which was the first rap record released by a female group and the second single released by [[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill Records]].<ref name="Greenberg1999">Greenberg, Steve; Light, Alan [ed.] (1999). ''The VIBE History of Hip Hop''. Three Rivers Press. p. 28. {{ISBN|0-609-80503-7}}</ref> Elements of "Funk You Up" were later used by [[Dr. Dre]] for his 1995 single "[[Keep Their Heads Ringin']]".<ref>''Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists: Book of Rap Lists''. 1999. [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]. p. 30. {{ISBN|0-312-24298-0}}</ref>
The group backed [[Spoonie Gee]] on the single "Monster Jam" (1980).<ref name="Greenberg1999"/> Their single "Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off)" (1981) was a remake of the single "[[Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)]]" (1976) by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]. The groups other charting single was "I Don't Need Your Love (Part One)" (1982). Angie Stone subsequently became a member of [[Vertical Hold]] and later a solo artist. In September 2011, without Angie Stone, Cheryl Cook and Gwendolyn Chisolm released a single entitled "On Our Way to the Movies". "On Our Way to the Movies" contains a sample of [[The Staple Singers]]' song "Let's Do It Again". Represented by famed Entertainment Attorney Antavius Weems, in December 2017, the group filed a Federal Copyright Infringement claim against [[Bruno Mars]] for his hit song 'Uptown Funk', claiming that the song used their 70's mega-hit "Funk You Up".▼
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==Discography<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sequence,+The Discography]</ref>==
===Albums===
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