The Masterdon Committee - 1982 - Funk Box Party, Part 1

Classic old school hip-hop joint from The Masterdon Committee, also the unofficial theme song of Sundance 2011. Ask yourself-- exactly what is a funk box? What makes a funk box conducive to throwing a party? And what the hell is a masterdon, anyway?

[@souldelicious5564]

parties will NEVER be the same again, this was truly the best era those privileged to experience it can cherish it. simply a natural vibe

[@kennyjames6156]

Dad aseeeesssswjjskssssaejsuuuiwauii I akiiiheueeweooooiiiippppooiiii

[@royalrap2153]

Princesa..Master Don...My life

[@gregoryphillips760]

The early '80s is my favorite era for Hip-Hop.

[@mindingmybizness2567]

Top 5 party record of all times. How can you not get up and dance when this comes on. Still the jam to this day.

[@Queenalika85]

Right

[@DJAlboogie55]

WBLS Rocked this joint numerous times every day!!!!!

[@daxterclark5092]

YEP.....I definitely remember that back in 1982!!

[@sirresebethea]

This song never gets old🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@srn1962]

1970-1989 was the greatest era in music - whether soul, jazz, rap or rock - and will never be duplicated again. I hate what music has become. Thank goodness for youtube for allowing us to venture down memory lane..

[@ronpetrenella9231]

WORD UP i always say that. Your SOO right.

[@DonDada110478]

I'm going to disagree I say 83 to 98

[@TheBreadTalkInvestors]

I agree, music was purer

[@lesson6053]

THIS jawn is undeniable 🎶🔥🎶🙌🏽🔥

[@teddybearakamastere.1776]

Mc Pebely Poo used to live across the street from me in the Bronx NY. Where it all began! I'm just a old school fool.

[@MrTreyken9765]

Omg this song brings back memories of W.D.A.S. 105.3 and my cousin Scott

[@rollowtheleader5155]

A Funk Box, or Beat box is a drum machine. This is the early 80's, If a hip hop crew had a drum machine it was a game changer on the block.

[@angellateseisrael162]

107.9 Philly🎶🎶 just played this!!! A classic throwback 🎉🎉🎉 I can't wait to add this to my work-out playlist, entitled "Let's Get It" 🦾🦾🦾♏♏♏ Still lit in 2022💃💃💃

[@Kommunik8Moor]

This is a classic that unless you were living and heard this live at a party and seen the joy and sheer pleasure this song gave to the party people you have no clue how truly special this jam was. B-BOYS & GIRLS take your place in history none of the new generation of hip hop rappers or DJ’s can feel this like we did. We wish you could have felt this but you can’t. You missed a glorious time in HIP-HOP HOUSE & CLUB PARTIES

[@macherepritchett8454]

this is my all time jam!! truely old school

[@julianhaikenjr6757]

Machere Pritchett

[@CarissaNicholeSmith]

this was played ALOT on 107.5 WBLS back in the day....

[@Supreme2u]

I got ALL my music from BLS/KISS/WHBI and just about everyone Ma and I have a 90 min mix from Marley (who was way better than Red Alert but not better than Chuck Chill-Out) rocking Masterdon/Mantronix/and a ton of other's......that $hit is insane. I have a home studio and sometimes I do boiler room gigs with a ton of ppl over and I'll mix this joint and they lose their f'n minds.

[@rucksmith5471]

True and hot97

sure did! the mix tapes too

[@drewbread7811]

Just a random comment: A show called Snowfall brought me here & I was feeling this song and In the first season Auntie Louie mentioned that same radio station when she was talking bout opening up her own club & in season 4 this song was playing in her club lol. I now feel the vibes. 🔥

[@sixfiguretrucking]

This song will make your joint pop out of socket!! 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

[@walibashir102]

PHILLY baby. Blockparties The Plateau Hotel Phila Dancing Skates After Midnight etc.

[@hgaston66]

AFTER MIDNIGHT!!!!!!

[@derricklanders4479]

@@hgaston66 I used to hang out in the DJ Booth at After Midnight with DJ Mike, Terrell and JoJo!!

[@Nusquad]

Cosmic Kev used to kill this joint in Wagners Ballroom Perry P used to change the words of the rapp part and we thought that was his song, but that was the days.

[@thema1998]

This was the first time that I heard this song in over a year. I once again forgot how dope the beats are! 🔥

[@quintinarnold8437]

Tears flow because no other generation will experience this hip hop magic.....na na na na

[@Bradbluebathgate]

I remember when they did use to practice in the rec center on 144th street and 8th ave. Also “the five shades of Black” they later became the back up singers for Oran Juice Jones.

[@sddaog8089]

Sip master don Harlem legend I'm glad I had the pleasure to meet this brother back in the late 70s when I was younger

[@daman2u]

This is Classic!!! I remember when Masterdon and The Death Committee used to rick in Saint Nicholas Park in Harlem when I was a kid. Was so dope!

[@alonalove3118]

i remember gettin in trouble dancing to this song in front of my christian school whattt i was tearing it up whatttt

[@cjwillis6965]

Wow! The brother who takes over at 3:15 is the father of one of Grand Puba's styles. Puba even kinda sounds like him! I've had this record since it came out and I never noticed that until now. Classic WDAS Saturday night jam.

[@mauriceharris2741]

THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF IT'S TIME. I ROCK MANY OF CLUBS AND HIGH SHCOOLS WITH THIS ONE.

[@teddybearakamastere.1776]

The best of old school, taking me back to my Truman HS Days.

[@justincarr8178]

Absolute classic.Played load the Base sounds like Mantronix later on.A absolute stone cold classic

[@aldeb456]

Oh man, Masterdon Committee, The Cold Crush Brothers, Malcolm MaClarin.....early 80's was nothing to play with especially in Harlem NY.

[@seantrice4269]

aldeb456 damm rite ya tu sabé word up it was nothing else like it to hear & rock to these jams at block party's or the Saturday night mastermix na'mean.

[@slaveofAllah4300]

My first introduction to rap.😍 Loved it I used to break dance at 3yrs. Old. Born in 1980 The best😎

[@RobertoGinsburg]

*Malcolm McLaren* was the english taylor and manager for the Sex Pistols (in fact, their wife Vivian Westwood invented the english Punk look) .

[@BROTHAFLYNSOLO]

Mr. Magic and The World Famous Supreme Team defined that era

[@soundwave6998]

.I miss the 80s 😢💚GOODS TIMES

[@avrilblu1449]

I heard this song last night on the new Season 4 of Snowfall on FX. I always love Snowfalls Playlist. Thanks FX for bringing me here in 2021!!! #TheOGUhNaNaNaNa🙌🏾

[@michaelwilliams6704]

Right #TheOGUhNaNaNaNa……NOT MASTER P. NOT NO TALEN……I mean No Limit.

[@phillyaleek6972]

THIS IS 1 OF THE BEST HOUSE PARTY JAMS EVER SOUTH PHILLY HOUSE PARTY'S WAS RIZOCKIN PHILLY ALEEK 😎😎😎😎✌✌✌✌

[@videoluvr4204]

MasterP GhettoD album had so many samples its fun listening to the originals when i know the GhettoD album from my teen years

[@rasungod7257]

I was 14 years old when it dropped.

[@videoluvr4204]

wow i made my comment over 7 years ago time flies...yes i was 14 when GhettoD dropped as well, cheers!

[@jackies35]

YO! I remember this at every block party in NYC! Back in the Days, Money Making Manhattan & Boogie Down Bronx was the *ish!!!!

[@oneVern]

The Photo Booth Chick making money was easy.

[@slaveofAllah4300]

My brother's favorite song was Jam on it by Nucleus R.I.P bro taught me how to rap😘🤗

[@Mikegee63]

They used to always play that song in Bentleys in NYC.

[@dionerhodes1308]

I'm 53yrs old & when I'm out I still only do hip hop. This Era will never b 4gotten..the best ever!. Sssssooo thankful & bless 2 b apart of that decade. The memories r still so thick like y'day. Wwwooo those were the days we stayed on the floor & just jammed!! Sweated everything out! And if u cud jam, u got all the dates!! Lol This younger generation will never understand. There wasn't any wall hoggin..u was just jammin!! 💯🤸‍♀️💃💖💖

[@stopbeingakeyboardkillermo4112]

Master P and Usher, owe Masterdon and the crew royalties!

[@aminaharris3975]

💯

[@dimitrijackson2755]

StopBeingAKeyBoardKiller&MousePadMobster! Gangster G.... is my cousin. P-nut is his nick name

[@unique74muzik]

yes ma'am

[@mikegee3991]

One of the most underrated hip hop crews. They used to kill it with their routines and Jam Master Jay bit the way Masterdon used to cut "Mardi Gras" on Peter Piper. RIP to both of them.

[@glennmack6483]

StopBeingAKeyBoardKiller&MousePadMobster! AN IT'S SPELLED OWN

[@3rdshiftchamp]

105.3 WDAS PHILLY so many Saturday memories

[@blaze0073]

3rdshift Champ this is when WDAS had the JUICE!! Remember that was their tag line!! And of course who could ever forget what they would say on Saturday night •LIVE from the NU TECH or how about LIVE from CLUB LAZAR!!!!! Those were the days!! 😜

[@3rdshiftchamp]

I remember it like it's tomorrow lol... Wdas was also what my parents played during the day on Saturdays while cleaning the house...

[@3rdshiftchamp]

I remember it like it's tomorrow lol... Wdas was also what my parents played during the day on Saturdays while cleaning the house...

[@3rdshiftchamp]

I remember it like it's tomorrow lol... Wdas was also what my parents played during the day on Saturdays while cleaning the house...

[@blaze0073]

3rdshift Champ at my house too!!' If only I could go back in time lol but EVERYBODY says that!! I had a ball then!😆😆😅

[@georgecoley1485]

Still grooving to these old school jams. Block parties in Philly...wow. Pumping on EV’s stacked 3 high...smh.

[@joee.blessed1223]

Pebbly Poo on of the dopest female emcees hands down!

[@BROTHAFLYNSOLO]

Next to ShaRock, yeah...lol

[@jamela6357]

I agree!!! And thank you I never knew her name.

[@damienbrown9825]

Sir Brown from Jersey City says she was a rare talent and a cool person

[@lonniemcclain2527]

The CLASSIC house party jam !!!

[@MusicLoverPearson]

Man who you tellin?

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@Lonnie Mcclain This beat (i think a reinterpretation) *appears on the house party SCENE OF BEAT STREET* , when DJ Kenny makes their first dj set performance on that classic movie .

[@TimeMinister1]

And yet another Bentley's NYC jam! Time of ya life kid.

[@audreyfardan6695]

exactly, this was always a favorite at Bentleys, miss those days!

[@alexpintado]

Over 30 yrs looking for this song! I know it as a different version!! Wow...... still can't believe I found it!! Thanks for the post!!!

[@nicovanderdrift5508]

There is a part 2, where peblee kicks it off.. “to all you mc’s who think you are tough… etc”

[@user-fx8dy2fw5y]

same as me thirty odd years searching

[@jclblue]

Wow thanks for loading this jam! I was a 10 years old learning how to break dance at that time. Lots of good memories.....

[@mz.harriz1049]

Masterdon was a personal friend of my sister he and I both were in her wedding in 1984 ...Sadly he passed in Aug...0f 1993 RIP Master Don

[@aldeb456]

Oh wow, sorry to hear that. He must have been still young. Do you know what he died from?

[@monicadavis2188]

My Condolences! :-(

[@slaveofAllah4300]

R.I.P Masterdon

[@MBPace]

@@aldeb456 Reached out my family in the South Bronx they said a brain tumor ! Reliable sources my family !

[@jieronbaltazar7258]

Mz harris did he ever had children

[@MrPrincepop]

Take one part classic Roland TR-808 drum machine, add fresh MC's on the mic along with a hook, and you got a basic 80's Hip Hop party record. Simple and successful.

[@darryldrayton2635]

HOT!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥 This is the SHIT!! When Hip Hop was Fun,

[@ishstarr1]

LMAO!! Sorry I guess I am just so old. the funk box is referring to the drum machine that was used to make the beat they came out in 1980. before that the only records were spun and mixed and cut to create new beats in hip hop a DJ would extend the break beat for the mc to rhyme. now the masterdon you got me there like being the boss maybe the master boss lol anyway thanks for posting this. I was twelve when this came out and I still know ever word. thanks for preserving the history

[@MD-DLive]

Actually this song came out 1982. Maybe 1983!

[@trustnoone2024.]

2024 still rocking this

[@glennforde2164]

Oooohhh-Weeeee! Bentleys Club 1984 NYC!! Ladies in Another Dimension of Gorgeous🎉😊😮😅

[@dartenyagranger29]

The Masterdon Committee - 1982 - Funk Box Party, Part 1

[@billyjacc]

We saw them "PLENTY" of times in Philly! An Incredible Crew! They should've been as popular as Grandmaster Flash & The T-3!

[@CaseyEdge]

This joint here! 🔥 I went to school with George and lived in the same building with Master Don! SIHP Master Don🕊🙏

[@kevinpayne3419]

Classic joint; along with Nairobi-Funky Soul Makossa

[@hgaston66]

Kevin Payne im about to listen to that right now!!!

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@Kevin Payne add to that: -"Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren, -"Breakin Bells" by Crash Crew, -Al Naafysch" by Hashim

[@djcalaverarp5652]

Talk about going back in time. Poplocking days.

[@LadyBee1986]

OMG thank u I've been trying to find out the name of this song for the longest lol

[@yolly8111]

Flash back to Julia Richman High School NYC. This was my jam.

[@Power-9Hunnid]

RIP Masterdon!!!

[@latanyasantiago6197]

Yes yes yes. Skate city on Myrtle Ave in Bed Study Brooklyn. Love ❤️ this

[@drewc.i.n.6325]

Damn .. this took me Back 147th street ( 47th street if you from HAREMWORLD )... REST IN POWER MASTER DON

[@sheldontaylor2002]

Master Don was the name of the leader of the group.

[@Rsh410]

He was the DJ

[@edwardhill1279]

I remember rocking this down the way in the Richard Allen Projects back in the early 80s

[@FBA_AllTHEWAY]

B-Boy music..CLASSIC!!

[@horus1971]

The era of the MC!!

[@colonerskine5796]

Thanks for up loading. I remember this Jam from back in the day! Still Jumpin!

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

one of the best old school dance parties on wax Sheldon H chambliss 8/12./2018

[@MrRwilson33]

Yes that's DA one I'm lookin 4 good lookin out and keep it DAT way!!!

[@shawnat7558]

MEMORIES! HOUSE PARTY!!

[@user-bd9jr4sz2w]

The good ole 70’s music 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tommykeith6589]

MASTER P UR WELCOME!!!😅😅

[@traviseure5797]

my god this record change the game in so many ways much love to masterdon. my favorite

[@thema1998]

I haven't heard this in months. I forgot how dope the beats are!

[@therealbossladylondon]

My favorite song EVER

[@rebeccaoliver27]

1982 I was 23 year's old Hellll Yale I remember this cut use to cut that rug up in the club dancing off of this cut Let Go You Tube

[@damienbrown9825]

Sir Brown from Jersey City says the name of their crew was master don and the death committee

[@geraldfer]

This SONG WAS MY PREP JAM BACK IN THE DAY..!!! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD...1985 ALL THE WAY LIVE.!!!

[@thekid26000]

This used to pop!

[@johnnybing91]

Sounds even better now in 2018 house party jam fa sho.

[@ronpetrenella9231]

Yeah this song made me wanna go out to the clubs. I would smoke a joint out the window of my room and hear this on WBLS and then it made me wanna go out to the clubs. I had moms record WBLS for me with my Akai cassette deck and i went out to Roxy till about 3am, but then walked 8 blocks over to Fun House, smoked some dust, hit the punch Bag game in the Funhouse, and chilled in the balcony and listened to the best Club DJ ever- Jellybean Benitez. YOOO BEAN!!!! with some wet dust bags in my pocket. LOL..

[@patriciasmith643]

Playing basketball on 183rd and Jerome while somebody was rocking this joint. Old E was flowing and we was sweating to the beat. Damn, time has flown...lol

[@stusis]

dope track!

[@royalrap2153]

Love love love..To my family Master Don ..Pebbly Poo..Who inspired me to Rhyme..push with POWER ..I lov3 that mc's movement....Just sending love..Princessa Jennece Moore

[@gin147]

WHO IS THIS?I'M FROM 147TH STREET AND I GREW UP WITH MASTERDON

[@royalrap2153]

@@gin147 Princesa Jennece Moore

[@gin147]

@@royalrap2153 Is this Masterdons daughter?

[@royalrap2153]

@@gin147 No. I am a Very Dear friend. Princessa Jennece Moore. And your are? Peace love and Overstanding 🥰🥰🥰

[@gin147]

@@royalrap2153 Im from the same block as Masterdon and Pebbly poo and a very close friend as well.

[@santesmith6284]

Owwww! Turn up now!

[@curtycurtl2]

Is he getting royalties from Master P for taking that "make em say ugh na na na na?"

[@WatchDMP]

Keon Davis you are very right..my uncle produced this...Pumpkin rip..Bobby Robinson poems the publishing..

[@theba2sigh769]

Guess you mean is Master I paying royaties

[@ricoross1641]

curtycurtl2 .. Dude...this was out WAYYYY before Masta P dropped his joint Maken Say Uhh

[@bxdale83]

@@ricoross1641 That's why he asked if he is getting royalties from Master P

[@AMKNLYFF]

1982, I was in the 9th grade Newtown HS, I remember hearing this at USA Skating Rink on Roosevelt Ave, Queens, watching this cute black chick doing a continous foot shuffle, just vibing on this crack beat. This beat will knock the stains out ya draws. Who from Queens - USA Skating rink?

[@sweetpeepauline]

I Love This Song

[@MD-DLive]

Classic song during my youth!

[@abycruz3466]

a funk Box is a drum machine, and MASTERDON. Played it live at parties ,while the DEATH COMMITTEE killed the microphone .

[@royalrap2153]

Pebbly Poo...The best ever 5:23

[@EDOGZ818]

Magnificent 7 / M7 , Johhny Wa, Rayvon, etc. I remember when this was a Mixtape, for Zulu.....a live performance at a jam!

[@flacobiker4life580]

Awesome track for its time with a great beat. Old-school rules

[@davidel7950]

Thank you thank you been looking for this so many memories

[@prostopnunnally2950]

Pebbly Poo & K (K.C.) Hanns....check out Get Off My Tip. That's another song that was popular.

[@AnDre3sTacKs3000]

rockin this at work right now.... bmore stand up

[@josephcampbell7470]

My era

[@daxterclark5092]

True indeed.I was 13 back when this came out in 1982.truly a classic.

[@realdjrod]

Loved this jam since i was a kid

[@tareekclassics2865]

Remember playing this at a teen party back on 2007 or so. Think I just played the instrumental side and the beat had them rocking. Guess they thought it was brand new

[@djmixmastacore6232]

I started DJing because of this song.

[@qweet3796]

I went to School with George Park West on 50th Street he use to come into the gym and say hey Quita I made a record and I would be like stop lying George let me hear It and this was the song. He use to get us in all the uptown parties.

[@alonzostanford1200]

SW Philly,Cobb's Creek block parties in the early 80's, these young ones will never experience that

[@dartenyagranger29]

The Masterdon Committee - 1982 - Funk Box Party, Part 1 1980's

[@HUSTL3BUNNI]

I was born a year later ✊

[@rasungod7257]

Me too #83Baby

[@flacobiker4life580]

Definitely Bronx party classic