Funky Fresh Few are a Hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 act from Blackpool

Blackpool

Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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, who started out as a graffiti crew called Imperial Arts. The band originally consisted of James Folks, Damon Savage and Timeone.

They met up with Mark Rae

Mark Rae

Mark Rae, born in Ashington, Northumberland, England, is the head of the highly revered independent record label Grand Central Records and one half of DJ and production duo Rae & Christian.-Grand Central and Rae & Christian:...

 in 1996, who was setting up Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...

 independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 and released their debut EP "Slow For Focus".
They released another 12" "Through These Veins", which featured Jeru the Damaja

Jeru the Damaja

Kendrick Jeru Davis, known as Jeru the Damaja is an American rapper and recording artist who has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since high school.-Biography:...

's friend Afu-Ra

Afu-Ra

Aaron Phillip better known by his stage names, Afu-Ra & Afu is a New York-based American underground rapper. Afu, born Aaron Phillip, is a devout student of the Martial arts, as well as Chess...

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In 2000, Glenn Reynolds, formerly known as OSC joined the group.
They released their debut album in 2002, which featured guest MCs including Craig G

Craig G

Craig G is an American rapper. He is known as one of the members of hip hop producer Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' Records group the Juice Crew....

, Jimmy Grand and Dirk Diggla from the United States, and Wig and Sage from the United Kingdom.

Discography

• Stealing (May 2003)

• Funky Fresh Few also mixed the second disc on the 2005 Grand Central Records
  Grand Central Records
  Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...
  
   compilation, Underground Crown Holders
  Underground Crown Holders
  Underground Crown Holders is a compilation album of Grand Central Records releases. It was released for the 10 year anniversary of the label.The second disc contains a DJ mix, mixed by Funky Fresh Few, entitled Grand Central 10 .-Disc one:# "Memories" - Only Child – 4:19# "Through These Veins" -...
  
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