E.S.G. (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold), the punk-funk-dance band of the Scroggins sisters from the South Bronx, emerged in the late ’70s, shaping Manhattan’s Lower East Side No Wave scene and early hip hop. Their track “U.F.O.” became one of the most sampled ever, reused from 1981 to the mid-2000s.
Pioneers of a minimalist groove later widely copied, they worked with Factory’s Tony Wilson and Martin Hannett, played the Haçienda’s 1982 opening, and closed Paradise Garage in 1987. Loved by Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles, their sound lives on in artists from Big Daddy Kane to MF DOOM. Yet their influence—from punk-funk to hip hop to house—remains overlooked. System Failure tells their story through music, archives, and interviews beyond the “most sampled” narrative.
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