It wasn't by design that the South Bronx-based group ESG affected post-punk, no wave, hip-hop, and house music.

The four teenage Scroggins sisters formed in the late 1970s basing their sound on a mutual love of James Brown, Motown and Latin music.

The group's only aspiration was to play their music - simplistic in structure and heavy on rhythm - and sell records.

ESG went on to become one of the most sampled groups of their time with everyone from TLC & The Wu-Tang Clan sampling their songs, and have influenced many artists, with groups like Beastie Boys citing them as a profound discovery. ESG's sparse, raw, percussion-led sound continues to inspire and influence new generations.

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