The Message is the debut studio album of American hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, released in October 1982 by Sugar Hill Records. It features the influential eponymous track and hip-hop single "The Message". The Message was released in October 1982 by Sugar Hill Records. It was the only album released while the group's original line-up was together. The album charted at number 53 in the United States and at number 77 in the United Kingdom
Авторы текста и музыки. Sylvia Robinson, Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Melvin Glover, Edward Fletcher. 50+ видео Воспроизвести все. Воспроизвести. Микс – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (Official Video)YouTube.
The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song). The Message" is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. It was released as a single by Sugar Hill Records on July 1, 1982 and was later featured on the group's first studio album, The Message
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s The Message may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had several children and bought a farm in upstate Idaho with it. The Message was the 7th rap song to ever appear on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, peaking at It went gold within 11 days. It was also selected by the New York Times as ‘the most powerful pop single of 1982’ and NME named it their track of the year. In 2017, Rolling Stone named it the best hip-hop record of all time
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five merged the Afrocentric consciousness expressed by such early rappers as Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets with b-boy production to create "The Message," an all-time rap anthem. It was the focal point of this LP, which also included "It's Nasty" and "Scorpio," two other strong cuts that might have been winners on their own. Unfortunately, rather than a starting point, this album proved to be their ultimate peak.
The Message" is the best-known track by legendary hip-hop innovators Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and is a song that, without exaggeration, changed rap music's tone and content forever. With its hard-boiled chorus ("It's like a jungle sometimes, It makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Flash would later speak of the song as a landmark in the evolution of rap, but he and the group wanted nothing to do with the song, and even ridiculed it when he heard the demo. The subject matter wasn't happy. It wasn't no party s-t. It wasn't even some real street s-t. We would laugh at it," said Flash.
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The New Adventures of Grandmaster (LP Version). 9 canciones, 43 minutos. Se estrenó: 1 de ene. de 1984. 2004 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured and Distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing. Más de Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. The Message (Re-Recorded, Remastered Version).
