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Grandmaster Flash
Raised in the Bronx, New York, Grandmaster Flash was one of the seminal DJs at
the birth of hip hop, noted for pioneering a number of turntable techniques
including scratching, phrasing and back spinning. The Sugarhill Gang may have
given hip hop its first hit when Rapper's Delight came out in 1979, but it was
Flash and his crew the Furious Five who gave the genre a political conscience
with dark tales of ghetto life on the 1982 single The Message. Responsible for
moving the genre away from good-time party anthems and paving the way for Public
Enemy, gangsta rap and generations o...
The MessageGrandmaster Flash, Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Step OffGrandmaster Flash
It's NastyGrandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Furious Five
White LinesGrandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Melle Mel
JesseThe Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash
Pump Me UpGrandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel & the Furious 5
The MessageGrandmaster Flash, Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
The Message
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Step OffGrandmaster Flash
Message from Beat Street (The Best of)
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It's NastyGrandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Furious Five
The Message
4:19
White LinesGrandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Melle Mel
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
JesseThe Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash
The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
5:08
Pump Me UpGrandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel & the Furious 5
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