Is there a rap fan out there who didn't like "The Message"? It took rap in an entirely new ... more
direction: while others were content to ride the "Double Dutch Bus" down to the disco, the Furious Five spoke out about social decay. The chorus of "The Message" ("Don't push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head / Sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under") describes the effect of Reaganomics in ways that Dan Rather never could. Of course, Grandmaster Flash and company weren't against partying. In fact, they cut some of the best party tracks in the genre's history ("Freedom," "The Birthday Party"), along with some battle raps ("Step Off," "Showdown") to complete the package. Copyright restrictions probably kept the beat-edit classic "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" off the track listing. Still, one glaring omission isn't reason enough not to pick this up. --Todd Inoue
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Is there a rap fan out there who didn't like "The Message"? It took rap in an entirely new ... more
direction: while others were content to ride the "Double Dutch Bus" down to the disco,the Furious Five spoke out about social decay. The chorus of "The Message" ("Don't push me, 'cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head / Sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under") describes the effect of Reaganomics in ways that Dan Rather never could. Of course, Grandmaster Flash and company weren't against partying. In fact, they cut some of the best party tracks in the genre's history ("Freedom," "The Birthday Party"), along with some battle raps ("Step Off," "Showdown") to complete the package. Copyright restrictions probably kept the beat-edit classic "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" off the track listing. Still, one glaring omission isn't reason enough not to pick this up.--Todd Inoue
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Advantages: Classic Hip Hop Disadvantages: Ballards are weak
"The Message" is the debut EP from one of the legendary Hip Hop group (the first of this genre to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame), GrandmasterFlash & The FuriousFive. The EP came as a result of the popularity of their single "The Message", which went out a very different message from what Hip Hop was about at the time, 1982.
The group consists of GrandmasterFlash, the DJ, and the MCs: Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Cowboy (now deceased), Scorpio and Rahiem, who do all of the vocals for the recording. These were some of the pionners in the genre and created staple phrases which were heard during most Hip Hop tracks of the time, and Cowboy of the group is known for inventing the term 'Hip Hop' after immitating the marching of soldiers in a scat style, and prior o this the genre of music was simply called 'Disco Rap'. Had it ...
Advantages: A couple of nice tunes Disadvantages: Lots of average recordings
2009 marked the return of the Hip Hop legend, GrandmasterFlash, who found fame as the producer and DJ to the FuriousFive MCs. It Is his eleventh official album, and the first charting release since 19888?s ?On The Strength?. Flash produces to the best that today?s Hip Hop has to offer, as well as a couple of names from back in the day.
1. ?Welcome?
2. ?Shine All Day? (feat. Q-Tip, Jumz and Kel Spencer)
To get things going you find yourself being thrown into one of the decent ones from the album, and I think that most of this is down to the fact that you have great teamwork between Q-Tip and Flash, as the producer gives him the type of beats which you typically expect him to MC on top of, so the results of it are nice, and lead you into the album, well (giving you high hopes for the rest of it).
**Four Stars**
3. ?We Speak Hip ...
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