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 .
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" 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 . |
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" 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 . |
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" 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 . "The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy , N.W.A , and Rage Against the Machine . [1] Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: "Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn't actually want to do "The Message" because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that." [2] |
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" 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 . "The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy , N.W.A , and Rage Against the Machine . [1] Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: "Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn't actually want to do the message because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that." [2] |
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" 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 . "The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy , N.W.A. , and Rage Against The Machine . Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: “Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn’t actually want to do the message because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that.” [2] |
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" 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 . "The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy , N.W.A. , and Rage Against The Machine . Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: “Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn’t actually want to do the message because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that.” [2] |
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" 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 . "The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy , N.W.A. , and Rage Against The Machine . Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: “Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn’t actually want to do the message because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that.” [2] It is credited as the catalyst for the conscious Hip-Hop or political sub-genre of Hip-Hop music. It is a social narrative that details the struggles and difficulties due to living in poverty in the inner-city. In addition, it embodies the distress, anger, and sadness an individual experiences when confronting these inequalities. The description of various social and economic barriers followed by the mantra “don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head” exemplifies that it is not just the disparity in opportunity that is oppressive but also the emotional response that is debilitating. It is frequently referred to as the greatest record in hip hop history and was the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States ' National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings. |
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" The Message " is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . Sugar Hill Records released it as a single in 1982. It was later featured on the album The Message . It is frequently referred to as the greatest record in hip hop history. It is the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States ' National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings. |
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" The Message " is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . Sugar Hill Records released it as a single in 1982 and it went platinum in less than a month. It was later featured on an album named The Message . It is frequently referred to as the greatest record in Hip-Hop history . It is the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States National Archive of Historic Recordings. |
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" The Message " is an old school hip hop song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . Sugar Hill Records released it as a single in 1982 and went platinum in less than a month. It was later featured on an album named The Message . It is frequently refered to as the greatest record in Hip-Hop history. It is the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States National Archive of Historic Recordings. |
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| 2008 |
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" The Message " is an old school hip hop song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . Sugar Hill Records released it as a single in 1982 and it was later featured on an album named The Message . |
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"The Message" is an old school hip hop song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released in 1982. The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto . The song was written by Sugar Hill session musician Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and Furious Five MC Melle Mel. Melle Mel and Rahiem delivered the vocals. Flash and the other members of The Furious Five, although credited on the record, were uninterested in recording the song and are not found on the finished record. |
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"The Message" is an old school hip hop song released in 1982 , performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto . The song (including most of the lyrics) was written by Sugar Hill songwriter Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, and Flash was originally uninterested in recording it. Furious Five rapper Melle Mel was the only group member that contributed any lyrics to the final version of the song. (Chang, 178) |
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"The Message" is an old school rap song released in 1982 , performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five . The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto . |