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  • Grandmaster Flash – Message From Beat Street: Best Of (CD)
  • Packshot: Grandmaster Flash – Message From Beat Street: Best Of CD | Relix
  • Grandmaster Flash – Message From Beat Street: Best Of (CD)

Grandmaster Flash – Message From Beat Street: Best Of (CD)

$ 19.95
$ 19.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Before hip-hop had a canon, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were building one in real time, turning the South Bronx block party circuit into the blueprint for everything that followed. Flash's turntable innovations, particularly his clock theory and cutting technique, gave DJs a vocabulary that still resonates today. "The Message" alone rewrote what rap music was allowed to say about the world.

Message from Beat Street consists of tracks recorded by the various versions of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Grandmaster Melle Mel.

Tracklist
1. Step Off Megamix (5:03)
2. Freedom (8:03)
3. The Birthday Party (5:46)
4. Showdown (5:33)
5. It's Nasty (Genius Of Love) (7:39)
6. The Message (7:02)
7. Scorpio (4:48)
8. Message II (Survival) (6:35)
9. New York New York (7:14)
10. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (7:27)
11. Beat Street (7:07)

UPC: 081227160623
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 4.19.94
Format: CD