Grandmaster Flash/Furious Five/Melle Mel – Adventures of: More of the Best (CD)
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Before hip-hop had a canon, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were writing it in real time. Flash's turntable innovations, particularly the cutting and backspin techniques he developed in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, gave DJs a vocabulary that still shapes how the music sounds today, while Melle Mel's lyricism on tracks like "The Message" set a standard for socially conscious rap that echoes across decades.
This collection completes the story begun with Rhino's first collection, providing the definitive look at one of the most important early rap acts. More than 70 minutes concentrating on the Elektra output of the group, as well as such key Sugarhill singles as "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (the first record to include scratching and mixing) as well as the R&B hits "Vice," "We Don't Work for Free," "Girls Love the Way He Spins" and more - most of these seminal tracks making their CD debut.
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UPC: 081227246723
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 7.16.96
Format: CD