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"New York New York" is a 1983 song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five off their compilation albums Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (1983) and Greatest Messages (1984). It made #17 on the R&B Singles chart, [2] #49 on the New Zealand Singles Chart [3] and #82 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (On the Strength is their official second album). It was released in January 1984, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records hit singles including "The Message". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation.
Miles Marshall Lewis, reviewing the album's 2002 British reissue in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), cited "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" as the "clincher" and "the only prime-period example of Flash's ability to set and shatter moods, with his turntables and faders running through a collage of at least 10 ...
"The Message," released by New Jersey's Sugar Hill Records 40 years ago, made hip-hop what it is today. Revisit the record's history. 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five turns ...
Mel would also go on to write songs about struggling life in New York City ("New York, New York"), and making it through life in general ("Survival (The Message 2)"). Grandmaster Flash split from the group after contract disputes between Melle Mel and their promoter Sylvia Robinson in regard to royalties for "The Message". [2]
The Recording Academy has announced the honorees for its 2021 Special Merit Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne ...
Bergen County's hip-hop legacy will be celebrated Sunday with an event at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
"Doing the New York" (music by Ben Oakland; lyrics by J.P. Murray and Barry Trivers) ... "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five