Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dan Cairns of The Sunday Times has described "The Message"'s musical innovation: "Where it was inarguably innovative, was in slowing the beat right down, and opening up space in the instrumentation—the music isn't so much hip-hop as noirish, nightmarish slow-funk, stifling and claustrophobic, with electro, dub and disco also jostling for room in the genre mix—and thereby letting the lyrics ...
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey in 1979. Their hit " Rapper's Delight ", released the same year they were formed, was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 , [ 1 ] reaching a peak position of number 36 on January 12, 1980. [ 2 ]
The Message is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, released on October 3, 1982, by Sugar Hill Records. It features the influential title track and hip hop single "The Message".
The Sugar Hill Gang was supposed to do “The Message.” But the Sugar Hill Gang didn't want to do the song. And actually, nobody in our group wanted to do the song.
It was released in July 1983, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records hit singles including "The Message", "New York New York", and "White Lines". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation.
In addition, the credits state that all the tracks are taken from the original Sugar Hill Records 12" singles, although in several cases often unnecessary fade edits have been made (see below). These are not present on the future compilation albums Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (1999) or Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five ...
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.
The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. Released: February 2, 1999; Label: Rhino Records / Warner-Elektra-Atlantic — — — — 2005 Essential Cuts. Released: June 27, 2005; Label: Union Square Music — — — — 2006 Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five: The Definitive Groove Collection