THE MESSAGE - GRANDMASTER FLASH

[kowalsky111]

is this didier drogba? :-P

[patteSatan]

GM Flash & the furious Five, Sugarhill Gang, that was rap, not the new studioshit: "you look good, go steal a car, if you get away with it, we can call you "gangsta" and will sign you up for a contract"

[MCPaperus]

WTF 0:35 this man looks like KRS one :D

[Hot80s]

Before Rick James rolled he gave major props to Grandmaster Flash, The Message.

[Timelesssoul1]

Im 48 yrs of age and I have to say that this rap by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five "The Message" gave me and other young teens at the time a voice and I just want to say thank you to them for starting it all off...

[tubesteakZ]

The Message never left my mind as I always found myself reciting its lyrics...especially when things felt rough. I've always admired Bruce Springsteen for this reason. His music really did reflect the feelings of poor people in the way that Grandmaster Flash reflected the harshness of Ghetto life.

[RMSthug]

Hip Hop aint dead, Hip hop is bboying, grafitti, turntablism and MC'ing. Im a breaker myself and I can say bboys are still keeping it real. I know graff writers and DJs who still keep it real and alot of MCs Hip hop lives in the underground, out in the streets and our heart, fuck the media

[nubonyx]

@RMSthug , damn son, I like the way you expressed that.

[damup7]

with a message like this whether your in church mosque, temple or what-ever i always say now that you got the message, what are you going to do with it?

[ItsMikeontheMic]

You guys are crazy pessimistic.

Hip Hop isn't dead. Dig deep, you'll find it, alive and well. Artists taking things above and beyond

[nomdeplume72]

@ItsMikeontheMic Agreed, you just have to scratch beneath the mainstream to find it.

[LilKempy]

@ItsMikeontheMic Umm no seriously. Hip Hop is dead & we only have sweet memories of back in the day.

These new rappers suck.

[ItsMikeontheMic]

@LilKempy Umm no. J Cole and Lupe Fiasco are examples of rappers still keeping it alive today

[DJRodneyTD]

didn't*

[DJRodneyTD]

Hip hop disn't start in 79 or 84 it was the mid 70's

[MrKiss503]

Hip Hop is dead, but everything dies eventually. It is not in the underground or hiding somewhere, it existed in a time and place and no one today can match the rugged passion they had back then. We need to move on and stop trying to resurrect it, or mimic it. At this point we are only disrespecting it's memory and what it was created to do R.I.P. Hip Hop - 84-97

[TriGGlety]

rip hop hop/rap - 1984 - 1997

[MCFARLANE187]

hip hop aint dead, it just emigrated! UK HIP HOP ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

[Craigpyrog]

@MCFARLANE187 Grandmaster Flash is playing Scala, Kings Cross on 10th Feb. ;)

[beninjamin]

lol the boots

[STEPASAUR]

flash didnt have/want anything to do with it, it was made by duke bootee, its done him well tho

[GeneralGandhi]

i love old, original hip-hop but i also like: 'Immortal Technique' and his best song is 'the point of no return' he speaks so much truth that the government want him DEAD! :`¬O

[FunkMasterRio]

Def on the Top Ten greatest rap tracks pre 2000yr, along with "rappers delight" & "Juicy"!! When zis beat came out it change the Rap definition to more of a ghetto nature. Tho any rappin' tracks before 82' (with an exception of a some beats durin' 82 & 83') has the older 'rappin' def like what Grandmaster Flash said in the begining. This track was also the birth of Rap az an musical genre, but before it was just mainly R&B, funk, or hip-hop with rappin' in it.

vr-501

[tmtait]

Jethro Tull was first induction to that Hall of Fame :) I love those guys

[wiiboy555]

if u love grandmaster flash and the furious five u'll love this rare song by them

/watch?v=wSn8Kd-_sec

[giseba7]

The 'Message' is the earliest rap I know we white girls could quote! "Look what you done did!" "People pissing on the stage, you know you they don't care". The song crossed-over, helping to glamorize urban music. To me, it is just one of the greatest songs with a message (pun)! Ha-ha.

[romainelettuce2]

@giseba7 he said pissing on the floor.. not stage

[giseba7]

@romainelettuce2 So true!  Thanks for the correction!

[hiphop101BX]

for those of you who do not know anything about the true beginnings to hip hop check out hiphop101bx or cwatt911 on youtube and you will see the leaders the people who actually set the bar. there were a lot of other groups and the beginning was documented poorly. Bill i am working on a documentary and would love to talk with you. and for the rest of you before you make a comment know what you are talking about, do your research. peace! charlie watt........

[metalmax473]

melle mel was the dj i think. i just got into rap, but all i know is grandmaster flash and the furious five is one of the greatest run dmc is great to but this was an original.

[wiiboy555]

if u love grandmaster flash and the furious five u'll love this rare song by them

/watch?v=wSn8Kd-_sec

[visionimagify]

@metalmax473 Melle mel is the one rapping, Grandmaster Flash is the DJ.

[Romello4u]

The Message was a game changer... too bad that the "gangsta rappers" were game changers too.

[thesouthrapsucks]

@Romello4u now tha era of the south is here..tha gay rapper aka lil wanye kiss birdman?? wtf

[SaleRuthlessEazy]

@Romello4u There's nothing wrong with gangsta rap artists like Boogie Down Productions,Kool G Rap or N.W.A.

[chechkmyvids]

I have the same video in High Quality take a look

[peasah2005]

The SugarHill Gang started the hip hop trend in the early eighties and then Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Public Enemy, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers and A Tribe called Quest continued, because this was hip-hop that made us, feel so proud to enjoy than the madness now.

[eS0UL]

Don't forget Scott la Rock and KRS-One

[therumprater]

Sugarhill gang was LATE 70's. Do ya homewrork. How U jump from Flash and the Furious 5 to Public Enemy? C'Mon sun!

[onetimepeace]

dont blame the rappers blame the radio directors the radio business is about advertisement not music and as long as that is aroung real rap music from the heart will not be played on the radio

[AlexJunglist]

this was by grandmaster melle mel, i dunno why flash is talkin about it on this doc because he actually sued sugar hill records for using his name on this song when he didn't have anything to do with the actual track

[therumprater]

Dude. This was The Furious Five. NOT Just Melle Mel... Oh, and EVERYBODY who ever dealt with them sued Sugarhill Records because they were the first to try to exploit rappers and rap music for their own gain.

[7102pac096]

cool thing bruce said something about it :D

[doobyboy21]

Old School 4 Life!

[sweepee4pres]

that was hiphop...now were stuck with greedy pop rappers,studio thugs,copycats,r&b bitches & brainwashed by the media kids..

rip hiphop 1979-1996

[tomer1224]

I agree with you. I personally like alternative rappers like The Roots and Black Star.

[darlinchav]

@sweepee4pres i believe hip hop still made some good tracks into the early 2000s but after 06 everythings been pretty much straight garbage

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@darlinchav So Talib Kweli, Bun B, Tech N9ne, etc are garbage???

[darlinchav]

@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep i aint talkin about the underground i mean the music they bang commercially now

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@darlinchav Oh well you said "after 06 everythings been pretty much straight garbage"

[darlinchav]

@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep yeah comercially what you hear on radio exc...

[ceddagr8]

@sweepee4pres One would argue 97ish but close enough!

[southernclassik]

@sweepee4pres there is still some good out here , but they only play what they want you to hear. People think hiphop is dead but thats exactlly what they wank you to think.

[HpnTYzD]

@southernclassik indie rap is alive and doing well, it might not be what it used to be since some of the songs are kind of emo

lookup rhymesayers and anticon if you haven't already

[cboneofenglewood]

@sweepee4pres

Amen.

[Knett1990]

@sweepee4pres then again they almost wearin the same gay shit as they do now. Skinny jeans and shit.

[dasdafoij]

@sweepee4pres Who are you to declare hip hop dead? LOL

[jerman2003]

@sweepee4pres I'll admit I'm as white as white folk come. But when it comes to music i love all music that I think is "good". I love heavy metal white acts, but also love black hip hop artists that are actually good. In every genre, there is legit good stuff, and there is radio approved sell-approved-mass-market-crap­. Too bad all of what we get on MTV or MM is pre-payed commercials to buy shit. That's what the music indutry has evolved into today.

[ashneedchange]

@sweepee4pres actually 2000..thats when biggie died...they were some real rappers untill then..then after that it be came almost extinct, the eminem brought it back up with different style, but it didnt last..its like a wind from the east, it comes and goes, then becomes rare..RAP ,music is endangered lol

[venomflows1]

@ashneedchange biggie died in 2000? lol

[chris45870]

@sweepee4pres i THINK IT IS

R.I.P HIP HOP 1979-2004

[BanoraSkateboarding]

@sweepee4pres

Man i understand what your saying... but there is good hip hop its just hard to find these days

[ExiT9930]

@sweepee4pres

hiphop isn't dead. it just went underground again.

[Frankyloon]

@sweepee4pres yeah,I hate when I say "don't push me...and so on" and nobody knows what I mean >.<

[mrbananalee]

@sweepee4pres Excellent comment. I will take 96 as a fair year

[guthixpwnz]

@sweepee4pres im completely no fan of hip hop but even i, a house and electro fan knows that the good hip hop was from 1979 till 1996

[loubani]

@guthixpwnz amen

[nubonyx]

@guthixpwnz , well I beg to differ. My first loves have always been House, Deep House, Hip Hop and of course Rap music. I came up listening to a wide variety of music. Seriously. From The Last Poets to Todd Rundgren and I kind of feel what you're saying because some of today's rap and hip hop sounds a little clownish, but if your a House Head you know the dope shit isn't played on the radio fam.

[TheJerry834]

@sweepee4pres funny how all the brainwashed ppl talkshit about brainwash

[metalschooldrill]

Did you just hear Bruce say "you & you are not of value"? Labor/workers is where all the "value" ever was in business. That is being taken advantage of and turned into "investment" being all the value, then sold out later leaving everyone in limbo with an impossible bill to pay.

[tupacalips2008]

pff man 30 years a go that was real rap music with message now ...garbage

[Zmw192]

damn and people think ice cube is old school haha

[retrocareermelted]

christianity in 80s rap taste like chicken flavored ice cream

[migumusi]

King of Rap!

[EricSchwin22]

Grandmaster Flash is awesome!

[tigerbesaire]

This song wasn't by Flash, it was by Melle-mel, one of the "Furious Five"

[Agnostic0]

What the name's documental?

Greetings from Spain.

[xpac93]

Nice thumbnail lol.

[toyotas2006]

BTW, those were called "Fruit Boots" back in the day

[toyotas2006]

Springsteen is down with The Message

[basslabmechanic87]

For those who don't know: Melle Mel is the Official 1st MC (the first to hold the title) and that's in the history record books

for hip hop. He is the architech.

[rmbb10]

Awesome song still.

[yknottry1]

I remember this song waaaaaaaay back in the day, but it truly does have a clear message. Grow up in the bronx, coney island, manhattan, L.A., Jersey, Boston and you will now what it means...great lyrics! Further, the "Boss", yes Mr. Springsteen even knows it is a true message. For all you young bucks watching this...grow up and educate yourselves. 9/11 was "a message", only you're too blind to see it.

Peace out, thanks Bruce.

[bayareamayne]

Oh shit .. its the Boss. Nice.

[ankokugaiBOSS]

"gay biker"? sheeeeeeiiit! Melle mel would stomp a MUD HOLE in ALL your asses...THEN and NOW.

[alantaecaswell]

the man talking in the middle of the video is krs-one!

[pinkbiscuit1]

Ermmmmm it's the 80's... the people who are leaving negative remarks on this were probably shiting green when this video was made....

[brottarnacke]

Was that Bruce Springsteen in the end? Hm.

[reasonformirrors]

Springsteen is down.

[SmokeAnOunce]

WHY'S HE DRESSED LIKE A GAY BIKER?

[10shutt]

hahahhhaaaaaaaaaa leave melle mel alone. funny though

[nahojohan1]

he is a 80´s pimp moron!

[larkproductions]

shit's 27 years old, dude

[BlackMalukuFlames]

cause he was a Gay Biker lol