The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (Long Version)

[rogigologonn]

its 2012!! it sounds so fucking great , even better than the damn ipad mix

[BurrMorr1]

OMG This track U to beat me down on the dancefloor !!! I cuddn wait till the dj play this track from out of a mix of GoodTimes !!! doing the break of Good times, he slice this beat in !!! and i use to just go off on the dance floor (LOL !!! omg !!! I Luv this Vintage Mix on the Wheels of Steel back in its days !!!

[Dmaccabees]

HOTNESS!!!

[camdenraver]

This track changed my life & got me into DJing.

[jemlesvideo]

Best beat in town.

[cherrygate]

I remember the first time I heard this in 81 or 82, my mates tried to convince me they had done it with a load of tapes. Didnt believe them but it opened my ears to dance music instead of rock.

[DCUnderdog3000]

damn hip hop was awesome back then.

[bri1977kid]

RIP to Sylvia and Joe but their artists used to call them Joe and Sylvia Rob-a-n*gga

[davelip66]

@bri1977kid Sad, but you are so correct. They really took advantage of the early pioneers of Rap & Hip Hop because they knew the business and the kids didn't. The record business is a COLD GAME!!

[BonelessSkull]

anyone know any beats that have the part from 4:08 - 4:25 besides from that eminem freestyle??

[jemiedub]

sugarhill gang - 8th wonder

[BonelessSkull]

@jemiedub thanks man, i checked every other song but guess i got lazy and left this one out..been looking for this for a couple years lol cheers mate(y)

[elilauffer]

@BonelessSkull i wanna see ya by funk mobb

[joes1455]

R.I.P. Sylvia Robinson

[efsq]

the reason I'm a dj

[martinicampari]

History!



[franciscoalpha]

I had this album and some DJ stole it from me!!!!

[KingdomOldschool]

GREAT step back in Oldschool time ! ;-)

[MichaelJHuman]

Can any modern DJ do this work with 3 turntables? If he did that all live, it's simply amazing to me. You have to cut back and forth between two of the same record to keep the beat going with perfect timing, and then adding the other parts using yet another TT.

[jentlebless]

@MichaelJHuman not to critixe you but Grandmaster Flash only uses & have always use two turntables. He's that man!

[AWAY6662]

Muito bom



[jusmyopinion1]

I CANNY BELIVE THIS HIPHOP STARTER TRACK HASNT GOT 1,000,000,000,000 VIEWS!

[godchaserz4life]

FIRST RECORD EVER RECORDED WHERE A DJ USED '3' TURNTABLES 'GRANDMASTER FLASH' FOREVER BABY!! IF YOU WEREN,T THERE THEN YOU JUST DON,T KNOW..IF YOU WERE THEN YA KNOW..OLD SCHOOL IS TRUE SCHOOL!!!

[bjcapital]

@godchaserz4life Word Up

[Gazonkie]

groundbreaking shit

[MCManCandy]

what idiot would dislike this?

[DEUCEIZWILD1]

YO DIS RIGHT HERE...

DIS ONE!

YO

NO ONE HAS EVER HERD NUN LIKE DIS WHEN IT FIRST BROKE

AND IDGAF HOW FAR RAP, HIP HOP DJIN HAS COME....

THERE WILL NEVA BE ANYTHING THAT CAN PROMOTE SUCH GOOD VIBES, HAPPY FEELINS AND A SAFE PARTY ATMOSPHERE LIKE THIS RECORD AGAIN EVA!

[kushking9001e]

i got this song tape bro yeahhhhhh boyyyyy

[CAR18MEN]

this is awesome

[runforafriend]

4:03 most awesome beat ever !

[CPTR111]

Really good! Not a big old school hip hop guy myself (I like golden age, underground, and most mainstream) but he was a genius on turntables! I'm glad he's on the R&R HoF

[mistamikebk]

Das war eine meiner ersten Hip Hop Platten, direkt nach dem "The Message" Album.

Ich hab das ganze Zeug damals so oft gehört, daß ich eigentlich hätte kotzen müssen. ;)

[DocLocc]

Where can I find that beat at 00:30 ?? It's really important!

[mistamikebk]

@DocLocc

Genau auf 0:30 das iss "Good Times" von Chic, und was danach kommt iss "Apache" von Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band.

Ich hoffe, das hilft dir weiter!!

Greetz Mike

[TheRealDjango]

@DocLocc it's from Apache by the Incredible Bongo Band. ;-)

[funkg68]

This is what got me on the wheels of steel! Flash is the truth!

[funkg68]

Hip Hop starts and ends with the DJ!

[Juan321C]

@funkg68 The truth!

[kushranada]

Sylvia Robinson Rest in Peace.

[zbr76]

@kushranada - Sylvia Robinson isn't dead.

[fatu6613]

@zbr76 she died in september sorry

[zbr76]

@fatu6613 - My mistake. I just checked.

[skattbro]

RIP Sylvia Robinson... you were a revolutionary!! Long live the Old School Hip-Hop

[jxt298]

I remember buying this record when it was on the B-side of Birthday Party. I had never heard cuttin and scratchin before. so when I first heard this I thought the record was skipping. I was pissed. LMAO I must of cleaned that record 50 times before I realized the skips were on beat. LOL

[potissimus]

@jxt298 haha awesome. have a thumbs up for the hard work, buddy.

[mditty2006]

@serieortiz

Even still, you put words in my mouth. Not once did I say anything about how "dope" this is. It's basic, unimpressive, and repetitive. But, the thing I've been, repeatedly, trying to say is your analogy is wrong. That is it. A simple smart ass comment that you took entirely out of context. But, fuck...please continue to assume I am attacking you or your thoughts...or whatever is going through your head. By any means, I'm over this conversation. Your one track mind disturbs me.

[swooponthebass]

@mditty2006 you guys are both wrong, this is neither basic nor unimpressive, and it's only repetitive in that he brings it back to Good Times as a way to keep the piece cohesive. If any of us were present at this session, or were in studio 54 or some shit the week this dropped, we all probably would have crapped our pants that a guy could string together so many songs with just one beat and cadence in such an original manner.

[mditty2006]

@swooponthebass How can you seriously say this isn't basic? This came out around the dawn of modern scratching. Everything new is basic, there's nothing to have been built off of yet. This entire session shows the basics any DJ should be able to do when attempting to scratch. But, I mean things are coming in slightly off beat at times (signs of a BASIC skill level). Also, how do you think they pulled off radio back in the day? Just one deck and a microphone? Having music strung together isn't a

[mditty2006]

@swooponthebass

new concept with this record.

[JackbenImbel]

To think in about 40 years we went from Louis Armstrong to the Grandmaster, it's a little mindblowing.

[SerieOrtiz]

Im sorry but this seems very boring to me i appreciate alot of different music but this sounds sloppy and meaningless sounds like a 12 year old who touched decks for the first time

[Finnsnor]

@SerieOrtiz That 12 year old would be 42 years today =)

[SerieOrtiz]

@Finnsnor im sure he has improved in 30 years lol

[mditty2006]

@SerieOrtiz This is only boring to you because scratching today is completely different. This is the original scratch session...so technically the 12 year old kid sounds like this, not the other way around.

[SerieOrtiz]

@mditty2006 Just because its original doesnt it make it better infact the start of things are never as good as the art progesses and ur last comment made no sense

[mditty2006]

@SerieOrtiz You see, when somebody assumes you're arguing with them, they tend to miss the overall message. Like I said, already, the only reason this is boring to you is because you are used to listening to scratching from the DJ's out today.

Here, let me lay out my mildly abstract concept for you:

This is the original session meaning that anything after this, like the 12 year old on his first set of tables, is like the original - not the other way around.

Simple concepts...or so I thought.

[mditty2006]

@SerieOrtiz

But, ya...I don't make any sense. Just because you lack the mental capacity to understand something abstract (so mildly it makes ma laugh thinking that I had to explain it to you), does not make it automatically nonsensical.

Learn how to read between the lines before you try to be so "philosophical."

[SerieOrtiz]

@mditty2006 i dont listen to scratching or any djs out today dont assume so much and yes i agree this record is the birth or root of this genre if thats what your claiming but for that reason it doesnt make it dope

[rockthemix]

any live performance or video of Flash performing the song ?

[toniekid]

I wish my generation new about this stuff!!!!! :(

[IUSECAMERAS]

this record CHANGED MY LIFE.

[pc399303]

flash is fast

[lxolxo7]

One of the greatest Hip Hop CLASSICS of all time!!!

[djdefk2]

right are there any record boffs out there.....!!! does anyone know where ''the official adventures of flash'' comes from??? and before u say anything nope its not from the flash gordon ost, or the tv series. i cant even seem to find it on any recording and been looking for it for yeaaaaaaaaars!!! answers on a postcard lol!! seriously if anyone does know please hit up a comment, cheers

[Finnsnor]

@djdefk2 you can listen to it here blubrry.com/timespast/371957/f­lash-gordon-prisoner-of-ming/?­autoplay=1

[djdefk2]

@Finnsnor maan u r the mutha f@@king MAN!!!!! bro do u know how long i been looking for that!!! jeez!!! how did u find it cos i searched the internet like a man possessed lool!!!! i owe u one brutha!!!! if theres anything yr after please let me know ive been collecting breaks for years so hit me up anytime and thanks again brutha

[djdefk2]

@Finnsnor ps bro ive managed to get a hq mp3 of it if u wanna copy!!! let me know peace

[Finnsnor]

@djdefk2 no need i have had the record for 25 years

[djdefk2]

@Finnsnor lol!! yr blessed brutha that recording is ultra rare! if im not mistaken didnt it come out on nostalgia records during the sixties???

[bboybandicoot5]

0:36 yeah are you ready for the break danceee 0:50

[nickyj2244]

One of a kind from Dj Nick nasty

[Lebnaaan]

GOT THE TOP!

[misternylon]

Very pleased to hear this again.

Promo 12inch copy!

[sabranas]

a true wonder ! Remember that ...

[djsnatchandgrab]

This doesn't contain samples...it was dj'ing w/ the records.

[hquincy74]

I use to do Battle with a broken copy of this record back in the early 80's. It has a lot of brakes to work from.

[hiphop811]

yeah the wheel of steel dj flash:-) it's very cool and good from grandmaster flash and the furious 5:-) i love this music......yeeeaaahhh *grins*

[DCUnderdog3000]

the root of hip hop!

[micellooo]

Die Musik habe ich in den 80ern im Chap in Kellinghusen gehört.

TOP! Wir tranken Strohrum! war lecker...

Wir waren die Baseball Furies (ROTJACKEN)

[ponchochan]

God, where are my speed skates? Wait... Where's the rink!?!?!?!

[misternylon]

@ponchochan teenage gangs ransacked it, burnt it down and robbed everyone coming out.

[ponchochan]

@misternylon - Hahaha! No kidding!!!

[gabe1092]

insanity

[Lebnaaan]

1:18 GOT THE TOP!!

[uns3en]

Sample clearing wasn't issue back then :)

[ronzilla1]

THANK YOU SOOOOO much for uploading this. It seriously took days of googling and searching to find this exact version of the song. Ahh memories.

[Finnsnor]

@ronzilla1 this version is the long promo version, its 1 minute longer than the regular release.

[tokzilla420]

2011 nd this shit still hits...

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[cheetoaddict]

im going to make my future kids listen to this, so that they can know where REAL MUSIC came from.

[FukinMikeAlright]

this was made like 6years before i was born but even i can tell this is raw shit of the highest quality big up master flash who is grannnnnnd

[kushking9001e]

good times.

[redslap]

LEGEN DAIRY isht!

[maxwellcale]

It's addictive!

[niccsacc]

i NEED this again my first rap tape in 82 when i was 6 i found it in a dumpster in my apartment complex. dont ask me why i was dumpster diving lol

[thaipussy2004]

Very Old Shool

[GordooYaTuSabe]

this is a really good song, thank you. :D

[12thirpo]

This track brings back massive memories, "we love you Flash your the Dogs biscuits"

[MaxRead94]

The first ever vinyl to be made out of another vinyl. History right there. THAT'S the reason Grandmaster God is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

[JohnitoPatito]

Aha, here is the rapture!

[DocDocDoctorBeat]

Funny how other newer DJs are using this and just putting a bit of scratching over it !! & then taking credit for the mixing !! I've seen Grand Master in Bristol UK a couple of times now and it's just shocking just how many records 'The Master' plays in his set.It must be hundreds !! He cuts them up like nobody else. Respect !! :-)

[khaliamoon]

I remember hearing this in Bronx park and this dude said he had just made it. I was listening of to the side with my girls. This one guy had JUST told someone else the same thing. They fought each other trying ti say the other stole his tape.

Minutes later this dude was like, 'Flash made that!"

[goonerash]

....may not be the best track ever made, but certainly in the top one........

[TheGooch67]

Man this brings back old MEMORIES!!! Those were the days!! I wish that the TODAY'S GENERATION could experience those good ole days!! Can't believe I'm one out of thousands are part of the old school hip-hop generation. Good damn job Grand master Flash!!! 

[bjcapital]

Imagine all these tracks were remixed manually using two turntables( if people today know what that is ) . No CD's , softwares or digital applications . Grandmaster Flash was sheer genius.

[goonerash]

@bjcapital Everybody knows it :)

[Finnsnor]

@bjcapital The mix is truely a masterpiece i copied the adventures mix live back in the 80s to learn the anatomy of the mix with alle the right records ect. and learned the hard way that there was atleast three turntables but thats also obvious just by listening to the record, further more there is a small amount of reverb on the scratch channel the making the scratch sounding "better" in the mix

[djdefk2]

@Finnsnor it was the first mix i learnt back in the 80s too and when i had collected all the records included in the mix i would keep practicing it over and over again. although as u said it is a master piece there are edits in there as i found out by trying to change the records as quick as the mix. this was how i learnt the basic's and this is how i teach up and coming djs how to scratch and mix cos if u cant do the basics how the hell u gonna be able to do all the advanced stuff (in time!!!)

[djdefk2]

@Finnsnor so many dj's now just dont sound funky, their not in beat, and they sound loose! because they dont know the basic's this record teach's how to do all that!!! this should be hailed as a manuel on djaying!! my personal copy of this was signed by melle mel when i djayed for him back in the 90s when he was doing regular tours over here in the uk! good memories good times

[TheUncleBungle]

@bjcapital actually, it was 3 turntables, Flash was known for 3, thats why he's "The Fastest Man Alive"

[djslash20]

@bjcapital Three turntables, actually.

[mcchubakka]

@bjcapital it was actually 3 turntables and two mixers, and I remember spending a whole summer digging for the records and learning the routine. I had down up until 4:20, damn I need to get back on the table. Grandmaster Cuts Faster!

[vkdill]

Still a Great Party Starter

[EMEJTIAJ]

Anyone knows song: 1:25 - 1:40?

[Gamtal]

@EMEJTIAJ Everybody knows it :)

Chic - Good Times 

[EMan2751cK]

@EMEJTIAJ rappers delight

[EMEJTIAJ]

@EMan2751cK thanks! :)

[EMan2751cK]

@EMEJTIAJ yea and the original sample is from Chic - Good Times

[MischkaRussak]

Old School Motherfuckaz

[bootfonk]

@MischkaRussak Chic, "good times"

[efsq]

this, and nothing else, got me into djing

[wangek]

trumpet sample @ 2:52 anyone knows??

[SuperTonyrojas]

@wangek horns are from a song by a group called "freedom" song is called "get up and dance".

[MrHndcuffs]

@wangek The Trumpet sample is GM Flash & Furious 5 - "Freedom"

[keithsodak]

This is where its at! Girl Talk can suck it.

[S6kana]

Just the best



[coloneldecker]

Okay, so the guy was born in North Dakota a long time ago, but what happened after that?

I have always wanted to find out the rest of that story?

[Finnsnor]

@coloneldecker on the original track he says its pretty muslike this...and a guitar starts to play and he sings a song.

[coloneldecker]

@Finnsnor

Thanks for the info.

[FISHMUSIC4U]

classic hitzzzzz

[Nokka10]

LEGENDS!!! THIS TUNE MAKES ME FEEL YOUNG AGAIN

[HEOHEN1BKLYNYC]

...CLAMS ON THE HALF-SHELL AND ROLLER SKATES !!

[BgirlKido]

whats the name of the song at 0:53 ?

[jemiee]

@BgirlKido

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

[BgirlKido]

@jemiee THANKS

[beatsbydigga]

@BgirlKido Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

[lbowd7]

Does anyone know the name of the tune @ 4:08? and who did it...Thanks!

[jemiee]

Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder

[beatsbydigga]

@lbowd7 Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder

[EMan2751cK]

@lbowd7 sugarhill gang - 8th wonder. but the very original sample is called Daisy Lady by 7th Wonder

[funkg68]

This is the very first mix tape that I can remember!

[H0nterW0lf]

The seminal "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel", released in 1981, is a 7-minute solo showcase of Grandmaster Flash's virtuosic turntable skills, combining elements of Blondie's "Rapture," Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache," Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," Chic's "Good Times," and the group's own "Freedom."

[CaptainRoryDorkhole]

Always an inspiration in my inovative demonstrations .....so ima gonna shout out to the nation ...to the master of His own creation .......^V^

[SkorpionOne]

This is the one by which all others will be compared!

[Juan321C]

@SkorpionOne Ya damn skippy! I remember walking around with my box jammin' all day to Grand Master Flash! Draining batteries like a mofo!

[appleman2500]

@SkorpionOne  well said

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

Man... This right here is IT for me! I love all this! Grandmaster Dee's Haunted Mix, Pyramid Mix by Chris Taylor, all the N.Y. Scratchmasters albums and Cameron Paul from the Bay. Man... it GETS NO ROUGHER!

[SuperOmnicron]

@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO ..yeah, Cameron Paul..havent heard that name in years...didnt he do a afternoon mix..i remember Dr. Funk Miguel Fonseca, too.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

@SuperOmnicron Yeah on KSOL and then later I think he went to KMEL for more money but I might have that backwards. He re-mixed 'Push It' for Salt N Pepa when it was an unknown B side too. He said he would never work on the radio anymore because they would try to regulate everything he does.

[invincibleironman3]

@MTXSHO9732vV8SHO ...good times in the bay..Cameron Paul, the Galleria, Silks in Emeryville. Palladium in S.F. mixes...that was great.

[MTXSHO9732vV8SHO]

@invincibleironman3 I was playing football for CCSF back in 86/87. I remember the Palladium having 2 DJs that work 4 turntables most of the time.

Shit was RIDICULOUS! Too tight! I loved hanging on Columbus Street and all that! One!

[zarchild777]

RIGHTEOUS FUNK MIX!!! CMF TRIBE!!!

[supreemeDJ]

somebody please tell me the name of the song from :35 tru :50. Ive been looking for this forever.

[TurbanTore]

@supreemeDJ "Incredible Bongo Band - Apache" ?

[MrBangal1]

The original DJ mix that hit the airwaves way back when. I remember when it first came out; no one knew what hell they hearing; they thought something was wrong with the record.

[0ptimusprime1]

4:08-4:25 can someone tell me where that beat is from?

[211bill]

@0ptimusprime1 "8th Wonder" by the Sugar Hill Gang.

[MaxMisterC]

@0ptimusprime1 funky drummer beat ...

+ another one bites the dust - Queen

+ good times - Sisters Sledge

+ rapture - Blondie

etc...

[miahman94]

i heard a biggie song with lil kim that had the same sounding drums, anybody know what it oculd be?

[Poppyess]

they used the same beat

grandmaster flash was before biggies time

[donnyp1966]

80's hip hop at it's best!

[addehazard9595]

very good like ratio :D

[tunalingus]

Everyone say "Ho!"