Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, live in 1979

[estproductions666]

Human sampler. I love how he juggling Good Times. Remember depending on the exact date in 79 of this tape there were no Technics 1200 MK2's yet. So there is no telling what kind of turntables he did this on. They didnt have mixers with crossfaders back then neither. Flash had to make his own xfade mixer from scratch. This is way ahead of its time for 1979. 2012 or 2079

[TheSuddenFire]

Ok, I understand and FULLY respect these guys for founding an everlasting phase of music for the whole world, but really, the rewind he keeps doing is retarded sounding. I can back a record up 17 times does that make me a founder too?

[crnacpanker]

@TheSuddenFire look at the year mate.33 ago.and do a little research 'bout his other stuff.

[TheSuddenFire]

@crnacpanker I didn't mean to sound so "new-ear-ed" to GF on that comment. I've heard his other stuff. I was probably rushed when I wrote that, anyway. I've heard his other stuff and it's great. I'm just saying, for this particular .mp3 file song thing remix, it's just a song playing with him randomly hitting the vinyl over and over again. It has nothing to do with rhythm. It's like he stepped away and a drunk raver kept bumping into the turntables... That's all.

[StreetballAttitude]

@TheSuddenFire it were the beginnings nowadays you scratch a lil different but still this sounds crazy cool

[markbeatts]

i remember being at a park we called liberty park pool, they used to jam in front of the pool it was a big gate separated them from the pool in brick town in south jamaica queens the disco twins was rocking this was a rough area they used to rock at night this was a few blocks down from the infamous armory were everybody who was anybody in hip hop rock and some couple white boys was there that night they had a weed spot off merrick blvd there they big snakes were they kept the weed in year 78

[Frego1912]

Das waren die coolsten DJ´s und Sie werden es immer bleiben....! So geil kratzen können die NEUZEITLICHEN MP3 aufleger einfach nicht mehr! Und das mit dem Material von damals einfach genial!

[sakigaby]

Notice how (well to me) listening to these early hip hop recordings make you feel alive, excited, just want to move around and have fun and be happy, in contrast to today's techno dance rap songs that make you move and feel like a zombie.

[DonBrando2010]

great post. took me back to "GOOD TYMES"...

[rockjohnson80]

Flash is indeed the pioneer of "The Quick Mix" theory and scratching. I wrote about him in my thesis for graduation.

[valerock667]

i think now i'm going to play real music with my bass, a real instument.

[Ignignoct303]

@valerock667

let us know when you pioneer the next great thing in music

[valerock667]

@Ignignoct303 sure, at least I won't scratch my dad's old vinyls. Ho would be disappointed.

[LUKEWHITTYboii]

Real music? sorry i didnt understand there was rules... IDIOT!

[jtfigueroa]

I was all Back-Spinning and was hard as hell; saw all of these boyz back in the day from the bronx to queens; but the real shit was in the L.E.S. down by 6th & D and the Drive YO! Amazing times - dangerous as hell - there was a shooting every time! But it will be in my blood always...

[bobbygnosis]

Before the Beat Junkies.

There was Flash.

[reveller2008]

I still cant do that now......lol

[JLJ310]

Raw, indeed, but original.

[nvmanin]

79ый?)...сейчас конечно звучит ужасно.

[everyDUDElikesPUSSY]

Their cutting the records on turntables, using a mixer, beat juggling and stuff like that. lol

[caesaradamo]

I think the records skipping

[WickedMan274]

@caesaradamo REALLY?!?!

[golflawdog]

@caesaradamo lol educate yourself my friend

[ashleybombashley]

Thank fuck we progressed from this..Not dissing anyone respect to grandmaster who is fucking legend ,79 was early....

[chief69oner]

chief69 a South Bronx Bboy/Emcee/ Graffiti Artist and I love to hear this stuff its whats real Hip Hop to me

[KeyMaker7]

Same as it ever was...UniVers@l Keym@ker 4 LYFE !

[AVANTMUSIC133]

Agreed... with skill, importance, innovation and influence all factored in.

Flash was never overrated.

[djdanydee]

1000% agree with khultan

[ThatSmoothOperator]

I'd kill to have this in great quality, but I'm already so damn grateful to have it at all!

[Josh3455]

I'm 85 and I like this kind of music.

[StreetballAttitude]

@Josh3455 xD man some people believe you haha

[worldwidehf]

ohh my gosh this is classic i wish i could get this for my collection

[moshua947]

I trip out when i listen to these old school recordings. I was at a lot of these jams and I was also djing back in these days. Flash was like my idol. If i would have only known how far this music was going to go back then.

[Gunnercv]

good times!

[productionleader1]

@Khultan so what if he is french or jewish? Hip hop ended in '86 with tupac and those other gangstas ruining it. It was the begininng of a new type of music to dance to which was freestyle and house.

[chezza55]

i'm 18 and this is way better than todays shit.

[LinxAudio]

The birth of modern turntablism

[ghosthooker3000]

I wish I could have seen this in person. I wonder if white people were able to hang around at these gigs?

[klayman299]

@ghosthooker3000 Haha lol, You probably would be fine with the exception of a few guys dissing on you haha. However I would be fine cause im not white lol

[Khultan]

@ghosthooker3000 Why do you say it that way?!? And I don't really get what Klayman299 is saying because I don't think he's from that era or even from NYC, Mr. Freeze of Rock Steady Crew was a street wise white boy (French/Jewish?) and Futura 2000 was another white dude....I think it's just, if you're chill, plus it doesn't hurt if you knew some people down with this then anybody would be, generally, okay and party, get me?

[raccooner1]

@ghosthooker3000 why wouldnt you think white people couldnt hang around at these gigs ???

?

[fabioz91]

whoooo yeahhh!! grandmaster flash live @ finland TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

[jmezatenor10]

this the REAL music, not all these wannabes,......whooohoooo!!!! REAL FUNK!!! hit it!!!!

[moshua947]

this was when the dj was the star and the mc was his assistant i was at this jam too.

[poppalarge68]

Damn.. He was getting busy like that in 79.. That says alot about this brother and for hip hop.

[amershan1]

What is the first song!?

[sardhouse76]

@amershan1 CHIC - good times

[KewazingaBabinga]

31 years and counting.

[sardhouse76]

this is not old... this is THE SCHOOL

[pinecone22]

@sardhouse76 NICE!

[djfueler]

Grandmaster cut faster

[josta]

semplicemente grazie.

[SirJekyllAppliance]

Cool as fuck!

[aandddesign]

priceless man; Who are You; yo !

[dsongreg]

All i know is can you imagine how much fucking money these early pioneers made the techniques company, the kenwood, the pioneers,ectt speakers,mikes. And i bet there where little if any endorsement deals. Boy how we got robbed.

[Maoshan]

So true brother

[DJPashn]

I thought his mixiing was better than this. its all over the place

[gunmansole]

It sounds sloppy but remember Grandmaster flash & grandwizard theodore only pioneered this style in 1975. He may have still been been using technics sl120s with a weaker torque & startup speed & most likely doing body tricks.

[pclipse]

Thanks For The Memory. Wish I was born back Then. Hip Hop Forever

[Saintboss]

so when it comes to whom Flash is in relationship to Basketball. He's bigger than a m Jordan. Herc is Bigger than a L James. Brucie B, Dj Hollywood, U God, Divine, Kendu, Jazzy J, Bam, Red Alert. No DJ now plays in parks and had a wild NY on their hand. And thats if u was wack... Guns and 40 O's are coming your way. U represented some of the biggest Drug dealers at parties... pure pressure (big up to GM Vick and DeWit) for a paycheck. When u take that into account ...than u really know.

[oldskoolrandy]

You definitely know what your talkin' bout, homie.

[Saintboss]

Basically, DJs were not defined because of its uniqueness and all that still had to be understood on 2 turntables and a mixer. 1 person who i felt was sick on the turntables was Wizkid. Another was Dr.Rock. Flash and Charlie Chase understanding of timing was Unique within itself. Catching a record before the breakbeat and throwing it in on time matching up with the break already playing was science within itself, and they did it well. Kendu from Queens, Dj U-God from the real cipher of Sounds.

[Saintboss]

U can never compare flash to anyone unless they started on the streets from nothing with him. By the time he battled cheese, rules and techniques where very different. flash was the originator of on time mixing. on time fast mixing. Until people caught his style which was pioneering in works... no one was doing what he was doing. And everything he did, he was discovering as he went forward. So no one can u compare with Flash, Herc, Brucie B.

[dsongreg]

@Saintboss The truth shall set them free

[BringoBrongo]

PS: THX for posting this!!!!!

[selectajay2000]

Flash was never overrated..good times was definitely one of Flash trademarks! Melle Mel on the Mic!!..Classic shyt right here..& one must understand these are pioneers at work!

[meandminespro7]

Its a blessing to be from the generation when this was created.

i remember you wouldnt hear nothing like this unless you where in the parks..nyc i remember going to delancy st. and seeing the turntables the numark mixers the echo chambers.

it was a treat to see anyone who had a set. man..those was the days..peace to all who loves the foundation

[flatbush46]

@meandminespro7 you think ????? lol... I think that had to be on of the most exciting eras of hip hop... it was so raw and pure and untouched by corporate america. you said the numark mixers wow... i got one better the clubman one on one mixer.. And the technics sld turntables.. before the 1200's... Man if you had 1200's you were like a god....

[MrTrukwan]

flash was crazy in his time.flex scribble are a different time period like kobe sir james ect...lets not forget about the hoods legends dj kendo from the mighty infinite machine disco twins kid flash the who original ciper sounds---dj divine and wild cat....dj run......anybody from queens who know there history will agree

[rightknowledgeman]

if djing was basketball would flash be julius erving or michael jordan?

[mysterymediacorp]

I don't know about erving-but definitely not mj.That go to someone like ,Cheese (frome Plainfield,NJ-my hometown! who beat Flash and won the 1st World DJ Battle in London ...all at only 14 years old),or Jazzy Jeff & maybe Q bert or Craze. All that said...Flash is right there with the greatest,and none of those other guys would do what they do !

[harp430]

That's why you don't compete against youngsters. If you win you are supposed to. If you lose, you put up with Bullshit comments. It's the same thing if you play Basketball with Girls.

[harp430]

He would be Bill Russell

[tacvbo6]

PLAYLIST PLIS =D

[martynpank]

superfunkyheroe. This is 1979 For Fuck Sake! No-one was doing this at the time! Big up Flash!!! He will never be the best DJ, apart from the early years, but Christ, he was there at the start!!!

[superfunkyheroe]

Y'all Comments are expected from a bunch of uneducated wannabe hip hop DJs....This is before any other Dj or Man ever thought about Doin This Feat....It's the Equivalent to never having a woman to penetrate...without ever having a mouth to eat with...without having a brain to fit inside your cranium....GrandMaster is GOD...Give Him Respect!!!!

[bongfodder]

Are those candle stubs on his turntable cause that's a sweet move.

[KARONMARQUESE1]

VERY GOOD 4 THE1'ST

[Jimmyess333]

Incredible since you have to consider he didn't grow up on it and have anyone to learn from. He POINEERED it.

[gugs76]

Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Flash, but it seems like this is the only mix he ever does. A little overrated.

[7wiiskate]

he was good back then but got way better he¨s an icon in hip-hop have to respect that peace

[phillydisco]

You haven't checked out all of his material. He has cut up plenty of other tracks. Good Times just happens to be his favourite and his trademark. Ain't nothin' wrong with that.

[run666]

lol i agree. he was one of the origenators ill give em that

but chuck chillout, red alert, and funk flex blow him away. and i gotta give it to my man skribble, that white biys a bad mixer. hes dope on a rope

[HorusRising]

Peace run666. A foundation (in short) can be defined as a base upon which everything else stands. That being said....Herc,Bam, and Flash ARE the foundation, therefore in a class of their own. We all do what we do because of them. Much like you, I got mad love for Chuck Chillout (Hip Hop On Wax, Vol 1 changed me forever), but even he wouldn't make a statement like that. We should be thankful these brothers, and sisters are still around to talk to, and learn from.

[first40]

@run666 trying to say red alert was better than flash!..that's a nonsense. much respect to red alert, but he wasn't even the best Dj in the zulu nation. Now Afrika Islam, Whiz Kid or Jazzy J maybe gives a flash a little battle. Chuck Chillout was nice, but Flash is a step ahead. Flex and Skribble, cant compare them to originators. thats like comparing athletes of today to athletes of the 70's,

[run666]

@first40 i hear you and believe me i agree ,,,and im not trying to start a DJ battle debate war.

but all im saying is that i never heard flash mix , cut, chop etc the way chuck and red and flex did and do. and again i have to say if you did not ever hear or see skribble and slinky do their thing look them up on you tube. matter of fact jazyy jeff ( will smiths DJ) is INSANELY TALENTED...

i LOVE flash but again i wasnt in the bronx clubs seeing and hearing him in 1976-1983 or so..

[run666]

@first40 what i can tell you though that i was at ROXY, THE FUNHOUSE, ROSELAND, UNION SQUARE, and some other clubs around 1983-1994 and ill tell you i heard and seen africa islam, funk flex, chuck and red and they went OFFF!!!!!!! i mean im talking 2-3-4000 people DEEP all going off to the sounds of the mix from them kats. and im sure it was the same with flash..

but hey- sometimes if someones the originater it dosent mean they are the BEST!!

[flatbush46]

@first40 can't forget The Grand Wizard Dj Theodore, he was nice too...

[khaliamoon]

Flashbacks! Check out my channel I have some classic Flash, CCB adn Kool Moe Dee

[hansoncole2000]

original all time badddass dj.and hes still playing today.the name of the song is good times by chic

[eddiebrooklyn718]

waaaaaaow !!!!!

[BAMBOOLOUNGE]

AN ICON............

[PresidentZMAN]

this song is the best. whats the name of it.

[ShakespearesFool]

This is the beginning of hip-hop and arguably dance music too.

Remarkable that it's so raw.  Utterly cool.

[88GURP]

This is sick especially for 1979 I didn't start seeing fools doing doubles and scratching until after 84

[jdeezel]

Speedmixin at its best!!! Rock on to the T-O-P!!!

[nicademus666]

wish it were still this real.

[Orninadisco]

old is gold!

new is bad

[xx1derek1xx]

i sooo AGREE!!!

[DjICEbrooklynNYC]

Dammm 1979 now this is history the good old days in NYC .Thanks for sharing !

[zulubeat]

i am numb. this is my childhood. flash was God. Theodore was Moses. DST was Jesus.. master don was Buddha.

[fnkdrmmr]

Damn, this sounds like the "Grand Master Flash" tapes I used to get in the 70s and early 80s - REAL HIP HOP! The Furious 5 and Flash never really got their due. The world has now bitten off the culture of the South Bronx. It's painful to listen to the ignorance they call rap today.

[RxLo10]

Beat juggling at it's finest!!

[vynilspinner]

Hey, it had to start somewhere. I bet it was the shit back in the day. Big ups to Flash.

[jondom63]

Indeed!!...This is the Foundation of turntablism right here - where it all started...in fact, I was exposed to hip-hop by hearing Flash back in my days in the Castle Hill Projects, in The Boogie Down, baby!! This takes me back there fo' sho' !!!

[funkyrhodes73]

thank you for sharing this!