Uploaded by billschannel on Mar 1, 2009
FILMMAKER'S WORK SAMPLE -- This is a clip from a video I helped to make for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. It was a short film about song writing. In this segment, we did a brief story on Grand Master Flash and the famous song "The Message" and how that brought social content to Rap. Special Interview bite from Bruce Springsteen. Grandmaster Flash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
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is this didier drogba? :-P
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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"
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WTF 0:35 this man looks like KRS one :D
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Before Rick James rolled he gave major props to Grandmaster Flash, The Message.
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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...
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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.
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@Romello4u now tha era of the south is here..tha gay rapper aka lil wanye kiss birdman?? wtf
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@sweepee4pres funny how all the brainwashed ppl talkshit about brainwash
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@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.
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@RMSthug , damn son, I like the way you expressed that.
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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
sweepee4pres 2 years ago 99
The Message was a game changer... too bad that the "gangsta rappers" were game changers too.
Romello4u 2 years ago 32