"Hall of Fame" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 (1of3)

In this episode, we go all access with Grandmaster Mele Mel at the 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The first & only Hip-Hop group ever to receive this honor. Appearences by Kid Rock & Paul Shaffer. (1of3)

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Grandmaster
• Melle
• Flash
• Furious
• five
• c.s.
• vernon
• artistic
• perspective
• entertainment

[bboyjav84]

r.i.p cowboy!!!

[selectajay2000]

Pioneers!!

[Novaheart1998]

Love it, love it. Did I mention I love it?

[charmalique]

Well, you never know. Hopefully someday, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five might earn a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame for their great contributions to rap music.

[bapyou]

'The Message' is the pinnacle of rap art.

Everything before it led up to its moment.

Everything that came after operates in its shadow.

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[priceyhabits]

mele mel is too busy flexing and looking like a roided up jersey shore guido, to actually move naturally.

shits hilarious

[eslubin]

Their performance on hall of fame night was phenomenal

[dog1clear]

@Baltimorehop thats cool at least your gettin what i'm saying. 

[Baltimorehop]

@dog1clear ~ Believe me, when you said that, I was looking at yoru comment in different ways. One of them was the way you just explained it. I was definitely wondering if you were taking a shot at the R&R HOF. Your absolutely right. I don't get it with them. Perhaps GMF & the Furious 5 thought this was the pinnacle given the era they're from. The BET Awards IS the pinnacle for hip hop artist b/c its the only show that lets them freely express their art with limited interjections.

[dog1clear]

@Baltimorehop no i didn't think that. i just think that the pinnacle of success for rap and hip hop artist would be the bet awards or even the grammy's.  the rock hall is not the top if its not true to it genre. thats my contention. also i believe the rock hall has become a joke with the inductee's as these rap and hip hop artist. no disrespect to them believe me. it's a credability issue for me for those who run the R&RHOF. it seems there just putting anyone in.

[Baltimorehop]

@dog1clear ~ In the context of my blog, The Oscars is the end all to be all in the actors world. To win an Oscar is the apex. With that said, in one faction of the music world, the Rock Hall of Fame is the apex, is it not? Apex meaning the highest point or pinnacle. In other words, it was a figure of speech. By the way, I'm not an Oscars fan if this was in the back of your mind. =)

[dog1clear]

@Baltimorehop why do you think the rock hall of fame is the equal to the oscars? i dont get it