Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5 - The Truth

Taken from the 1984 LP 'Work Party'

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• Grandmaster Melle Mel
• Furious 5
• Hip Hop
• Rap

[ankokugaiBOSS]

"always wear black and i always will i'm dressin for your funeral"...! SICK for the 80s.

"ain't no pressure, you know i'm fresher i ws born to never be lesser" this line Shiela E. BITED in the "Krush Grove" movie.

and that is...

the TRUTH

thank you to Grandmsater Melle Mel and the Furious 5 for giving us hip hop

[eslubin]

The shift from Cowboy verse of King Lou verse is like switching from a harley to a tricycle

[martynpank]

@martynpank Also thank you! You could have 'Dissed' my comment! I like to chat sensibly!! Good man!

[martynpank]

@taylor4660 I was a big fan of Run DMC, but I always thought, & still do think that Melvin Glover (Melle Mel) is the best..........By a long way!

[taylor4660]

@martynpank Melles last verse was referencing Run-DMCs come up. At this time he was still "King" and alot of his peers felt Run-DMC was overatted...they came out in'83...

[djspl51bw]

Todays rap seems to be about killing,being a thug and a ton of bullshit.It was good as there was actually a positive message in their( melle mel/furious 5/flash) music,of course a bit of boasting,but also well written stuff.

[martynpank]

@taylor4660 This rap is one of the best ever! But I cannot see the connection to Run DMC!

[dukejah88]

Peace to the Old School Nation and Afrika Bambaataa, Yeah for the real hip hop heads, this is how its done. No fuckin rapper could do this today. I used to rock this on my boombox in the summer of 1984. So for all those haters and biters out there i was there. Where were you? Peace and much love to Grandmaster Melle Mel, Scorpio, Keith Cowboy and the furious five

[ankokugaiBOSS]

@taylor4660 Yeah! And I even knew that back in the day too. I think the 2nd verse in "King of the Street" was about LL Cool J too. (Ironically I heard that this was one of LL's favorite raps!)

[taylor4660]

@ankokugaiBOSS Melle's rhyme was about Run-DMC.....

[ArcticHellfire]

"Make em hip to the hop and all that stuff..." And hip hop was born..

[muzikal777]

Reading all these comments makes me realise something, you all love this track and ol' skool Hip Hop like i do!!!! It's all about Cowboy(r.i.p) and Melle Mel for me!