Tag: Grandmaster Flash

  • Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records.

    Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records.

    Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records. There are many versions of this comp – some 1LP as Vol 1 or Vol 2, some called Street Beat, etc. Great compilation of early eighties hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, Cash Crew, Kevin Kev. Get out your parachute pants and cardboard – time to…

  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records.

    Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records.

    Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. My intro to socially conscious hip-hop, circa 1982. “It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under”