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Grandmaster Flash

Born: Jan 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados

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Genre: Rap

Styles: Club/Dance, Hip-Hop, Electro, Old-School Rap

Biography: DJ Grandmaster Flash and his group the Furious Five were hip-hop's greatest innovators, transcending the genre's party-music origins to explore the full scope of its lyrical and sonic horizons. Flash was born Joseph Saddler in Barbados on January 1, 1958; he began spinning records as teen growing up ...Read full biography

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The Message

Released: 1982

Label: Sugar Hill

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Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five merged the Afrocentric consciousness expressed by such early rappers as Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets with b-boy production to create "The Message," an all-time ...Read full review

The Bridge

Released: 2009

Label: Adrenaline City/Strut

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The Bridge was released 20 years after Grandmaster Flash's last studio album and just two years after the DJ and his Furious Five became the first hip-hop/rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of ...Read full review

More Grandmaster Flash albums: Main Albums (7), Compilations (22), Singles & EPs (10)

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