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  • @okmickey232
    @okmickey232 3 года назад +595

    This song was groundbreaking, we had never heard anything like it before as teens in the early 80's

    • @nickywarren8002
      @nickywarren8002 3 года назад +54

      It was the very beginning of a whole new genre of music ❤️

    • @primeminister66
      @primeminister66 3 года назад +34

      This came out when I was about 16 I'm thinking this was the most influential rap / hip-hop song ever. To me it's between this sucker MC by Run DMC and Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang

    • @Erikalynn1977
      @Erikalynn1977 3 года назад +5

      Right lol this was awesome 😎

    • @oldsch001tothebone5
      @oldsch001tothebone5 3 года назад +26

      To this day its my favorite rap song, one if the best if not the best of all time, it was so ahead of the times, rappin about reality in the hood about 7 years before NWA, hit the scene. Absolute classic

    • @toniannalimena3580
      @toniannalimena3580 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely 💯!!!

  • @tonysousa9305
    @tonysousa9305 3 года назад +380

    I’m 49 years old and Canadian and I’ve known all the words to this since I was 15. Great song. Masterpiece

    • @Mark_R_
      @Mark_R_ 3 года назад +7

      Swap Scottish for Canadian, snap :)

    • @5d512
      @5d512 3 года назад +4

      And add (female) American to the "our days" group. Speaking of "snap", they've got some great songs too.

    • @davidmcgugan8076
      @davidmcgugan8076 3 года назад +8

      55 and livin' in rural town in Alberta and Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Run DMC woke me up to Hip Hop..still better than these "lil" shits today.

    • @Iljinarchive
      @Iljinarchive 3 года назад +2

      Same here. I am 49 (almost 50) from the Netherlands. I know this song word by word. And many other 80's rap songs

    • @michaelx9079
      @michaelx9079 3 года назад +2

      53 year old englishman.....can still rap every word....so long as that last verse doesn't make me choke up

  • @DarlaVaughan
    @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +206

    And that's why it's called "The Message"

    • @gigachad141
      @gigachad141 3 года назад +4

      Basically it's about how feels to live in NYC south Bronx in the early 80s

  • @musemoon
    @musemoon 3 года назад +403

    FUN FACT: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five is the first hip hop group to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "The Message" was ranked by Rolling Stone #51 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was also chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

    • @rundoetx
      @rundoetx 3 года назад +36

      I'm a 68 year old from Texas and when this song came out if blew my mind. I bought the 12" single and the album. I still love it and have suggested it here a couple of times. It deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and all the other allocates it has won. Unfortunately, its still as relevant today as is was then. I have always believed that music can bring us together and your channel is proof, Thanks for posting.

    • @RogueWJL
      @RogueWJL 3 года назад +9

      Well deserved.

    • @musemoon
      @musemoon 3 года назад +2

      @@rundoetx 😎

    • @turdferguson400
      @turdferguson400 3 года назад +1

      Thanks, Davo! 💖💖💖👍

    • @5d512
      @5d512 3 года назад

      Thanks. Well deserved.

  • @BrenJen86
    @BrenJen86 3 года назад +296

    I’m 52 and can’t find my glasses half of the time, but I know EVERY word to this song 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @sandraneal7665
      @sandraneal7665 3 года назад +13

      Lmaooooooo me too.

    • @DarlaVaughan
      @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +15

      I'm 50 and same🤭

    • @blissboo3892
      @blissboo3892 3 года назад +14

      I'm 53 and I'm cryin' here. lmao

    • @dopiaza2006
      @dopiaza2006 3 года назад +20

      I'm 50 and frequently walk into a room and have no clue why I went in there. I too remember every word of this classic masterpiece!

    • @lindajones3696
      @lindajones3696 3 года назад +6

      Lol...you are not lying..me too!!

  • @choppedchamp8757
    @choppedchamp8757 3 года назад +293

    "A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind" - Melle Mel delivers one of the greatest lyrics in music, bar none. Love your enthusiasm in your videos.

    • @lanakane7325
      @lanakane7325 3 года назад +13

      The next line is my favorite: God is smiling on you but he’s frowning too because only God knows what you’ll go through.

    • @dkn8463
      @dkn8463 3 года назад +9

      And the most powerful punch at the end, "lived so fast and died so young". Still get a little emotional when I hear that verse

    • @rolybling
      @rolybling 3 года назад +4

      That is also my favourite verse in the song. Incredible lyricist.

    • @newtaurus1
      @newtaurus1 3 года назад +4

      Thats my favorite part.

    • @michaelx9079
      @michaelx9079 3 года назад +5

      Brings a tear to my eye every time

  • @GalXE06
    @GalXE06 3 года назад +69

    "It's like a jungle sometimes. It makes me wonder how I keep from going under." I think this line to myself everyday...for 40 years.

    • @anthonymcken6050
      @anthonymcken6050 Год назад +1

      'A bum education, double digit inflation, can't catch the train to the job there's a strike station'.
      In 2022, this is so prevalent.

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr 3 года назад +163

    I'm 61, White, and live in Kentucky, and even I know these lyrics! This was late 70s and I have to admit I didn't understand it at first, but then I read the words and listen to it and completely understood it. Peace and love y'all!

    • @verbone
      @verbone 3 года назад +13

      1982

    • @larrybee7713
      @larrybee7713 2 года назад +4

      Yes Sir.

    • @bastionbooger
      @bastionbooger Год назад +3

      It was the 80s

    • @camrs125
      @camrs125 Год назад +3

      55 and I can sing the whole song…I’d never heard anything like this at the time…good times bro 😎✌🏻

    • @jhamptonjr
      @jhamptonjr Год назад +2

      @@camrs125 they were the best times and we had no idea! Peace!

  • @ashleystewart994
    @ashleystewart994 3 года назад +357

    This is what rapp was all about in the day. Didn't have to call women out of their name, lots of profanity, over sexed......Rapp was about spitting knowledge. Nobody today can touch the old skool rapp!!!

    • @jda79
      @jda79 3 года назад +1

      Yup until Compton got ahold of it

    • @findingnory
      @findingnory 3 года назад +5

      There are lots of positive rappers today....

    • @m2ad18
      @m2ad18 3 года назад +3

      @@findingnory they wouldn’t know anything other than what’s spoon fed to them from the radio... or they talking shit.. negativity sells.. most folks watch the news. Their opinion is irrelevant..

    • @findingnory
      @findingnory 3 года назад +5

      @@m2ad18 yeah people don't realize it takes effort to find quality in life

    • @tonedowne
      @tonedowne 3 года назад +4

      Telling real stories instead of selling fantasies

  • @guycarter6692
    @guycarter6692 3 года назад +148

    I saw a documentary about hip hop & Kool Moe Dee said that the last verse of this song, chronicling the birth, life & death of a boy in the ghetto, was arguably the GREATEST verse in hip hop history....... I have to agree with him!

    • @closedfiles
      @closedfiles 3 года назад +18

      I agree also. And Mel wrote that when he was 15-16 years old.

    • @chrisjames3762
      @chrisjames3762 2 года назад +7

      That verse is everything, genius.

    • @adrianbenson28
      @adrianbenson28 2 года назад +3

      arguably the GREATEST verse in popular music

  • @timothyweston6087
    @timothyweston6087 3 года назад +316

    White Lines by Grandmaster Flash. Anti-drug song from the 80s. Remember kids, "just say no" 🙄

    • @evagelinadicante9840
      @evagelinadicante9840 3 года назад +11

      Cuz white lines blow away

    • @janettem7374
      @janettem7374 3 года назад +5

      Had the EP (extended play)

    • @Jillyconjem
      @Jillyconjem 3 года назад +3

      Yes, please. 💜

    • @rundoetx
      @rundoetx 3 года назад +2

      @@janettem7374 i have the 12" single still

    • @adc2327
      @adc2327 3 года назад +5

      Oh no that brings back memories. I used to go to underground floating new wave dances. The girls looked like Madonna, guys like Prince and English rock bands. My look was more Sade. Anyway.....
      White lines was the new wavers favorite. They would all hit the dancefloor.

  • @stephanieo2509
    @stephanieo2509 3 года назад +178

    I'm a 53 year old white woman--and I can still rap along every single word of this. :) Message II is good, too.

    • @remedy9648
      @remedy9648 3 года назад +6

      Same here! 💜

    • @Jack1843
      @Jack1843 3 года назад +2

      cool

    • @jackthe_tripper2544
      @jackthe_tripper2544 3 года назад +1

      Do u have a tictok?

    • @elanag5620
      @elanag5620 3 года назад

      Just asking you respect Donald Trump

    • @elanag5620
      @elanag5620 3 года назад

      And also you can't your 15-year old lady who was probably born in 1944 no offense

  • @grendelz
    @grendelz 3 года назад +97

    The last verse of this song is one of the best in hip-hop history.

    • @Justin_Bank
      @Justin_Bank 3 года назад +4

      No doubt about it.

    • @primeminister66
      @primeminister66 3 года назад +2

      If it's not the best is really close

    • @dkn8463
      @dkn8463 3 года назад +3

      Agreed

    • @anthonycortez7270
      @anthonycortez7270 3 года назад +2

      The best

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +3

      It’s very poignant. He really goes off on that last verse.

  • @bryanstarke2931
    @bryanstarke2931 3 года назад +54

    First hip hop song that actually had something to say 😎

  • @RogueWJL
    @RogueWJL 3 года назад +57

    This track is a masterpiece.
    Its modern classical

    • @cici7333
      @cici7333 3 года назад

      💜💜💜

  • @robertcraane7910
    @robertcraane7910 3 года назад +72

    Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 3 года назад +1

      that sampled "Don't look any further" by Dennis Edwards.

  • @user-DJDreamworld
    @user-DJDreamworld 3 года назад +149

    More of the youth need to hear this instead of the stuff they hear today

    • @phoneboxchicken4108
      @phoneboxchicken4108 3 года назад +8

      This era of rap is the only kind that I'd listen to. Either the fun positive stuff like Apache or more insightful stuff like this. Much better than Drake with his monotone drone.

    • @pflynn581
      @pflynn581 3 года назад +2

      @@phoneboxchicken4108 100 percent agree.

    • @renzo4296
      @renzo4296 3 года назад +6

      Definitely, this hip hop was the greatest from the greatest era.

  • @merciless41582
    @merciless41582 Год назад +18

    People don't realize how influential, important, and legendary this song is. It was without a doubt, the most important hip hop song of all time. Way ahead of its time. The first conscious hip hop song,These guys are telling you a dark story of how New York City was back in those days. We seen a lot of it in Taxi Driver (1976), but when the 80's came the crack epidemic hit. A lot of the legendary rappers/rap pioneers like Too Short, Nas, Rakim, Ice Cube, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, amongst others have credited this song as the song that influenced them to rap.

  • @rb7007
    @rb7007 3 года назад +34

    You just can’t beat old skool hip hop.
    A CLASSIC! 😎

  • @closedfiles
    @closedfiles 3 года назад +15

    The last verse is one of the greatest in hip hop history. Melle Mel wrote that when he was 15-16 years old. One verse details a persons life from birth to death.

  • @jeanaejoneshomeavonplanning
    @jeanaejoneshomeavonplanning 3 года назад +48

    This song is in Black American DNA now. I was about 8 or 9 when it came out. Ultimate anthem, which still resonates today!

    • @primeminister66
      @primeminister66 3 года назад +2

      Indeed I was about 16 when this came out the amazement listen to this on the radio it was crazy too real only of the song in my youth as far as rap for early rap that I can remember influencing me like this cut was sucker MC by Run DMC and Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang

    • @dkn8463
      @dkn8463 3 года назад

      Spending $20s and $10s. Haha

    • @xXTheoLinuxXx
      @xXTheoLinuxXx 3 года назад +1

      @Zeno Morphic exactly! I'm white and not even from America (I'm Dutch). By the time this was a huge hit in The Netherlands, my dad was unemployed, so the money didn't grow on trees. But in my case it could be worse compared to what I saw, drugs and alcohol addicition, 2 of them drink them to death and 1 drugs addict commited suicide. People who couldn't pay the rent and the landlord removed them, cars possessed. And wel 2 of my nieghbours gor arrested for criminal activities (burglars). And guess what, the people where I'm writing about were all white. It is a social class thing, and although I was lucky it doesn't mean that I didn't know what was going on. So yes this is my opion the best rap song ever.

    • @highsummonerwill1874
      @highsummonerwill1874 Год назад +1

      @@xXTheoLinuxXx definitely a social thing. Can't put a race stamp on this I agree with ur statement

    • @Shypoke
      @Shypoke Год назад

      Goes beyond color, it hit me as deep as well.

  • @holyspacemonkey
    @holyspacemonkey 3 года назад +41

    Oh yeaaahhhh!! This was my jam! (Mine and almost everyone else’s! 😂) Such a classic! This also reminds me that you still need to hear some Funkadelic & some Parliament!

  • @quickrundown3859
    @quickrundown3859 3 года назад +50

    This is what Ice Cube sampled for his song "Check Yo Self."

    • @Iljinarchive
      @Iljinarchive 3 года назад +3

      @Zeno Morphic I come with stealth I am bad for your health

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +2

      As did Puff and Mase. Cube’s was a remix.

    • @highsummonerwill1874
      @highsummonerwill1874 Год назад

      Yes

  • @sammack1564
    @sammack1564 3 года назад +51

    Rappers sampling old school hip hop which sampled old school funk, soul and disco.

    • @yankeerepairs
      @yankeerepairs 3 года назад +2

      Beastie Boys -
      Mix, cut, scratch, sample, rhyme. . .
      Also, tru Hip Hop pioneers !
      Run DMC, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, U.T.F.O, Roxanne Shanté.
      Dedicate one night a week, for very old school hip hop reactions ! Word 🆙
      (Especially Beastie Boys)
      Root Down
      Pass The Mic
      Professor Booty
      Sure Shot
      Lookin' Down The Barrel
      Shake Your Rump
      Shadrach
      So Whatcha Want
      Ch-Ch-Check It Out
      Well, that's a pretty good APPETIZER !
      RIP MCA 😔

    • @Qwerty-jy9mj
      @Qwerty-jy9mj 3 года назад +4

      The amount of old school rappers that sampled Kraftwerk alone is baffling, these people were _real_ music connoisseurs

    • @King-Vis
      @King-Vis 3 года назад +3

      However, this song doesn't use a sample at all!

    • @eelaws
      @eelaws 3 года назад +2

      Although this song didn't sample any older songs. All the instrumentation was made for this song from what I've researched.

    • @mumbles215
      @mumbles215 3 года назад +1

      James Brown was the most sampled artist in the 80s. Mainly the break beats but also other musical samples.

  • @darcyann66
    @darcyann66 3 года назад +31

    I was blessed to be able to see them in concert in the '80s

    • @janettem7374
      @janettem7374 3 года назад +3

      Your so lucky ❤️

    • @maifernqvist2858
      @maifernqvist2858 3 года назад +1

      Me too. White Lines was new then.

    • @cici7333
      @cici7333 3 года назад +1

      Wow! I can only imagine how incredible that was. 💜☮️💜

    • @kevinmartin9732
      @kevinmartin9732 Год назад +1

      You and me both

  • @missgmoma
    @missgmoma 3 года назад +39

    Yep, he’s delivering the message right here 👆🏻

  • @YourMom-tr5pu
    @YourMom-tr5pu 3 года назад +5

    "Don't push me/ I'm close to the edge/ I'm trying not to lose my head"
    That's Hip Hop

  • @tawnyh8878
    @tawnyh8878 3 года назад +60

    You do know this song is talking about how things were in the 80s and it was bad with the crack and the inner-city crime etc. there’s a message in this rap song

    • @obdiane
      @obdiane 3 года назад +10

      Yeah, the message is poverty, despair, rage, and desperation, etc.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 3 года назад +1

      The Bronx was like one big war zone

    • @Brandnew210
      @Brandnew210 3 года назад +2

      Most of the 80’s was cool in philly the problems started in 1986 when crack came to my neighborhood then guns started flooding the city.

  • @bubgum00
    @bubgum00 3 года назад +7

    I grew up with this song. I was 18 at the time. That was 39 years ago. I loved this song. Great memories.

  • @tonyab1972
    @tonyab1972 3 года назад +15

    You know, sometimes it sucks pushing 50, but I'm thankful that I was there for the beginning of so many music styles and pop culture events. This song has a special place in my heart because it was one of the first rap songs ever and it paved the way for what was yet to come. Sadly, I feel like rap lost it's way or either the new artists sold out. Either way, rap used to mean something deep but as the years went on, artists stopped focusing on the message and that's why it's hard for many people in my generation to listen to what's being played today. There's no comparison to what we grew up with.

  • @philiptodd7062
    @philiptodd7062 3 года назад +12

    A record that has never aged since it was released 38 years ago

  • @gerrymckeever1414
    @gerrymckeever1414 3 года назад +28

    Yes its got to be White Lines.... Its something like a Phenomenon.

  • @mox9076
    @mox9076 2 года назад +5

    Grandmaster Flash is one of the inventors of the Hip Hop sound. When the DJ was prominent I remember listening to this as a 14 year old. Rub Dmc took it to a new level. It's guys like this influenced pretty much every rappers from the 80's. Guys like Will Smith grew up to this. This during the Saving and Loans crisis and Reaganomics.

  • @keisablack8560
    @keisablack8560 3 года назад +12

    Whaat! I know that's right! JayveeTV. These were the good ole days. This was when rap was a form of expression! Not a license to kill! Thank You! Grandmaster Flash for paving the way for rap artist of today. Timeless! Classic! ❤

  • @heatherwatts7918
    @heatherwatts7918 3 года назад +4

    Sugar Hill Gang and Grand Master Flash all the originals Masters of rap ,love them. 🙌

  • @carlaspinall7418
    @carlaspinall7418 3 года назад +6

    This is a classic and legendary you can never get boad of this song

  • @ericbryant386
    @ericbryant386 3 года назад +49

    Whodini...Freaks come out at night. One love. Funky beat

    • @terrirucker5792
      @terrirucker5792 3 года назад

      I used to call my sisters name. She'd say what? I would start rappin 'You got a big mouth a big mouth'. She hated it. 😂

    • @Jillyconjem
      @Jillyconjem 3 года назад

      Yes, please. 💜

    • @benjaminjean3852
      @benjaminjean3852 3 года назад +3

      5 minutes of funk

  • @havok6280
    @havok6280 3 года назад +16

    Ice Cube "Check Yo Self" for an effect use of sampling.

  • @lena-mariag.louis-charles3579
    @lena-mariag.louis-charles3579 3 года назад +26

    "The Message" is 39 years old this year - unfortunately, this Masterpiece is as accurate in 2021 (nearly 40 years later...) as it was in 1982...

  • @HOLYWELL
    @HOLYWELL 3 года назад +5

    One of the most important and influential songs of all time

  • @sspsfivefivefive
    @sspsfivefivefive 3 года назад +15

    Amazing track. It's like real life painted into our minds.

  • @justmadeit2
    @justmadeit2 3 года назад +6

    Incredible song, great lyrics, I find it quite emotional in a way too when u think about society in general and the struggle us humans can face in life

  • @JimmyNotes
    @JimmyNotes 3 года назад +15

    Maaaaaaaaaaan, this is a classic.

  • @Eowyn187
    @Eowyn187 3 года назад +18

    *Parliament* *Tear The Roof Off The Sucker* 💃🕺💃 #funk

    • @primeminister66
      @primeminister66 3 года назад +1

      Indeed and maybe the the Mothership Connection, flashlight, One Nation Under a Groove, Aqua Boogie, too many to name almost

    • @rayfk4
      @rayfk4 3 года назад

      @@primeminister66 Glen Goins was one of the greatest singers ever!

  • @KathleenActonHA
    @KathleenActonHA 3 года назад +7

    Thanks for the reminder...ive been saying 'dont push me cause im close to the edge' for 30 years lol

    • @vondefeo8586
      @vondefeo8586 3 года назад +1

      Same here lol, I say it often

  • @gchristyer
    @gchristyer 3 года назад +20

    When rap meant something try white lines by them & afrika Bambara planet rock.....TrueType awesome !!! 😁👍✌️🇬🇧🙏

  • @stacymoore9836
    @stacymoore9836 3 года назад +1

    I was a senior in high school in 1978-1979 whenever this song came out. It played at school dances.

  • @virginiaaguilar3648
    @virginiaaguilar3648 3 года назад +7

    I was 12 when this came out and it is still prevalent in today’s world

  • @DarlaVaughan
    @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +10

    With the shouldered boombox.
    Glory days. I still have mine🤭
    That tee though!

    • @blissboo3892
      @blissboo3892 3 года назад +2

      Does it still work? :)

    • @DarlaVaughan
      @DarlaVaughan 3 года назад +1

      @@blissboo3892 it does. As does my original Atari. I'm so proud 🤣

  • @nikkiharris6091
    @nikkiharris6091 3 года назад +29

    This is what I call real rapping. Jay anyone can listen to this. You don't keep hearing all the. F. Words. ,💯💯🎼🎤🔥😍

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 3 года назад +6

      All the curse words, calling women names, nakedness, twirking.....so sad 😓

    • @janettem7374
      @janettem7374 3 года назад +2

      Amen ‼️‼️‼️

  • @mistateearuba
    @mistateearuba 3 года назад +4

    If I had to pick a top 5 of best rap songs ever, this would be the first song I'd put in there. The content, beat, production, delivery and the historic importance, ALL of it. Monumental, Top class.

  • @jacquelinejohnson6447
    @jacquelinejohnson6447 3 года назад +11

    This rap has been sampled through the years

  • @billyvioletcous
    @billyvioletcous 3 года назад +3

    I was 18 when this came out and I was blown away by it. Still holds its own today.

  • @HOLYWELL
    @HOLYWELL 3 года назад +17

    All rap songs up until this point were all about bragging,this was about what life on the streets was really like

  • @mmomailman
    @mmomailman 3 года назад +13

    "Rock Box" by Run-DMC... more old school rap meets rock. Also check out Big Daddy Kane and Eric B. and Rakim. Lovin the old school! Thanks J!

  • @formergoat9257
    @formergoat9257 3 года назад +13

    Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock next please!

  • @ursulabklyn_mia6148
    @ursulabklyn_mia6148 3 года назад +18

    NYC in the 70s was hell. That looks like the Bronx. The 80s came later and changed from heroine to cheap crack and the.money started rolling in. This song is perfect for roller skating.

    • @carola4618
      @carola4618 3 года назад +1

      that is the south Bronx where all the buildings were abandoned and then torned down, the minute i saw this video i reconized the area, the
      bums and the crack heads would set it on fire. my parents moved us out of there when son of sam started killing, our once nice street was getting bad, i didn"t come back till 10 years later

  • @shadaxe
    @shadaxe 3 года назад +4

    FINALLY, someone who reacts to Grandmaster Flash! Much love to you man.

  • @gregorynetus5557
    @gregorynetus5557 3 года назад +5

    Legendary song.glad i grew up with classic like this.word up son

  • @rosemaryjohnson2569
    @rosemaryjohnson2569 3 года назад +2

    I remember being 12 and hearing this for the first time and being totally blown away. It was like something from Mars. Still relevant today. UK🇬🇧

  • @NathanAAASmith
    @NathanAAASmith 3 года назад +3

    What a song, it’s like all the best bits from rap songs rolled into one.

  • @robertkenneth6517
    @robertkenneth6517 3 года назад +3

    I remember when this came out: Blew my mind! Nothing like it ever!

  • @sunlotus8
    @sunlotus8 9 месяцев назад +1

    Loved listening with you. Even my 90 year old mother, raised on Mozart, loves this song. "Great poetry" she said.

  • @mjimenez1261
    @mjimenez1261 3 года назад +5

    Life in the 80's was real!!!!

  • @tigerwilliams7723
    @tigerwilliams7723 3 года назад +5

    It's great hearing your reaction to these ol' school rap classics 👍😎

  • @merittrayner5312
    @merittrayner5312 3 года назад +3

    YAY! Glad you're listening.

  • @generaines6369
    @generaines6369 3 года назад +13

    Listen to "White Lines" by them as well.

  • @monkeytrumpet11
    @monkeytrumpet11 3 года назад +1

    I remember this song being sampled in the 80s for a British TV ad telling kids how to cross roads safely.

  • @Manup2day
    @Manup2day 3 года назад +4

    THE message is clear.

  • @virginiaaguilar3648
    @virginiaaguilar3648 3 года назад +8

    Jay you’re about to get sprung off all these old school jams. Next listen to Apache

  • @Thebrainymonkey
    @Thebrainymonkey 3 года назад +3

    Melle Mel is a legend! Also the inspiration for Phil Collins' laugh in the Genesis track Mama.

  • @danieltello1179
    @danieltello1179 2 года назад +1

    That Rhythm HITS HARD!!! Old School Rocks This New Stuff Ain't Got Nothing!!! That's Why They Sample This GROOVE!!!

  • @SleeperLG
    @SleeperLG 3 года назад +4

    Check it, Grandmaster Flash is one of the three founders of hip hop along with Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc.

  • @onsesejoo2605
    @onsesejoo2605 3 года назад +3

    If talking about flow, they actually are almost singing in places, a skill many rappers of the day sorely need. And one thing more, the delivery is so clear and well written that as a non native in English, I can pick it all.

  • @rebeccarockchik6704
    @rebeccarockchik6704 3 года назад +2

    As teenagers we took our boombox everywhere. Well, except to school. 😊

  • @aimeewalters7451
    @aimeewalters7451 3 года назад +2

    Ayeeee!! I love Grandmaster flash! This was popular when I was a kid! Love it!!! 😁😁💯💯💯💯

  • @hippylong
    @hippylong 3 года назад +2

    Poetry spoken to the world... a true historical masterpiece.

  • @dsmoove1736
    @dsmoove1736 3 года назад +7

    Let’s be clear, no disrespect to Grandmaster Flash but this record was written and performed by Grandmaster Mele Mel and Duke Bootie. Flash actually had nothing to do with this song. His name was first in the group as he assembled the group back in the 70’s but he did not perform on any of their earliest hits except for the classic The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel. Let’s give credit where credit is due. big up Mele Mel and Duke Bootie.

  • @raineyj560
    @raineyj560 3 года назад +2

    My hood, born and raised in the BX during that time, everything Grandmaster said is true 💯

  • @emmejayeh.5995
    @emmejayeh.5995 3 года назад +2

    The first time rap had lyrics that weren't just about parties or how badass the rapper was.

  • @user-DJDreamworld
    @user-DJDreamworld 3 года назад +6

    Now your getting into the real hip hop

  • @eugenaakatruth-seeker1174
    @eugenaakatruth-seeker1174 3 года назад +5

    You really need to listen to “White Lines”
    Absolute classic track 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌

  • @mrflynn01
    @mrflynn01 3 года назад +1

    I sent the video to member of the Furious 5!
    Keep up the great work.

  • @yohannespmi2010
    @yohannespmi2010 3 года назад

    From Eritrea I Arrived in the US Summer of 1983 my Neiber was a white boy from country side in OH we were 13 years old ...he took me to his house and said to me listing to this I could not believe what I was hearing what a massage for a young boy to hear , yes my mind was blown away and I never forgot that moment ..thank you John ...

  • @miriammontenbruck8022
    @miriammontenbruck8022 3 года назад +5

    Can you imagine my family (German folk musician parents, me born in 1969, but already openminded, listening to this vinyl with the whole family) getting the groove in the 80ies...it was fantastic

    • @_HMCB_
      @_HMCB_ 3 года назад +2

      Respect. 👍🏼

    • @miriammontenbruck8022
      @miriammontenbruck8022 3 года назад +1

      we didn't get the whole message back then though....do get it now....

  • @giannirubino8508
    @giannirubino8508 3 года назад +4

    About time! Where's White Lines? After the original, check out Duran Duran's cover of White Lines.

  • @panabanana3973
    @panabanana3973 2 года назад +1

    I still remember this song word for word since I was 14

  • @herc20000
    @herc20000 3 года назад

    My mate met these guys awhile back, they offered him to go to their concert, backstage vip and all, he didn't take them up on their offer! I would jumped all over that, these guys are great and did a lot for the music industry.

  • @blissboo3892
    @blissboo3892 3 года назад +18

    Has he listened to WHITE LINES yet?

    • @JemJam2976
      @JemJam2976 3 года назад +3

      Don't do it...
      I haven't listened to that song in forever

  • @joebryant5722
    @joebryant5722 3 года назад +11

    Easily, Easily one of , if not the best reaction you've posted. MAGIC. The roots of social rap. 'can even see the game or the sugar ray fight'

  • @KickflipGnasty
    @KickflipGnasty 3 года назад +2

    Amazing song. On top of influencing generations of rap artists, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five were incidentally one of the biggest early influences on The Red Hot Chili Peppers who would go on to invent 'rap rock'. Their influence on music is staggering. Grandmaster Flash is a genius.

  • @annejohnston3437
    @annejohnston3437 3 года назад +2

    Yeah I'm going on 63 so I totally agree with you & it's a classic & we had fun my friend

  • @Luxito_DeWarlock
    @Luxito_DeWarlock 3 года назад +5

    Two other songs by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five you need to check out:
    #1Superrappin
    #2 The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel

    • @alrivers2297
      @alrivers2297 3 года назад +1

      White Lines and New York New York first

  • @shaned.2126
    @shaned.2126 3 года назад +5

    Have to check out their song "Beat Street" from the movie soundtrack. That song goes deep into real life stuff too.

  • @ryancraig2795
    @ryancraig2795 3 года назад +1

    I must admit i never heard this song until around 95 or so, about the same time that Maestro Fresh Wes was doing "Let your backbone slide" - which also used a rhyme with "sacroiliac". Obviously highly influential.

  • @firstnamelastname6193
    @firstnamelastname6193 Год назад

    This song changed things! When this came out people started to pay attention to the power that rap had and all the record companies started opening their eyes and realized that rap was not just a "fad" and was not just dance music but an art form that moved people as well

  • @christopherdiedrich40
    @christopherdiedrich40 3 года назад +3

    "It was plain to see that your life was lost. You was cold as your body swung back & forth."
    Not that I would ever believe in censorship but compared to four letter words, those lines are graphic and put a very unsettling image in my head. That there is true art, poetry & talent!
    Now this is the end and it's about that time.
    When I get to drop my own damn line.
    Yeah you can call me a hypocrite.
    But I won't take it back, man. FUCK ALL THAT SHIT!

  • @denisemeredith2436
    @denisemeredith2436 3 года назад +10

    If you like this then check out The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight.

    • @swinde
      @swinde 3 года назад

      Rappers delight was very early hip-hop where groups of guys from the neighborhoods would gather on street corners and do "free-style" rapping.
      It was made up as they rapped. As the style gained popularity lyrics were written and played against samples from other's songs.

    • @sandorhajdu1615
      @sandorhajdu1615 3 года назад +4

      He did.

    • @havok6280
      @havok6280 3 года назад

      @@sandorhajdu1615 literally a couple of hours ago...

    • @sandorhajdu1615
      @sandorhajdu1615 3 года назад

      @@havok6280 I have spoken. :D

  • @Liz-cmc313
    @Liz-cmc313 2 года назад

    I was around 10 when my family took us to a roller coaster park and this was the live band playing. My first concert and that is how I got hooked on to funk and groove. 🔥

  • @stevenhughes4482
    @stevenhughes4482 3 года назад +1

    your reaction was the same as mine when I first heard this in the 80's in the UK, what a tune, absolutely ground breaking