Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five was an American hip hop group, which developed from 1977. It came about when Grandmaster Flash along with the Furious Five ( Melle Mel, Cowboy, Kidd Creole, Mr. Ness aka Scorpio and Rahiem ) occurred.
Band History
Grandmaster Flash began working with the Furious Five about 1977., The group earned in New York City has an excellent reputation, which was based on the one on Flash's skills as a DJ, but also on the powerful rap of the Furious Five with his distinctive lyrics. The debut single was released in 1979 Superrappin at Enjoy and just a year later, the band signed a record deal with Sugar Hill, the first major hip- hop label. With Freedom, the first single Sugar Hill, scored the first moderate success in the R & B charts and a total of 50,000 units sold. Following similar successful single was released in 1981 The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, one of the most important hip-hop Maxis ever. The first to successfully flash to present his amazing skills as a DJ, created by a collage of song snippets from Chic, Blondie and Queen.
1982 initially appeared the album The Message and the successful single releases and The Message 1983 New York, New York and White Lines (Do not Do not Do It ) (also under Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel appeared ). They are probably the most prominent representatives of the early socio-critical flow in Hip Hop ( Conscious Rap ), which mainly describes life in the seedy and violent South Bronx and were typical for the early Hip Hop. A little later there were tensions between Flash and Melle Mel with the result that Melle Mel left the band to become self-employed under the name of Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five. After a few solo albums, the band reformed Flash 1988 for a charity concert at Madison Square Garden, followed by the comeback album On the Strength. However, this garnered only mediocre response from both critics and fans. In 1994, the band was once again for a rap tour with Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow together, 1995 had Flash and Melle Mel with Duran Duran with on a cover version of White Lines.
2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Discography
The list is probably incomplete. In addition to the recordings of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five more albums and Maxis are listed the various fragmentation.