Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five

Product Description
We’ve reissued every pop music genre under the sun on our Collectors’ Choice Music label, but there remains one genre we haven’t touched: rap music! And, folks, though it may be hard to believe, it’s been 25 years since rap exploded on to the scene, so it’s high time we delved into this musical art form. Who better to start with, then, than the act that really broke rap into the mainstream, DJ/producer Grandmaster Flash, his rapping cohort, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five?! These four albums aren’t just old school, they founded the school, and they’re here with new notes by Peter Relic that analyze their impact on pop culture and the impact fame had on these boys from the Bronx. Exclusively from Collectors' Choice!

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Average customer rating: buyer beware : the release in 2000 was "beeped"

Adventures on the Wheels of Steel Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five , and Melle Mel Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Message Message From Beat Street: Best Of They Said It Couldn't Be Done The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash UTFO ASIN: B000ECXCAY Release Date: 2006-03-27

Tracks:

1. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
2. Birthday Party - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
3. Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel - Grandmaster Flash
4. Showdown - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang
5. It's Nasty (Genius of Love) - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
6. Flash to the Beat, Pt. 1-2 - Grandmaster Flash
7. Message - Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
8. Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
9. Message II (Survival) - Grandmaster Melle Mel
10. New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

Tracks:

1. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel
2. Jesse - Grandmaster Melle Mel
3. Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five With Mr. Ness & Cowboy ... - Melle Mel & the Furious 5, Mr. Ness
4. We Don't Work for Free - Melle Mel & the Furious 5
5. Step Off - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
6. Pump Me Up - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
7. Mega-Melle Mix - Grandmaster Melle Mel
8. King of the Streets - Grandmaster Melle Mel
9. Vice - Grandmaster Melle Mel
10. Street Walker - Grandmaster Melle Mel, Mass Production
11. Superappin - Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious 5, Mr. Ness

Tracks:

1. Trinidad Spot - Grandmaster Melle Mel
2. She's Fresh - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
3. It's a Shame - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
4. Internationally Known - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
5. Hustlers Convention - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
6. Truth - Grandmaster Melle Mel
7. World War III - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
8. New Adventures of Grandmaster - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
9. Freestyle - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
10. Black Man - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
11. Drug Wars - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
12. Kick the Knowledge [#] - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel
13. D.C. Cab [#] - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Melle Mel

Album Description

This set is a three-disc box of material recorded by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (plus a few cuts headed by Grandmaster Melle Mel). Adventures on the Wheels of Steel spans all the way from their earliest, pre-Sugar Hill recordings (the great singles 'Super Rappin' No. 1' and 'Flash To The Beat') to the mid-'80s material recorded after Grandmaster Flash split from Sugar Hill (both he and Melle Mel headed collectives composed of former members of the Furious Five). Of course, anyone even vaguely interested in this set is already going to own quite a few of these tracks, from the big Furious Five hits 'The Message' and 'White Lines' to much-anthologized classics like 'Birthday Party', 'New York New York', 'The Showdown', 'Scorpio', and 'Message II (Survival)'. Where this collection really begins to excel, and attract collectors, is the large number of rarities included. 86 tracks. Castle Music. 2006.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the First Definitive Retrospective of the Man and the Group who Helped Invent Rap and Hip-hop. These Two Discs Anthologize the Group's Most Important Recordings and Includes a Couple of Previously Unissued Tracks. Previously Available on Sequel Records.

Customer Reviews:

buyer beware : the release in 2000 was "beeped".......2006-12-26

this is a very good complilation of old school rap. This is good for the soul. Classic stuff. Caveat: the 2000 release was censored. Some tracks were 'beeped' on the the curse words. Just not acceptable. All they should do is put an advisory sticker on the package and let the buyer decide. Aside from the censoring, for which I docked a star, the music is amazing.

Average customer rating:

White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five & Melle Mel Manufacturer: Unidisc Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004UXEH Release Date: 1993-05-07

Average customer rating: Good dance music It's a rappers delight!!! Classic "Old School" that started the rap movement

The Sugar Hill Records Story { Various Artists } Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music 1970s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1970-1979 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Dance & DJ | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000033T3 Release Date: 1997-02-04

Tracks:

1. Rapper's Delight (Long Version) - Sugarhill Gang
2. Funk You Up (Long Version) - Sequence
3. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam) - Sugarhill Gang
4. Super-Wolf Can Do It (Short Version) - Super Wolf
5. Hot Hot Summer Day - Sugarhill Gang
6. And You Know That (Short Version) - Sequence
7. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
8. Monster Jam - Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence
9. Baby Let's Rap Now (Pt. 2) - Moments
10. People Get On Up - Positive Force

Tracks:

1. 8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
2. That's The Joint - Funky 4+1
3. The Birthday Party - Grandmaster Flash
4. Check It Out - Wayne & Charlie (The Rapping Dummy)
5. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel - Grandmaster Flash
6. Showdown - Furious Five Meets The Sugarhill Gang
7. Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move) - West Street Mob
8. Spoonie Is Back - Spoonie Gee
9. Apache - Sugar Hill Gang
10. It's Nasty (Genius of Love) (Short Version) - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five

Tracks:

1. Hey Fellas (Long Version) - Trouble Funk
2. Sing A Simple Song - West Street Mob
3. It's Good To Be The Queen - Sylvia
4. The Lover In You - Sugarhill Gang
5. The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
6. Whip It - Treacherous Three
7. Scratching - Crash Crew
8. Ooh Baby (Short Version) - West Street Mob
9. Scorpio - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
10. Making Cash Money - Busy Bee
11. Here Comes The Bride - Sequence

Tracks:

1. Message II (Survival) - Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
2. Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) - Crash Crew
3. Yes We Can-Can - Treacherous Three
4. The Word Is Out - Sugarhill Gang
5. New York New York - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
6. Girls - Sugar Hill Gang
7. Kick It Live From 9 to 5 - Sugar Hill Gang
8. Break Dance-Electric Boogie - West Street Mob
9. All Night Long (Waterbed) - Kevie Kev (Waterbed Kev)
10. At The Ice Arcade - Chilly Kids
11. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Long Version) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel
12. We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) - Crash Crew

Tracks:

1. Jesse - Grandmaster Melle Mel
2. Beat Street - Grand Master Melle Mel & The Furious Five
3. Livin' In The Fast Lane - Sugar Hill Gang
4. We Don't Work For Free - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
5. Step Off - Furious Five
6. Xmas Rap (Un-Censored) - Treacherous Three
7. Busy Bee's Groove - Busy Bee
8. Turn It Up - Treacherous Three
9. The Down Beat - Sugarhill Gang (Kory-O, Woder Mike, Big Bank Hank)
10. Vice (From Miami Vice) - Grandmaster Melle Me:
11. Outta Control - Miracle Mike & The Ladies Of The 80's
12. Street Walker (Original) - Mass Production
13. The Message ('97 Dungeon Mix) - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five

Amazon.com

Easily the two most overused words in music criticism are essential and classic. That said, this five-CD box set is all that and a bag of chips to boot. Back in the late 1970s, the small Sugar Hill Records label changed the nature of the rap genre with the music, made with a live band, that they released--and the beats still sound on point today. This box set features tracks from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Sequence, the Sugarhill Gang, the Funky 4 + 1, and the Treacherous 3 (to name just a few) and classic tracks like "The Message," "Freedom," and "Rapper's Delight." In other words, classic, essential party music that still rocks the house. Everybody say ho! --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

Good dance music.......1999-10-20

I like to dance on HipHopmusic, so that's why I like these CD'S so much. It's real old stuff of the '80 and the beginning of the '90.

It's a rappers delight!!!.......1999-09-22

This album goes way back to the beginning of rapmusic. Back to the days of broken glas everywhere and casanovo fly. You can't have better than this. The godfathers of rap are in the house.

Classic "Old School" that started the rap movement.......1999-03-17

This box-set is an example of the classic "old school" that started the rap movement back in the early 80s. With 5 CDs of music, there's a lot to sift through. Each disc contains at least three or four essential tunes that clearly define why this music was so groundbreaking (and still is today). You've got all 14 minutes of "Rapper's Delight", two versions of "The Message", and a host of other notably catchy numbers. Even though Sugar Hill didn't invent the rap genre, they were the first to make it popular among the masses. The set also includes a booklet that contains several articles detailing the Sugar Hill story. For anyone who's into "old school" in the strictest sense of the word, then this box set is a must!

Average customer rating:

Grandmaster Flash the Furious Five Grandmaster Melle Mel Grandmaster Flash , The Furious Five , and Grandmaster Melle Mel Manufacturer: Sanctuary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best Of SugarHill Gang: Rapper's Delight The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ASIN: B000E8NQL8 Release Date: 2006-05-01

Tracks:

1. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Melle Mel,
2. Step Off
3. Pump Me Up
4. Jesse - Grandmaster Melle Mel,
5. Beat Street - Melle Mel & the Furious 5
6. Vice - Melle Mel & the Furious 5
7. Freedom
8. Birthday Party
9. Flash to the Beat
10. It's Nasty (Genius of Love)
11. Message
12. Scorpio
13. Message II (Survival) - Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel,
14. New York, New York

Album Description

14 track compilation filled to the brim with this influential early rap act's finest performances. Features groundbreaking tracks like 'The Message' and 'White Lines (Don't Do It)'. Castle. 2006.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of DJ and Producer Joseph Saddler (Aka Grandmaster Flash) was the First Kind of Rap. With his Furious Five, and Sidekick Melle Mel, Flash was the Man who Brought Fervent Political Protest Into the Rap Arena, on Anthems Like 'white Lines' and 'the Message'.

Average customer rating:

Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five:The Definitive Groove Collection Melle Mel, The Furious Five Grandmaster Flash Manufacturer: Sugar Hill/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000PBZF1S

Product Description

2 discs.

Average customer rating:

Back To The Old School - Rapper's Delights Sugarhill Gang , The Furious Five , and Grandmaster Melle Mel Manufacturer: Sequel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000ECXCAO Release Date: 2006-04-03

Tracks:

1. Radio Commercial
2. Rapper's Delight
3. Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)
4. Bad News (Don't Bother Me)
5. Sugarhill Groove
6. Passion Play
7. Hot Hot Summer Day
8. 8th Wonder
9. Showdown - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang
10. Apache
11. On the Money

Tracks:

1. Funk Box
2. Gigalo
3. Lover in You [Mix]
4. Word Is Out
5. Kick It Live from 9 to 5
6. Girls
7. Livin' in the Fast Lane
8. Troy
9. Real Funky
10. Space Race
11. Work, Work the Body
12. Down Beat
13. Be a Winner

Album Description

2 CD set. As one of the very first rap groups, and certainly the first to have a hit, the Sugarhill Gang are crucial to the history of hip-hop. The trio of Master G, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank hailed from New Jersey, but it was through seminal NYC hip-hop label Sugarhill Records that they achieved fame, as their single 'Rapper's Delight', based around the groove of Chic's hit 'Good Times', became a massive hit in 1979 and paved the way for a tidal wave of rappers. The Gang didn't stay together long or record much, but what they left behind was more than enough. Castle. Music. 2006.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of the Recordings of the Fathers of Modern Hip-hop. "Rapper's Delight" Introduced the World to Rap, the Most Potent Popular Musical Form from 1980 On. This 2-CD Set Contains all their Important Recordings, from More Soulful Tunes to the Out-and-out Rap Attack of Tracks Like "Apache" and "8th Wonder".

Average customer rating: Muscles

Muscles Grandmaster Melle Mel Manufacturer: Big Gunz Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JCESES Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. Ice Cube Intro/Blow
2. Clapper
3. New Truck
4. M-3
5. Left, Right, Left
6. Muscles
7. One More
8. Dimelo - Grandmaster Melle Mel, Linx
9. Hit List
10. Move
11. Another Hot Track
12. Oh! What a Night
13. Tha Bushes
14. Cotton
15. Crossfire
16. Sellin' Those Things

Customer Reviews:

Muscles.......2007-03-16

This album is great I have been looking for hip hop to take it to another level and who would of known it would be the creator to take it there from the Intro "blow" until the last track "Selling Those Things" I am telling everyone I know about this one he should be supported.

Average customer rating: Not the Eighties It's a doozy!!!!

The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash...More Of The Best Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five , and Melle Mel Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Message From Beat Street: Best Of ASIN: B0000033TM Release Date: 1996-07-16

Tracks:

1. The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
2. Flash To The Beat (Part 1)
3. Jesse
4. Internationally Known
5. We Don't Work For Free
6. Sign Of The Times
7. Pump Me Up
8. Girls Love The Way He Spins
9. World War III
10. Vice (From Miami Vice)
11. Style (Peter Gunn Theme) (Extended Remixed Version)
12. U Know What Time It Is (Extended Scratch Version)

Customer Reviews:

Not the Eighties.......2000-01-08

My husband bought this one for me by accident. I've been going on and on about how my original tape of Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five was stolen when I was in high school and I've yet to find the album with the original "The MEssage" and "White Lines." I think he bought me this so I'd stop singing to myself, "Don't push me cuz I'm close to the edge," wherever we go. Although this didn't have the two songs I wanted (I later ordered the regular "Greatest Hits" album from Amazon.com), it didn't bring back any memories. In fact, I've never heard any of these songs. I don't mind the CD but it's taking some getting used to.

It's a doozy!!!!.......1999-02-21

This cd is so great!!! I would buy it again, except I already have. I encourage young people of all ages and races to buy this "neato" compact disk and play it in your stereo system....(but play it quiet 'cause it has bad language, you know, explicit lyrics???) My favorite part is when Grandmaster goes, "da na na na na na na na...GI Joe was swimmin on the water...bluuuuppp...and then a big brown shark came!!!!!!! bluuuuppppp. Limp Bizkit rules!!!!!

Average customer rating:

Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: They Said It Couldn't Be Done The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ASIN: B000A7BB6A Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. White Lines
2. Hustlers Convention
3. Yesterday
4. At The Party
5. We Don't Work For Free
6. The Truth
7. World War III
8. Can't Keep Runnin' Away
9. The New Adventures Of Grandmaster

Product Description

1. Hustlers Convention
2. Yesterday
3. At The Party
4. White Lines (New Re-Mix)
5. We Don’t Work For Free
6. The Truth
7. World War III
8. Can’t Keep Runnin’ Away
9. The New Adventures of Grandmaster

Format: CD

Average customer rating:

Mama Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio Manufacturer: STR ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003QMN Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. MAMA (Radio Version)
2. MAMA (Album Version)

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