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The Message is the debut studio album of American hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, released in October 1982 by Sugar Hill Records. It features the influential eponymous track and hip-hop single 'The Message'.

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Release and reception[edit]

The Message was released in October 1982 by Sugar Hill Records.^[1] It was the only album released while the group's original line-up was together.^[2] The album charted at number 53 in the United States and at number 77 in the United Kingdom.^[1] It was ranked as the 21st best album of 1982 in Robert Christgau's list for the Pazz & Jop critics' poll.^[3] In Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990), he gave the album an A-minus and said, although 'She's Fresh' is the 'only instant killer', each song's attempt to experiment and 'touch a lot of bases with a broad demographic .. justifies itself'.^[4]

In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Ron Wynn gave The Message four-and-a-half out of five stars and called it the group's 'ultimate peak' whose highlight was the title track.^[5]Miles Marshall Lewis, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), gave its 2002 British reissue four out of five stars and cited 'The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel' as the album's 'clincher' and 'the only prime-period example of Flash's ability to set and shatter moods, with his turntables and faders running through a collage of at least 10 records that sound like hundreds.'^[2]Colin Larkin also gave it four stars in his Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2006).^[6] Mark Richardson from Pitchfork said The Message featured 'two absolutely essential songs'—the title track and 'Scorpio,' which he dubbed 'the greatest early electro track.' However, he felt the rest of the songs were inferior and gave the album a score of 6.4 out of 10.^[7] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[8]

Track listing[edit]

Sample credits

• 'She's Fresh' contains samples from 'It's Just Begun' by The Jimmy Castor Bunch and 'The Lovomaniacs' by Boobie Knight.
• 'It's Nasty' contains samples from 'Genius of Love' by Tom Tom Club.
• 'It's a Shame' contains samples from 'Mt. Airy Groove' by Pieces Of A Dream.
• 'The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel' contains samples from 'Good Times' by Chic, 'Apache' by The Incredible Bongo Band, 'Rapture' by Blondie, 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen, '8th Wonder' by The Sugarhill Gang, 'Monster Jam' by Sequence, 'Glow of Love' by Change and 'Life Story' by The Hellers.

Personnel[edit]

• Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) – turntables, drum programming, Flashformer transform DJ device
• Keef Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
• Grandmaster Melle Mel (Melvin Glover) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
• The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover jr) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
• Scorpio (Eddie Morris) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
• Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
• Bass – Doug Wimbish
• Guitar – Skip McDonald
• Prophet Sequential – Reggie Griffin, Jiggs, Sylvia Robinson
• Keyboards – Gary Henry, Dwain Mitchell
• Drums – Keith Leblanc
• Percussion – Ed Fletcher
• Brass – Chops Horn Section

Charts[edit]

Album[edit]

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Singles[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdStrong 2004, p. 619.
2. ^ ^abLewis et al. 2004, p. 341.
3. ^Christgau, Robert (February 22, 1983). 'Pazz & Jop 1982: Dean's List'. The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
4. ^Christgau 1990, p. 270.
5. ^Wynn, Ron. 'The Message - Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five'. Allmusic. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
6. ^Larkin 2006, p. 308.
7. ^Richardson, Mark (July 14, 2005). 'Grandmaster Flash / Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: The Message / They Said it Couldn't Be Done'. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
8. ^Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (February 7, 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN0-7893-1371-5.
9. ^Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (Vinyl, LP, Album). Discogs. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
10. ^ ^ab'Discography Grandmaster Flash'. charts.nz. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
11. ^'The Message - Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five : Awards'. Allmusic. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
12. ^ ^ab'Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five'. Rolling Stone. July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
13. ^ ^abBillboard chartings. Accessed October 17, 2009.
14. ^'The Official Charts Company - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
15. ^ ^ab'The Official Charts Company – Grandmaster Flash'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2010.

Bibliography[edit]

• Christgau, Robert (1990). Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN067973015X.
• Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Selected Albums. Bibliographies (4th ed.). Muze. ISBN0195313739.
• Lewis, Miles Marshall; et al. (2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
• Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S. p. 4. ISBN1841956155.

External links[edit]

• The Message (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
• The Message at Discogs (list of releases)