The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 2. Fight The Power - Public Enemy 3.
Nuthin But A 'G' Thang - Dr. It's Like That - Run-D.M.C. Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang 6. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force 8. Paid in Full - Eric B. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith 10.
Fuck Tha Police - N.W.A 11. Rock the Bells - LL Cool J 12. Children's Story - Slick Rick 13. Jesus Walks - Kanye West 14. Hey Ya - OutKast 15. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow 16.
Rosa Parks - Outkast 17. Gin & Juice - Snoop Doggy Dogg 18. Check the Rhime - A Tribe Called Quest 19. Keep Ya Head Up - 2 Pac 20. Humble - Kendrick Lamar 21.
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) - C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock 22. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A 23. It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock 24.
Stan - Eminem 25. NY State of Mind - Nas 26. Me Myself and I - De La Soul 27. California Love - 2Pac (feat. The Show - Doug E. Fresh w/Slick Rick 29.
I Used To Love H.E.R. The Bridge Is Over - Boogie Down Productions 31.
Bring The Noise - Public Enemy 32. 99 Problems - Jay-Z 33. Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest 34.
Shed So Many Tears - 2 Pac 35. Is President - Eric B.
Push It - Salt-n-Pepa 37. Jackson - Outkast 38. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube 39. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 40. Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G. Cha Cha Cha - MC Lyte 42.
Wu Tang Clan 43. Hard Knock Life - Jay Z 44. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions 45. You Gots to Chill - EPMD 46. Mind Playing Tricks on Me - Geto Boys 47. Dear Mama - 2pac 48.
Paper Planes - M.I.A. I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need - Method Man w/ Mary J.
The World Is Yours - Nas 51. Set It Off - Big Daddy Kane 52. Rock Box - Run-D.M.C. Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest 54.
Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs N Harmony 55. I Need Love - LL Cool J 56.
Naughty By Nature 57. Sucker M.C.s - Run-D.M.C. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J 59. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill 60. Queen Latifah 61. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot 62. Lose Yourself - Eminem 63.
Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde 64. Murder Was the Case - Snoop Doggy Dogg 65. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 66. Ain't No Half-Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane 67. What You Know - T.I. La Di Da Di - Slick Rick & Doug E.
Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest 70. The Definition - Mos Def & Talib Kweli (Black Star) 71. Just A Friend - Biz Markie 72. All About the Benjamins - Puff Daddy w/Lil Kim, The LOX & The Notorious B.I.G. Wild Thing - Tone-Loc 74.
Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott 75. Get At Me Dog - DMX 76.
Triumph - Wu-Tang Clan 78. Regulate - Warren G. W/ Nate Dogg 79. The Choice Is Yours - Black Sheep 80. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio 81.
In Da Club - 50 Cent 82. Ladies First - Queen Latifah w/ Monie Love 83. I Ain't No Joke - Eric B. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets 85. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z (feat.
Alicia Keys) 86. I'm Bad - LL Cool J 87. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte 88. The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 89. One Mic - Nas 90.
The Symphony - Marley Marl (feat. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane) 91.
Top Billin' - Audio Two 92. I Got 5 On It - The Luniz 93.
Elevators (Me & You) - Outkast 94. You Got Me - The Roots 95. Paul Revere - The Beastie Boys 96.
Colors - Ice T 97. Dirty South - Goodie MOB 98. Tennessee - Arrested Development 99.
Boyz-N-The-Hood - Eazy E 100. Roxanne, Roxanne - U.T.F.O.101.
(What Does It Mean) - Schoolly D 102. Shook Ones, Pt II - Mobb Deep 103. Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini 104. Big Pimpin' - Jay Z 105.
All the Stars - Kendrick Lamar and SZA 106. Deep Cover - Dr. Snoop Doggy Dogg) 107.
It's the Joint - The Funky Four + 1 108. A Milli - Lil Wayne 109.
Crush On You - Lil Kim 110. Life Is.Too $hort - Too $hort 111. Ridin' - Chamillionaire (feat.
Grandmaster Flash
Krayzie Bone) 112. 6 In the Mornin' - Ice T 113. Bust A Move - Young MC 114. Dead Presidents, Pt II - Jay-Z 115. Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest 116. I Got It Like That - The Jungle Brothers 117.
Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - P.M. King of Rock - Run-D.M.C. Feel the Heartbeat - Treacherous Three 121. Welcome to the Terrordome - Public Enemy 122. Outkast 123.
Slow Down - Brand Nubian 124. It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas 125. Treat 'Em Right - Chubb Rock 126. I Can't Live Without My Radio - LL Cool J 127.
Mass Appeal - GangStarr 128. Crossover - EPMD 129. Funkdafied - Da Brat 130. Come Clean - Jeru Da Damaja 131. Pop Goes the Weasel - 3rd Bass 132. How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill 133.
Rockin' It - The Fearless Four 134. Proceed - The Roots 135. Hail Mary - 2Pac 136. I Got It Made - Special Ed 137. Buddy - De La Soul w/The Jungle Bros, Monie Love & Q-Tip 138. Dre Day - Dr.
Dre w/Snoop Doggy Dogg 139. The Light - Common w/Erykah Badu 140. Bring the Pain - Method Man 141. Me So Horny - 2 Live Crew 142.
Streets of N.Y. Rap & DJ Polo 143. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys 144. Flava In Ya Ear (remix) - Craig Mack 145.
Rubberband Man - T.I. The Vapors - Biz Markie 147. I Seen A Man Die - Scarface 148.
Smooth Operator - Big Daddy Kane 149. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 150. Brown-Skinned Lady - Mos Def & Talib Kweli 151. Ruffneck - MC Lyte 152. Follow the Leader - Eric B. Roc Boys (And the Winner Is.) - Jay-Z 154. I'm Still #1 - Boogie Down Productions 155.
Whatta Man - Salt N Pepa w/En Vogue 156. Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature 157. Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest 158.
Still Not A Player - Big Pun w/Joe 159. If I Ruled the World - Kurtis Blow 160. Express Yourself - N.W.A 161. Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy 162.
Jam Master Jay - Run-D.M.C. Cell Therapy - Goodie MOB 164. Woo-Hah (Got U All In Check) - Busta Rhymes 165. No Time - Lil Kim w/Puff Daddy 166. Five Minutes of Funk - Whodini 167. Fuckin' Problems - A$AP (feat.Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) 168.
I Ain't Mad At Cha - 2Pac 169. Back That A. Up - Juvenile 170. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott 171. It's Funky Enough - The D.O.C. One Day - UGK 173.
Warning - The Notorious B.I.G. Mona Lisa - Slick Rick 175. Go Crazy - Young Jeezy 176. We Want Eazy - Eazy E 177. Through the Wire - Kanye West 178.
Steady Mobbin' - Ice Cube 179. 911 Is A Joke - Public Enemy 180. Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees 181. Street Struck - Big L 182. The Way You Move - Outkast (feat. Sleepy Brown) 183.
Insane In the Brain - Cypress Hill 184. Sugar Hill - AZ 185. Around the Way Girl - LL Cool J 186.
Words I Manifest - GangStarr 187. Hip-Hop - Dead Prez 188. Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy 189. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See - Busta Rhymes 190. Fat Booty - Mos Def 191. Hip Hop Junkie - Nice & Smooth 192. Road to Riches - Kool G.
Rap & DJ Polo 193. Superstar - Lupe Fiasco 194. Straighten It Out - Pete Rock & CL Smooth 195. Get By - Talib Kweli 196.
Gravel Pit - Wu-Tang Clan 197. Low - Flo Rida (feat. Space Age Pimpin' - Eightball & MJG 199. Chief Rocka - Lords of the Underground 200. Let's Talk About Sex - Salt N Pepa.
Contents.Release and reception The Message was released in October 1982. It was the only album released while the group's original line-up was together. The album charted at number 53 in the United States and at number 77 in the United Kingdom. It was ranked as the 21st best album of 1982 in 's list for the critics' poll. In (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'.In a retrospective review, '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., writing in (2004), gave its 2002 British reissue four out of five stars and cited ' 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.'
Also gave it four stars in his (2006). Mark Richardson from said The Message featured 'two absolutely essential songs'—the title track and 'Scorpio,' which he dubbed 'the greatest early track.' However, he felt the rest of the songs were inferior and gave the album a score of 6.4 out of 10. The album was also included in the book. Track listing No.TitleComposer(s)Length1.' She's Fresh'Milton Edwards, Bobbie Knight4:572.'
It's Nasty',4:193.' Scorpio'Melvin Glover, Nathaniel Glover Jr, Eddie Morris, Keith Wiggins, Guy Williams4:554.'
It's a Shame (Mt. Airy Groove)',4:575.'
Dreamin'Melvin Glover, Nathaniel Glover Jr, Gary Henry, Eddie Morris, Keith Wiggins, Guy Williams5:476.' You Are'Gary Henry4:517.' 'Clifton Chase, Melvin Glover, Sylvia Robinson7:121982 UK LP / 2002 European CD reissueNo.TitleComposer(s)Length8.' 'Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover, Gabrielle Jackson, Jiggs Chase, Gwendolyn Chisolm, Cheryl Cook, Michael Wright, Guy O'Brien, John Richard Deacon, Joseph Saddler, Angela Brown7:062010 expanded editionNo.TitleComposer(s)Length8.' Message II (Survival)'Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover6:469.'
New York, New York'Sylvia Robinson, Edward G Fletcher, Reginald Lamar Griffin, Melvin Glover7:1910.' The Adventures of Grandmaster Himself'Unknown - see '2010 Expanded Edition' notes5:4511.' The Message (Instrumental Version)'Edward G Fletcher, Clifton Chase, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover7:112019 Record Store Day blue double vinyl expanded editionNo.TitleComposer(s)Length8.' The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel', Gabrielle Jackson, Gwendolyn Chisolm, Cheryl Cook, Michael Wright, Guy O'Brien, John Richard Deacon, Joseph Saddler, Angela Brown7:069.'
The Message (Instrumental Version)'Edward G Fletcher,7:0810.' New York, New York', Edward G Fletcher, Reginald Lamar Griffin,7:2511.' Message II (Survival)',6:4612.'
The Birthday Party',8:1913.' Freedom (Instrumental Version)'8:13Sample credits. 'She's Fresh' contains samples from 'It's Just Begun' by and 'The Lovomaniacs' by Boobie Knight. 'It's Nasty' contains samples from ' by.
'It's a Shame' contains samples from 'Mt. ^, p. 619. ^, p. 341. (February 22, 1983).
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