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The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
on Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five Greatest Hits

Featuring

Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

Producers

Jigsaw Productions & Sylvia Robinson
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it… Read More
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The Message Samples

The Message Samples

Superappin’
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1979)
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Songs That Sample The Message

Dress Code
WC and the MAAD Circle (1991)
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Dress Code (Remix)
WC and the MAAD Circle (1991)
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Back 2 Back, Pt. 2
Tay B, FMB DZ (2017)
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The Message Interpolations

Superappin’
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1979)
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Songs That Interpolate The Message

Like a Jungle
C-Murder, Mo B. Dick (1999)
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Players
Coi Leray (2022)
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12/04/15: Oxxxymiron vs. Johnyboy
Versus Battle, Oxxxymiron, Johnyboy (2015)
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The Message Covers

Don’t Push Me
Chalice (JAM) (1983)
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The Message Remixes

Jocks Rap (The Passage) (12" version)
The Evasions (1982)
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Jocks Rap (The Passage) (alternate version)
The Evasions
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Jocks Rap (The Passage)
The Evasions (1982)
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The Message Translations

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message ft. Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee (Русский перевод)
Genius Russian Translations (Русский перевод) (1982)
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message (ft. Duke Bootee & Melle Mel) (Traduction Française)
Genius traductions françaises
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