Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message

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Label:	Sugar Hill Records – SH 268
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Oct 1982
Genre:	Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style:	Electro

Tracklist

A1	She's Fresh Written-By – Boobie Knight, Milton Edwards	4:56
A2	It's Nasty Written-By – Tom Tom Club	4:15
A3	Scorpio Written-By – Coffey*	5:10
A4	It's A Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) Written By – Wonder, Garret, Wright, Harmoni, Lloyd & Napoleon	4:58
B1	Dreamin' Written-By – Furious Five*	5:45
B2	You Are Written-By – Gary Henry	4:49
B3	The Message Written By – E. Fletcher, M. Glover, S. Robinson & J. Chase	7:11

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Sweet Mountain Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
Published By – Julio-Brian Music
Published By – Metered Music, Inc.
Published By – Interior Music (2)
Published By – Jobete
Published By – G & W Publishing Corp.
Published By – Outernational Publ. Co.
Published By – Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound

Credits

Bass – Doug Wimbish
Brass – Chops Horn Section*
Concept By – Sylvia Robinson
Design [Album], Artwork [Production] – AQ Graphics, Inc.
Drums – Keith Leblance*
Engineer – Nina Rhodes, Steve Jerome
Guitar – Skip McDonald
Keyboards – Dwain Mitchell, Gary Henry
Mixed By – Jiggs Chase*, Steve Jerome, Sylvia*
Percussion – Ed Fletcher
Photography By – Hemu Aggarwal
Producer – Jiggsaw Productions*, Sylvia Inc.
Synthesizer [Prophet] – Jiggs*, Reggie Griffin, Sylvia*

Notes

Special thanks to:
The creator God, our parents, Mrs. Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Stevie Wonder, Rick & Tina, Sugar Ray Leonard and Mohammed Ali for
giving us the fighting spirit and to all our dedicated fans plus the talented
musicians who worked with us. Extra special thanks to all the ladies.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

℗ © 1982 Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
96 West St., Englewood, N.J. 07631

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1, A3, B1 to B3): BMI
Rights Society (A2, A4): ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): VID 326-A 19
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): VID 326-B 19
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): M-2 VID-326-A STERLING Jack
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): VID-327-B STERLING

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Message (LP, Album)	PRT	RCS 972	UK	1982
Recently Edited	The Message (LP, Album)	Sugar Hill Records, Vogue	540040	France	1982
Recently Edited	The Message (LP, Album, Stereo)	Sugar Hill Records, Sugar Hill Records	6.25362, 6.25362 AO	Germany	1982
	The Message (LP, Album)	Sugar Hill Records	SHLP 1007	UK	1982
	The Message (LP, Album)	Sound Of Scandinavia, Sound Of Scandinavia	SOSLP-079, SOSLP 079	Scandinavia	1982

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Reviews

bagmagtag Jun 1, 2020
One of my favourite rap albums of all time. I've always wondered why there are seven people on the cover. Does anyone know who the seventh member is?
Duuurrk Nov 30, 2015
Edited 8 years ago
Aguably the best song in hip hop history with "The Message".
DougieBoomBoom Feb 5, 2005
Edited 18 years ago
An important release for hip hop as well as electro. Although it is a culmination of some of their singles, released before this, and some new stuff it is so important. When was the last time you heard an album that had a song as good as "the Message" and then a song as good as "Scorpio"(remember this is 1982)? ....I thought so.