Grandmaster Flash (aka Joseph Saddler) was born in Barbados on New Years day in 1958. His family moved to the Bronx in New York & to this day Flash still resides in the South Bronx.
He became involved in the earliest New York hip-hop scene, attending parties set up by other hip-hop dons like Kool Herc and quickly established himself as a pioneer of this culture developing a number of DJ’ing techniques.
Flash formed a group with five fellow MCs called Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five which included DJ Flash, Cowboy, Melle Mel (a.k.a. Melvin Glover), his brother Nathaniel (Kid Creole), Duke Bootee (Ed Fletcher), and Kurtis Blow.
This year (2007) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , becoming the first hip hop/rap artists to do so.
From the old school here is the full length version of “We rap more mellow” by the Younger Generation (aka Grandmaster Flash) released in 1979 on Brass Records.
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1 ced // Sep 4, 2007 at 12:04 pm
very good , thank’s
2 dom // Sep 4, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Cheers Ced, you might be interested in the recent CD only release “Supafunkanova — Badass Funk Classics From The Disco Boogie Era”
It’s compiled By DJs Joey Negro & Sean P & features a Joey Negro re-edit of The Younger Generation.
3 Alfonso Serrano // Mar 31, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Grandmaster Flash had nothing to do with this record. I was one of three percussionist brought in by Terry lewis who produced the recording (I also happened to go to DeWitt Clinton High School with Terry.) The music is recorded live and the rappers were brought in also by Terry along with two other rappers named A.J. and Scorpio. A.J. and Scopio were together as a group and Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Mr. Ness and Rahim were the other group. A.J. came in with a big ego talking trash and acting as if he was the rapper extraordinaire. Scorpio who was with him was embarrassed by the way A.J. was acting. He attempted to record over the tracks that we laid down and he sucked so bad that he was not even used. The Furious Five were gentlemen and very humble when they got on the mike to do sound checks they began singing doo wop and they were good! They flowed through the recording perfectly with one take which shows that these rappers lived , ate and breathed together. Terry Lewis had us sign contracts with big expectations of touring excetera. The same day the recording was released it was on the radio. Well as with many up and coming musicians the producers Terry Lewis (not to be confused with the famous producer associated with Michael Jackson) took off with the profits. Such is life. If you think this is bull ask Melle Mel.
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