That last verse is absolutely powerful!! Everything about this song is still relevant today!!! Absolutely one of the greatest rap songs of all time!! One of the greatest rap groups ever!!
It didn't matter your age, you knew this song. Played in roller rinks, clubs, sidewalk dancers, radio. As a kid, of course I didn't understand the gravity of the Message. And the hook is infectious.
The social commentary on this track is phenomenal ! This is the greatest rap song of all time for me ! As a middle class white boy from England this gave me more insight into the real world and not we were fed through the tv over here and the next day I wrote my first rap about school !
This wasn't the first Rap song but it was the first "message" Rap song. Before this Rap songs were mostly party tunes. This era of Rap had break dancing. This song was a big influence on Public Enemy and others. This was a transitional song for the genre when Rap got more serious.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are one of the pioneers of rap/hip hop! This was an instant hit when it was released in 1982! It was at raw look a ghetto life! ❤❤
I can’t believe y’all never heard this before. I was born in 66 right outside of NYC. I remember when this dropped. I remember the beginnings of Hip Hop. Shout out to Englewood, NJ and the Tri State area🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was born in the Bronx and I remember when this song came out first run. He perfectly described what it was like in the Bronx back then in '81. It's still one of my favorites.
As a white boy growing up I'd heard proto- hip hop in my neighborhood. I'm fairly certain I'd heard Rapper's Delight before The Message, but The Message was *the* crossover song that got played in every club. When this hit I was new to my "going out to clubs" young adult phase and The Message was played everywhere. First Avenue was playing it every club night. To many of us it was an absolute new sound and, man, was it invigorating!
LMFAO, I love you 2, but I can't believe that I, a 53 year old white man, born in Texas, moved to Alaska before I was 1, ended up in Omaha Nebraska, have known this song since it came out. Props to my crazy parents letting listen and watch whatever I wanted! Honestly, I do love you 2. Respect and heart. Keep up the great work!
So you was a teenager when this came out. Although White radio stations didn’t play it, a lot of people played it in their cars everywhere so it’s no shock you known the song since it came out. Sad these youngsters parents didn’t play these jams for them growing up.
@@straightupwrestlingshow8058 "white radio". ? Was that the color of your radio? I remember this song getting a lot of air play!!! Regardless of where you lived!
@@Sunny-jz3dy It didn’t get mainstream radio play. White Radio and a lot of Black Radio stations didn’t play it. Rap music was shunned back then in certain parts of the country. This song was powered by the underground for the most part. WHYZ the black station in my area would only play the instrumental.
I was about 23 years old in 1982 when this song came out and it was playing EVERYWHERE!! The local radio stations, the clubs, people's homes - EVERYWHERE!! I had just viewed your reaction last night and 10 minutes later Grandmaster Flash was on The Masked Singer dressed as a polar bear and everyone including myself was so excited!!
I was nine when it came out. And then we visited New York in 1984. My aunt had an apartment in Queens across the street from a studio where you could see break-dancers. On the first night there, someone stole the TV from the room we were sleeping in. I saw those roaches and rats, too. I was close to the edge.
1. Ice Cube and Das EFX also used this beat in '92 for Check Yourself 2. This was done in 1982 and was the first to let people know what is happening in inner city areas 3.They followed that the following year with New York, New York (big city of dreams)
The last verse is among the greatest lyrics of all time…in ANY genre. There are a number of other songs from this era that are in the same vein. GMF&TF5 - NEW YORK NEW YORK, FEARLESS FOUR - PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD (TODAY), JIMMY “SUPERRHYMES” SPICER - MONEY (DOLLAR BILL YA’’LL), KURTIS BLOW - THE BREAKS
I'm a 52 year old white woman and you should see people's faces when I break out a verse from Grandmaster Flash. This was my first music purchase as a kid and I wore that cassette out in my walkman, lmao
I'm now in my 60s & saw Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five with Melle Mel back in the '80s at the local university .... and they were just amazing! I just loved The Message & White Lines - and they remain one if the best live performances I've seen ❤️
I'd be willing to say that this is one of, if not THE first, rap song most of America really heard... Hugely popular, big play on radio... VERY early 80s...
So glad you did this. Such a powerful and classic song! And yes, Mel, this is the genesis of modern rap and hip-hop. Of course, most acts these days talk about themselves and how great they are as opposed to important things like this.
This was not the First Rap song or Record... The Truth about the Song is that it was a Poem that wasn't written by the members of the Group; but their performance of the lyrics made it come alive to Millions...
Yes Yes Yes. This is the timeless rap monster icon hit that brought the plight of forgotten America to the masses. Video was filmed in New York City NY. This is how the City looked in the 80s. To my knowledge this is the ONLY rap song that's in the Lib=ry of Congress. You can correct me if I'm wrong. From 1982. This song MADE America realize you cannot ignore inner-city Residents and the growing social problems. Up until this rap had been about fun and Partying. This song made reality come to a lot of uninformed and those who chose to close their eyes. To this day it's considered the Blue Print for Social conscience Rap.
Massive Massive old skool classic ...... bought this the day it was released in the UK. I'm super surprised you haven't heard this before ! Glad you got into it 🙌
Very powerfull song and the lyrics from ´a child is born with no state of mind' till the end are so strong/deep/sad like no other... Loved your sincere reaction
The " A child is born with no state of mind" verse by melle mel, is the greatest, most timeless verse, about trying to navigate the ghetto, and survive as a poor person ever written. 💯 Timeless.
Summer of 82', my wife and I were on vacay in NYC and this song was BLOWIN' UP !!! Boom boxes and breakers, 3 card Monte games hustlin' on the corners. Rockin' at the club all night. Great time to be alive.
Am laughing, because the expression on his face when the song is playing, got me Rolling! Your husband is to funny! Gotta love it, keep up the good work,
hank you guys that last verse is one of the greatest verses in hip-hop history I get chills when he says " it was plain to see where your life was lost you were cold as your body swing back and forth" Wow you got a new subscriber amazing how they can paint a picture this was 1980 and its still relevant and you can still see what he is saying
The Message came out in 1982. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 were the first Hip-Hop group to use storytelling in their music. Not since Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holla) that this song had painted a picture of ghetto life. That's why The Message was powerful, and still is.
Fun Fact: @3:59 when he does that huh, huh, huh, huh sound, inspired Phil Collins of Genesis to use/make a similar sound in their song MAMA just a short time after this in 1983…
One of the first to bring consciousness into rap. Before the RZA and the Wu Tang Clan, there was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Flash was the DJ and creator of the group, Grandmaster Melle Mel was the face of the group and the voice throughout the song. This song was sample a lot, but most famously by Ice Cube with Check Yo Self and then years later by Puffy.
@@barrytime-sprout8797Duke wrote the majority of the song in his Mom's basement in New Jersey. He said it seemed as if every car that went by someone would throw bottles out the windows and he could hear the glass break. Whenever he looked out, he'd always see someone relieving themselves openly in the streets. He wrote the first 4 verses and pushed it to Flash, but Melle Mel only wanted to do party raps. They finally got him to do it, so he did the first 2 verses and ended them with his classic growl and "Ah-huh-huh-huh-huh". Duke did the next 2 verses (3&4), with his more mellow voice and Melle Mel closed it out with the final verse, that he wrote himself. Duke aka Eric Fletcher played all the instruments on the track except the guitar
This rap song was classic masterpiece of the 80's. I like when they tell their story about they were struggle to live in their home. I might be young but I appreciate their song. 😊
This came out in 1982. They were one of the first one's to rap about reality in the street. I was in the 6th grade living in OKC so this was really an eye opener as I continue to live. Rap was considered a fad that wouldn't last. This is still going on and it's sad to see what has become of rap.
My all favorite rap song I NEVER experienced this life but the message is deep .I'm so saddened that this Unfortunately is still happening in our community
This album is a must hear, still have the cassette that i took everywhere and listened to all the time. These guys were the predecessors for groups like Public Enemy in terms of what the lyrics were trying to convey in terms of social commentary
This song was released in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. I think the members were Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Keef Cowboy, Scorpio and Rahiem. One of the Best Rap Songs. That is why it is sampled so much....
Grandmaster Flash is the DJ of the group. The guy that did 2 verses (including the last) is Melle Mel. This song made me fall all the way in love with Hip Hop!
Check this out..for those that don't know: Talking about the most famous song by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, is that it wasn’t by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five at all. Grandmaster Flash himself had no participation in either the writing or recording of the single. In fact, the only one of The Furious Five members you hear on this song is Melle Mel...the other MC (and producer of the song) in this track is the legendary Duke Bootee (r.i.p.)
Original Rapping!! Man these guys are the epitome of rap. Story telling at its finest. Rapping was talking about what you saw everyday....not so much about glorifying, but, putting it in a lyrical message. When it originated, it was rappin' and tappin'.... The last verse on this classic is still one of the GREATEST rap verses in the history of rap (imo)!! Yeah...this is CLASSIC!! At he end he says, " Man we're Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five"...The Officer asks, " What is that? A gang"? smh..lol
The most influential hip hop song in history !
all day
I love old school rap. I was born in 1962 so this was really fresh when it came out and spoke the truth. The beat was absolutely incredible.
I was Born in 62 too
That last verse is absolutely powerful!! Everything about this song is still relevant today!!! Absolutely one of the greatest rap songs of all time!! One of the greatest rap groups ever!!
took you from birth to death in 24 bars
Tru
This is the Stairway to Heaven of Rap.
@@stevenjones71 WORD
It didn't matter your age, you knew this song. Played in roller rinks, clubs, sidewalk dancers, radio. As a kid, of course I didn't understand the gravity of the Message. And the hook is infectious.
The social commentary on this track is phenomenal !
This is the greatest rap song of all time for me !
As a middle class white boy from England this gave me more insight into the real world and not we were fed through the tv over here and the next day I wrote my first rap about school !
This wasn't the first Rap song but it was the first "message" Rap song. Before this Rap songs were mostly party tunes. This era of Rap had break dancing. This song was a big influence on Public Enemy and others. This was a transitional song for the genre when Rap got more serious.
Serious or degenerative?.
@@Tonyoh. Both
Some consider the song from blondie rap... cant quite remember the name but I think yall know what song I mean.
@@theagetraveler Rapture is the song. People say it was the first rap song but its not true. Rappers Delight from Sugarhill Gang came out first
@@MitchJohnson0110which also wasn’t the first rap song. It was the first song to go mainstream.
There were plenty of others in the 3ish yrs before.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are one of the pioneers of rap/hip hop! This was an instant hit when it was released in 1982! It was at raw look a ghetto life! ❤❤
I can’t believe y’all never heard this before. I was born in 66 right outside of NYC. I remember when this dropped. I remember the beginnings of Hip Hop. Shout out to Englewood, NJ and the Tri State area🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yes I was born in the Bronx in 64, moved to Englewood in 2014, eating @ a restaurant rn in Englewood watching Mel and Shawn.
@@raineyj560 Bronx same year! Remember when rap came out. We all laughed at it! The DJ braggadocio was hilarious at the time!
I think they heard this before they’re not that young enough to at least heard it like other songs I felt they heard before
Same✌👍
@@MizJillylol yes the lyrics were funny but the message was on point. BX stand up!!!!! 😎
I was born in the Bronx and I remember when this song came out first run. He perfectly described what it was like in the Bronx back then in '81. It's still one of my favorites.
As a white boy growing up I'd heard proto- hip hop in my neighborhood. I'm fairly certain I'd heard Rapper's Delight before The Message, but The Message was *the* crossover song that got played in every club.
When this hit I was new to my "going out to clubs" young adult phase and The Message was played everywhere. First Avenue was playing it every club night.
To many of us it was an absolute new sound and, man, was it invigorating!
No I think this was before "Rappers Delight" , the first recorded rap song though was "King Tim III" by Fatback Band.
@@bigb6046 No. "Rapper's Delight was first 1979. "The Message" was 1982.
@@raymondwoodard6779 Exactly right!
@@straightupwrestlingshow8058 Thanks
@@raymondwoodard6779 Yeah Rapper's Delight was definitely years before it.
LMFAO, I love you 2, but I can't believe that I, a 53 year old white man, born in Texas, moved to Alaska before I was 1, ended up in Omaha Nebraska, have known this song since it came out. Props to my crazy parents letting listen and watch whatever I wanted! Honestly, I do love you 2. Respect and heart. Keep up the great work!
Quite, 60 year old european this song spoke volumes to me at the time.
So you was a teenager when this came out. Although White radio stations didn’t play it, a lot of people played it in their cars everywhere so it’s no shock you known the song since it came out. Sad these youngsters parents didn’t play these jams for them growing up.
@@straightupwrestlingshow8058 "white radio". ? Was that the color of your radio? I remember this song getting a lot of air play!!! Regardless of where you lived!
@@Sunny-jz3dy It didn’t get mainstream radio play. White Radio and a lot of Black Radio stations didn’t play it. Rap music was shunned back then in certain parts of the country. This song was powered by the underground for the most part. WHYZ the black station in my area would only play the instrumental.
I was about 23 years old in 1982 when this song came out and it was playing EVERYWHERE!! The local radio stations, the clubs, people's homes - EVERYWHERE!! I had just viewed your reaction last night and 10 minutes later Grandmaster Flash was on The Masked Singer dressed as a polar bear and everyone including myself was so excited!!
I was nine when it came out. And then we visited New York in 1984. My aunt had an apartment in Queens across the street from a studio where you could see break-dancers. On the first night there, someone stole the TV from the room we were sleeping in. I saw those roaches and rats, too.
I was close to the edge.
Most iconic rap song of all time!
I grew up around the same things.Unlike a lot of rap artists today that glorify it they're just telling it like it is.Great reaction!
This is the OG stuff, where it all began… ♥️
1. Ice Cube and Das EFX also used this beat in '92 for Check Yourself
2. This was done in 1982 and was the first to let people know what is happening in inner city areas
3.They followed that the following year with New York, New York (big city of dreams)
Sadly this is what rap used to be about, telling the truth. Nowadays no one got The Message
This was 1982, I remember it well , people were taking about it, it slapped so many people awake to see what was going on in the ghetto…
The last verse is among the greatest lyrics of all time…in ANY genre. There are a number of other songs from this era that are in the same vein. GMF&TF5 - NEW YORK NEW YORK, FEARLESS FOUR - PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD (TODAY), JIMMY “SUPERRHYMES” SPICER - MONEY (DOLLAR BILL YA’’LL), KURTIS BLOW - THE BREAKS
A classic and still relevant today all over the world.
The reality of poor people all over the world, if you don't feel this tune..you must be half human..cheers from Uruguay., cherish The Message...
This was my favorite rap song when it came out. I was 10. Listened over and over, and can still recite it today!
I'm a 52 year old white woman and you should see people's faces when I break out a verse from Grandmaster Flash. This was my first music purchase as a kid and I wore that cassette out in my walkman, lmao
A forever classic! Much love fam!
I'm 53 and I remember when this came out, these lyrics are so true growing up in new haven Connecticut in the 80's bring back so many memories!
I'm a 55year old White man,I remember when this came out ✌️🤯 I love this song
I'm now in my 60s & saw Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five with Melle Mel back in the '80s at the local university .... and they were just amazing! I just loved The Message & White Lines - and they remain one if the best live performances I've seen ❤️
"If you don't know you better ask somebody" is what we used to say. This was The Message. Still deep today
Thats last verse is probably the realest rap ever🔥 Old school New York..
this song is pure legendary!! grow up to this song 15 years old when it came,still goosebombs..the best rap song ever!
This dropped in 82 and was so different from the party rap songs that were out at the time, this brought that hard hitting glimpse into the streets
I'd be willing to say that this is one of, if not THE first, rap song most of America really heard... Hugely popular, big play on radio... VERY early 80s...
Your reaction to that last verse was perfect. Love how you froze and just took.. literally.. the message. Gives you chills.
What a classic!
So glad you did this. Such a powerful and classic song! And yes, Mel, this is the genesis of modern rap and hip-hop. Of course, most acts these days talk about themselves and how great they are as opposed to important things like this.
The start , the middle, and the end just the best ever, born of pain and made into something wonderful 🔥
This was not the First Rap song or Record... The Truth about the Song is that it was a Poem that wasn't written by the members of the Group; but their performance of the lyrics made it come alive to Millions...
True, except for the final and most controversial verse. That was all Melle Mel and he scared the hell out of the radio stations when he did.
My mom had this cassette tape and played it all the time when I was a kid (I'm 42). Great song.
Yes Yes Yes. This is the timeless rap monster icon hit that brought the plight of forgotten America to the masses. Video was filmed in New York City NY. This is how the City looked in the 80s. To my knowledge this is the ONLY rap song that's in the Lib=ry of Congress. You can correct me if I'm wrong. From 1982. This song MADE America realize you cannot ignore inner-city Residents and the growing social problems. Up until this rap had been about fun and Partying. This song made reality come to a lot of uninformed and those who chose to close their eyes. To this day it's considered the Blue Print for Social conscience Rap.
Well, it made some of America realize you can't ignore inner city poverty, but plenty still don't care.
THIS is what we're trying to get back to TODAY in hip hop, SUBSTANCE in the music.. This will FOREVER be a classic!!
That’s Grandmaster Melle Mel rapping on this classic! This may still be the greatest hip hop song ever.
Absolutely the OG! ❤❤❤❤
I had this album
Thank you thank you for bringing my young years back was a huge fan of hip hop growing up to this and break dance!
Massive Massive old skool classic ...... bought this the day it was released in the UK. I'm super surprised you haven't heard this before ! Glad you got into it 🙌
Grandmaster Flash is actually the DJ. The group is the Furious Five. The two guys rapping are Melle Mel and Duke Bootee (R.I.P.)
Very powerfull song and the lyrics from ´a child is born with no state of mind' till the end are so strong/deep/sad like no other... Loved your sincere reaction
This was it!!! The original rap that got airplay. It will always be special !!!
Took me back to the old days! I grew up on this stuff. Grandmaster Flash, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow ...etc
The " A child is born with no state of mind" verse by melle mel, is the greatest, most timeless verse, about trying to navigate the ghetto, and survive as a poor person ever written. 💯 Timeless.
The greatest rap song of all time.
u just put tears in my eyes
🔥 Y'all shook! This song is timeless! TFS!!
Summer of 82', my wife and I were on vacay in NYC and this song was BLOWIN' UP !!! Boom boxes and breakers, 3 card Monte games hustlin' on the corners. Rockin' at the club all night. Great time to be alive.
back when rap had a message
This song is credited for being the first “hood” rap song, this song basically made history.
MOST ICONIC RAP SONG OF ALL TIME! Not greatest rap song;Most ICONIC!
Am laughing, because the expression on his face when the song is playing, got me Rolling! Your husband is to funny! Gotta love it, keep up the good work,
This Era, Rappers had a message (real or positive) and you understood what they were saying! Rappers today, I can't!!
Exactly!
hank you guys that last verse is one of the greatest verses in hip-hop history I get chills when he says " it was plain to see where your life was lost you were cold as your body swing back and forth" Wow you got a new subscriber amazing how they can paint a picture this was 1980 and its still relevant and you can still see what he is saying
Melle Mel was the first rapper I ever paid attention to. One of the greatest voices to ever exist and pound it out over a beat!
I’m an OG and I was in high school when this came out. America freaked out at how detailed and dope this is
Thank you for the opportunity to make the younger generations to know the Roots of Hip Hop! Puffy and Ice cube rappin over this beat on the 90's
The Message came out in 1982. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 were the first Hip-Hop group to use storytelling in their music. Not since Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holla) that this song had painted a picture of ghetto life. That's why The Message was powerful, and still is.
If you're going to look up Grandmaster Flash, also look up Melle Mel.
The Message was REAL Talk in my day and now
❤ Used to skate to this back in the early 80's✌
This was a great, great song. I haven't heard it in ages. Thanks for bringing it back to life for me.
I love this Rap song and heaps of old school Hip Hop. The Message was my first rap song as a little kid..It's pure gold!
This was one of the most impactful songs of the rap era.
Old school hip-hop this song Rock ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Guys I was a teenager when "The Message " came out. And 40 plus years later still relevant now as it was back then. Thank you.
Fun Fact: @3:59 when he does that huh, huh, huh, huh sound, inspired Phil Collins of Genesis to use/make a similar sound in their song MAMA just a short time after this in 1983…
This is what rap is supposed to sound like, the originals,I grew up knowing this is what rap supposed to sound like.love from Virginia
Beautifull. Just beautifull. So sour and funky. Always makes me cry
Great 👍 review ! Man this song from Grand Master takes me back to my teenage years back in 82 Great Memories 👍 👌 !
Powerful👏👏
Definitely delivered a message.
This song is still very relevant even today in 2023 seems we really haven't progressed very much as a society.
I turned 15 when this song dominated the airwaves during the Summer of 1982.
This masterpiece came in 1982.easily top 4 song ever.grandmaster flash and the furious 5 the message is a legendary song.word up son
I remember when this came out! Love this song! This was playing all the time!
One of the first to bring consciousness into rap. Before the RZA and the Wu Tang Clan, there was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Flash was the DJ and creator of the group, Grandmaster Melle Mel was the face of the group and the voice throughout the song. This song was sample a lot, but most famously by Ice Cube with Check Yo Self and then years later by Puffy.
@@barrytime-sprout8797Duke wrote the majority of the song in his Mom's basement in New Jersey. He said it seemed as if every car that went by someone would throw bottles out the windows and he could hear the glass break. Whenever he looked out, he'd always see someone relieving themselves openly in the streets. He wrote the first 4 verses and pushed it to Flash, but Melle Mel only wanted to do party raps. They finally got him to do it, so he did the first 2 verses and ended them with his classic growl and "Ah-huh-huh-huh-huh". Duke did the next 2 verses (3&4), with his more mellow voice and Melle Mel closed it out with the final verse, that he wrote himself. Duke aka Eric Fletcher played all the instruments on the track except the guitar
What a classic banger
Grandmaster Flash has an awesome doc. He invented a lot of DJ techniques including scratching.
This song is classic rap. The whole video was actually shot in South Bronx in NYC, 1982.
This rap song was classic masterpiece of the 80's. I like when they tell their story about they were struggle to live in their home. I might be young but I appreciate their song. 😊
This came out in 1982. They were one of the first one's to rap about reality in the street. I was in the 6th grade living in OKC so this was really an eye opener as I continue to live. Rap was considered a fad that wouldn't last. This is still going on and it's sad to see what has become of rap.
they the Godfathers.
Probably the most important hiphop/ Rap song ever. I was about 16 when it came out. Tripped me and my homeboys out
My all favorite rap song I NEVER experienced this life but the message is deep .I'm so saddened that this Unfortunately is still happening in our community
This album is a must hear, still have the cassette that i took everywhere and listened to all the time. These guys were the predecessors for groups like Public Enemy in terms of what the lyrics were trying to convey in terms of social commentary
This song was released in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. I think the members were Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Keef Cowboy, Scorpio and Rahiem. One of the Best Rap Songs. That is why it is sampled so much....
I'm 67 still know every word of this love it
this man is rap royalty ..
Your exactly right ! These are the originator’s !!!!
You two are looking so great. Love this band. I don't think anyone who grew up in the 80's did not know them. 👍👍
#1. Greatest hip hop song ever. First heard it when I was 11/12 years old. Forty years later and its stood the test of time. Still my #1.
70's child old school rap Grandmaster flash white lines another awesome tune best beats
Shawn & Mel, welcome to the real rap masters. Real 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love y’all
Grandmaster Flash is the DJ of the group. The guy that did 2 verses (including the last) is Melle Mel. This song made me fall all the way in love with Hip Hop!
Check this out..for those that don't know: Talking about the most famous song by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, is that it wasn’t by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five at all. Grandmaster Flash himself had no participation in either the writing or recording of the single. In fact, the only one of The Furious Five members you hear on this song is Melle Mel...the other MC (and producer of the song) in this track is the legendary Duke Bootee (r.i.p.)
Original Rapping!! Man these guys are the epitome of rap. Story telling at its finest. Rapping was talking about what you saw everyday....not so much about glorifying, but, putting it in a lyrical message. When it originated, it was rappin' and tappin'.... The last verse on this classic is still one of the GREATEST rap verses in the history of rap (imo)!! Yeah...this is CLASSIC!! At he end he says, " Man we're Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five"...The Officer asks, " What is that? A gang"? smh..lol
A song way before its time- such clever lyrics ,loved it when I was 19,im 58 now and still think its awesome 👌
No experience for me , Big love to you guys experiencing this growing up and turning out to be FANTASTIC humans👋👋👋👋