Grandmaster Flash 50 Year of Hip Hop - Full Performance

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  • Опубліковано 5 чер 2023
  • The Godfather of Hip Hop takes a ride down memory lane to the roots that created one of the most influential cultures and music of our time!
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  • @PioneerDJUSA
    @PioneerDJUSA  Рік тому +71

    Subscribe to our channel to catch more performances like this!

  • @sonsofthunder007
    @sonsofthunder007 Рік тому +318

    I don't think people get how epic this is, he is one of the cornerstones for hip hop music 😮

    • @r-test3668
      @r-test3668 Рік тому +5

      i kinda didnt...and looks like alot of the crowd didnt either

    • @SuperFlashDriver
      @SuperFlashDriver Рік тому +16

      @@r-test3668 That's because if many of the audience members were born in the 1990s or later, they probably and most likely didn't hear his music until way later in his afteryears of the golden age of DJaying from the 70s and 80s....So yeah, if you don't like his style that's fine, but he is an old school DJ that's still around to this very day.

    • @rashidgoins1059
      @rashidgoins1059 11 місяців тому +1

      Epic is absolutely correct.

    • @enegron6987
      @enegron6987 10 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely ✨

  • @Magmafire
    @Magmafire Рік тому +264

    I like how he organically includes storytelling. This is more than a music presentation. It's an interactive history lesson!

    • @PioneerDJUSA
      @PioneerDJUSA  Рік тому +24

      It was a unique way of walking back the history of Hip Hop!

  • @mbf6160
    @mbf6160 Рік тому +193

    This man should be a BILLIONAIRE!!! And the fact they took all his genius and don’t credit him like the properly should is INSANITY!!! Thank you sir for giving us such a gift and sharing you genius with the WORLD!!! 😎💪🏾

    • @hectorflores6677
      @hectorflores6677 11 місяців тому +5

      I agree 100%. That’s why I am also a DJ he inspired me.

  • @Prop909
    @Prop909 Рік тому +58

    This speech would make some great samples

    • @grey.fox.
      @grey.fox. Рік тому +11

      MY MOTHA WAS A SEAMSTRESS

  • @haraldpotterer162
    @haraldpotterer162 9 місяців тому +24

    When people talk about Hip Hop & it’s heroes, it‘s all about the Dre‘s , the 2Pac‘s , the Biggie‘s… I think the Hip Hop community should never forget what Kool Herc , Grandmaster Flash , Afrika Bambaata, Grandmaster Caz and so many others did for it! Give them the respect and their place in history that they deserve! They started at a time where they had nothing more than two turntables , a mixer and a mic. And look what they created!!!!
    Biggest respect from Germany to all the pioneers

  • @michaelbledsoe8255
    @michaelbledsoe8255 Рік тому +47

    they should make a movie about this man and his magic

    • @29dj17
      @29dj17 Рік тому +16

      “The Get Down”

  • @djshaqtheripper1
    @djshaqtheripper1 11 місяців тому +30

    Give this incredible DJ his flowers NOW PLSSS

  • @DJHardHittinHarry
    @DJHardHittinHarry Рік тому +125

    Thank you Grandmaster Flash for the inspiration. He is the one of the reasons why I became a DJ. I studied him and the way he killed the breaks. His record “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash” is a blueprint classic on wax. Much love and respect to the legend and thank you for your contribution to Hiphop culture. Salute to Pioneer for building and taking it Deejaying to higher heights.

  • @landryprichard6778
    @landryprichard6778 11 місяців тому +19

    22:04. The legendary sample that changed it all.

  • @thomasjohnsonjr4913
    @thomasjohnsonjr4913 Рік тому +81

    SEEING THIS VIDEO, SEEING & HEARING GRANDMASTER FLASH DO HIS THING ON THE TURNTABLES, PLAYING THOSE CLASSIC BREAKS, BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES & GAVE ME CHILLS, I'M 57 NOW & I ENJOY IT STILL TO THIS VERY DAY, REAL TALK!!!!!!!!

  • @nriqueog
    @nriqueog Рік тому +30

    I remember learning how to spin in 1984 in Diamond Bar CA. First thing my Mentor taught me was how to LISTEN to the whole song and what to look for in it. We used to spend HOURS every other Saturday going from record shop to record shop looking for new sounds. Then spend the rest of the evening listening and playing them, sometimes to 3 or 4 in the morning. Good times, Great memories.
    All because of THIS MAN...right here in this video.

  • @mariusztyl1832
    @mariusztyl1832 11 місяців тому +27

    IT ain't nothing like Hip Hop music, much respect Grandmaster 👏👊

  • @dagmonrabal7547
    @dagmonrabal7547 Рік тому +10

    IN THE BEGINNING THERES WAS LIGHT THEN CAME GRANDMASTER FLASH 🎉❤

  • @BlackmaninAmerica68
    @BlackmaninAmerica68 11 місяців тому +18

    Thank you Grandmaster Flash for telling our history and the Story of how it was. I was there in the Bronx with all my Brothers at Throggs Neck Projects and Bronx River Projects, !00 park and Block parties all over the Bronx i would remember the Lamp post and how we use to power up the amp and all the people having a ball . It was the best time in The Bronx. I also remember, giving out flyers Big battles of groups Funky four plus one more and Spoonie Gee and all the partying, It was amazing to watch the art of DJing. and How Grandmaster Flash do his thing I remember Harlem World Ball room and Disco Fever . Thank Grandmaster Flash. Moe from BX

  • @thenowschool
    @thenowschool 10 місяців тому +9

    "I dont care who's better...I'm first and first is for ever.' GMF you are a legend 4 EVER. Thank you.

  • @Jamesytdjv
    @Jamesytdjv 10 місяців тому +16

    HE IS THE REASON WHY YOU CAN DJ TODAY!!!

  • @koproductions8266
    @koproductions8266 Рік тому +66

    True godfather of hip hop, what a way to show the importance of preserving the culture, great watch

  • @nudirt1274
    @nudirt1274 Рік тому +29

    A history lesson, a masterclass, a demonstration and a time travel episode all in one

  • @deadISgawd
    @deadISgawd Рік тому +10

    THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDMASTER FLASH ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL ✊️🔥 two 1200's, a cross fader, and crates of vinyl. you must learn!

  • @djshineboy
    @djshineboy Рік тому +40

    Class is in session! These breaks are the building block of HipHop.

  • @virginiamoore3657
    @virginiamoore3657 10 місяців тому +18

    I've tears in my eyes for being overwhelmed with everything that was stated

  • @kkagri4462
    @kkagri4462 11 місяців тому +30

    The crowd DOESNT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.. #HipHopGreatness #NYC

  • @antoniodeleon360
    @antoniodeleon360 Рік тому +12

    Word word im a 70's child thank you for your unselfish contribution to hip hop

  • @uknyc9999
    @uknyc9999 11 місяців тому +24

    Grandmaster Flash Legend & thank you for 50 years of Hip Hop

  • @santiago-kq9nd
    @santiago-kq9nd 9 місяців тому +9

    I went to a James Brown concert at the age of 11. Saw Sade at 40. If I were to have been here it would have made my live music experience bucket 🪣 list 🙏🏼

  • @michaelpanagiotis7109
    @michaelpanagiotis7109 10 місяців тому +4

    Before GrandMasterFLash , there was -
    COOL HERC ! ! ! 1973 Summer party on Sedgwick Avenue in the BoogieDownBronx .

  • @Tooscho
    @Tooscho 10 місяців тому +20

    Goosebumps with every beat, sample and scratch

  • @castlejrichardson6308
    @castlejrichardson6308 10 місяців тому +11

    GRANDMASTER FLASH STILL A STRAIGHT UP WIZARD 📀🎧💓🎵🎼🎶💓📀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑🔊🔊

  • @DjRadikal
    @DjRadikal Рік тому +42

    Absolute L-E-G-E-N-D! Thank you for blessing the world with your gift! Respect!

  • @00wrongun
    @00wrongun Рік тому +12

    I'm 50 this month, and love 70's, 80's and 90's hip hop 🏅

  • @benji.B-side
    @benji.B-side Рік тому +25

    As an old school B-Boy, to then become a DJ, this man influenced my life as a kid and is still an influence now. My life went in a wonderful direction because of Flash and other musical legends, in the old school days. I salute them all and thank them so much for awakening my creative side. Flash is an original, a creative genius, a man of heart and soul, a proper legend!

  • @homeydman7026
    @homeydman7026 10 місяців тому +3

    Word Nuttin Like the 70's Scratching & Mixing

  • @ignacioolivierivalentin862
    @ignacioolivierivalentin862 10 місяців тому +10

    I remember back in the day when he threw street party jams all over Da Bronx. Long live Grandmaster Flash. The only one and the original. No one comes close. This video takes me back to the early glory days of just having fun and just grooving to his classic jamming and scratching. He did it with the old equipment which was harder than what is being used now. Technics SLB 1 series belt drive decks. But he continued to evolve into different models from my understanding. He hasn't lost his touch which is incredible.

  • @anthonytaylor2902
    @anthonytaylor2902 Рік тому +35

    Grandmaster flash is the best, much respect 🫡

  • @virginiamoore3657
    @virginiamoore3657 10 місяців тому +10

    You'll forever be the best GRAND MASTER FLASH ❤❤❤❤

  • @melvainlegent6764
    @melvainlegent6764 10 місяців тому +6

    This a true legend

  • @5oultronic
    @5oultronic 10 місяців тому +3

    One o' the Guvernors ! No Doubt - PIONEER

  • @dr.j.kelley1164
    @dr.j.kelley1164 10 місяців тому +8

    This was literally the dopest show for hip hop ever hands down shit was a whole 8 hour shift of history ong shit was so dope to go down memory lane with all the legends and pioneers shit was a blessing to see

  • @markkpardue8597
    @markkpardue8597 8 місяців тому +10

    this needs to go viral! what a legend!! I hope his story is recorded, The Godfather!!! Watching the wave file and fader is Amazing!!! 99% of DJs premix this and fake it! this was live and Awesome! Grandmaster for sure Flash!! 🔥🔥🔥 GRANDMASTER LEGEND!!

  • @donniefarrior4725
    @donniefarrior4725 10 місяців тому +3

    The GOAT....ALWAYS ROCKED THE BRONX.....

  • @simplybristol
    @simplybristol 11 місяців тому +16

    So down to earth, slick on the turntables and the creator of the slip mat too 🤩🙏🔈🎶

  • @davidsalinas5712
    @davidsalinas5712 11 місяців тому +43

    We're lucky we still have him! Great historic presentation!! Blessings and thanks for your contribution to music!

  • @ChritsianBucic
    @ChritsianBucic 10 місяців тому +4

    Too cool, I remember those times, for me 1984! 🙌🏻 Happy 50th!

  • @shawn4ever77
    @shawn4ever77 10 місяців тому +8

    Shout out to grandmaster flash the seamstrer of hip-hop 🏆 Jam Master Jay would have been so happy to be at these events I thought of him during the set

  • @humphreysmith3273
    @humphreysmith3273 Рік тому +16

    Honorable Grand Master,
    Blessings 🙌 and Honor be upon you. As a 63 year old, who was raised in downtown Brooklyn, I was blessed to have had your music to enjoy for all of my life.
    Even better for me, was meeting you about 20 years ago at the Bay Shore Home Depot. You came in a few times with questions about windows and doors. What impressed me the most was your humble demeanor. You are truly a genuine human being. You shared a story of how you had been to visit several NY State prisons to encourage the inmates. Brother, you have touched a lot of lives in so many ways. Although your instrument was the Technics 1200 Mk. 2, your real instrument was the heart you carry inside you.
    May God / Allah always bless 🙌 you, in the same way that you have blessed so many others.
    Bismillah
    Rabil Alamin!!!!

  • @kennywilliams7142
    @kennywilliams7142 10 місяців тому +5

    Man I loved this it brought back so many memories!!! We used to drive from Queens to the Bronx to listen to Flash and the Five… I was jumping out my seat grooving to the beat. Walking to the parks to hear the DJ’s and MC’c do their thing.. Like he said it was a great time, if you’ve never experienced it you missed out on the birth of hip hop…

  • @larenztroops
    @larenztroops 10 місяців тому +16

    Salute ! Sir Grandmaster Flash Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing me how to enjoy music. Happy 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop!

  • @13_13k
    @13_13k Рік тому +43

    Thanks for making this video.
    G.M.F. is the man who changed music forever.
    All DJs owe G.M.F. for opening the world and minds to the mixing and scratching game, the beats, the breaks, the blends.

  • @andreavianas7247
    @andreavianas7247 10 місяців тому +7

    🎉🎉Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to HipHop!!!! Hip Hop Encounter online Mag.Salutes All Legend Deejays and M.C's.we did that!!!Boogie down Bronx ,baby!!!! I was to raise in the era . And you know that. WORD!!

  • @mzvee718
    @mzvee718 11 місяців тому +11

    STRAIGHT JEWELS !!!❤

  • @djpvma
    @djpvma 10 місяців тому +18

    Phenomenal performance. What a pioneer! 🔥

  • @powersquadentertainment8172
    @powersquadentertainment8172 9 місяців тому +5

    Flash is a professor! So articulate and grabs your full attention.

  • @KR8TZ
    @KR8TZ 10 місяців тому +3

    Now this is Cuttin & Scratchin!! We had phenominal music growning up!!

  • @karl5965
    @karl5965 10 місяців тому +3

    The Great & The Most Important DJ Of All Time.

  • @BoomDocs14K
    @BoomDocs14K Рік тому +42

    I have much respect for GMF as an old school DJ myself. He started in the 70s and I started in the mid 80s. No doubt he had major influence in the DJ culture. Some of his claims have been debated when it comes to being the creator of certain things. However, everybody has a story to tell, so he has the right to tell his. Either way you slice it, GMF deserves respect for the work he put into the DJ culture! #slaute

    • @thrdwrld3
      @thrdwrld3 Рік тому +1

      Well said....very diplomatic!

  • @ultrapredatorr
    @ultrapredatorr 11 місяців тому +2

    @pioneer DJ USA I miss my set up.

  • @djvegas1477
    @djvegas1477 10 місяців тому +4

    🙏🏾THANK YOU GRAND MASTER FLASH 🎶🫵🏾🎧Dj Vegas/Compton Rest In Peace 🕊️Mix Master Spade ♠️ The Compton Legend Who Bought It From The East Coast To The West Coast. Hip Hop Forever ✊🏾🎧

  • @yannicrohrbach
    @yannicrohrbach 9 місяців тому +5

    The Grandmaster still got it, absolute legend. Thank you sir

  • @OgDj2024
    @OgDj2024 Рік тому +9

    The man who started it all! 👍🏾

  • @freeradical6390
    @freeradical6390 11 місяців тому +6

    This man changed the Universe!

  • @user-eb7qu9yz3j
    @user-eb7qu9yz3j 11 місяців тому +3

    When you got the gift,you become a Legend.And you are.

  • @wbsaproductions6537
    @wbsaproductions6537 10 місяців тому +3

    GMF here’s your FLOWERS SIR…. Love you Brotha. Thank You for all you’ve done and Continue to do. Bro Really needs a tour.. OUTSTANDING

  • @johnryder557
    @johnryder557 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks Grandmaster

  • @sheldonhchambliss1385
    @sheldonhchambliss1385 11 місяців тому +2

    50 yrs thank god

  • @clintonneuhaus1818
    @clintonneuhaus1818 10 місяців тому +6

    What an incredible story. This man changed our world. What a blessing to get the narrative straight from the horse's mouth.

  • @andrewjones2133
    @andrewjones2133 10 місяців тому +3

    RESPECT ✊🏾

  • @Brhudsonjr
    @Brhudsonjr 10 місяців тому +3

    A legend all day!!

  • @lamonttoller8296
    @lamonttoller8296 Рік тому +8

    Class is in session from the inventor Grandmaster Flash.

  • @zazz69ed
    @zazz69ed Рік тому +8

    Flash is a number of things to many people.. The fact he is still kicking it is fire.. Never stop doing what you enjoy and pass the knowledge down to other generations.. I still have some pioneer turntables in storage that need needles... Too bad they so expensive now or I might pull them out and show the grandkids what's up LOL Doing it ole skool with out all the cross over effects and computer and midi stuff with a push of a button... Put the work in the way it used to be.. DJ's today do not understand the limitations and creativity this man and other had to do to get what they wanted. no dj programs.. no digital anything.. like that song said two turntables and a microphone... LOL You had to change and set the next record while on the fly ..no pushing a button or loading a pre programed beat.. Be well and peace... I thank Flash for all the years of enjoyment and the history lesson he is passing down right now... Best quote ever.. "Music has no Color." Remember that people.....

  • @lustforlow-end6022
    @lustforlow-end6022 18 днів тому

    Flash in top form, killing’ it as usual!
    “Grandmaster Flash is the reason that all us dj’s are doing what we’re doing”
    - Grand Wizard Theodore

  • @propane718
    @propane718 Рік тому +4

    Him and preemo are going to tear central park apart!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @betamax1091
    @betamax1091 5 місяців тому +1

    My god I would’ve loved to be in the audience. This is as much a history lesson, and music history lesson, as it is about DJ’ing and the evolution of hip hop.

  • @larenztroops
    @larenztroops 10 місяців тому +6

    Maximum Respect to Sir Grandmaster Flash ! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showing me how to enjoy music. Happy 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop!

  • @dralasmix
    @dralasmix 7 місяців тому +1

    Grandmaster Flash Gracias. Saludos desde Colombia...

  • @abrahammitchell5599
    @abrahammitchell5599 10 місяців тому +3

    Grand Master flash 🎉 The old School rules don't forget that.#1🎉

  • @jacoleighwessels3104
    @jacoleighwessels3104 Рік тому +4

    GM⚡️will go down in the history books as grandfather of sampled music and creator of the slipmat, that piece of material revolutionised how the turntable is used.

  • @Axiom-ug3js
    @Axiom-ug3js 10 місяців тому +1

    Truuuue we went from using paper, slim cardboards, etc to scratch like GMF using cheap turntables/stereo combo, PL L800s all the way to the epic MK2 after school and weekend garage parties. As a kid I always wanted to meet him as he was part of an era that inspired us to love music in a wild way. God bless the Grand Master and thank you for all!

  • @nilsasantiago4590
    @nilsasantiago4590 10 місяців тому +3

    A true legend.

  • @skollittie
    @skollittie Рік тому +5

    GMF the world salutes you can't imagine hip-hop without you. The godfather is in the house!

  • @DaisyAnnabelle65
    @DaisyAnnabelle65 10 місяців тому +6

    AMAZING! ❤️ Great presentation by a genius and humble human, Grandmaster Flash.

  • @jamesfaircloth8588
    @jamesfaircloth8588 11 місяців тому +4

    Such a big hip hop legend and its always nice seeing and hearing the real roots vinyl djing like the saying.what is a dj if he cant scratch so true big respect grandmaster flash 👍

  • @MeMyHustleN-I
    @MeMyHustleN-I Рік тому +4

    My big brother Joe! Taught me how to back spin on Good Times by Chic. And now my younger brother. Ali Shaheed Muhammad, is a legend because of this man! We used to have battles at my father's house and Flowers was always dropping in!

    • @NONcorrupt
      @NONcorrupt 11 місяців тому

      I bought Ali Shared Mohammad's 1st solo CD off Penalty Records I think . He had like 5 joints on there that I listen to back , to back to back to back. Imma Huge fan of him. Production for Mos Def & DeAngelo & Lucy Pearl PHENOMINAL

  • @coachcosio8401
    @coachcosio8401 Рік тому +4

    Girls Love The Way He Spins!!!!! Viva GMF!!!!

  • @redelfpickleballfundamentals
    @redelfpickleballfundamentals 10 місяців тому +1

    DJ Qbert was special mention at the end of the talk. Hip hop Filipino pride, yo!

  • @coolpoete
    @coolpoete Рік тому +4

    You gon' learn you something TaDay!!!

  • @Wezy5151
    @Wezy5151 10 місяців тому +3

    🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯🖤✔️50yrs of Hip-hop y'all rocked the house.

  • @TyghtWayzTv
    @TyghtWayzTv 10 місяців тому +3

    🫡The godfather of hiphop 🤘🏾🎤…blessings to see GMF on the stage 💯❤️🎊💿

  • @ricob948
    @ricob948 10 місяців тому +3

    The Master oh my God your music will live on for Ever Grand Master Flash thank you so much creativity

  • @jhabarretto9697
    @jhabarretto9697 11 місяців тому +1

    Flash you took me home big bro, Soundview av Crew from the late 70s.

  • @jordanwright4038
    @jordanwright4038 10 місяців тому +1

    Grandmaster flash excellent dj him and Kool herc and dj red alert. I remember when he was in dj hero tutorial

  • @marcthompson4661
    @marcthompson4661 Рік тому +13

    Salute GrandmasterFlash!!!Thank You✊🏾

  • @RollerSkatinActor
    @RollerSkatinActor 10 місяців тому +1

    This 57 yr old White man is externally grateful to GMF, the Furious Five, and to the genera we had a front row seat. Let hit the roller skating rink or the dance floor, I'm still highly proficient at both!

  • @allbrown401
    @allbrown401 9 місяців тому +1

    MAJOR SALUTE TO THE GREAT GRAND MASTER FLASH,,HE THE REASON I STARTED CUTTIN WHEN I WAS 14,,WHEN I HEARD THE ADVENTURES OF FLASH I WAS IN WOW,,,SALUTE

  • @crisdimarco
    @crisdimarco Рік тому +5

    Hat off. let us all bow before this living legend. immense respect.

  • @Skiridr22
    @Skiridr22 9 місяців тому +2

    The Grandfather/Grandmaster of Hip Hop, this got me so hype remembering hearing Hip Hop for the first time as a kid it was Dana Dane, Slick Rick an the human beatbox himself 😊

  • @biggman5050
    @biggman5050 5 місяців тому

    I grew up in the South Bronx NY area following Grandmaster Flash he came to the square at Mott Haven projects all the time I could never forget this people was B-boy dancing and Break dancing OMG it was the best of times you had to be there 😄😄😄

  • @jimmyjaymonte9611
    @jimmyjaymonte9611 Рік тому +2

    I got lucky and came across this on a regular Sunday night!!😃👍🏽👍🏽

  • @precisionsoundworksstudio
    @precisionsoundworksstudio Рік тому +6

    What an amazing artist and fantastic storyteller! This video is a classic. Just WOW! Thank you Grandmaster Flash, and Pioneer!

  • @morsteen
    @morsteen Місяць тому

    I'm a metalhead through and through,...but before I found metal, I knew about early hip-hop. All the stalwarts, including this guy. What an incredible set he just ripped through. To hear the intro to LL's BAD, and that it's from a funky ass soundtrack!? BADASS shit. Commodores!? BADASS shit. His storytelling was a very nice touch. "If it had a drum break, it was hip-hop!" Hell yeah man. I love this guy.