Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (METALHEAD REACTION TO HIP HOP)
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- Опубліковано 15 бер 2018
- Part 7! RDO (left) and Grimby (right), a couple of Canadian metalhead dudes giving a friendly review to a rap / hip-hop song as an homage to Lost in Vegas.
Please ask questions below and we''ll try and answer them in an upcoming Q&A video.
We're almost at an inch of head bobbing!!!
We're wearing them down!!! @Rudy Montejo
I'm into Metal and Hip hop and I couldn't believe how these guys couldn't groove to that BIG track 'Juicy".
almost there! hahahah
More 80s please
The Lob Mob 😂😂😂😂
This song is probably the first conscious hip hop song, meaning one of the first rap songs to include a meaningful "message" or social commentary.
For sure. Before this song, because rap came out of the disco scene in large, rap was mostly party/ feel-good music.
The first though is 'We Almost Lost Detroit'. It's not rap but it was a cornerstone of the beginning of rap
TheFantomofBlood If that's the case, you could consider "Get Up, Stand Up" a cornerstone of early conscious hip hop as well.
TheFantomofBlood Great song, one of my faves
Also the Last Poets need to be mentioned.
Maybe the most classic hiphop song of all time.
It is. But gangstas paradise is more known internationally
Death IRL, regrettably.
Rappers delight
@@CharminIsBallin You already know!✌
The last verse is one of the best in hip hop history, for reallllll
DEFINITELY. VERY POWERFUL
Grandmaster Flash to Hip-Hop is definitely what Black Sabbath is to Metal. BTW Grandmaster Flash is actually the DJ for the group. Love you guy's videos and glad you actually don't research the songs first so you give an honest real reaction, I like seeing how different music lovers react to different genres of music. Keep it up and ROCK ON!!!!!
let's not forget GRANDMASTER FLASH INVENTED THE CROSS FADER!!!!!!!!
Whoa, I had no idea that some of the black spades say he didn’t. There is that video where he explains how he wired together a pre listening system but I had no idea that folks were disputing the claim.
Krulle Bolski i know what a cue is, I own a proper mixer I was just saying that’s the only related video I could find. KRS was the one saying he invented it for the longest. Do a google search it comes up a lot. Good to know it isn’t true though. I just watched a few videos discrediting a few lies KRS told. Now I’m super curious who actually invented it
Krulle Bolski Grandmaster Flowers? LMAO you gave me good laugh bro. Autocorrect is an asshole sometimes.
Yeah that's true, there actually is a Grandmaster Flowers, and he pre-dates Flash.
Listen to Mos Def - Mathematics
Enrique9378 YES!!!!
Yoooooo. Another classic. That whole album is dope.
Enrique9378 yes please!!
Enrique9378 I'm just saying why y'all keep saying 90s political New York raps there's more to hip-hop
You're going to pick Mathematics over his other shit? You're buggin.
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me
Hell fucking yeah
Yess!!!
One of my all time favorite tracks. I remember relating to it so much when I was like 12-13yo; it really hooked me into enjoying and learning more about rap.
AT NIGHT I GO TO SLEEP I TOSS AND TURN
This
Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full is a staple in late 80s and an inspiration for a whole new generation of rappers of the 90s
Jimmy microphone fiend or any thing by Eric B and Rahkim
Follow the Leader. Rakim's verse about travelling through the universe on that joint is absolute brilliance.
Wow you guys are really working the classics. Love your videos.
TheRealBeatMaster Yeah they are making all the best choices
Some regrets not researching prior to recording, which is our typical process for fresh/honest reactions.
I should have mentioned Melle Mel somewhere, and the importance and significance of this track.
I'm sure you will help straighten it out in the comments, which honestly I appreciate.
Cheers all!
RealDeadOne please do Big Pun - You Ain't A Killah
Check out dance with the devil by immortal technique
Montana of 300 - busta rhymes
Busta rhymes- dangerous
Big l- let em have it
Kendrick lamar- rigomortus remix
MF DOOM- one beer
RealDeadOne also GZA - Breaker Breaker. The lyrics are cream of the crop.
could you react to tyler the creator's song, foreword?
Kendrick Lamar backseat freestyle , Alright , Tupac Brenda got baby, Unconditional love, so many tears , Joyner Lucia im not racist, or Kanye West All falls down and Black skin head.
Hip-Hop was created in 1974, the first hit was “Rapper’s delight” by the Sugarhill Gang, grandmasterflash exposed the world to the conscious part of what hip hop was on the underground level.
Rapper's Delight is 1979....produced by the Mother of Hip Hop Sylvia Robinson. She even co wrote this rap song Message too...
You are correct they are like the Black Sabbath of Hip-Hop
Nas used it as a forward monologue because NY State of mind essentially is an updated version with the focus on survival
Scarface - I Seen A Man Die
Scarface is definitely one of the GOATS...that's a deep song hope they cover it!
Grandmaster Flash wasnt a rapper hes just the DJ he made the music the rappers are furious five mind you at the time the Dj was more important than the rappers
And the main rapper was Melle Mel.
chucku00 Mel could rap his ass off
And alot of people dont know grand master flash had nothing to do with this song...he didnt produce it or scratch on it... Melle Mell is the only one who wrote on this song which is the last verse.... the rest of the verses on the song were written by the guy who produced the beat who asked them to do the song
Duke Bootee wrote, produced and rapped on this. Should be Duke Bootee & Melle Mel - even tho furious five are in video.
@@davebrowne6419 he did all that except rap on it
Do Children's Story by Slick Rick! Best storytelling song off all time
538ser no way. I love Slick Rick but Children's Story is definitely not the best storytelling song of all time. It might be the first elaborate story told on a rap song but Nas' Rewind and Biggie's I Got A Story To Tell are definitely better. Much more complex and creative. Slick Rick is still a legend and the first to perfect the storytelling aspect of rap but let's also stay in reality.
Israel Rosario Jr.
Biggie - Niggas Bleed
Big Pun - Fast Money
ColumbianNeckTie BlackGambino I would definitely put Niggas Bleed up there with the others I mentioned. Gotta go back and re-listen to that Pun track. Other storytelling songs to consider on this level too:
Nas - Blaze a 50
Eminem - Stan
Nas - Last Real Nigga Alive
Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
B.I.G. - Gimme the Loot
Wu Tang (Rae & Ghost) - Live at the MGM
KRS-1 - Love's Gonna Getcha
I can probably come up with others too that deserve high consideration but these immediately come to mind as superior to Children's Story. But again I got nothing but love for Slick Rick and he's in my top 20 all time MCs and definitely one of the originators of high end storytelling in Hip Hop, with consideration to Whodini (One Love) and maybe Ice T (6 in da Morning) among others.
Israel Rosario Jr. Listen to Big Pun fast life right now it's on UA-cam. You won't be disappointed trust me
Israel Rosario Jr. Slick Rick Top 5 80s
1 Rakim
2 Big Daddy Kane
3 KRS One
4 Kool G Rap
5 Slick Rick
Shadowboxin' by GZA
A reaction to the entire Liquid Swords album would be dope
Gregory Campbell liquid swords is the best solo album by wu tang artist
nah 4th Chamber CJ
Carl Johnson,
There's barely any good solo albums bar some RZA stuff.
Suraj's Opinion is Better you're crazy
Check out A Tribe Called Quest - We the people or Buggin Out.
Have you guys ever heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe she was was an African American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist.popular in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that was a precursor of rock and roll. She is known as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll." She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. She was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar. On December 13, 2017, she was chosen for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence. Not to many people know about her contribution to the evolution of Rock and Roll.
Aaron Haselrig im glad my professor at my college talked about her in my class of history of rock and jazz!
The message is exactly what you said. A glimpse of life in the hood. People weren't aware unless they lived it.
Man this was the second song my father gave me after Rapper’s Delight. Still think it’s the best rap record of all time. So ahead of its time with the subject matter and overall sound. Always so relatable and relevant every time I put it on.
I’ve appreciated you dude’s openness and willingness to give things a shot. Glad you got to this one. This definitely gives you an amazing amount of perspective from this era and these people who, like my dad, were growing up in the Bronx in the 70s.
Keep it up. This has been great. I look forward to every video.
Probably THE most important hip hop song of all time glad y’all did this one! Do “T.R.O.Y.” By Pete Rock and CL Smooth next keep up the good content 🙏🏾👌🏾
Wizzard Mane T.R.O.Y probably up there as a best hip hop song of all time
Hell yea
ColumbianNeckTie BlackGambino easily
This and NY State of Mind by Nas are only about 10 years apart, not 25-30. Nas released Illmatic in 1994. Just correcting since Illmatic is one of the defining 90s hip-hop albums so I think that context is important.
True this is '82
Thank you *RDO* and *Grimby* for reviewing this 1982 hip-hop classic. You two may not have a lot of hip-hop knowledge, but the fact that you're open minded, and are willing to give these songs a listen, is something I appreciate. You have a new subscriber. I would really like to recommend *I'm Bad* by *LL Cool J* as a potential track for you two to review.
BUT GRANDMASTER FLASH and the Furious Five are DETAILING THE HORRORS OF DRUGS, CRIME, AND POVERTY.
archy2frank2 Grandmaster Flash is the DJ so he's not detailing anything
Tupac - changes
Common - I used to lover HER
julio garcia changes? Nice pic by common, but changes??!
it has a mainstream appeal and touches on good subjects
These metalheads showing more respect to the culture than most rapfans do.
And the message is about appearance of heavy drugs in neighbourhoods and the way they are influencing life in the city streets.
Big L - Ebonics
Can't believe no one mentioned this one yet
that would be great lyrics analysis for metalheads!!!
Absolutely
I mentioned it on another one of their videos, and again today.. just not before you this time. They absolutely have to review this one.
!!!!!
Love to see L
This is the Black Sabbath of hip hop in terms of importance and influences in the genre.
The message is that this is what Hip Hop is all about for those who don't understand.
GZA-4th chamber or anything else from liquid swords
Respiration- mos def & talib Kweli
I used to love h.e.r.- common
Aquemini- Outkast
Spottieottiedopalocious- OutKast
Return of the G- outkast
Da art of storytelling pt 1 outkast
Lupe fiasco- mural
I gave you power- nas
Liquid swords- gza
Can I live- jay z
Funk flex freestyle- black thought
Ain’t saying nothin new - the roots
Damien I-DMX
Stan- Eminem
Mind playing tricks on me- Geto Boys
you mean respiration - blackstar
Campay’ne I was just about to comment with Outkast songs, but you beat me to it. Possibly greatest rap duo...top 3 at least imo
Yes to all of this
Gregory Campbell eric b & rakim then outkast... Top 3 Rakim, Andre 3K and scarface
So many greats to choose from, so I won't debate your selecting. Andre3k is definitely top 5 for me too...but it's so hard to decide...I have a tough time making a top 10 haha
Truly a cornerstone of a song.
WU TANG CLAN - TRIUMPH... AMAZING SONG AND AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
The lyrics are a masterpiece, especially at the end...
MF Doom - All Caps!
Robert D'Amico Remember all caps when u spell the man's name - MF DOOM
Man i'm lovin these hip hop reactions 👍👌✌🤟
Hey thanks guys I've been recommending this for a minute! It's a great start to a journey in this genre
I love what u guys do seriously. Its dope to see you guys start to actually vibe to it
this is one of my favorite youtube channel next to Lost In Vegas.
React to Big L - Devils Son.
Keep it up!
459 flockaholic yeah that track is dope!
Ebonics would be great to help em understand
And Grandmaster Flash is 1/3 of what is preferred to as “the holy trinity” of hip hop with Kool Herc and African Bambata.
Man it’s awesome that you guys are basically doing your history on hip hop!! Keep doing it!
Keep up the good work guys!! Loving the videos.
It’s more like what Black Sabbath is to metal. Hip-Hop started as just MCing and DJing at parties, this is an actual song so it’s more in its established phase and out of its experimental/proto-phase.
Listen SING ABOUT ME I'M DYING OF THIRST
Good work guys. I really love the videos and the reactions
Please just keep doing these videos!!! You guys rock!!!
This is conscious rap, it's the first one that was ever released.
reality rap*
True One
Never heard of reality rap. But conscious rap is my favorite genre of rap.
Kwasi Williams that is what they used to call it. Then the media called it "gangsta rap"
True One
Lol u have no clue what your talking about
as opposed to unconscious rap.
One of the best beats ever made!
FACE MOVIES Tf you smoking?
Fif G it's classic as hell. This beat has been countlessly sampled. One of the best beats of all time.
Fif G And wtf is wrong with you? Cant you accept other opinions?
Miguel Garcia Good point didn't think of it that way
It just feels kinda dusty and simple you feel me
FACE MOVIES I'm not
I just feel like it is too simple to be a best beat
How would we even figure out what beat is the best?
I fuck will mellow beats too but if that's how you thinking then more power to you
Just binge watched all the other reactions then i see a you uploaded again, can't wait for you to react to some more since you're views and opinions seem so fresh.
One of the greatest Hiphop songs ever
If not the greatest
Love you guy’s content, keep up the good work guys
This is one of the greatest hip-hop records ever. Everyone has heard this record.
Ya'll should listen to the most influental rapper of all time, The God MC -- Rakim - Follow the leader.
As someone who never listens to metal (yet still wears a vintage metallica tee from time to time, lol) I would find it interesting to see you guys react to one of your favorite metal songs and explain what you like about it
black sabbath of rap easily
I recommend listening to some DJ Quik if you like this kind of instrumentals but with a 90s style of rapping.
Good music is good music. A true classic! Love your channel. This is a true Hip Hop classic that transcends the genre.
Happy you guys are keeping this going! You even have imitators. #GreatJob! #KeepItUp!
Next mobb deep Shook ones pt 2 or Survival of the fittest
about time another video comes out! this song is a damn classic. It has a video, y'all should think about incorporating them when the songs have one
love seeing you guys dive into another culture with open minds. this is what the world needs...
U guys so genuine, I love it
Grandmaster flash is the dj melly Mel was the main mc
pervecbs Melle Mel sir
The money and the drugs references are really just a street thing. Most early rappers grew up hood. They just rap about what they knew
I found you guys via Lost in Vegas. I'm Hip Hop but I love the fact ya'll are authentic metal heads. Don't change. I respect you guys so much. I'm 100% troll capable but I'm on your side. RealDeadoneForever. Don't over do it. Don't under do it. Keep it RealDead.
Hey, RDO and Grimby! Love these videos, always mark them to watch later the second I see them on my notifications, if I can't watch them immediately. I had one suggestion. Given how you like to go into songs fresh and throw certain questions you have out to the viewers, I was thinking maybe it would be interesting to follow up each reaction video with a comment response video. Just a suggestion, though I know it would probably mean even more work and longer gaps between reactions. Hope you keep this going and wish you success. :)
Beginning of Hip Hop.
OutKast Rosa Parks
I've been requesting this for so long
Love you both, building bridges and I can't wait till yaw'll start head bobbing
So many samples to this beat. Keep up the hip hop reviews they are very enjoyable.
Jay Ant there’s no samples in this beat, this song was sampled many times though.
Thats what i said lol.
Jay Ant oh, you said it wrong then. You meant to say many have sampled this beat.
yes my bad
Deltron 3030 - Madness _________ Do it.
U guys are making great choices, foreal keep it up dudes!
I appreciate you guys, Keep up your good job, God bless.
You guys should try "Dairy of a madman" by Grave Diggaz
Or "1-800-Suicide" or "Trippin" by the 'Gravediggaz', I agree.
+Messy L or nowhere to run nowhere to hide
There is a dope track called "Pass the Shovel" on their European release of the album. It's on youtube.
NeDouble E
Wow I miss the grave diggaz, horricore was a great genre of rap
What I find interesting about you guys is that as metal rock fans, one would thing that you would be more into the darker hip-hop (the reason why in the past I have recommended songs such as “Diary Of A Madman” by Gravediggaz and “4th Chamber” by The Genius/GZA) but I have noticed you guys really enjoy the lighter, catchier hip-hop lol. Just an observation.
Love that you guys deciphered one of the GOAT HipHop tracks of all time.
Excellent concept!
Black Sabbath of gangster rap is an accurate statement 👍🏽
Richard Salazar not a big fan of "gangster rap" as a genre name. Given to us by the media to turn us off and make people shy away from the real message in "gangsta rap". Most likely they never actually analyzed OR listened to the lyrics, only hearing strong words in the songs and labeling them as gangster lyrics. None of the rappers of that genre were actually gangsters either so... can we all agree to retire the term? Also, if were gonna get technical NWA started it all, they would be the black sabbath of "gangster" rap
Joshua Carter
Your missing my point. I was simply saying this song is one of the first rap songs that wasn’t about partying, it was about the harsh reality of street life. Ice T was actually before nwa and he said in an interview he was greatly influenced by this song. Whatever you want to call it(gangster rap/reality rap) this was one of the first well known examples of that kind of music. Gil Scott Heron is another example but he isn’t as well known
Koanizm
This was first so....
this isn't gangsta rap tho... maybe the sound of gangsta rap evolved from this song but this isn't gangsta
EminemParkLinkin
True, I agree. But your UA-cam name is EminemParkLinkin so your rap expertise is questionable at best
I love man head nodding on the right 😂
This is like a sociology class, and you guys did it well. Keep making more videos!
Really enjoying the videos. Keep up the good work.
A couple songs i'd like to see your reactions to:
Krs one -loves gonna getcha
&
Geto boys - mind is playing tricks on me
This is the Sabbath of Rap. Proto-Rap isn't as much a thing as some other genres, so these guys are some of the first rappers/producers in the genre
Last poets and spoken word over percussion is basically protorap
Jesus Walks by Kanye West
They are Hip Hop pioneers. Hip Hop is 50 years old this year and this group was around when it started. Grandmaster Flash is the DJ, Melle Mel raps in the first and last verse, and Raheem raps in the second verse. The group consisted of Flash, Melle Mel, Raheem, Kidd Creole, Scorpio(Mr. Ness), and the late Cowboy(RIP).
I’m really a fan of you guys. stay the same and keep it the same. Don’t change your show please. I hate when I watch something from the start and I see it change because it gets like very “mainstream” you guys will grow definitely. Keep up the good work.
This is the first hip hop track with social commentary.
Dead Man Wilson that’s all rap used to be, it’s how the poor and downtrodden could voice how they felt and what they went through
Madvillain - Accordion would be interesting
Damn. This is great stuff. As a hip hop head that like a lot of metal, I'm glad to see this.
Loving this series as a huge hip hop head and amateur metalhead. I always thought there should be more crossover in the fanbase, there's obviously huge differences in the genres but there's some hidden similarities. Especially the way albums are often so conceptual and tell a story overall. Great work!
This is rap, proto rap would be 'Double Dutch Bus' by Frankie Smith, or late disco songs; the first rap song itself was by Sugarhill Gang - 'Rapper's Delight' (which would be good to react to too!) for most people, although some hardcore critics debate it due to no definite way to define what "rapping" really is. (i.e. does fast singing count? or does it have to be spoken?) HOWEVER it is definitely the first HIP HOP song
BRAINWASHED Rappers Delight whole flow and cadence was taken from the first rap song from 1937 from Gospel Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet. Look up Preacher's Delight on UA-cam.
ColumbianNeckTie BlackGambino ik that's why i mentioned it was debatable 😂😂
Should definitely do Rapper’s Delight, so much around that song and the release of that record helped create hip hop as we know it today, but The Message just did so much to open up and expand on the possibilities of what rappers could do. It went from just a party, to having something to say and having you really listen. Amazes me every time I listen to it that it never seems dated.
Definitely have to educate myself on Preacher’s Delight. Appreciate the knowledge.
Melle Mel last verse is the best verse of all time in hip hop
Darius Olfus
Inspectah Deck - Triumph
Cappadona - Winter Warz
Holocaust - Silkk Worm (off Bobby Digital)
A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the way of man kind
God smiling on you
Frowning on you
Only God knows what you'll go through
Watching your videos is giving me a new appreciation for the hip-hop I grew up on. Great analysis and making the connections. Time for some Rakim, Tupac, ONYX, MOBB DEEP, DMX
(I really hope y'all see this, big fan already tbh)
Y'all really got a dope perspective, I wish y'all had more videos because y'all got no clue how excited I am to see how your opinions evolve. I don't know how to explain it but one example that sort of highlights just how interesting your perspectives are is how RDO mentioned he's gravitating towards Nas, Wu Tang, Biggie but not so much Kendrick Lamar and Eminem in your video about Nas's - State of Mind. Now RDO even mentioned he couldn't explain why, but most rap fans I think know exactly where you're coming from. Eminem and Kendrick have a real strong emphasis on "Technical Skill" which in turn produces a lot of high-caliber, fast paced raps. Another similarity they have is although Em is an older artist, Em and Kendrick both have newer/post 2000's sound. Where as compared to the songs you've reviewed from Nas, Wu Tang, and Biggie, they are all from the mid to late 90's.
So basically what I'm trying to say is that even though you're obviously not Hip Hop Professors, you both articulate yourself in a way that's very surprisingly still in tune and on point of what's actually going on. You guys come off a lot smarter than I think you realize haha. Also do more videos!!!
Just a few final thoughts haha. One is I like how you choose not to go to Rap Genius before the videos, good idea of going in fresh. Definitely would be interesting to see how your thoughts change after reading through what these songs actually mean though.
Also you guys should check out some more newer artists, preferably from this generation would be neat to see. I think you'd be surprised on just how diverse and how many different influences are infused into one song. I got a feeling you guys will really become big fans of rap after checking out this group called The Flatbush Zombies. I'd LOVE to see you're thoughts on songs like Live From Hell or No Religion haha. I really think you'd like em. There's also like artists like Kanye West with songs like Jesus Walks or Power. No clue how you'd think personally. I already know a lot of people would watch y'all review them, seriously A LOT. Even though I know you both would hate them, artists like Tekashi69 or Lil Yachty would be insanely hilarious
Goddamn I need to cut this short, anyway if y'all read this I really appreciate it and DO MORE REVIEWS!!!!!!
Tupac - Dear mama
"Zircon" refers to Cubic Zirconia as in false or fake, "a false princess"
Great choice guys this song is definitely one of the most influential songs it’s a classic I really love the connections you make with previous songs like nas and grandmaster flash keep it up guys
Nice one bringing the old school to the stage