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They Said It Couldn't Be Done
''They Said It Couldn't Be Done'' is an album by Grandmaster Flash, released in 1985. It is his second overall studio album, and his first album credited solely to him following the breakup of the Furious Five due to the departure of rappers Melle Mel, Scorpio, and Keith Cowboy. For ''They Said It Couldn't Be Done'', Flash signed with Elektra Records and retained the services of Rahiem and The Kidd Creole. New rappers Lavon (Kevin LaVon Dukes), Mr Broadway (Russell Wheeler), and dancer Larry Love (Larry Parker) were added. The album was re-issued on CD in the US for the first time on April 26, 2005 (DBK Works dbk514). It was the first album the group released on a major label. It was produced by Gavin Christopher and Grandmaster Flash (the group). The album also included "Girls Love the Way He Spins", "Sign of the Times", "Paradise" and "Rock the House (Alternate Groove)". It was the first hip hop album released by Elektra Records. Track listing #"Girls Love the Way He Spins" β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first Hip Hop act to be honored. In 2019 he won the Polar Music Prize. On May 21, 2022, he acquired an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from Buffalo State College. Early life, family and education Saddler's family immigrated to the United States from Barbados. He was raised in the Bronx, New York City, where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There, he learned how to repair electronic equipment. Saddler's parents played an important role in his interest in music. His father was a fan of Caribbean and African American recordings. During his childhood, Joseph Saddler was fascinated by his father's record collection. In an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. In October 2018, Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently managed frontline label of Warner Music. In June 2022, Elektra Music Group was merged with 300 Entertainment to create the umbrella label 300 Elektra Entertainment (3EE), though both Elektra and 300 will continue to maintain their separate identities as labels. History 1950β1971: Founding and early history Elektra was formed in 1950, as the ''Elektra-Stratford Record Corporation'', with a singles label called Stratford R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Messages
''Greatest Messages'' is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (''On The Strength'' is their official second album). It was released in January 1984, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records hit singles including " The Message". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation. Singles from Melle Mel are also on this compilation. The jacket, labels, and liners of this recording incorrectly pluralize the title as ''Greatest Message's''. Track listing US and international edition ;Vinyl LP and Cassette #"Freedom" β 8:14 #"The Birthday Party" β 5:42 #"Flash To The Beat" β 4:27 #"It's Nasty (Genius of Love)" β 4:20 #" The Message" β 4:44 #"Scorpio" β 4:55 #"Message II (Survival)" β 6:37 #"New York, New York" β 7:24 UK edition ;Vinyl LP #" The Message" #"Survival (Message II)" #"Freedom" #"Flash To The Beat" #"Jesse" #" White Lines" #"New York, New York" #"Internationally Known" #"Birthday Party" #"Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Source (Grandmaster Flash Album)
''The Source'' is the fourth studio album by Grandmaster Flash, released in 1986. It was reissued in the US on CD for the first time in 2005 (Collectors' Choice Music, CCM-583-2). Track listing #"Street Scene" β 3:06 #"Style (Peter Gunn Theme)" β 3:57 #"Ms. Thang" β 3:55 #"P.L.U. (Peace, Love and Unity)" β 3:57 #"Throwin' Down" β 3:45 #"Behind Closed Doors" β 3:39 #"Larry's Dance Theme (Part 2)" β 3:31 #"Lies" β 3:32 #"Fastest Man Alive" β 5:22 #"Freelance" β 5:08 Personnel *Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) β turntables *The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover jr) β Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) β Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *La Von (Kevin Lavon Dukes) β Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger, bass guitar *Broadway (Russell Wheeler) β rap vocals *Larry "Love" (Larry Parker) β Dancer *Shame (Jesse Dukes) β Flash's assistant Musicians *Chuck Kentis β synth *Guy Williams, Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the creative community of New York City. It ceased publication in 2017, although its online archives remained accessible. After an ownership change, the ''Voice'' reappeared in print as a quarterly in April 2021. Over its 63 years of publication, ''The Village Voice'' received three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award. ''The Village Voice'' hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, artist Greg Tate, and film critics Andrew Sarris, Jonas Mekas and J. Hoberman. In October 2015, ''The Village Voice'' changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent company Voice Media Group (VMG). The ''Voice'' announced on August 22, 2017, that it would cease p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by CondΓ© Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to CondΓ© Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other CondΓ© Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melle Mel
Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961 in The Bronx), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel (or simply Melle Mel) () is an American hip hop recording artist who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Career Glover began performing in the late 1970s. He may have been the first rapper to call himself ''MC'' ( master of ceremonies). Other Furious Five members included his brother The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) and Cowboy (Keith Wiggins). While a member of the group, Cowboy created the term '' hip-hop'' while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five began recording for Enjoy Records and released "Superrappin'" in 1979. They later moved on to Sugar Hill Records and were popular on the R&B charts with party songs like "Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DBK Works
Runt Distribution is an American record company that owns the a number of record labels, mainly reissue labels. * 4 Men With Beards - a vinyl reissue label * DBK Works - a reissues and new music label on CD and LP * Plain Recordings - CD and LP reissues of 1980s and later indie-rock and alternative music * Water - CD reissue label specializing in obscure music worldwide * Smithsonian Folkways - vinyl reissues * Sutro Park - vinyl reissues of classic and contemporary music Runt also partners with the UK indie label Fire Records to release albums on vinyl in North America. DBK Works artists DBK artists are: * Absolute Grey * Afrika Bambaataa * Air * Eric Andersen * Archie Bell & the Drells * Terry Callier * Canned Heat * James Chance * Guy Clark * Patsy Cline * The Cuts * Barbara Dane and The Chambers Brothers * Dr. John * Epic Soundtracks * The Fabulous Counts * Flamin' Groovies * Grandmaster Flash * Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five * David Grisman / Peter Rowan / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kidd Creole (rapper)
Nathaniel Glover (born February 19, 1960), also known as Nate or Danny Glover and better known by the stage name Kidd Creole, is a former American rapper. He was a member of the pioneering old school hip hop group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brother Melle Mel. In August 2017, Glover stabbed a homeless man to death in an altercation in Manhattan, New York City. In May 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for manslaughter. Biography Early life Glover was born in The Bronx, New York in 1960 as the third of five children to a working-class family. In July 1977, Nate and his brother Melvin met Joseph Saddler, a local DJ who went by the name Grandmaster Flash. The brothers and Keef Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) joined Grandmaster Flash's budding group the Three MC's in 1978. Melvin took the name Melle Mel while Nate took the name Kidd Creole, a reference to the Elvis Presley film King Creole. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Two more MCs would join the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahiem
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. The group's members were Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kidd Creole (not to be confused with Kid Creole), Keef Cowboy, Scorpio, and Rahiem. The group's use of turntablism, breakbeat DJing, and conscious lyricism were significant in the early development of hip hop music. In the late 1970s, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five built their reputation and achieved local success by performing at parties and live shows. By 1980, the group had signed with Sugar Hill Records. Under Sugar Hill Records, the group rose to prominence in the early 1980s with their first hit "Freedom". It was not until the release of the song " The Message" in 1982 and the album ''The Message'' that they achieved mainstream success. The song provided a political and social commentary and went on to become a driving force behind conscious hip-hop. Grandmaster Flash and the Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pesco
Paul Pesco (born May 13, 1959) is an American session guitarist, singer-songwriter, film score composer and record producer. Biography Pesco was born in Canandaigua, New York, to a Sicilian father (an opera singer and voice instructor) and Korean mother (an author).Waugh, LisaPaul Pesco β Musician Extraordinaire, rockworldmagazine.com, August 18, 2011 (accessed January 31, 2016). The family lived for a time in Germany during Paul's youth before returning to New York. He graduated from Northport High School in 1977. As of November 2012, Pesco resides in Millbrook, New York, where he maintains a home recording studio.Paul Pesco Sits Down with AMS β Paul Pesco AMS Interview @YouTube.com Retrieved April 1, 2014. Beginning on the piano, Pesco would gradually build up a working prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
