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Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) and members of his group, the Furious Five, were some of the first rap artists to make social and political commentary a focus of their music. “The Message” (1982) provides a sober view of life in the American urban slums known as the ghetto. The popularity of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in the early 1980s helped bring rap into the mainstream of popular music.
"The Message" performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, featuring Melle Mel and Duke Bootee, from The Best of Grandmaster Flash (Cat.# Rhino RZ 71606) (c)and(p)1982 Sugar Hill Records, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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