Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five - The Message (12" Vinyl) [Single]

"The Message" is an old school hip hop song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Sugar Hill Records released it as a single in 1982 and it went platinum in less than a month. It was later featured on an album named The Message. It is the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States National Archive of Historic Recordings.


The song was written and performed by Sugar Hill session musician Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and Furious Five MC Melle Mel. Flash and the other members of The Furious Five, although credited on the record, were uninterested in recording the song and are not found on the finished record.

01. The Message
02. The Message (Instrumental)

Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five - The Message (12" Vinyl) [Single]