7 Groups And One Of Em's Gotta Go

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7 Groups And One Of Em's Gotta Go 69 votes

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
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A Tribe Called Quest
5%
gman82Soloman_The_WiseIntelligent_Hoodlum Preach2Teach 4 votes
The Roots
11%
nawledge_god5th Letterthe ghostachewon87qawshunplayboy buddy roseJLlama1980Ether44mag 8 votes
Public Enemy
4%
StewmacadonwooTheGOAT 3 votes
NWA
4%
illedoutonetoughmiracleKneeGro_DuperMan 3 votes
Outkast
10%
*~queenbee~*a_listgns5 Grandsmp4lifeLouis DevinearMockingbird 7 votes
Wu Tang Clan
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The Reciperaheemclassick 2 votes
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  • Stew
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    Public Enemy
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    Easier!
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  • 5 Grand
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    Outkast
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    So you're voting off the group that invented Hip Hop as we know it?
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  • Revolver Ocelot
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy
    Stew wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    Easier!

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  • Beta
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    End thread lol
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  • Revolver Ocelot
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    5 Grand wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    So you're voting off the group that invented Hip Hop as we know it?

    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 got one of the Goat hip hop songs but all the other groups have at least one classic song and album.
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  • Shizlansky
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    5 Grand wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    So you're voting off the group that invented Hip Hop as we know it?

    Why put them on the list if they are rules?

    If their music was erased from hip hop archives, I wouldn't miss it.
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  • 5th Letter
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    The Roots
    I picked the Roots only because they've contributed the least out of every other group listed.
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  • Preach2Teach
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    A Tribe Called Quest
    Picked Tribe because I never really got into their music minus afew tracks.
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  • BackInWhite
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    That was easy
    I didn't even look at the rest
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  • 5 Grand
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    Outkast
    Shizlansky wrote: »
    5 Grand wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    So you're voting off the group that invented Hip Hop as we know it?

    Why put them on the list if they are rules?

    If their music was erased from hip hop archives, I wouldn't miss it.

    Well to each his own, but without Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 we'd be listening to disco.

    A little history lesson:

    There was a blackout in 1977. It caused the electricity to go out in New York City. Old school Hip Hop can be divided into two eras: Before the blackout and After the blackout.

    You see before the blackout there were only a handful of Hip Hop groups in The Bronx, I think it was Kool Herc and the Herculoids (Coke La Rock, Timmy Tim and Clark Kent), Grandmaster Flash and his crew (they didn't have 5 MCs yet), Afrika Bambaattaa and the Zulu Nation. Also DJ Breakout and DJ Baron from the Funky 4+1.

    According to legend, Grandmaster Caz was DJing a park jam on the night of the blackout. He had his sound system hooked up to a lamppost and the electricity went out on him. I spoke to him at a Zulu Nation reunion back in 2006 and he confirmed that story. He also confirmed that there were only a handful of Hip Hop crews before the blackout.

    When the blackout happened there was massive looting in the Bronx, people were breaking into music equipment stores and stealing turntables, mixers, records, microphones and speakers. Everything you needed to hook up a sound system in the parks and throw an outdoor jam.

    So after the blackout there were dozens if not hundreds of Hip Hop crews imitating what the original pioneers were doing.

    Out of all the pioneers (pre blackout) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 were the only ones to have a long lasting recording career and make it all the way into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Here's a playlist:

    1. Superrappin #2 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    2. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash and the Furous 5
    3. Birthday Party Rhyme - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    4. We Rap More Mellow - Younger Generation (Its GMF & The Furious 5's first record)
    5. Showdown Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 feat Sugarhill Gang
    6. Its Nasty - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    7. Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    8. Flash To The Beat (original version) - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    9. Live Convention 81 Freestyle - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    10. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 feat Melle Mel and Duke ?
    11. Pump Me Up - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    12. Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    13. P.I.M.P. The S.I.M.P. - Rick James feat Grandmaster Flash (actually its Scorpio rapping)
    14. Survival - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    15. New York New York - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    16. Jesse - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    17. White Lines - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    18. Beat Street - Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious 5
    19. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan feat Melle Mel
    20. Street Walker - Mass Production feat Melle Mel
    21. Hustlers Convention - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    22. Girls Love The Way He Spins - Grandmaster Flash
    23. World War III - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    24. King Of The Streets - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    25. Larry Love - Grandmaster Flash
    26. The Truth - Granmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    27. The New Adventures of Grandmaster - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    28. Vice - Grandmaster Melle Melle
    29. Step Off - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    30. Style (Peter Gunn Theme) - Grandmaster Flash
    31. The Mayor (unreleased) - Melle Melle
    32. Susie - live and/or extended version - Emanon feat Melle Mel, Ice T and Afrika Islam
    33. U Know What Time It Is - Grandmaster Flash
    34. Black Shades - Scorpio feat Melle Melle
    35. The Beach - Zulu Kings (Afrika Islam, Melle Mel, Ice T and Bronx Style Bob)
    36. Gangster Boogie - Scorpio feat Melle Melle
    37. Cars - Zulu Kings (Afrika Islam, Melle Mel, Ice T and Bronx Style Bob)
    38. Gold - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    39. Fly Girl - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    40. The King - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    41. Back On The Block - Quincy Jones feat Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane and Ice T
    42. Sun Don't Shine In The Hood - Furious 5
    43. Mama - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    44. 5 Mics - Jayquan feat Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel
    45. The Battle Is On - Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel
    46. Hip Hop 101 - Melle Mel
    47. Cotton - Melle Mel
    48. M3 - Melle Melle
    49. Hello Merry Christmas Baby - Coke LaRock and Melle Mel

    There ya go, 49 chambers of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. You might wonder why they don't have a "classic album". Well the Hip Hop industry was different in the early 80s. Major labels and corporations didn't think there was a market for Hip Hop so they wouldn't give rap groups a budget to record a whole albums. They'd just record a single and then record another single. The most popular groups released several singles in the span on a few years. Kurtis Blow is one of the old school MCs that released several albums from 79-84. Also The Sequence and Sugarhill Gang.

    When The Message came out Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 effectively broke up. So in the height of their career they weren't recording. It was basically Melle Mel recording singles. Thats why Melle Mel has so many tracks from that era.
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  • Karl.
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    Stew wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    Easier!

    Easiest!
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  • Karl.
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    5 Grand wrote: »
    Shizlansky wrote: »
    5 Grand wrote: »
    Busta Carmichael wrote: »
    Easy

    So you're voting off the group that invented Hip Hop as we know it?

    Why put them on the list if they are rules?

    If their music was erased from hip hop archives, I wouldn't miss it.

    Well to each his own, but without Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 we'd be listening to disco.

    A little history lesson:

    There was a blackout in 1977. It caused the electricity to go out in New York City. Old school Hip Hop can be divided into two eras: Before the blackout and After the blackout.

    You see before the blackout there were only a handful of Hip Hop groups in The Bronx, I think it was Kool Herc and the Herculoids (Coke La Rock, Timmy Tim and Clark Kent), Grandmaster Flash and his crew (they didn't have 5 MCs yet), Afrika Bambaattaa and the Zulu Nation. Also DJ Breakout and DJ Baron from the Funky 4+1.

    According to legend, Grandmaster Caz was DJing a park jam on the night of the blackout. He had his sound system hooked up to a lamppost and the electricity went out on him. I spoke to him at a Zulu Nation reunion back in 2006 and he confirmed that story. He also confirmed that there were only a handful of Hip Hop crews before the blackout.

    When the blackout happened there was massive looting in the Bronx, people were breaking into music equipment stores and stealing turntables, mixers, records, microphones and speakers. Everything you needed to hook up a sound system in the parks and throw an outdoor jam.

    So after the blackout there were dozens if not hundreds of Hip Hop crews imitating what the original pioneers were doing.

    Out of all the pioneers (pre blackout) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 were the only ones to have a long lasting recording career and make it all the way into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Here's a playlist:

    1. Superrappin #2 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    2. Freedom - Grandmaster Flash and the Furous 5
    3. We Rap More Mellow - Younger Generation (Its GMF & The Furious 5's first record)
    4. Showdown Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 feat Sugarhill Gang
    5. Its Nasty - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    6. Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    7. Flash To The Beat (original version) - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    8. Live Convention 81 Freestyle - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    9. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 feat Melle Mel and Duke ?
    10. Pump Me Up - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    11. Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    12. P.I.M.P. The S.I.M.P. - Rick James feat Grandmaster Flash (actually its Scorpio rapping)
    13. Survival - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    14. New York New York - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    15. Jesse - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    16. White Lines - Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
    17. Beat Street - Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious 5
    18. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan feat Melle Mel
    19. Street Walker - Mass Production feat Melle Mel
    20. Hustlers Convention - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    21. Girls Love The Way He Spins - Grandmaster Flash
    22. World War III - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    23. King Of The Streets - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    24. Larry Love - Grandmaster Flash
    25. The Truth - Granmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    26. The New Adventures of Grandmaster - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    27. Vice - Grandmaster Melle Melle
    28. Step Off - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5
    29. Style (Peter Gunn Theme) - Grandmaster Flash
    30. The Mayor (unreleased) - Melle Melle
    31. Susie - live and/or extended version - Emanon feat Melle Mel, Ice T and Afrika Islam
    32. U Know What Time It Is - Grandmaster Flash
    33. Black Shades - Scorpio feat Melle Melle
    34. The Beach - Zulu Kings (Afrika Islam, Melle Mel, Ice T and Bronx Style Bob)
    35. Gangster Boogie - Scorpio feat Melle Melle
    36. Cars - Zulu Kings (Afrika Islam, Melle Mel, Ice T and Bronx Style Bob)
    37. Gold - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    38. Fly Girl - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    39. The King - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    40. Back On The Block - Quincy Jones feat Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane and Ice T
    41. Sun Don't Shine In The Hood - Furious 5
    42. Mama - Grandmaster Melle Mel
    43. 5 Mics - Jayquan feat Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel
    44. The Battle Is On - Grandmaster Caz and Melle Mel
    45. Hip Hop 101 - Melle Mel
    46. Cotton - Melle Mel
    47. M3 - Melle Melle
    48. Hello Merry Christmas Baby - Coke LaRock and Melle Mel

    There ya go, 48 chambers of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. You might wonder why they don't have a "classic album". Well the Hip Hop industry was different in the early 80s. Major labels and corporations didn't think there was a market for Hip Hop so they wouldn't give rap groups a budget to record a whole albums. They'd just record a single and then record another single. The most popular groups released several singles in the span on a few years. Kurtis Blow is one of the old school MCs that released several albums from 79-84. Also The Sequence and Sugarhill Gang.

    When The Message came out Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 effectively broke up. So in the height of their career they weren't recording. It was basically Melle Mel recording singles. Thats why Melle Mel has so many tracks from that era.

    You're taking this concept too seriously.
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  • achewon87
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    The Roots
    Preach2Teach wrote: »
    Picked Tribe because I never really got into their music minus afew tracks.

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  • its....JOHN B
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    Nah Son wrote: »
    gns wrote: »
    Outkast contributed nothing but fuckery
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    Get em tf outta here

    Oh so we judging these groups by their look now

    I'm not sure yall Furious Hive wanna go there

    photo-of-grandmaster-flash-with-the-furious-five-picture-id85843169?s=594x594

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    portriat-of-hip-hop-group-grandmaster-flash-the-furious-five-1984-picture-id136516674?s=594x594

    These cats made Prince and the Revolution look like superthugs :joy:

    Bu bu but thats how everyone dressed back then

    Old posters need to sit down and take this L

    Yikes
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  • its....JOHN B
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    The message might be the most influential song of all time and I know they are pioneers but from a music standpoint yea they can get the ? outta here compared to those other groups, those pictures aren't helping their cause either
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  • 5th Letter
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    The Roots
    Nah Son wrote: »
    gns wrote: »
    Outkast contributed nothing but fuckery
    andre.jpg?quality=90
    young_thug_hb_080916_2.jpg
    Get em tf outta here

    Oh so we judging these groups by their look now

    I'm not sure yall Furious Hive wanna go there

    photo-of-grandmaster-flash-with-the-furious-five-picture-id85843169?s=594x594

    pause

    grandmaster-flash-furious_five_fashion_small.jpg

    pause

    portriat-of-hip-hop-group-grandmaster-flash-the-furious-five-1984-picture-id136516674?s=594x594

    These cats made Prince and the Revolution look like superthugs :joy:

    Bu bu but thats how everyone dressed back then

    Old posters need to sit down and take this L

    Funny post but that's how they dressed when they performed. It was their costume.
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  • CeLLaR-DooR
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    Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
    Wu should have zero votes...
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