Baz Luhrmann - Grandmaster Flash's Master Class // The Get Down (2016-2017)

[@tro1239]

Listening to Grandmaster speak you realise how well the dude who played him in the Get Down absolutely nails it.

[@momasnetwork]

That guy who played Flash was awesome I loved it

[@gunswordfist]

He was. Probably one of my top 5 favorite actors in the show. Mamoudou Athie absorbed the knowledge so well. I am extremely impressed how much like him he became. This is actually the first time I've really listened to Grandmaster Flash and I was wondering if he was actually like how he is in the show and apparently that's true.

[@fizziealladin5282]

He did a great job 💯💯💯

[@houstonhustle]

I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS "get into them and become a LEGEND of all time or get into yourself, and be a legend in your own mind" -GRANDMASTER FLASH

[@HskHeroReborn]

This is beautiful to see the connection between young and old and the OG's getting there just do

[@lindaene7495]

000000

[@isorokudono]

So do the OLD GAY DUDES. HAHA

[@isorokudono]

SORRY!!!! * OLD GAY WHITE MEN! HAHAHAHA

[@dylannmattywo29]

For those of you who are wondering when he shows his "secret weapon it's actually A song by Earth, Wind and Fire - Brazilian Rhyme

[@macdonaldbp1]

SirDylanMM omfg you don't even know how long I was digging for that before I saw your comment. Thank you!

[@gabbhasounds4785]

And what about the previous one? Thanks!

[@literal76]

The song he plays when he speaks about his secret weapon though is Ralph MacDonald - Jam on the Groove: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaqYpounqbuFrNU

[@giannio3128]

And what is the song at 1:15? It sounds like rappers delight but it isnt

[@literal76]

Oh Gianni Gianni, it’s Good Times by Chaka Chan.

[@mikesmee]

Man this dude is a legend!...So skill full, so influential, still kicking ass!

[@InflatableConan]

I really, really love the positive vibes in this entire video. It's inspiring.

[@victabeer3960]

I binged watched the Getdown .It was awesome . I watched Flash's set at Field daze Goldcoast Australia .He destroyed the place . I would pay $150 any day to hear Flash play.

[@stephenperry5021]

God bless DJ Grandmaster Flash, I love to learn from him!

[@VJFranzK]

"Once you figure these monsters out, you must serve."

[@mclare71]

This made me cry with awe and joy and the painful nostalgia. Flash. Herc. Simpler times. Simpler joys.

[@koollyb]

It's about time someone got out there to show these youngster where hip hop came from and look they love it maybe now we'll get back to to roots of hip hop

[@nowananda]

Word

[@kosmikmusa]

If every school had this kind of teacher... the world would be different...

[@thomasrobertson9357]

Killing it on the Apache cut

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

When he drops in the licks from “Good Times” the young boy just starts breaking! If you can’t make the crowd shake their derrières you’re not a dj!

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Truth! It doesn't matter how flash you are, or how many scratches you know, or how many tricks you can do...if you are not getting the crowd on the floor and keeping them there, NONE of that matters A friend of a friend saw DJ Kool Herc play a set, he was surprised how 'basic' his chops were...a few baby scratches, the infamous Merry-Go-Round, and often just slamming from one cut to another. Sure, Herc can beatmatch, but my colleague saw little of that "No one cared! The floor was jumping and everyone was getting down!"

[@michaelault1900]

Young duke was feeling that for REAL!!!!!!!

[@tomavilla8428]

Please bring back this show. 🙏

[@kingeliii9011]

Oh! the God is in here! Grand master you bring the light to dark places. You are legend, most of all you are Hip-Hop!

[@techstyle123]

Love this guy all came from just having fun and experimenting

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Nope,there was a lot of hard work and practice involved

[@techstyle123]

@@byanymeansnecessary9329 🤷

[@bluemantom77]

Thank you grandmaster flash cool herc Grandmaster cas DJ Red Alert Chuck chillout Mally Mall Bruce e bee Kid Capri ya dig I respect the game I grew up in da boogie down Bronx

[@sugashack74]

Please allow me to correct a faux l Pas. It is Marley Marl not Malley Mal

[@HoboTurtle]

was such a great show

[@bluemantom77]

Salute I started this one straight vinyl 27 years ago

[@NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892]

I see people on flashes other videos saying he cant touch todays turntablists, that might be true skill wise but flash has stuck to his style and was doin it way before these djs were even born. He is the godfather of decks and no one can take that away from him.

[@JDiggiti]

You ever see a Turntablist do a party .. Gets boring . They can beat Flash Style Wise maybe , but the First Emcees cant touch Jay-Z style wise either ... They advanced the Art , but Melle Mel doing the Message can still destroy any song out & Flash can throw a party for Anyone on earth .

[@thelevelbeyondhuman]

“I DONT CARE WHO DID IT GREATER, WHO DID IT BETTER, WHO DID IT WHATEVER... MY CONTRIBUTION WAS FIRST, AND FIRST IS FOREVER..” - GRAND MASTER FLASH

[@YorkieLad]

Early 80s had a tape from many of flashes mixes over here in the UK , it was FUCKING AWESOME . B-BOY DAYS . Wish I had it now .

[@protree_productions]

Anyone know what that bassline is from at 2:22

[@edwardlayne1947]

Could this be a sneak peek at the characters' 80s versions? TJ Brown is looking especially 80s especially with his EST cut and b-boying.

[@terencefisher8200]

We need a a Funk academy where you have Acts like Earth, Wind and Fire, Parliament, Bootsy, Lakeside, Grandmaster Flash, Tower Of Power, Afrika Bam. and etc. all under the same roof teaching because the funk is not among us. And all these new cats sound the same!

[@grambo4436]

Watch and learn young grasshoppers! Also they need to make more authentic beats like that in the current era weather it be funk, disco etc. in other words “Make DJing Great Again”.

[@John-fu9gl]

A master at work!

[@JohnCarel-v1b]

Best show ever

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

i have had the honour of seeing this legend play in London and Birmingham

[@jasonrichardson7242]

My first rap album physically had was LL Cool J Radio. I was more intrigued with DJ Cut Creator scratching on the music. That made me become interested with the DJ. Putting music together creating a masterpiece. When I was able to The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash I went crazy. The DJ has always been the centerpiece. He was the leader. Leaders lead by how they put things together. You get the MC to put rhymes to a product. Today the DJ is blinded by being famous.

[@punk.B3YBLADE]

Can someone help me id what kind of DJ setup Flash is using?

[@beezeday9590]

Most likely Turntables - Technics SL-1200 (very rare and expensive) Mixer - any scratch mixer will do (personally choose Numark M2 scratch mixer)

[@beezeday9590]

If the SL-1200's are out of your price range then I'd personally go with the Stanton str8-60 or str8-150 two very good turntables for scratching and DJing

[@punk.B3YBLADE]

Thank you for you input man. I really appreciate it

[@djhaloeight]

1200s aren’t rare at all. they’ve been made since 1979. you should be able to pick up a used pair of 1200MK2s for $600. the brand new models are hella expensive but those are geared more towards audiophiles not dj’s.

[@andytap560]

They are pioneer plx1000 people,not technics

[@chrisgeorgallis7746]

Love that song

[@thomasrobertson9357]

Grandmaster flash,from THE BOOGIE DOWN BRONX NEW YORK BABY

[@TKPCREW-to4zl]

2:29 whats the song ?

[@giannio3128]

Apache - the incredible bongo band

[@J.O.E-K.A.M]

Really missing when this show was out and popular

[@razorb23]

All those words he's saying.. I've been there... Ft Riley 1984, Germany 1987...on the 1s and 2s..i was looked at like an alien... Doing wat I did with the turntables.. Making them talk.. The Germans loved it!!! It was a ritual, music.... And I gave it to them... Whoudini, Fat Boys, Run Dmc, the McLaren Brothers... Man.. On and on... It lives forever.. Shout out Carolina Djs... DJ Pill, Scratch, Melly Mel, Beaver Gee his secret weapon was the funk box... Oh man!!! Funkmaster, Mr Cut, B Lord, Bo.. I see you Alphonso.. Gerald.. Robeson, Cumberland and Dillon County stand up!! DJ Knight....

[@gkelley3kelley852]

i was in germany in the late 80s they definitely loved and embraced hip hop

[@andresferreira4431]

AWESOME !!! LEGEND G.M. FLASH !!!!!

[@dougvelliquette7655]

Flash once said "words are like gifts, you don't have to accept all of them". Dude is a Prophet!

[@Cordova449]

Wish I was a fly on the wall...goat

[@thegutpunch1726]

What's wild is Apache and Bongo Rock are Blues Tracks. Basic 1,4,5 chord progressions with funky brisges and breaks. That's are versatile Blues is. Speed it up, slow it down, make it rock like Led Zep or turn it into hip hop

[@kloboucek]

Anyone knows what's the first song with the bongos? Plays at the beginning and then again around 0:55s before he brings the Brazilian Rhyme in.

[@oasissoldier]

According to Shazam, it's 'Jam The Groove' by Ralph Mcdonald

[@kloboucek]

Oh, thanks a bunch... it is that :) ...this is gonna be my target to find during my stay in the US :D

[@perryjones3029]

Will always appreciate grandmaster flash for all the panties I got into as a teenager going to his jams thank you grandmaster

[@chrisgeorgallis7746]

Love him ❤

[@leccionesmusicales]

Wow great. Thanks.

[@antoniop.c65]

Can anyone tell me all the secret weapons please?

[@snowboarder4700]

Legend.

[@paulobiologopescadorconcie9988]

Salve top demais granmaster flash.

[@jim5548]

what is the first record?

[@TheDirtyhouse7]

Ralph Macdonald - Jam on the Groove. The breaks lives somewhere around 3:45 if you search the song on youtube

[@mitchwinthrop]

Jam On The Groove by Ralph Macdonald. He's right. Every dj back then had secret records that no other djs had.

[@BudiSetiawan-ij6cb]

man with white shirt and beard is mixmaster mike right?

[@gabriellachristy4060]

2:54 - David Schwimmer ??

[@andresferreira4431]

yes its

[@leanneblake4248]

Flash - The Greatest .

[@mastergfunkdeniro4300]

the music of 80s disco funk should be back soon please cause the music now is completly loss. Algeriafunk

[@timp9848]

Tim P Flash is a LEGEND! ahead of his time, the godfather of the decks and rap, before flash there was nothing.

[@GB_Rad71]

Yeah there was something before... I love Grandmaster Flash but you forgot about the 'Mighty' James Brown aka Godfather of Soul. Where every dj got there samples and grooves from - Remember the sound of the Funky Drummer and I Know You Got Soul?

[@solo-repair9374]

This is some cool shit especially when they Get Down and start breaking

[@punk.B3YBLADE]

Can someone help me identify what Flash's "Secret Weapon" was?

[@macdonaldbp1]

SWITCHdonkeyFLIP sirdylanmm pointed it out it's Brazilian rhyme by earth wind and fire.

[@cron205]

the incridible bongo band bongo rock Vinyl records

[@literal76]

Ralph MacDonald - Jam on the Groove: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaqYpounqbuFrNU

[@danysav5938]

Someone please help how could you do this on a ddj sb2?????

[@ahmet-balci]

try numark ns7

[@gregoryburton1241]

The Master! People been bitin his shit for years and giving him no credit!

[@markputnam263]

MUCH RESPECT TO GRANDMASTER FLASH

[@Mugthraka]

Personaly i din't know what the Get down show was about, its by total hazard that my mom who likes to watch stuff on Netflix started watching it, then i saw what it was about and that There was Grand master Flash in it! i was like "holy shit thats lit!" Just love it!

[@carloscortes5570]

The legend!!

[@jorgeluislumbreras5298]

I want to know what that song is called

[@jorgeluislumbreras5298]

2:24

[@oasissoldier]

@@jorgeluislumbreras5298 - 'Jump On It' - Apache?

[@staydowntillucomeup8233]

That was iLL they had Flash 😮 doing a private lesson...

[@Noway673]

That kid who is standing in front of Flash look like he is Flash son.Looks like a younger version of Grandmaster Flash.

[@maverickng3121]

Where can I get this mix!

[@Ariel.Briones]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankparrish5657]

Heard white lines and never forgot it. Amazing.

[@djklovisprysko]

The Master !!!!

[@TheRealDJTWIN]

Yo where did you find this clip?

[@oasissoldier]

Baz Luhrmann's Facebook account :)

[@tekkerzboy9424]

Yeh what is the song

[@alzoraig]

Baz Luhrmann.. The Same Man who Directed Moulin Rouge and Great Gatsby

[@alianshampoprisioners7056]

... Why Flash dont search anothers records... Anothers breaks of the 79s...i need to listen another traks 40 years with the same breaks is not good idea...

[@Relish001]

Legendary content!

[@jorgeuilian4931]

Isso ja nao e tocar isso viver a discotecagem!!!!

[@HAB10031]

What's the name of this song

[@boogiedownbronx73]

apache incredible bongo band

[@heidij70]

Yes!!!👏

[@burakaninja5330]

The get down

[@Princeomishore]

fucking legend

[@isorokudono]

WE NEED MORE OF FLASH'S SECRET WEAPON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nelsonfernandez7473]

Until you can take a pebble out of the master, s hand, sit your ass down, this guy is the master

[@ericoliver1603]

if could get vinyls and a pair of turntables i would man, id ditch the digital crap. but carrying that amount of stuff from gig to gig, especially weddings where they ask for the new stuff, is just not feasible.

[@reginaldcapron9215]

word sonnn

[@EGLALGEXLAJOSEPHS]

My teacher . . .

[@DJSt3rling]

Legendary DJ. Uses $5 headphones.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

If you read his autobiography he'll tell you that he'd scrimp and save to buy parts from Radio Shack to build pre-amps & switches, and scavenge from City Dumps to pick up parts. He could play on ANYTHING because he had too!

[@dee1380]

U must serve.. I feel that..

[@EGLALGEXLAJOSEPHS]

⚡⚡⚡

[@MaggillaKutz71]

The let down , canceled do I need to say more

[@paraleloremember]

JOHN Q

[@homedjmikek]

😅

[@MediaBuster]

Get down was a LET DOWN..

[@jonathanvillalobos7994]

FREE KIDD CREOLE!!

[@BudiSetiawan-ij6cb]

PLX 1000

[@KDShaolinMenace]

fucking great

[@rickjason1786]

Spoken like Pete DJ Jones....the get down part.

[@DJB635]

Grandmaster cut faster

[@DameyunHenry-fr7jl]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FROM THE PIONEER ERA OF REAL HIPHOP 1970s and 80s ONE OF THE REAL PIONEERS OF REAL HIPHOP DJ GRANDMASTER FLASH STILL DOING IT THIS HIPHOP OF TODAY'S ERA IS PATHETIC AND PURE GARBAGE AND NOT REAL HIPHOP 1970s and 80s THE ERA OF REAL HIPHOP FOREVER

[@pezavenk696]

Was he tone deaf...or just hype??

[@eppsislike]

What?

[@MaggillaKutz71]

Flash is so over dramatic

[@shadowdwella9058]

all the world is a stage. it requires the dramatics to be able to make the magic

[@ahmet-balci]

whats the name of the first tune? peashy?