Couple React to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

[@shmeggylou5671]

This song doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

[@AlexLafayeteDigitalCreator]

oldie but good

[@rushgush]

it does, number 51 i think of rolling stones greatest 500 songs ever.

[@hjmendoza71]

It's one of the greatest songs in hip hop history

[@mr.culturefreedom2073]

What?! It's literally considered the best hip hop song ever.

[@legalizeweed4976]

It’s not the one or the best it’s literally the first

[@gregb2680]

The greatest rap song EVER written. Nothing even close.

[@blackkatt777]

This is the birth of RAP. This is rap 101.

[@botrrun9399]

This was really such a sad song. You can shake your head but if it does not piss you off, you miss the point.

[@keithkinkade4265]

I'm SO GLAD you guys got to see and hear this!!!!! This song was one of the first rap songs I ever heard and turned me into a fan. This song is one of the most important songs ever written. THANK YOU!!!!

[@sukie584]

Such an important song. White Lines is also amazing by them. An anti-coke song that you can dance to! I’m from NYC from that time, Really resonates for me.

[@firebird77clonefirebird89]

I always thought white lines was pro-coke.

[@sukie584]

firebird77clone firebird not at all! Go back and listen to the lyrics..

[@stephensandoval3548]

I love this kind of old school hip hop when they use to rap about all the terrible shit going on in their cities. Trying to get these fools and junkies to open up their eyes. Nice reaction 👏🏽

[@setclearboundaries9184]

There are still rap songs that talk about this, just gotta look for them.

[@stephensandoval3548]

@@setclearboundaries9184 Any suggestions? I love hearing new hip hop with any kind of message.

[@setclearboundaries9184]

@@stephensandoval3548 Yeah, J. Cole’s KOD is a concept album about different types of addictions. The idea is expressed in the intro, KOD is about greed, Photograph is about social media, The Cut Off is about friends using you, ATM is about greed related to money, Motiv8 about using material items to cope & etc. Those are a few descriptions of the track listing. J. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only is another concept album about how one’s life can be affected by their environment. Kendrick Lamar’s song Sing About Me, I’m Doing of Thirst is a masterpiece about 2 different folks journeys that lead to their passing then his view on it. Mick Jenkins’s The Water(S) is about hydration and taking care of yourself. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V album is about depression because of where he comes from and it going unnoticed by others. Rapsody’s Eve album is more on the positive side each track is named after a famous black woman that’s been through stuff yet strive for better.

[@kimstone8532]

If you know the beat and song after 2 seconds you know it's a song. It was a ground breaking video and album.

[@anthonystewart5215]

THIS CAME OUT ABOUT 1982 AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A RECESSION AND THIS RAP HIT HARD, THEY ALSO RELEASED NEWYORK NEWYORK ABOUT 1983 LISTEN TO THAT ONE

[@maccagrabme]

What made this style of rap so good is not only the storylines but the rappers had a masculine voice, you rarely hear that now but it sounds like an adult telling a story rather than a kid.

[@Liz-cmc313]

Man, this goes way back for me, my first concert at age 9 at an amusement park. Love me some Funk 💯

[@independenceltd.]

Need to do Gandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "White Lines".

[@Sim_racer_40oz]

Yeah white lines great song 🎧

[@TheRebuilt1]

and New York New York. Everybody knows this instrumental as its been sampled to the 10's

[@haydenwittig8877]

Massive here in Australia what a song early 80s TIMELESS.

[@TheRebuilt1]

That message still being received which is sad . I remember blasting this in my radio back in the summer of 82

[@dennisnelson8207]

I grew up listening to punk and post punk,indie,but I loved this song from the first time I heard it.Lyrically it's fantastic.

[@1toughGplayer]

This was the early 70s i was born in NEW YORK CITY and yes times were very difficult

[@bagelj]

I remember the 70s and early 80s NYC, it was a scary place for everyone who visited and live there.

[@Philasophical_Truth.Wisdom]

This is not the beginning of rap, but what it is the beginning of/the birth of, is the beginning/start of rapping about your own personal social conditions & the society around you. Melle Mel here, was the very first rapper to ever do this. He was also the first ever to have a more complicated/intricate rhyme style/rhyme delivery. This is the first time ever someone rapped about social issues, something which ALL (or a great majority) of rap & rappers would EMULATE there after.

[@handsomestik]

my boy Melle Mel in the background

[@phantasyboy1031]

Greatest Rap song EVER! Wish Rap was as cool as this still and you could understand and headnod to this. It kind of reminds me of Bob Dylans Big City Blues but BETTER. Grandmaster came to Aus they did an ad with him here.

[@lovebasednothatebased3236]

41 years after this song was released...sadly things have barely changed

[@chefpfunk1]

I'M AN OLDER GUY FROM NYC AND USED TO LIVE IN HARLEM SO I KNOW A LOT OF PLACES IN THIS. I WALKED A BUNCH OG THOSE STREETS. SOME NOT SO COOL BACK THEN.

[@jamessomers8808]

I've always loved this old 70s footage.

[@EricPalmerBlog]

OMG great song had not heard this in ages. Thanks for sharing :)

[@adamb3210]

The good old days.

[@kryten09]

A 20th century work of art.

[@BecomeConsciousNow]

Good reaction. As you said the words in this song are so profound. This song has a great blend of great lyrics, great melody and it resonates with most people in terms of the struggle of life. Also, the grandmaster flash and the furious five are pretty cool :)

[@southfloridadcl4770]

being a white who grew up in the 70's this song was very good.the original was made in 79,the vid was 83.I was born in NY.

[@grendelz]

To me, this is the first "real" hip-hop song.

[@amandagraham4254]

Regardless of race, in some parts of North America 3 even 4 jobs aren't enough. Children go hungry and we get alot of lip service from Politicians, and slumlords will gladly take your money without doing a Damn thing! Hello from Canada 🇨🇦

[@mojoriot2293]

Wow! What a blast from the past! Brought me back to my early teen breakdancing phase. Beat Street was my favorite movie, I wore that VHS out! I knew ever word, every beat...I even called myself Grandmaster Graff, because of my art. Of course not long after that I heard the Black Sabbath for the first time, & I never looked back...🤘😁 If you do another track like this, please let it be "Beat Street," the song...I'd love to see that one...oh, the memories! 👊😎✌

[@shauno6799]

There is 1 parallel that is evident when comparing hip hop and thrash metal, both genres define the narrative of, we are twisted into form, which is what our feelings of oppression stem from, black, white or brindle, we all are under the control of the system.

[@shauno6799]

Stephen Keelin Jr hmm, not sure what you mean exactly.. reality in itself is a self contained control system.

[@shauno6799]

Stephen Keelin Jr even astronauts? 🤪🤣😜

[@martcp71]

Wow, what a trip down memory lane. This was one of the foundational songs upon which rap exploded during the eighties in the U.S. "The Message" remains a profound work of art IMO.

[@memyself4ever1]

The song came out in the Summer of 1982

[@DanJackson1977]

Classic. If you're on an OG hip hop kick check out the Cold Crush Brothers. "Fresh, Wild, Fly and Bold" . That group doesn't get the recognition they deserve.

[@williamwoodringjr1680]

lots of truth then and now

[@commentwisely3033]

Great throwback timless classic. Crazy thing, all these verses are still current events in the city today.

[@Bootsy64]

Great song by Ed (Duke Bootee) Fletcher and MC Melle Mel. The greatest rap song of all time IMHO

[@technoforever888]

Loved this as a kid hearing it for the first time when it came out!!!

[@Pixelina75]

I love when you two react together! It blows my mind how so many musicians have been singing about these struggles for decades and how little change we have seen. I'd love to see your reactions to some artists I'm pretty sure you may not have heard of nor your audience but what they're saying hits home. Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJfbo3Z6q69rgqs It might help to have the lyrics handy as she is English and some of the terms may get lost in translation. Amyl and The Sniffers: Gacked on Anger kzbin.info/www/bejne/noCxh2l9htFjpdk And while this is not a sign of the times song it is a song I desperately wish for a reaction to just because her vocals are so powerful and heartbreaking, she wrote this song about her father after he passed. I know none of your viewers will know her but she is definitely someone worth listening to and sharing with your audience. Tami Neilson - You Were Mine "Live at Roundhead Studios" kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGLJgKqHfsZ8ldE Thank you for your time and much love to you both!

[@antonybrent6232]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 haven’t heard this for sooo long many thanks 🙏👏👏👏👏

[@smedleybutler1969]

I worked in the South Bronx during this time,there was no hope and nothing was going to change,Then Rudy Giuliani was elected and everything changed,Crime went down, Before Rudy Junkies were ODing everywhere,Times Square was a cesspool it was cleaned up and people got jobs. The whole South Bronx which was burned out was rebuilt with 2 family homes! Watching this song is like a time capsule!

[@controlZchannel]

NYC was a warzone until he came in and then crime rates plummeted.

[@calwalker4808]

The murder rate never dropped below 600 during guilani's time it was fallacy that he cleaned up the city.

[@smedleybutler1969]

​@@calwalker4808I was here and saw it happen! Crime was gown in every category especially street crime ,people felt safe!

[@AlexLafayeteDigitalCreator]

m teeny era and when i was a teacher of break dance

[@MasterTapes1960]

Now who doesn't have Grandmaster Flash 😎

[@joshehrendreich4058]

Greatest hip hop/rap song of all time

[@stephensandoval3548]

Maybe some Gangstarr or Eric B and Rakim soon? Lol. Just a suggestion.

[@yankeerepairs]

Yes . . "Follow the Leader" OR some light hearted old school : UTFO - "Roxanne" & Roxanne Shanté "Real Roxanne" Word 🆙

[@blainecole5452]

I'm thinking Ice Cube took some inspiration from this for his rap Check Yo' Self. For something even older I recommend The Jaggerz - The Rapper

[@robertfraser845]

first time i heard this was in england either 79 or 80 it still is the best of all rap by far it spoke the truth in the usa then and sadly still its got to be the number one of all rap by far if only the rappers now would just listen to this and begin the real truth now not how many woman you have or money ect just do the same and tell your story

[@stretchgilbert]

Shout out to the Boogiedown. The birthplace of Hip Hop. #Bronx It's a shame 5that all these issues are just as prevalent today. ✌

[@iconpoet]

Man... yall are such a beautiful couple

[@johnroop9625]

Greatest rap song EVER!!! DON'T CARE....1978!!!! BADASS

[@stevenroach6809]

Okay, here is some trivia you likely won’t get anywhere else. What is the connection between the Genesis song “Mama” and “The Message?” In “Mama,” Phil Collins has a repeating part where he says, “Ha ha ha - ha ha ha - ohhhh.” I never would have made the connection to the part in “The Message” that goes “A huh huh huh huh” if Phil had not said in an interview that it sounded so different and cool that he wanted something like it in “Mama.”

[@Lorenzo-py5hs]

The last verse to this day is such a staple of ghetto life, and my pops was 12 when this came out lol

[@michaelway7936]

Another one from them along the same lines - New York, New York (big city of dreams) would be cool to react to

[@michaellabarge7557]

I turned 15 the tear this came out....Memories....

[@michaellabarge7557]

1982?

[@davidmcdonagh7756]

Watch the full video brilliant and doesn't bleep out any of the words, also listen to White Lines another great song.

[@pathatfield2543]

Speaking of New York,which you mentioned,this group also has a song called New York,New York.Just as relevant lyrically and just as entertaining sonically.I’d like you to do that one,please.

[@cbcarter63]

Check out Freedom! That jam got the party started!

[@jamessomers8808]

I had this album.

[@jamessomers8808]

I am excited. I was right at that age for the old-school hip-hop. Like 13?

[@DOMSKYTRANCE]

When Rap meant something

[@adolphlopez1462]

I've still few kind of sorry, sad and disturbed about that poor little kid of whom was born to be waiste of mankind, because of the fact that he's never had it any good for all his life since been born, until since than he became a stick up kid until after been sent to prison, he was found dead as by hanging in the cell and as his manhood was destroyed after his body was caught swinging back and forth and the was saying about that kid's tragedy in how he live so fast and die so young. So don't push me to far because I'm standing on the edge, I'm trying to lose my head, it's like a jungle sometimes out there but I'm trying to keep from yonder.

[@Johnny.H158]

Driving big cars spending 💰 Twenty s and tens . 💨🍺🌼🌅🥳✌️😎

[@shauno6799]

React to Australian thrash band Hidden Intent: Addicted to thrash and Drop bears are real!

[@apachekeawe-aiko4900]

My opinion this is TOP#3 ALL TIME BEST MAYBE EVEN #1 HIP HOP/RAP SONG 💯🎧😎😎😎😎

[@SteveMavronis]

I'm a rocker but love this song!

[@yesdex5996]

Hidden colors

[@donnajean3202]

Poor guy can't even relax watching TV because his wife and his mother are addicted to the soaps and hog the TV. My favourite verse is: All My Children in the daytime and Dallas at night Can't even watch the game or the Sugar Ray fight. For those too young to remember, All My Children was a very popular daytime soap and Dallas was a night time show that everyone watched to find out who shot JR Ewing the rich Dallas oilman. It took over a year and a half to find out who did it.

[@CDMJDMHHC]

still impactful today

[@mikkaelrodriguez1770]

Nice...grew up listening to this stuff. You should also check out Whodini, Curtis Blow, Newcleus all have great songs.

[@williamwoodringjr1680]

awsome

[@davidrahowkaminski]

OK, I absolutly not a specialist of US rap, considering I was enjoying french rap more... but if I only stick only to the US rap I heard, this one is the best one by far in every area !! I guess it's the rap song I bring if I may lived in a desert island ^^

[@MetalMonkey]

The fan noise being picked up by the mic is annoying but I realise this isn't your usual setup so every video won't be like that. Objector - My Mind Insane, Belgian thrash metal. They would probably be happy even if you did a whole Social Intolerance album review

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

It’s soooo annoying! I tried to edit it but it was worse. Sorry.

[@wellitsjustG]

But also, why wouldn't the cans go to those neighborhoods?

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

Aaah classic

[@jamesdean1148]

THE rap song of all time

[@andrewsilver696]

Style wars.

[@MasterTapes1960]

White Lines

[@GraciasKike]

1982

[@Movado222000]

Soul Crush Crew Saturday Night Live

[@zeatdeshon9080]

You’ll be action it’s too late song is over 30 years old

[@AlexLafayeteDigitalCreator]

possible to get a react with pblic enem do the right thing

[@Gaseoushead]

Yes, unfortunately, it is still relevant today in 2022, 40 years later. The playing field has not been leveled.

[@dii5605]

👍

[@nattijeff]

DID GMF say the name Rahim? If yes, is that the Rahim of Eric B. fame? Is it possible that they knew each other? BTW, not that this should matter, but I'm goin' say it anyway. 56 year old white guy in suburban Cincinnati. Early Hip Hop was so damn cool, but the genre lost my interest in the early 90s.

[@TheAdventuresofTNT]

We talked about this in one of our videos. The 90s era of hip hop was incredibly unique but it brought about too many negative elements into the genre that are still prevalent today.

[@nattijeff]

@@TheAdventuresofTNT word

[@TheRealBrotherRob]

Yall really acting like you never heard this smh 🤦🏽‍♂️tell me how that's possible

[@zanohoriamazo1]

1982