FIRST TIME HEARING Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message REACTION

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[@okmickey232]

This song was groundbreaking, we had never heard anything like it before as teens in the early 80's

[@nickywarren8002]

It was the very beginning of a whole new genre of music ❤️

[@primeminister66]

This came out when I was about 16 I'm thinking this was the most influential rap / hip-hop song ever. To me it's between this sucker MC by Run DMC and Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang

[@Erikalynn1977]

Right lol this was awesome 😎

[@oldsch001tothebone5]

To this day its my favorite rap song, one if the best if not the best of all time, it was so ahead of the times, rappin about reality in the hood about 7 years before NWA, hit the scene. Absolute classic

[@toniannalimena3580]

Absolutely 💯!!!

[@DarlaVaughan]

And that's why it's called "The Message"

[@gigachad141]

Basically it's about how feels to live in NYC south Bronx in the early 80s

[@timothyweston6087]

White Lines by Grandmaster Flash. Anti-drug song from the 80s. Remember kids, "just say no" 🙄

[@evagelinadicante9840]

Cuz white lines blow away

[@janettem7374]

Had the EP (extended play)

[@Jillyconjem]

Yes, please. 💜

[@rundoetx]

@@janettem7374 i have the 12" single still

[@adc2327]

Oh no that brings back memories. I used to go to underground floating new wave dances. The girls looked like Madonna, guys like Prince and English rock bands. My look was more Sade. Anyway..... White lines was the new wavers favorite. They would all hit the dancefloor.

[@tonysousa9305]

I’m 49 years old and Canadian and I’ve known all the words to this since I was 15. Great song. Masterpiece

[@Mark_R_]

Swap Scottish for Canadian, snap :)

[@5d512]

And add (female) American to the "our days" group. Speaking of "snap", they've got some great songs too.

[@davidmcgugan8076]

55 and livin' in rural town in Alberta and Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Run DMC woke me up to Hip Hop..still better than these "lil" shits today.

[@Iljinarchive]

Same here. I am 49 (almost 50) from the Netherlands. I know this song word by word. And many other 80's rap songs

[@michaelx9079]

53 year old englishman.....can still rap every word....so long as that last verse doesn't make me choke up

[@BrenJen86]

I’m 52 and can’t find my glasses half of the time, but I know EVERY word to this song 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@sandraneal7665]

Lmaooooooo me too.

[@DarlaVaughan]

I'm 50 and same🤭

[@blissboo3892]

I'm 53 and I'm cryin' here. lmao

[@dopiaza2006]

I'm 50 and frequently walk into a room and have no clue why I went in there. I too remember every word of this classic masterpiece!

[@lindajones3696]

Lol...you are not lying..me too!!

[@choppedchamp8757]

"A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind" - Melle Mel delivers one of the greatest lyrics in music, bar none. Love your enthusiasm in your videos.

[@lanakane7325]

The next line is my favorite: God is smiling on you but he’s frowning too because only God knows what you’ll go through.

[@dkn8463]

And the most powerful punch at the end, "lived so fast and died so young". Still get a little emotional when I hear that verse

[@rolybling]

That is also my favourite verse in the song. Incredible lyricist.

[@newtaurus1]

Thats my favorite part.

[@michaelx9079]

Brings a tear to my eye every time

[@guycarter6692]

I saw a documentary about hip hop & Kool Moe Dee said that the last verse of this song, chronicling the birth, life & death of a boy in the ghetto, was arguably the GREATEST verse in hip hop history....... I have to agree with him!

[@closedfiles]

I agree also. And Mel wrote that when he was 15-16 years old.

[@chrisjames3762]

That verse is everything, genius.

[@adrianbenson28]

arguably the GREATEST verse in popular music

[@musemoon]

FUN FACT: Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five is the first hip hop group to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "The Message" was ranked by Rolling Stone #51 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was also chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

[@rundoetx]

I'm a 68 year old from Texas and when this song came out if blew my mind. I bought the 12" single and the album. I still love it and have suggested it here a couple of times. It deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and all the other allocates it has won. Unfortunately, its still as relevant today as is was then. I have always believed that music can bring us together and your channel is proof, Thanks for posting.

[@RogueWJL]

Well deserved.

[@musemoon]

@@rundoetx 😎

[@turdferguson400]

Thanks, Davo! 💖💖💖👍

[@5d512]

Thanks. Well deserved.

[@ashleystewart994]

This is what rapp was all about in the day. Didn't have to call women out of their name, lots of profanity, over sexed......Rapp was about spitting knowledge. Nobody today can touch the old skool rapp!!!

[@jda79]

Yup until Compton got ahold of it

[@findingnory]

There are lots of positive rappers today....

[@m2ad18]

@@findingnory they wouldn’t know anything other than what’s spoon fed to them from the radio... or they talking shit.. negativity sells.. most folks watch the news. Their opinion is irrelevant..

[@findingnory]

@@m2ad18 yeah people don't realize it takes effort to find quality in life

[@tonedowne]

Telling real stories instead of selling fantasies

[@stephanieo2509]

I'm a 53 year old white woman--and I can still rap along every single word of this. :) Message II is good, too.

[@remedy9648]

Same here! 💜

[@Jack1843]

cool

[@jackthe_tripper2544]

Do u have a tictok?

[@elanag5620]

Just asking you respect Donald Trump

[@elanag5620]

And also you can't your 15-year old lady who was probably born in 1944 no offense

[@GalXE06]

"It's like a jungle sometimes. It makes me wonder how I keep from going under." I think this line to myself everyday...for 40 years.

[@anthonymcken6050]

'A bum education, double digit inflation, can't catch the train to the job there's a strike station'. In 2022, this is so prevalent.

[@grendelz]

The last verse of this song is one of the best in hip-hop history.

[@Justin_Bank]

No doubt about it.

[@primeminister66]

If it's not the best is really close

[@dkn8463]

Agreed

[@anthonycortez7270]

The best

[@StuUngar]

It’s very poignant. He really goes off on that last verse.

[@RogueWJL]

This track is a masterpiece. Its modern classical

[@cici7333]

💜💜💜

[@bryanstarke2931]

First hip hop song that actually had something to say 😎

[@lena-mariag.louis-charles3579]

"The Message" is 39 years old this year - unfortunately, this Masterpiece is as accurate in 2021 (nearly 40 years later...) as it was in 1982...

[@robertcraane7910]

Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim

[@lewis72]

that sampled "Don't look any further" by Dennis Edwards.

[@user-DJDreamworld]

More of the youth need to hear this instead of the stuff they hear today

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

This era of rap is the only kind that I'd listen to. Either the fun positive stuff like Apache or more insightful stuff like this. Much better than Drake with his monotone drone.

[@pflynn581]

@@phoneboxchicken4108 100 percent agree.

[@renzo4296]

Definitely, this hip hop was the greatest from the greatest era.

[@ericbryant386]

Whodini...Freaks come out at night. One love. Funky beat

[@terrirucker5792]

I used to call my sisters name. She'd say what? I would start rappin 'You got a big mouth a big mouth'. She hated it. 😂

[@Jillyconjem]

Yes, please. 💜

[@benjaminjean3852]

5 minutes of funk

[@rb7007]

You just can’t beat old skool hip hop. A CLASSIC! 😎

[@sammack1564]

Rappers sampling old school hip hop which sampled old school funk, soul and disco.

[@yankeerepairs]

Beastie Boys - Mix, cut, scratch, sample, rhyme. . . Also, tru Hip Hop pioneers ! Run DMC, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, U.T.F.O, Roxanne Shanté. Dedicate one night a week, for very old school hip hop reactions ! Word 🆙 (Especially Beastie Boys) Root Down Pass The Mic Professor Booty Sure Shot Lookin' Down The Barrel Shake Your Rump Shadrach So Whatcha Want Ch-Ch-Check It Out Well, that's a pretty good APPETIZER ! RIP MCA 😔

[@Qwerty-jy9mj]

The amount of old school rappers that sampled Kraftwerk alone is baffling, these people were _real_ music connoisseurs

[@King-Vis]

However, this song doesn't use a sample at all!

[@eelaws]

Although this song didn't sample any older songs. All the instrumentation was made for this song from what I've researched.

[@mumbles215]

James Brown was the most sampled artist in the 80s. Mainly the break beats but also other musical samples.

[@quickrundown3859]

This is what Ice Cube sampled for his song "Check Yo Self."

[@Iljinarchive]

@Zeno Morphic I come with stealth I am bad for your health

[@StuUngar]

As did Puff and Mase. Cube’s was a remix.

[@highsummonerwill1874]

Yes

[@holyspacemonkey]

Oh yeaaahhhh!! This was my jam! (Mine and almost everyone else’s! 😂) Such a classic! This also reminds me that you still need to hear some Funkadelic & some Parliament!

[@jeanaejoneshomeavonplanning]

This song is in Black American DNA now. I was about 8 or 9 when it came out. Ultimate anthem, which still resonates today!

[@primeminister66]

Indeed I was about 16 when this came out the amazement listen to this on the radio it was crazy too real only of the song in my youth as far as rap for early rap that I can remember influencing me like this cut was sucker MC by Run DMC and Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang

[@dkn8463]

Spending $20s and $10s. Haha

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@Zeno Morphic exactly! I'm white and not even from America (I'm Dutch). By the time this was a huge hit in The Netherlands, my dad was unemployed, so the money didn't grow on trees. But in my case it could be worse compared to what I saw, drugs and alcohol addicition, 2 of them drink them to death and 1 drugs addict commited suicide. People who couldn't pay the rent and the landlord removed them, cars possessed. And wel 2 of my nieghbours gor arrested for criminal activities (burglars). And guess what, the people where I'm writing about were all white. It is a social class thing, and although I was lucky it doesn't mean that I didn't know what was going on. So yes this is my opion the best rap song ever.

[@highsummonerwill1874]

@@xXTheoLinuxXx definitely a social thing. Can't put a race stamp on this I agree with ur statement

[@PunchtheLion]

Goes beyond color, it hit me as deep as well.

[@missgmoma]

Yep, he’s delivering the message right here 👆🏻

[@tonyab1972]

You know, sometimes it sucks pushing 50, but I'm thankful that I was there for the beginning of so many music styles and pop culture events. This song has a special place in my heart because it was one of the first rap songs ever and it paved the way for what was yet to come. Sadly, I feel like rap lost it's way or either the new artists sold out. Either way, rap used to mean something deep but as the years went on, artists stopped focusing on the message and that's why it's hard for many people in my generation to listen to what's being played today. There's no comparison to what we grew up with.

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

👍💕 Well said!

[@merciless41582]

People don't realize how influential, important, and legendary this song is. It was without a doubt, the most important hip hop song of all time. Way ahead of its time. The first conscious hip hop song,These guys are telling you a dark story of how New York City was back in those days. We seen a lot of it in Taxi Driver (1976), but when the 80's came the crack epidemic hit. A lot of the legendary rappers/rap pioneers like Too Short, Nas, Rakim, Ice Cube, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, amongst others have credited this song as the song that influenced them to rap.

[@ampthefreethinker5335]

Facts ! some people just dont know ! Legendary

[@gchristyer]

When rap meant something try white lines by them & afrika Bambara planet rock.....TrueType awesome !!! 😁👍✌️🇬🇧🙏

[@tawnyh8878]

You do know this song is talking about how things were in the 80s and it was bad with the crack and the inner-city crime etc. there’s a message in this rap song

[@obdiane]

Yeah, the message is poverty, despair, rage, and desperation, etc.

[@annother3350]

The Bronx was like one big war zone

[@Brandnew210]

Most of the 80’s was cool in philly the problems started in 1986 when crack came to my neighborhood then guns started flooding the city.

[@gerrymckeever1414]

Yes its got to be White Lines.... Its something like a Phenomenon.

[@carlaspinall7418]

This is a classic and legendary you can never get boad of this song

[@closedfiles]

The last verse is one of the greatest in hip hop history. Melle Mel wrote that when he was 15-16 years old. One verse details a persons life from birth to death.

[@formergoat9257]

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock next please!

[@HOLYWELL]

One of the most important and influential songs of all time

[@HOLYWELL]

All rap songs up until this point were all about bragging,this was about what life on the streets was really like

[@darcyann66]

I was blessed to be able to see them in concert in the '80s

[@janettem7374]

Your so lucky ❤️

[@maifernqvist2858]

Me too. White Lines was new then.

[@cici7333]

Wow! I can only imagine how incredible that was. 💜☮️💜

[@kevinmartin9732]

You and me both

[@dsmoove1736]

Let’s be clear, no disrespect to Grandmaster Flash but this record was written and performed by Grandmaster Mele Mel and Duke Bootie. Flash actually had nothing to do with this song. His name was first in the group as he assembled the group back in the 70’s but he did not perform on any of their earliest hits except for the classic The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel. Let’s give credit where credit is due. big up Mele Mel and Duke Bootie.

[@havok6280]

Ice Cube "Check Yo Self" for an effect use of sampling.

[@mmomailman]

"Rock Box" by Run-DMC... more old school rap meets rock. Also check out Big Daddy Kane and Eric B. and Rakim. Lovin the old school! Thanks J!

[@kjellbjrnasmo480]

Rock Box!! That song is 🔥

[@Eowyn187]

*Parliament* *Tear The Roof Off The Sucker* 💃🕺💃 #funk

[@primeminister66]

Indeed and maybe the the Mothership Connection, flashlight, One Nation Under a Groove, Aqua Boogie, too many to name almost

[@rayfk4]

@@primeminister66 Glen Goins was one of the greatest singers ever!

[@eugenaakatruth-seeker1174]

You really need to listen to “White Lines” Absolute classic track 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌

[@keisablack8560]

Whaat! I know that's right! JayveeTV. These were the good ole days. This was when rap was a form of expression! Not a license to kill! Thank You! Grandmaster Flash for paving the way for rap artist of today. Timeless! Classic! ❤

[@joebryant5722]

Easily, Easily one of , if not the best reaction you've posted. MAGIC. The roots of social rap. 'can even see the game or the sugar ray fight'

[@shadaxe]

FINALLY, someone who reacts to Grandmaster Flash! Much love to you man.

[@virginiaaguilar3648]

I was 12 when this came out and it is still prevalent in today’s world

[@blissboo3892]

Has he listened to WHITE LINES yet?

[@JemJam2976]

Don't do it... I haven't listened to that song in forever

[@moxyblackfiddler]

Grandmaster Flash is one of the inventors of the Hip Hop sound. When the DJ was prominent I remember listening to this as a 14 year old. Rub Dmc took it to a new level. It's guys like this influenced pretty much every rappers from the 80's. Guys like Will Smith grew up to this. This during the Saving and Loans crisis and Reaganomics.

[@YourMom-tr5pu]

"Don't push me/ I'm close to the edge/ I'm trying not to lose my head" That's Hip Hop

[@herc20000]

My mate met these guys awhile back, they offered him to go to their concert, backstage vip and all, he didn't take them up on their offer! I would jumped all over that, these guys are great and did a lot for the music industry.

[@heatherwatts7918]

Sugar Hill Gang and Grand Master Flash all the originals Masters of rap ,love them. 🙌

[@aimeewalters7451]

Ayeeee!! I love Grandmaster flash! This was popular when I was a kid! Love it!!! 😁😁💯💯💯💯

[@sspsfivefivefive]

Amazing track. It's like real life painted into our minds.

[@ryancraig2795]

I must admit i never heard this song until around 95 or so, about the same time that Maestro Fresh Wes was doing "Let your backbone slide" - which also used a rhyme with "sacroiliac". Obviously highly influential.

[@virginiaaguilar3648]

Jay you’re about to get sprung off all these old school jams. Next listen to Apache

[@jhamptonjr]

I'm 61, White, and live in Kentucky, and even I know these lyrics! This was late 70s and I have to admit I didn't understand it at first, but then I read the words and listen to it and completely understood it. Peace and love y'all!

[@verbone]

1982

[@larrybee7713]

Yes Sir.

[@bastionbooger]

It was the 80s

[@camrs125]

55 and I can sing the whole song…I’d never heard anything like this at the time…good times bro 😎✌🏻

[@jhamptonjr]

@@camrs125 they were the best times and we had no idea! Peace!

[@sheltonroseboro3935]

I just want to say that this video was filmed in Harlem, NY. which is where I am from and lived when Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five made this song and video. The stores that it shows of the people walking by, is on 125th Street, in the same hundred block as the Apollo Theater…

[@chris5947]

I'd like to request a react video for Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick "The Show" :)

[@Luxito_DeWarlock]

Two other songs by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five you need to check out: #1Superrappin #2 The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel

[@alrivers2297]

White Lines and New York New York first

[@philiptodd7062]

A record that has never aged since it was released 38 years ago

[@lindawhite2634]

Now you have to react to WHOODINI-ONE LOVE,FRIENDS,FREAKS COME OUT AT NIGHT,FIVE MINUTES OF FUNK. THEY GO HARD YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED🤗🤗🤗

[@tigerwilliams7723]

It's great hearing your reaction to these ol' school rap classics 👍😎

[@firstnamelastname6193]

This song changed things! When this came out people started to pay attention to the power that rap had and all the record companies started opening their eyes and realized that rap was not just a "fad" and was not just dance music but an art form that moved people as well

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

NYC in the 70s was hell. That looks like the Bronx. The 80s came later and changed from heroine to cheap crack and the.money started rolling in. This song is perfect for roller skating.

[@carola4618]

that is the south Bronx where all the buildings were abandoned and then torned down, the minute i saw this video i reconized the area, the bums and the crack heads would set it on fire. my parents moved us out of there when son of sam started killing, our once nice street was getting bad, i didn"t come back till 10 years later

[@denisemeredith2436]

If you like this then check out The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight.

[@swinde]

Rappers delight was very early hip-hop where groups of guys from the neighborhoods would gather on street corners and do "free-style" rapping. It was made up as they rapped. As the style gained popularity lyrics were written and played against samples from other's songs.

[@sandorhajdu1615]

He did.

[@havok6280]

@@sandorhajdu1615 literally a couple of hours ago...

[@sandorhajdu1615]

@@havok6280 I have spoken. :D

[@hamacus]

This song is the truth. Remember hearing this for the first time back in the day. Sadly still way too relevant.

[@adc2327]

I spent a lot of time in England in the 80s. They were using this beat for a PSA to tell children to look both ways before crossing the streets so they won't loose their heads. I couldn't believe it. Popular worldwide!

[@onsesejoo2605]

If talking about flow, they actually are almost singing in places, a skill many rappers of the day sorely need. And one thing more, the delivery is so clear and well written that as a non native in English, I can pick it all.

[@mrflynn01]

I sent the video to member of the Furious 5! Keep up the great work.

[@justmadeit2]

Incredible song, great lyrics, I find it quite emotional in a way too when u think about society in general and the struggle us humans can face in life

[@marceltroia9750]

I tell you man I always tear up when I hear that song. It's so true

[@nikkiharris6091]

This is what I call real rapping. Jay anyone can listen to this. You don't keep hearing all the. F. Words. ,💯💯🎼🎤🔥😍

[@bethshadid2087]

All the curse words, calling women names, nakedness, twirking.....so sad 😓

[@janettem7374]

Amen ‼️‼️‼️

[@bgvan37]

They were old heads by then. 1982 They are the pioneers of hip hop they started in 1976

[@giannirubino8508]

About time! Where's White Lines? After the original, check out Duran Duran's cover of White Lines.

[@TheAussieLeo]

Grandmaster Flash is the ORIGINAL Scratcher. The man gave us cutting and scratching like nothing else, he learned at the Feet of Grand Wizard Theodore. Because of this great man and his group, we have amazing music today!

[@bubgum00]

I grew up with this song. I was 18 at the time. That was 39 years ago. I loved this song. Great memories.

[@ronburgandy5006]

The Message. Literally one of the first rap songs. But still the KING of ALL in rap history. Nothing comes close. This song hits so close to home. It's kinda like an anthem to how some of us grew up. Going to bed as a kid and hear gun fire but fall back sleep since it's like it's 2 blocks away, ya get so use to it you can almost gauge the distance...that was our reality.

[@mistateearuba]

If I had to pick a top 5 of best rap songs ever, this would be the first song I'd put in there. The content, beat, production, delivery and the historic importance, ALL of it. Monumental, Top class.

[@joecraven2712]

It’s the way it flows. It flows so well. Like a poem, but with a beat.

[@generaines6369]

Listen to "White Lines" by them as well.

[@huffy2722]

I like your reactions, always positive, feel good factor. Nice job. This tune is legendary

[@DarlaVaughan]

With the shouldered boombox. Glory days. I still have mine🤭 That tee though!

[@blissboo3892]

Does it still work? :)

[@DarlaVaughan]

@@blissboo3892 it does. As does my original Atari. I'm so proud 🤣

[@christopherdiedrich40]

"It was plain to see that your life was lost. You was cold as your body swung back & forth." Not that I would ever believe in censorship but compared to four letter words, those lines are graphic and put a very unsettling image in my head. That there is true art, poetry & talent! Now this is the end and it's about that time. When I get to drop my own damn line. Yeah you can call me a hypocrite. But I won't take it back, man. FUCK ALL THAT SHIT!

[@user-DJDreamworld]

Now your getting into the real hip hop

[@lowghia]

@JayveeTV loved watching ure reaction man. i was 14 when this came out and as a skinny little white kid i was hooked instantly., 53 now and ... still know it word for word, still a unforgettable classic... this song should be put in a time capsule....

[@JimmyNotes]

Maaaaaaaaaaan, this is a classic.

[@jacquelinejohnson6447]

This rap has been sampled through the years

[@michaellavender6730]

Grandmaster Flash didn't participate with The Message, the primary rappers are Melle Mel and Duke Bootee

[@jamesmertzelos210]

Worth noting that, all the melodies and lyrics (except for the last verse) were written by Duke Bootee. Also, Melle Mel had already recorded the last verse on 1979s "Superappin'". This track is only Duke Bootee and Melle Mel rapping... Flash and the rest of the Furious 5 were not involved at all, other than having the group name falsely attached to the release. Definitely a landmark piece of music and one that holds nostalgic memories for me. Thanks for the video.

[@Remaagen]

Like to see a reaction video to Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock.

[@mostmost1]

Melle Mel is THE FIRST Emcee to write routines, Rap about conscious topics, Tour world wide before any rap act, He was the template for all the emcees of the 80s, They invented the EMCEE spelling, He was rhyming in the 70s, Won Grammys Gold records and in the Rock in roll hall of fame. Elite Emcee! That last verse is still one of the best in Hip-Hop history!

[@SleeperLG]

Check it, Grandmaster Flash is one of the three founders of hip hop along with Afrika Bambaataa and Kool Herc.

[@MrUndersolo]

Man, I was eight years old when this came out... Really woke a lot of us up to what this new rap thing was going to be... Oh, and one little fun fact: Melle Mel's 'ha ha ha ha' was used by Phil Collins when he wrote 'Mama' (he admitted that he loved what M M did here).

[@KathleenActonHA]

Thanks for the reminder...ive been saying 'dont push me cause im close to the edge' for 30 years lol

[@vondefeo8586]

Same here lol, I say it often

[@alfonzohoward185]

This is what hip hop was creating for to spread the word to the world 🌎 to the struggles of the ghetto and the voiceless

[@gregorynetus5557]

Legendary song.glad i grew up with classic like this.word up son

[@MichaelBrown-zj4uw]

Not just one of the best rap songs ever...one of the best SONGS ever. I grew up listening to this when it came out. These guys actually had talent, now days there is very little talent in the game just like this song, they told a story. Their rhymes actually made sense. The song is trying to convey real issues and like the title it is a Message and a string one. I hope someday rap/hip hop will gravitate back to its roots Amazing song!

[@mattdaddyful]

Bring out the cardboard,..We used to break dance and roller skate to these classics

[@gizbot9366]

The best song maybe EVER. Had a "message" and a great beat. GMF rocked the house with this song.

[@shaned.2126]

Have to check out their song "Beat Street" from the movie soundtrack. That song goes deep into real life stuff too.

[@VincentBautista365]

This is where it all comes from! The grand-fathers of Rap and Hip-Hop

[@robsabourin3357]

On my mixed tape. Jam on it by Newcleus was the next song. Great times!