Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, live in 1979

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grandmaster flash & melle mel, live christ the king high school 1979
My collection of old school hip hop live shows and radio shows: old-school-live-shows.blogspot.com

[@ThatSmoothOperator]

I'd kill to have this in great quality, but I'm already so damn grateful to have it at all!

[@Josh3455]

I'm 85 and I like this kind of music.

[@maccagrabme]

Are you still with us?

[@ratking9577]

@@maccagrabme he would be 96 now so idk

[@maryarroyo2011]

Peace To All, Yes, if you listen to DJ's today, they are faster, more precise, and fancier. But what some fail to understand is that all the DJ's today are using other DJ's creativity, as a measuring stick, to compare themselves, and even to get better and more creative. When G M Flash did this, he had no other person he could follow, compare himself to, or copy or practice some other DJ's fancy techniques. Pretty much, Flash was inventing as he went along. So yes, you will hear mistakes, miss a beat, needle jumping, etc.. But this was all necessary for the beginning of the evolution that is going on today. So please, before one start to diss what's happening here, remember that all this started and lead all the rich Rappers and Dj's you have today. They built the DOOR. Everyone else just walked in. G M Flash, Real Brother, Pioneer, Inventor, Creative, True Hall of Fame Legend. Flash and the Furious going through so much are the reason why there were so many open doors and opportunities in Hip Hop. Can't blame them for what's happening to Rap today, but I will Thank them for having the Guts and Vision, and all the RAW work they put to be part of the Original builders of MCing- RAP- HIP HOP,and all that YES, YES YA'LL. I was Blessed to be there, and I'm blessed today. Blessings To All.

[@cjbani159]

peace to you sister Mary ~ I agree. I'm old enough to remember going out in the alleys to find a refrigerator box to try and learn backspins listening to hiphop when it first hit Chi. I appreciate being able to hear it again ~ my pause tapes from the radio have long since disintegrated ¡jaja!

[@geo-ze6cj]

I totally agree. And Grandmaster Flash didn't have KZbin to bite other people styles.

[@fraz72]

Agree 100%

[@unclecee1188]

Im 55 now. Old school is True school. I can definitely say I was there in the flesh hopping turnstiles to the next jam, even throwing up a tag here and there. Rockin a V-Neck, Chinese Mock, Lees, Name belt, Silver Medalians, Kango and BWs...An era that I will NEVER forget....Still got my Original Flyers!!

[@jjdjdjd1]

Fatboy slim

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

Peace and Blessings to all... I was there before GMF & the F5 blew up. he used to play at Roosevelt HS in the Bronx Friday nights. He was scorching anyone who dared to challenge him. there was only one that ever came close but NEVER beat him. that was DJ Charlie Chase. very quick but not quick enough for GMF. GMF was the only one at that time that was able to do it that way. yes today's djs are quicker and more precise but they have technology. GNM and those djs of that era laid down the ground work using wax only for today's djs. Y'all young folk don't know what it was like back then. I grew up in a time that the dj was king because not too many could do it. Crews were the thing back then....you had djs, rappers, and the rest were assigned to carry all the components (stages, speakers, record creates, the wiring, amps, etc.). it was a whole production and often for nothing but the love of seeing others enjoy themselves as they dance to your music. its a whole different world today. its all about the Benjamins mostly and not the love of it. its all good though. I applaud those that are doing it. We didn't have social media or the internet. but my parties were packed just by word of mouth. GMF's gatherings were always jammed beyond capacity. Today's djs are the latest generation of djs who have taken it to the next level. but one should never forget the humble beginnings of the dj. And yes Grand Mater Flash created the crossfader...My hats off to those like Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, Africa Bambaataa, Jellybean Benitez, Larry Levan for influencing me to become a dj. Werd up......those who criticize the past, you don't know shit. Yall are spoiled and don't know what its really like in the craft. you just walk in with your laptop and usbs and play. hahahahaha. yall crack me up...I remember when I used to flange with 2 turntables. I used 3 or 4 turntables. now you just press a button. my point is, its a skill not just an option....again, yes. Today's djs are more talented but they have technology. we didn't have a sync button. but we made it happen cleanly and smoothly. knowing that certain songs were faster at certain points of the track and slow back down after a certain point. you don't have that today...you sync it and call it a day. I guess the good is that it gives those who ordinarily wouldn't attempt to play get in the game.....

[@DBMoshua]

I trip out when i listen to these old school recordings. I was at a lot of these jams and I was also djing back in these days. Flash was like my idol. If i would have only known how far this music was going to go back then.

[@merchantsmithimages]

Flash is indeed the pioneer of "The Quick Mix" theory and scratching. I wrote about him in my thesis for graduation.

[@snapbacks223]

was not born then but miss the music and fashion style love the clothing on to the 80's are parents knew real swag it least some of them did

[@thescatman5029]

The lack of historical respect coming from the youth in these comments is mind-boggling.....!

[@mckeazyk3765]

i’m 14 and this shits awesome but my dad went to his early lives around the 1970s or something so it’s probably from him playing g m flash all the time

[@meandminespro7]

Its a blessing to be from the generation when this was created. i remember you wouldnt hear nothing like this unless you where in the parks..nyc i remember going to delancy st. and seeing the turntables the numark mixers the echo chambers. it was a treat to see anyone who had a set. man..those was the days..peace to all who loves the foundation

[@selectajay2000]

Flash was never overrated..good times was definitely one of Flash trademarks! Melle Mel on the Mic!!..Classic shyt right here..& one must understand these are pioneers at work!

[@djJohnnyDomino.official]

Indeed!!...This is the Foundation of turntablism right here - where it all started...in fact, I was exposed to hip-hop by hearing Flash back in my days in the Castle Hill Projects, in The Boogie Down, baby!! This takes me back there fo' sho' !!!

[@88GURP]

This is sick especially for 1979 I didn't start seeing fools doing doubles and scratching until after 84

[@ShakespearesFool]

This is the beginning of hip-hop and arguably dance music too. Remarkable that it's so raw. Utterly cool.

[@wdls1]

Thank u my bruva, greatest admiration as i was 1 of the Dj's & spectators! Gr8 memories & gr8$! Peace my bruva! 😎👊

[@DutchOldSchoolFan]

Respect! You must have some very interesting stories to tell

[@wdls1]

Dutch Old School Fan - Any time u need or require info bruv, jus holla! 😎👊

[@kingjames9505]

This brings me back to the days of crotona park, 63 school yard, Arthur park & on & on & on...Can you dig it?

[@jiggy3032]

This is dope to hear the start of hip hop and rap🙌🏾💪🏾 born 1996 btw don't gotta be born back then to appreciate the sound

[@djSKYEuk]

Olds cool, He was called the GrandMaster for a reason WORD.

[@chezza55]

i'm 18 and this is way better than todays shit.

[@lyndellbolling3730]

Hip Hop in its rarest form!

[@mookeychase0907]

@estproductions666 Word these young cats look at the modern DJ with all the technology and say foul s**t like "Flash is garbage" when he invented the cross fade extending the breaks etc. Back then back spinnin was a show of how fast you were that's why he's back spinnin so much the stuff he's doin was unheard of then,but these suckers will say this is no big deal. I always say yo ask your fav DJ who is his fav DJ most likely it's Flash or somebody who idolized Flash. Thanx for standing up, peace

[@LinxAudio]

Word!!! 👊🏾 some of the peeps disrespecting the pioneers weren’t even born when Flash was doing this stuff. This recording is literally history. Absolutely groundbreaking. This particular performance inspired thousands to want to become dj’s. Nothing remotely like this had been done before, the whole format and concept was just far away from the mainstream. Damn, headz need to recognise...

[@suave_d]

Classic and Legendary.

[@DBMoshua]

this was when the dj was the star and the mc was his assistant i was at this jam too.

[@worldwidehf]

ohh my gosh this is classic i wish i could get this for my collection

[@JLJ504HD]

Raw, indeed, but original.

[@chrisdick7841]

Thankyou GMF & Melle Mel, takes me back to my school discos when we used to have breakdancing comps. Chris, UK

[@DjICEbrooklynNYC]

Dammm 1979 now this is history the good old days in NYC .Thanks for sharing !

[@sauloalves1555]

Esse é o inicio os manos sofreram mais conseguiram essa base e da discow

[@chevyt454]

The birth of Hip Hop

[@JUSLOFI]

At Christ The King in Queens!

[@Frego1912]

Das waren die coolsten DJ´s und Sie werden es immer bleiben....! So geil kratzen können die NEUZEITLICHEN MP3 aufleger einfach nicht mehr! Und das mit dem Material von damals einfach genial!

[@7wiiskate]

he was good back then but got way better he¨s an icon in hip-hop have to respect that peace

[@keenanforeman8629]

The Boogie Down BRONX.

[@RandyRhoadsFL]

Cool video

[@vynilspinner]

Hey, it had to start somewhere. I bet it was the shit back in the day. Big ups to Flash.

[@jtfigueroa]

I was all Back-Spinning and was hard as hell; saw all of these boyz back in the day from the bronx to queens; but the real shit was in the L.E.S. down by 6th & D and the Drive YO! Amazing times - dangerous as hell - there was a shooting every time! But it will be in my blood always...

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

we all have our places that we call where the real shit was....I was in the south Bronx...watching GMF in my high school every Friday night....until a shoot out inside the school ended that....lol.....

[@maccagrabme]

Unbelieveable to read comments about how terrible this sounds and the pathetic 'oh I thought he was better than this'. My good god, look at the year ffs!! 1979, you kids weren't even a twinkle in your dads eyes. This legend was creating music of the future, way beyong the skill level of the average dj back then and using equipment out of the ark compared to todays all singing all dancing Serato and skipless vinyl and needles or butter smooth cross faders. A lot of new scratches today are nice granted BUT actually easier in a lot of respects than the oldskool scratches as you are able to sound far more technical than what you are actually doing as its all in the fingers rather than wrists. A bit like parradiddles on a drumkit but too much of it is tiring to the ear which a lot of dj's are guilty of. To create something equally impressive to this mix today you would need to be near the skill level of Q-bert or his successor. If anyone can post a link to a mix better than Adventures on the Wheels of Steel then I am all ears because I've yet to hear a better mix.

[@trapgodnah9022]

yes all thats all true but im just wondering how him being the first dj how come he has had about 40 years and he there's 18 year olds better then him

[@thatdudenamedmoe]

Dude kids these days got Taktor and Maschine and digital audio that can be manipulated at the drop of a hat. These dudes had to feel where a loop was on a delicate physical disc, and fucking up a loop was a matter of a wrist movement a centimeter too far. Today people just quickly define a loop on a screen and let that play while they do some finger drums on a sampler or cue up another loop, something that wasn't even possible back in the day. Plus he invented this shit. It's like talking shit about how messy ancient architecture was, but they were carving rocks with their hands so who's gonna talk shit you know?

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

sync buttons, tractor, virtual dj took away the hard parts and made it easier to learn the other parts of djing. we had to do it all....we had a thing called an echo chamber for echoing songs, 2 records to flange. today you have a button. you dot have to develop those skills. it frees you up to do the other stuff...

[@GlenHibbert]

littlegee I agree 100%. Flash was inventing Everytime he touch the turntables. Some of the people commenting negatively their parents probably weren't born yet. Also Melle Mel was doing his thing as well.

[@fraz72]

@@thatdudenamedmoe excellent point.

[@bobbygnosis]

Before the Beat Junkies. There was Flash.

[@fnkdrmmr]

Damn, this sounds like the "Grand Master Flash" tapes I used to get in the 70s and early 80s - REAL HIP HOP! The Furious 5 and Flash never really got their due. The world has now bitten off the culture of the South Bronx. It's painful to listen to the ignorance they call rap today.

[@ratking9577]

It gotten worse :(

[@nyceefx]

KING TIM THE 3rd. PUT OUT THE FIRST RAP RECORD OF THE 70's NOT SUGAR HILL GANG , SUGAR HILL GANG CAME OUT LATER , I KNOW CAUSE I'M A NEW YORKER OF THIS ERA , I HAD BREAK BEATS AND USED TO PRACTICE AT A FRIENDS HOUSE ....

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Well, Rap in a Hip Hop jam mode, cause before that you got "Here comes the Judge" (1968 by Pigmeat Markham), "Good Love 69969" (1972 by Isaac Hayes), "Every Brother ain't a Brother" (1972 by Gary Byrd Experience), "Sport" (1974 by Hustler Convention= Last Poets + Kool & The Gang), "Let's take it to the stage" (1975 by Funkadelic).

[@fabioz91]

whoooo yeahhh!! grandmaster flash live @ finland TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

[@LinxAudio]

2:34 onwards 🤯

[@chief69oner]

chief69 a South Bronx Bboy/Emcee/ Graffiti Artist and I love to hear this stuff its whats real Hip Hop to me

[@ashleybombashley]

Thank fuck we progressed from this..Not dissing anyone respect to grandmaster who is fucking legend ,79 was early....

[@kruszovsky]

Can u imagine if this was 'Rappers Delight' and not the Sugarhill Gang version? In 1979, THIS WAS REVOLUTIONARY IN MUSIC.....

[@martynpank]

superfunkyheroe. This is 1979 For Fuck Sake! No-one was doing this at the time! Big up Flash!!! He will never be the best DJ, apart from the early years, but Christ, he was there at the start!!!

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

I used to leave my parties and leave my homies playin' when I found out where flash was playing just to watch. especially if he was close to where I was playin'...and then go back...lol....

[@officialwilza]

I still cant do that now......lol

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

me neither...i'm a mixer..

[@BAMBOOLOUNGE]

AN ICON............

[@273VIPER]

Much respect to Flash. The technology back then was horrible. He laid the foundation for today. And just as athletic performance continues to climb so did DJ skills currently.

[@tacvbo6]

PLAYLIST PLIS =D

[@Saintboss]

U can never compare flash to anyone unless they started on the streets from nothing with him. By the time he battled cheese, rules and techniques where very different. flash was the originator of on time mixing. on time fast mixing. Until people caught his style which was pioneering in works... no one was doing what he was doing. And everything he did, he was discovering as he went forward. So no one can u compare with Flash, Herc, Brucie B.

[@Saintboss]

Basically, DJs were not defined because of its uniqueness and all that still had to be understood on 2 turntables and a mixer. 1 person who i felt was sick on the turntables was Wizkid. Another was Dr.Rock. Flash and Charlie Chase understanding of timing was Unique within itself. Catching a record before the breakbeat and throwing it in on time matching up with the break already playing was science within itself, and they did it well. Kendu from Queens, Dj U-God from the real cipher of Sounds.

[@bringobrongo1510]

PS: THX for posting this!!!!!

[@Gunnercv]

good times!

[@gsbrown3510]

You are absolutely right...King time the 3rd is the first official rap record

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

1st official played on the radio.....

[@keenanforeman8629]

I was born in the 70s. Not good enough, i wanted to be at the Roxy with these Pioneers. That was the life. This stuff now is bulls*@%

[@rogerbowen5600]

SMOKE SOME DUST AND GO SEE FLASH!!!

[@Maoshan]

So true brother

[@first40]

actually birth of hip hop occurred 5 yrs prior to this

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Flash is legendary and foundational. But Mixer w Crossfader was existed effective since 1974 when GLI launched his GLI 3800 disco mixer. EXAMPLES: Billboard 4 Jan 75 pag 10 anounced mixer Tri-Tone Disco IV . features: 2 horizontal slider crossfade between turntables. Autostart Up of turntables controlled by crossfaders price $985. Billboard 22 Feb 1975 pag 74 announced Meteor Clubman Two. Billboard 02 Oct 1976 pag 55, AEC Discomaster mixers. 09 Oct 76 pg 55 GLI 3880.

[@drifter402]

1:27 nice

[@markbeatts]

i remember being at a park we called liberty park pool, they used to jam in front of the pool it was a big gate separated them from the pool in brick town in south jamaica queens the disco twins was rocking this was a rough area they used to rock at night this was a few blocks down from the infamous armory were everybody who was anybody in hip hop rock and some couple white boys was there that night they had a weed spot off merrick blvd there they big snakes were they kept the weed in year 78

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

disco twins were nasty...I used to see them at the dj battles in the hotel diplomat back then....

[@kidwycked]

@sardhouse76 NICE!

[@Xaltus]

2:37 is amazing

[@Cirkdiz]

Good Times break 0:00 - 8:23 Freestyle over Good Times and 1 other break 8:24 - out..

[@flatbush46]

@meandminespro7 you think ????? lol... I think that had to be on of the most exciting eras of hip hop... it was so raw and pure and untouched by corporate america. you said the numark mixers wow... i got one better the clubman one on one mixer.. And the technics sld turntables.. before the 1200's... Man if you had 1200's you were like a god....

[@HypnoticHollywood]

I don't know about erving-but definitely not mj.That go to someone like ,Cheese (frome Plainfield,NJ-my hometown! who beat Flash and won the 1st World DJ Battle in London ...all at only 14 years old),or Jazzy Jeff & maybe Q bert or Craze. All that said...Flash is right there with the greatest,and none of those other guys would do what they do !

[@eddiebrooklyn718]

waaaaaaow !!!!!

[@kruszovsky]

At 2:37 u have the Hip-Hop beat....

[@rodneyprescott5796]

Alot of young peoples criticism for grandmaster flash is shocking and shows a lack of respect to those pioneers . Hip hop Wannabes have no clue, alot of them don't even know the difference between hip hop and rap. And many more young people of today don't even know to cook let alone dj. Many don't even what vinyl is. In order to appreciate and understand the hip hop/turntablism culture you must go back that is common sense, which isn't that common by some of the idiots nowadays who trying to argue with the older heads of hip hop who clearly know more. You try and invent something that is real has that has the longivity as djing /hip hop. My hand is currently held to my ear I don't hear nothing nope. The true hip hop headz fight the good fight, I'm with you. Respect to Afrika Bambaatta, Kool Herc, and Malcolm Mclaren who open many peoples eyes including mine to the beginning of hip hop. Not forgetting the early days of electro funk too which paved the way for many music genres to this day fact.

[@Madbandit77]

I heard that.

[@PresidentZMAN]

this song is the best. whats the name of it.

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

Chic - Good Times

[@nycrhythmcom-Vnylperv9pmfriday]

1000% agree with khultan

[@isaiahjackson4530]

Tuntablism at its finest!!!

[@Ignignoct303]

@valerock667 let us know when you pioneer the next great thing in music

[@flatbush46]

@first40 can't forget The Grand Wizard Dj Theodore, he was nice too...

[@mookeychase0907]

@TheSuddenFire He's not a founder bcuz he back spun a record if you really knew about Hip-Hop & DJing you would've known better than to say sarcastic sh*t like that bcuz you would have respect for what this pioneer has done for the culture...

[@rightknowledgeman]

if djing was basketball would flash be julius erving or michael jordan?

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

Erving....

[@valerock667]

@Ignignoct303 sure, at least I won't scratch my dad's old vinyls. Ho would be disappointed.

[@SirJekyllAppliance]

Cool as fuck!

[@JohnWayneDIMREC]

;-) New York's first and foremost...

[@Khultan]

@ghosthooker3000 Why do you say it that way?!? And I don't really get what Klayman299 is saying because I don't think he's from that era or even from NYC, Mr. Freeze of Rock Steady Crew was a street wise white boy (French/Jewish?) and Futura 2000 was another white dude....I think it's just, if you're chill, plus it doesn't hurt if you knew some people down with this then anybody would be, generally, okay and party, get me?

[@DJPashn]

I thought his mixiing was better than this. its all over the place

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

the spectacle was speed not beat matching...it was never done until he brought it out....let that sync in your head...

[@maccagrabme]

​@@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239 He forgets that in 1979 this level of skill was incredible and had he been there he would have been blown away. Only a handful of people doing it in the world, the turntables and mixers appalling quality with faders that were stiff, stylus that jumped all over the place yet Flash had mastered the art form by 1979 so he must have been doing this in 1977, 1978 to get to this level. Easy to look back now and judge but there were no videos, no tutorials, no manuals, no one else to bite. His little brain wouldn't have been able to comprehend it in 1979 no matter how great he thinks he is compared to Flash, to be this level in 1979 is the equivalent of being Q-bert level today and I doubt DJPashn is on that level or will be this lifetime.

[@rbiznezz2]

@@maccagrabme plus he was probably spinning around doing all kinds of body tricks live in front of the crowd... he was also sharing the backspin with EZ Mike and Disco Bee on this mix

[@zulubeat]

i am numb. this is my childhood. flash was God. Theodore was Moses. DST was Jesus.. master don was Buddha.

[@crnacpanker]

@TheSuddenFire look at the year mate.33 ago.and do a little research 'bout his other stuff.

[@gregretro]

You actually think the birth of hip-hop was due to a record release? Wrooong. Freestyle rap battles in the street and at house parties were going on for years before any records were released. Flash & the Furious 5 had their own weekly at a NYC club as early as 1977.

[@axc8690]

Greg Retro i

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

I saw it...it was magic.....

[@LinxAudio]

The birth of modern turntablism

[@djfueler]

Grandmaster cut faster

[@sauloalves1555]

Começo o rap assim o molecada da recayd Moob aprende doido respeitaa as origens rap e quebrada e não sertanejo a favela cobra porra

[@guysimmons4305]

The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane. Who came after them and improved their invention? Answer: "crickets" Exactly. Who the hell cares.

[@caesaradamo]

I think the records skipping

[@soloist9495]

Wow It's called cutting

[@nvmanin]

79ый?)...сейчас конечно звучит ужасно.

[@Saintboss]

so when it comes to whom Flash is in relationship to Basketball. He's bigger than a m Jordan. Herc is Bigger than a L James. Brucie B, Dj Hollywood, U God, Divine, Kendu, Jazzy J, Bam, Red Alert. No DJ now plays in parks and had a wild NY on their hand. And thats if u was wack... Guns and 40 O's are coming your way. U represented some of the biggest Drug dealers at parties... pure pressure (big up to GM Vick and DeWit) for a paycheck. When u take that into account ...than u really know.

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

yup people don't know.....

[@first40]

@run666 trying to say red alert was better than flash!..that's a nonsense. much respect to red alert, but he wasn't even the best Dj in the zulu nation. Now Afrika Islam, Whiz Kid or Jazzy J maybe gives a flash a little battle. Chuck Chillout was nice, but Flash is a step ahead. Flex and Skribble, cant compare them to originators. thats like comparing athletes of today to athletes of the 70's,

[@valerock667]

i think now i'm going to play real music with my bass, a real instument.

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

please don't step on a skill you don't have or choose not to have...to some of us the turntable is an instrument. if you play bass on a hit record who do you think is gonna extend your career playing that trak all the time on the radio, in the club, in a wedding party or a birthday party? stop with the ignorance.

[@rightknowledgeman]

You don’t have to h8 one to love the other. Peace.

[@gugs76]

Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Flash, but it seems like this is the only mix he ever does. A little overrated.

[@alfredoacostabeneficiaryak3239]

you wouldn't understand...you had to be there..it was what everyone wanted to hear....it wasn't being done in that manner. there were only a few. no matter how it sounds like. it was a spectacle to see someone move that quick with the mixer in the middle and not the way its done today with technology. we only had wax. no wav files no mp3 none of that. you had to be there....try cuttin' by lifting the needle and drop it where you need to be....he did that....

[@guysimmons4305]

gugs76 thats because he hadnt invented the other mixes yet. Lol

[@golflawdog]

@caesaradamo lol educate yourself my friend

[@kruszovsky]

At 2:37 u have the Hip-Hop beat....