Grandmaster Flash "The Message" 1982 (Reelin' In The Years Archives)

[@jeffbogue3718]

These guys are definitely pioneers in the rap hip hop game... This was pretty much the beginning of it I was only 19 at this time in 1982.. 40 years later and this stuff still sounds better than what's coming out today

[@anthonymcken6050]

And the lyrics are still pertinent today: 'I got a bum education, double digit inflation, can't take a train to the job there's a strike at the station'.

[@arundhatinair2502]

music evolves and changes as the years go. grow up jeff

[@kingdwight9796]

The first Rap Song I ever heard as a kid in the late 80’s is the Message, my dad would blast that song, rip his shirt off in that mode, he’s Caribbean a reggae man but that song that’s everything to him till this day, we don’t see eye to eye but I can’t help to think about those days when I hear this song, The Greatest Song in Hip Hop History

[@golds04]

100k views- and today’s guys get 10 million?smh. Crazy world. This is history.

[@aetious123]

Thank you! For the flashback. I'm 52 years old but I still love a good time.

[@neosneos3680]

I already loved Grandmaster Flash as a little boy and today I still love Grandmaster Flash

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Sometimes I wish I was a kid or teenager around the 80s era it looked so much fun vibrant and magical

[@Hussein621]

Lyrics: It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under Broken glass everywhere People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care I can't take the smell, can't take the noise Got no money to move out, I guess, I got no choice Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far Cause the man with the tow-truck repossessed my car Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under Standing on the front stoop, hangin out the window Watching all the cars go by, roaring as the breezes blow A crazy lady, livin in a bag Eating out of garbage piles, used to be a fag-hag Said, she danced the tango, skipped the light fandango Was circon princess, seemed to lost her senses Down at the peepshow, watching all the creeps So she can tell the stories to the girls back home She went to the city and got Social Security She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under My brothers doin' bad, stole my mothers t.v. Says, she watches to much, is just not healthy "All my children" in the daytime, "Dallas" at night Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight The bill collectors, they ring my phone And scare my wife, when I'm not home Got a bum education, double-digit inflation Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station Neon king kong standin' on my back Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac A midrange migraine, cancered membrane Sometimes I think I'm going insane, I swear I might hijack a plane! Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under My son said, daddy, I don't wanna go to school Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think, I'm a fool And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper I dance to the beat, shuffle my feet Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps Cause it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey They pushed that girl in front of the train Took her to the doctor, sewed the arm on again Stabbed that man right in his heart Gave him a transplant for a brand new start I can't walk through the park, cause it's crazy after the dark Keep my hand on the gun, cause they got me on the run I feel like an outlaw, broke my last glass jar Hear them say you want some more, livin on a seesaw Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I keep from going under A child is born, with no state of mind Blind to the ways of mankind God is smiling on you, but he's frowning too Cause only God knows, what you go through You grow in the ghetto, living second rate And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate The place, that you play and where you stay Looks like one great big alley way You'll admire all the number book takers Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money makers Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens And you wanna grow up to be just like them Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers Pickpockets, peddlers and even pan-handlers You say I'm cool, I'm no fool But then you wind up dropping out of high school Now you're unemployed, all null 'n void Walking 'round like you're pretty boy floyd Turned stickup kid, look what you done did Got send up for a eight year bid Now your manhood is took and you're a may tag Spend the next two years as an undercover fag Being used and abused and served like hell Till one day you was found hung dead in a cell It was plain to see that your life was lost You was cold and your body swung back and forth But now your eyes sing the sad sad song Of how you lived so fast and died so young

[@noslivodeveza4184]

Selokooooo pesado esse balanço , mili anos , top na época dos anos 80 .....escuto até hj na minha playlist.... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@serafincarmonafernanadez4856]

yo naci en 1971 españa y en los 80 comencemos a bailar breakdance y esta cancion era un de las mejores , me encanta los pioneros del rap gracias por esta cancion

[@denisegonzales7890]

Legendary

[@delonoliver8920]

forever grateful ! love from south africa

[@PaulGreen11]

"But, now your eyes sing a sad, sad song of how you live so fast and die so young."

[@ADRIANKEYMUSIC]

The guys are pioneers! Helped much to popularize rap in the world. Here in Brazil this song played a lot in discos in the 80s.

[@boogiedownbronx73]

Myron Buzzwannanots that's not true. Disco originated from Italy - check Italo Disco. Hip Hop started in The Bronx during the mid 1970s not 80s. By 1980 it was already commercialized. Brasil has nothing to do with Disco or Rap. Check your facts.

[@ADRIANKEYMUSIC]

theabstrakt84 You are correct! Really rap had its development in The Bronx. But the mainstay of rap was in Jamaica in the 60 There exists today the culture of sound sistems, several speakers stacked in playing music streets and people went into the microphones sing or give a message to someone in the community. It was there where he was born to DJ culture. This was brought to the United States, Idea stacking speakers in the streets and playing music, and so começarm singing about rhythms and grooves hits from vinyl records of the time. This rough diamond was cut and and with James Brown Influences spoken sung songs in your funk, rap did explode in the late 70s and in the early 80..Mas the first music recording sung with rap rhyme in the world was made here in Brazil by singer Jair Rodrigues in the 60 Incredibly it was only discovered in the early 90s by the DJs here in Brazil. Then considered as the first rap recorded in the world. Note the first sentence he sings with rhyme rap. old 60s kzbin.info/www/bejne/goPOqn-qpK6HhMU New version 2010 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGitnJdrnr2FiqM

[@boogiedownbronx73]

dude i know the history of Hip Hop you don't have to tell me. I am a music scholar. What has Brazil to do with Grandmaster Flash. I think you are off topic. If you want to go to the full origins of Hip Hop talk about Africa. ADRIANKEYMUSIC

[@peted.7817]

Fkkk.......Lets get back to the 80's again.....was a teenager then....that was a hit......you could hear it everywhere.....cant hear nothin today only being pissed o *f *f*.....

[@FranciscoJose-wq6ys]

Que saudade curti muito! Parabéns!

[@liahknowsbest5092]

Still paying respect and listening 😉

[@scarlettesevilla7132]

I met grandmaster flash and melle mel they came to my school saint Joseph school from the bronx and they performed for us and I got their autograph and melle mel used my pen so that was exciting if you wanna see pictures go to the Facebook page saint Joseph school

[@DennisCampbell777]

That's cool. Sib Hasian, the drummer from Boston, performed for us at my Catholic high school as well. Back in 82. Love that stuff.

[@mariodude345]

man you're so lucky to have met Melle Mel, he's one of the best

[@bigmurff]

Have respect for ya elders yo. These people helped paved the way for rap and hip hop throughout the world. There would be no Migos or Travis Scott, no Jay-z, no Snoop, no Ariana Grande or Cardi B, no J. Balvin, none of those people would be known today without the founding fathers, two turntables and a mic and fits that look like the movie Avengers.

[@nlsnivan]

Who’s disrespecting?

[@ngelwings]

this song definitely has a message but it’s a bop enough for you to dance & that’s so crazy to me

[@robertraia]

Superrapp dance funk rap3😮x

[@JoeyWimberley-fg7bb]

That was dope!

[@BruceLee-zd9bw]

Epic!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Muziq5678]

Pioneer flows 💯

[@aparecidovanderpereira4098]

Isto e funk não estas porcarias de hoje ,se você ouvir a tradução tem muito sentido está música

[@noslivodeveza4184]

Fato !!!

[@cherylalikhani5957]

The message in The Message is as powerful today as it was when first written.

[@gabiubi8456]

This is a fucking gem

[@PIONNIER01]

franchement trop TOP et que de souvenirs ! ! ! ! !

[@Ppainko1]

The one and only!

[@michaelsykes4378]

Great song from back in the day. I bought it and knew every lyric w/i a wk of purchase. I was a little white high schooler more interested in dancing to it than actually understanding why they wrote it. Interestingly, this "message" is just as valid today as it was then. The problem is we still haven't learned shit some 30 odd years later. Blacks are still going under...

[@jean-alainchane-chi-yen6685]

le rap dans tous ses états!

[@moduosama]

闪耀大师 我仿佛看到了伟大的hiphop正在诞生 无限的敬佩之情 相信闪耀大师无论在哪个世界哪个环境都会永永远远的闪耀着自己的信息 虽然我的这段评论 没什么人能够看到 但我写出来就等同于向整个宇宙整个大自然传递出了我的信息我的情感 我如此表达自我 我也相信大自然能够聆听得到 祝愿闪耀大师永闪光芒 此生我有幸能感知到来自闪耀大师的信息

[@gabeshepperd]

hiphop is giving birth to infinite admiration. I believe that the master of shine will shine his message forever and forever in whatever world and environment. Although no one can see in this comment, I write it is equivalent to the whole universe Naturally sent out my message, my emotions, I expressed myself so, and I also believe that nature can listen to the wishes of the shining master forever shining. In this life, I am fortunate to be able to perceive the message from the shining master.

[@lrwguitar]

Still got the 12" this is original rap body popping break dancing shit.

[@midevil1999]

Melle Mel & Duke Bootee are hiphop legends for doin' this track 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sooopa_Doopa]

The quarter on the needle. Classic

[@maverick80744]

epic

[@ampthefreethinker5335]

The legendary grandmaster flash and the furious 5 !

[@demetriostomochigue1886]

Maior barato. 2020!!

[@vongotien6175]

BIGMANTINGZ Isto e funk não estas porcarias de hoje ,se você ouvir a tradução tem muito sentido está música

[@Y.W_2024]

The story still applies today. NYC is rough. NYCHA and landlord don't care. Trains are horrible and ppl still dying on them.

[@desireetello8886]

My favorite character in Happy Feet is Mumble, Seymour, Gloria, Norma Jean, Memphis, Erik, Attics, Bodice, these are my favorite characters in Happy Feet.

[@Youareexplorers]

In the end crazyy

[@senseihitmanwayofkempo8305]

OG respect

[@ALEdmondson]

FAB SIX🌟⚡❤

[@fuhyou3223]

This was 1982 but Melle Mel STILL raps like it’s 1972!!

[@kelcey7579]

Yea this was a good performance

[@BigDaddy-tj4xl]

Gotttttt Sound Text ❤

[@jaimealonzo1528]

Grand master flash the message lyrics

[@ctwoscan]

"It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under". Lol! Reality then, reality now.

[@marciooliveira606]

✊🏿🇧🇷

[@christschool]

GMF, the original.

[@el.blanco552]

Wow that crowd was dead, not the right crowd for this group.

[@JustMe327]

look at the people at the concert...

[@TheOriginalChill]

Hi, Do you have (or know of) any footage of when they were in London, Victoria in 1982?

[@angelinavisions8795]

☺️😘 😘

[@robertraia]

😮 Angelina ❤

[@robertraia]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@desireetello8886]

Like Curtis Jackson, the rapper.Fat Joe performed that song in the movie called Happy Feet, cause Seymour, the penguin.

[@ALEdmondson]

KOOL MOE DEE🎤

[@KIM-das-Schweinchenschlau-UnoO]

genau so müssen Rapper aussehen ;-D

[@sreyna3000]

Love the Furious 5 ...have you ever asked yourselves...why don’t all 5 guys have there own part in this song?

[@StevenDelRizzo]

Your watermark ruins every video it appears in. It's large, obstructs more than you think it does.

[@josepaulosoaresrangelrange4855]

só pauleira irmão

[@alessandrosouzzasouzza7881]

ALESSANDRO DE SOUZA

[@desireetello8886]

That song is from Happy Feet.

[@nellijuhasz4552]

Csucs imadom ezt a dalt

[@packofhounds]

Ferarri sunglasses.

[@jeremyimm2243]

if u can't jam to this, u must be dead already.

[@38sc95]

BIGMANTINGZ

[@ursulatroxler7428]

Hip hop has always been gay. The Boondocks Nailed It! Great Music.

[@MrBratkenSolov]

Exquisite. Fucking beautiful. Just what i wanted to see - BIG ASS watermark. 3rd dislike s from me. But i also could click like and save my dislike. Clicked like just to have this vid in my liked videos list.

[@1man1comment63]

cocaine

[@SuperBartles]

Ahem. They look ridiculous.

[@scomorescoscomoresco8597]

Harry Lagman yeah man! Such a big contrast with the meaning and message of the song.

[@djdillo1]

Respect the band,your tramp!

[@derrick229]

Back when they had that raw!😅😅 them boys high as kites

[@josepaulosoaresrangelrange4855]

só pauleira irmão