Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five | |
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Greatest hits album by | |
Released | 19 April 1994 |
Recorded | 1980–1985 |
Genre | Hip-hop, funk |
Length | 72:23 |
Label |
Rhino Entertainment R2 71606 |
Producer | Joey Robinson Jr, Sylvia Robinson, Larry Johnson, Michael Johnson, Jiggs Chase, E. Fletcher, Melle Mel |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Village Voice | A [1] |
Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five is a 1994 CD compilation album released on the Rhino Entertainment record label in the US. It consists of tracks recorded by the various versions of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Grandmaster Melle Mel. No tracks from the three Grandmaster Flash albums on Elektra Records are included or anything from the 1988 comeback album On the Strength.
The fold-out booklet contains an essay by Shannita Williams, Rap Editor of Hits Magazine. Strangely, it also features two unrelated photos of the later Grandmaster Flash line-up.
In addition, the credits state that all the tracks are taken from the original Sugar Hill Records 12" singles, although in several cases often unnecessary fade edits have been made (see below). These are not present on the future compilation albums Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (1999) or Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five: The Definitive Groove Collection (2006). No explanation is provided for this.
The credits also state that the group titles "are authentic to the original 12" labels and illustrate the variations and inconsistencies with regard to artist listings". [2] However, the majority of the original releases do not use ampersands. Finally, Rahiem's name is misspelled throughout as Raheem.
Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five | |
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Greatest hits album by | |
Released | 19 April 1994 |
Recorded | 1980–1985 |
Genre | Hip-hop, funk |
Length | 72:23 |
Label |
Rhino Entertainment R2 71606 |
Producer | Joey Robinson Jr, Sylvia Robinson, Larry Johnson, Michael Johnson, Jiggs Chase, E. Fletcher, Melle Mel |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Village Voice | A [1] |
Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five is a 1994 CD compilation album released on the Rhino Entertainment record label in the US. It consists of tracks recorded by the various versions of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Grandmaster Melle Mel. No tracks from the three Grandmaster Flash albums on Elektra Records are included or anything from the 1988 comeback album On the Strength.
The fold-out booklet contains an essay by Shannita Williams, Rap Editor of Hits Magazine. Strangely, it also features two unrelated photos of the later Grandmaster Flash line-up.
In addition, the credits state that all the tracks are taken from the original Sugar Hill Records 12" singles, although in several cases often unnecessary fade edits have been made (see below). These are not present on the future compilation albums Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (1999) or Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five: The Definitive Groove Collection (2006). No explanation is provided for this.
The credits also state that the group titles "are authentic to the original 12" labels and illustrate the variations and inconsistencies with regard to artist listings". [2] However, the majority of the original releases do not use ampersands. Finally, Rahiem's name is misspelled throughout as Raheem.