I just stumbled across this video of Grandmaster Flash performing on the British music TV show ‘Later With Jools Holland’. When I found this I instantly felt the need to post it and to share it with the world! If you don’t know about Grandmaster Flash, then you should be ashamed! Not really but you should definitely go and check out every video of him that you can possibly find. He is one of the true Godfathers of Hip-Hop and has been DJing since the 70’s, he invented numerous early DJ techniques, including; the double-back, the back-door and phasing. Grandmaster flash is a true ...
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Unlike most of the models I know, I haven’t felt the urge to BaRF in quite some time. But I’m going to give credit where credit is due. Never before have a reviewed an artist with such an important past. Does that mean that this article will be longer winded than normal? Probably not, because I don’t love the artist that much. Let’s talk about Joseph Saddler ; also known as the man, myth, and legend, Grandmaster Flash . I truly fear for your claim of hip hop love if you don’t know who he is. I’ll give you the cliff notes before I ...
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As digital sampling becomes more and more pervasive as a recording technique, the belief that anything is possible in a studio nowadays is also on the rise. But in 1981 "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash and the Wheels of Steel" took the cut-and-paste-sound approach used covertly on many records today (when they're not abusing Auto-Tune) and the scavenging of other songs as its very subject. The number asks: How smart can you steal? How...
Independent recording artist JUMZ releases his own "Illmatic/Reasonable Doubt" for 2010. New York based rap artist JUMZ finally delivers what the internets' have been asking for… "StoneWater". The "StoneWater" Lp set to release March 16th is a formal introduction to what the artist can bring to the table in his quest to join the current east coast...
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Grandmaster Flash is hip-hop. The double-back, back-door, back-spin, phasing, cuttin, scratching - back in the early 70s, Flash literally penned the hip hop DJs dictionary, transforming the role from that of mere musical docent into an art form all its own. Flash wasnt conten...
Photo: Haun/Michael Ochs Archive/GettyLast week, in memory of Newcleus’ Chilly B and their hit “Jam On It,” we asked our readers to tell us their favorite 1980s hip-hop tracks. Public Enemy, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys rightfully dominated the list, but it was Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s [...]
Life and work. Saddler's family immigrated to the United States, and he grew up in the Bronx. He currently lives in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx.
Grandmaster Flash didn't create the break. That credential belongs to neighborhood hero Kool Herc. Rather, Flash made the modern DJ. He turned the role from a playground party fixture to a staple of clubs across the country. And with Melle Mel, Kid ...