Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Singer: | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five |
| Title: | The Message |
| Short-info: | Label:
Sugar Hill Records – SH 268
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Date of released: 1982 Category: Hip Hop Style: Electro |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1654 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1432 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AAC MP1 ASF MOD MP2 FLAC APE |
- 1654 downloads at 53 mb/s
RAR archive MP3 format
- 1432 downloads at 43 mb/s
RAR archive FLAC format
Tracklist
| A1 | She's Fresh | 4:56 |
| A2 | It's Nasty | 4:15 |
| A3 | Scorpio | 5:10 |
| A4 | It's A Shame | 4:58 |
| B1 | Dreamin' | 5:45 |
| B2 | You Are | 4:49 |
| B3 | The Message | 7:11 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- Bass – Doug Wimbish
- Brass – Chops Horn Section*
- Concept By – Sylvia Robinson
- Design [Album], Artwork [Production] – AQ Graphics, Inc.
- Drums – Keith Leblance*
- Engineer – Nina Rhodes, Steve Jerome
- Guitar – Skip McDonald
- Keyboards – Dwain Mitchell, Gary Henry
- Mastered By – Jack*
- Mixed By – Jiggs Chase*, Steve Jerome, Sylvia*
- Percussion – Ed Fletcher
- Photography By – Hemu Aggarwal
- Producer – Jiggsaw Productions*, Sylvia Inc
- Synthesizer [Prophet] – Jiggs*, Reggie Griffin, Sylvia*
Notes
Label variation. Back jacket mentions "Jacket Made in Canada", which is not present on other pressings.Recorded at Sweet Mountain Studios.
Thanks to "Willie" & Duke Bootee.
Special thanks to: the creator God, our parents, Mrs. Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rick & Tina, Sugar Ray Leonard and Mohammed Ali for giving us the fighting spirit and to all our dedicated fans plus the talented musicians who worked with us. Extra special thanks to all the ladies.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout): VID-326-A STERLING Jack
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout): VID-327-B STERLING Jack
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH 268 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album) | Sugar Hill Records | SH 268 | US | 1982 |
| CMRCD575 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (CD, Album, RE, Dig) | Sanctuary, Sugar Hill Records | CMRCD575 | UK | 2002 |
| 246 230-1 BL, 246 230-1 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album, RE) | Sugar Hill Records, Sugar Hill Records | 246 230-1 BL, 246 230-1 | Germany | 1989 |
| PCD-3766 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (CD, Album, RE) | P-Vine Records | PCD-3766 | Japan | 1995 |
| ETH268HLP | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album, RE, 180) | 8th Records | ETH268HLP | US | 2017 |
