The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats

Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. Theirs was a groundbreaking union between one DJ and five rapping MCs. One of the first hip hop posses, they were responsible for such masterpieces as "The Message" and "Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel." In the 1970s Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat DJing -- the process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments.

Publisher: Broadway Books


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Comments

verry verry good band and good muzic i just love the style bravo

Posted by: yves | May 22, 2009, 7:41 pm

Very humble..
nice

Posted by: Guest | July 20, 2008, 6:15 am

I hope Flash gets over his bitterness and reunites with The Furious 5. Maybe he'll tell us whats up with that in his book

Posted by: R.Simmons | June 11, 2008, 4:45 pm

Love his music and love this book!

Posted by: Paulo | May 8, 2008, 3:47 pm