"The Message" is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. It was released as a single by Sugar Hill Records on January 1, 1982 and was later featured on the group's first studio album, The Message.
"The Message" was the first prominent Hip-Hop song to provide a lyrical
social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the
social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy, N.W.A., and Rage Against The Machine. Melle Mel
said in an interview with NPR "Our group, like Flash and the Furious
Five, we didn’t actually want to do the message because we was used to
doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that”.[2]
It is credited as the catalyst for the conscious Hip-Hop or political
sub-genre of Hip-Hop music. It is a social narrative that details the
struggles and difficulties due to living in poverty in the inner-city.
In addition, it embodies the distress, anger, and sadness an individual
experiences when confronting these inequalities. The description of
various social and economic barriers followed by the mantra “don’t push
me cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head”
exemplifies that it is not just the disparity in opportunity that is
oppressive but also the emotional response that is debilitating. It is
frequently referred to as the greatest record in hip hop history and was the first Hip-Hop record ever to be added to the United States' National Recording Registry of historic sound recordings.
Though not the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto; the song was unique in that it was set to a slower beat, refocusing the song on the lyrics over the music.[3] The song was written and performed by Sugar Hill session musician Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and Furious Five MC Melle Mel.[4] Some of Mel's lyrics on "The Message" were taken directly from "Supperrappin'", a song he had recorded three years earlier. Flash and the other members of The Furious Five, although credited on the record, were uninterested in recording the song and are not found on the finished record. In the music video, Fletcher's verses are lip-synced by group member Rahiem.
Remixes appeared in 1995 and 1997.
West Coast hip hop artist Captain Rapp recorded a similar song to "the Message" in 1984 called "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)".
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Though not the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto; the song was unique in that it was set to a slower beat, refocusing the song on the lyrics over the music.[3] The song was written and performed by Sugar Hill session musician Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and Furious Five MC Melle Mel.[4] Some of Mel's lyrics on "The Message" were taken directly from "Supperrappin'", a song he had recorded three years earlier. Flash and the other members of The Furious Five, although credited on the record, were uninterested in recording the song and are not found on the finished record. In the music video, Fletcher's verses are lip-synced by group member Rahiem.
Remixes appeared in 1995 and 1997.
West Coast hip hop artist Captain Rapp recorded a similar song to "the Message" in 1984 called "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)".
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