Talk:Grandmaster Flash

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Discography
So, there is a discography here which seems to contain albums from Grandmaster Flash, and albums from Grandmaster Flash *and the Furious Five*. I can't speak with authority but it seems that the convention is usually to list the two separately, or to indicate "(with the [whatever group])" for non-solo albums.§ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olsdude (talk • contribs) 14:47, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

I'm highly dubious
that he "qualified as an actuary," especially given that that piece of information was added by an anyonymous user (194.129.64.199) with no citation. -Iwakura42
 * Removed it until someone comes up with a citation. Krychek 04:30, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

2nd best
GRANDMASTER FLASH is the best old school rapper next to the lengendary Sugar Hill gang

Why does 'Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five' redirect to 'Grandmaster Flash'? Shouldn't the group get their own page? - TydAmaNN58 April 12, 2006


 * Grandmaster Flash didn't rap, he was a dj and yes.. the furious five do deserve their own page.. maybe I'll make it one day. PeterPartyOn 06:30, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Grandmaster Flash did rap! Ever hear of The Message. It is one of the most classical songs in Hip-hop history.


 * Actually that is Melle Mel, and Duke Bootee's track! Grandmaster wanted more of the groups involvement in the track, but that didn't happen. Baseballfan   Talk  01:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Also he did not appear on the song the message at all how ever his name was still used he was made famous by a song he was never in so shuld it not be taken out of the discography —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lythybear (talk • contribs) 00:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Where did Grandmaster Flash's family immigrate from?


 * Why doesn't the article mention Grandmaster Flash's freebase cocaine addiction? In the sleeve notes for "Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" Box Set, I read that he was addicted around the time of the release of White Lines (Don't Do It). 62.254.189.92 09:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)Bucktron 02/04/07

&/and
Is it Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five or rather Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five? Wyglif  SMS  20:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * All Music Guide tells Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Wyglif   SMS  20:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Muisc
This should have more about his influence on hip hop music. The message "The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto."--The Super Villain 02:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone needs to find out the track listing for the album "Safety First/Watch Yourself". -User:SilverOrion

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Grandmaster Flash/GF and the furious five
Should Grandmaster Flash and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five not be seperate articles. Using the argument that one is a person, the other is a/his band? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NotoriousTF (talk • contribs) 05:48, 1 November 2007

—jakarr 23:38, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five do have their own article, but most of the content is the same. This article needs cleaned up to get rid of the redundancy.  The redirect with the lowercase 't' in "the" was wrong, but I changed that to point to the group.

DJ Vanguard Award
The rock and roll HOF page says: "January 2004: Grandmaster Flash receives the DJ Vanguard Award from Bill Gates for being the first to use turntables as musical instruments"

While it is possibly not true that he was exactly the first, he was certainly the first virtuoso, and it is true that he received this award. It should be mentioned.

Super Rappin
dispute is on Supper Rappin. Should it be mentioned in article?--Realwords101 (talk) 13:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC) I mentioned super rappin because it was not mentioed in article but only Enjoy Records. http://books.google.com/books?id=ioKfAAAAMAAJ&q=Super+Rappin+1976&dq=Super+Rappin+1976&hl=en&ei=wpH3TO_JOsL7lwepyayNAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg--Realwords101 (talk) 13:58, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Broken link in reference
the link to reference 1 "rock and roll hall of fame..." is broken and needs to be changed to "http://rockhall.com/inductees/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five/" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.127.68.110 (talk) 04:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

"King" Grandmaster Flash?!
Who put in that "King" thing? I guess GF has always been known as GF in the scene, hardly ever "King GF". Where do you guys take the "King" bit from? -andy 77.190.30.0 (talk) 07:57, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

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Slipmat
The page says "He also invented the slipmat."

This is very unlikely, it was a device in use on music radio stations since the early 60s, also called a turntable mat, whereby the DJ would line the record up, that is, find the start of the record, wind back a bit and hold the mat so the record was stationary and at the right moment let the mat go so everthing was timed correctly and the record would come in at the required moment. Sometimes the needle would jump or the record wasn't wound back enough and the record could be heard getting up to speed this was called 'wowed in'as the listner heard the record slowly starting.

I souced a pic but I can't find a way of showing it - but if you google "BBC Radio 1 60s" (eventually) you will find several pictures of the jocks holding a piece of felt with the record on. There were other mats that sat proud of the turntable that you could pinch between your fingers and lt go at the right moment.

Here is a link to a photograph of DJ Tony Blackburn holding a slip mat/turntable mat.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uncharted-waters-as-top-40-show-moves-from-sunday-slot-dnxm0flrv52 Cos I'm an idiot I origionally posted this inder the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five page. Sorry. Gaitskellcourt (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Madison Square Garden
It should be mentioned that Grand Master Flash opened at the Madison Square Garden in the early eighties, for a Commodores concert, with Bob Marley opening after him. 2A01:E0A:C07:9010:60:3AF7:2495:1472 (talk) 08:23, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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