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The Message

by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
on The Message

Lyrics

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under

Broken glass everywhere
People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
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Features of This Track

old school roots
exaggerated enunciation
east coast rap roots
funk influences
a knack for catchy hooks
danceable beats
gritty vocal style
old school raps
duo rapping
clean lyrics
lyrics with a political message
a repetitive song structure
use of modal harmonies
a tight kick sound
a synth bass riff
synth riffs
dominant rap hooks
prevalent use of groove
lyrics by a rap icon
production by a famous producer

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Comments

jlwatkins07
This is real hip hop right here son!!! Now days all rappers want to rap about is sex, what kind of car they have & doing drugs. #molly, lean, & bricks. Wish times could be reversed.
jbodiesel6
Man, now days cats is promoting the hood. The MESSAGE was about getting out and being bigger than the bullshit that goes on in the hood... And the 8 million stories in the hood
Hip hop pioneers right here! Instant classic!
Grandmaster Melle Mel change the game with this 1
This makes me wanna watch Beat Street 100 more times... where's my fat shoe strings at.......... . . lol
Love this song! A classic all day!
mirlande.jos e p h
Should I put on my """skates ""for this track????
Lol!!
rayed16
Hip Hop every day, all day;-)
Is a wonderful day in the land ,monalisa and I grooving all night.
Follow me for 16 followers
East coast for real cool a** rap group a plus one Grandmaster Flash still got it on.
Old school.
redclaydjs
Greatest Hip Hop cut ever. This and Planet Rock. Tru
Hip hop at its best....
This song is still relevant today
This was a breakthrough in the development of hip hop music. It helped popularize the genre.
IS IT JUST ME OR DOES THE COP AT THE END OF THE SONG SOUND ALOT LIKE PINKY???
When I have a tough day I listen to this song. It reminds me of a time when good music used to be on the radio
averyi20
That's real hiphop
"'Its like a jungle'"
When I hear the background/i n t r o , I just want to break out and dance.
"Don't-push- m e cause- I'm-close-to tha'-edge".. . . ! !
Keepin it real. Its a struggle n fight everyday..
This is real life right here & it's still going on today, a real song with longevity
Follow if u love this old school s**t!
Good old school hip-hop.
I feel this
And old is the best
It's still root of old school and I'm a youngster who like old things
alanpacheco8 7
What you know about this youngsters .this is grow folk music!
Dis is real even 2day! True rap song it tells a story not money,cars or hoes. Ol school 4life
daylib
Mad skills every rapper had a story to tell but not any more!!!!
These r the BEST Rapzzzzzz fuk the rest!!!!!
This is so true young kids take notes.
Rap has always been about theater and the ability to play along in rhyme with the song. An art that has been lost in the current form of hip hop being pandered today. I wish it would return...
This is what I call REAL RAP from REAL RAPPERS!
Old school slapper
1 of the Furious 5 is my friend's Baby Daddy and doesn't pay child support. Boooooo!
@Adam, should have never let Puffy sample this. Or Blackstreet. Or the millions of other artists who sampled this...
don't touch me cause' i close to the edge
Powerful expression of anger and despair. 1982...2012. . . s t i l l applies.
tyeshia_nesb i t t
hey......
bplear
its Friday.....
should've never let Ice Cube sample this.
hip pop is richual literature, especially poetry
jjm33
Rapped over 25 years ago and still relevant....
kenyatta.wea v e r
Greatest Hip Hop song of all time! This is what got me into Hip Hop. Shows how deep Hip Hop can be.
chrisco125
Original hip hop/rap. Today's so-called hip hop listen and learn!
THE MESSAGE LETS YOU SEE THE GHETTO..... WHAT DOES REAL HIP HOP HAVE TO DO WITH IT
real hip- hop

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