The Message (a cappella)

~ Recording by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
6.2The Message (a cappella version)6:46Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five featuring Melle Mel & Duke BooteeThe Sugar Hill Records StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sugar Hill Records (US late 70s/early 80s rap), Rhino (reissue label)R0 72449, R2 72449

Relationships

DJ-mixes:Roaxx Js 2021 Classic Hip Hop Power Mix: Fight the Power 2020 Remix (instrumental) / The Power / California Love (a cappella) / The Power (a cappella) / Rebel Without a Pause (instrumental) / The Message (a cappella) / Ring Ding Dong (instrumental) / Informer (a cappella) / Jim Around (a cappella) / Stayin’ Alive (instrumental) by Public Enemy (US rap group) / Snap! (Eurodance) / Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) feat.Tupac (2Pac, US rapper) / Powerjam feat. Chill Rob G / Public Enemy (US rap group) / Grandmaster Flash / Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) / Snow (Canadian reggae artist Darrin O’Brien; single: “Informer”) / House of Pain / Bee Gees
She Says / The Message (a cappella) (part of a “FabricLive 34: Krafty Kuts” DJ‐mix) by Milke / Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Message (a cappella) (part of a “FabricLive 34: Krafty Kuts” DJ‐mix) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
a cappella version of:The Message (original version) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
recording of:The Message (in 1982: acappella)

The Message

writer:Edward Fletcher
Jiggs Chase
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
Sylvia Robinson
publisher:IQ Music Ltd.
referred to in medleys:The Megamelle Mix (order: 2)
is the basis for:Aserejé (“The ketchup song”)
Aserejé (spanglish version)
Cabinet Battle #1 (Hamilton: An American Musical)
Check Yo’ Self (remix)
Movement in Still Life
The Message
The Message ’95 (Die Fantastischen Vier remix)
The Message (’97 Dungeon mix)
The Message (T.A.K the Rhymehead remix)
The Next Ones to Come