Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

An American hip-hop group formed in the Bronx in the 1970s, known for Grandmaster Flash’s DJ innovations and influential early rap recordings.

Grandmaster Flash: Joseph Saddler, a Bronx DJ who developed influential techniques for manipulating records during live performances. His turntable innovations gave the group its defining DJ sound.
Backspin: A DJ technique that rapidly rewinds a record to repeat a musical passage. Flash used repeated breaks to extend danceable sections for MCs and dancers.
Bronx: A borough of New York City where hip-hop culture emerged in the 1970s. The group formed and developed within the borough’s neighborhood party circuit.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: A museum and institution in Cleveland that documents influential figures in popular music. The group became the first hip-hop act inducted, in 2007.
Melle Mel: Melvin Glover, an American rapper and songwriter best known as a lead vocalist of the Furious Five. His forceful voice and writing shaped the group’s most enduring recordings.
Punch phrasing: A DJ technique that uses a mixer to rhythmically insert brief sounds from one record over another. It let Flash make short record sounds answer or punctuate the beat.
Hip-hop: A cultural movement that emerged in the Bronx, encompassing rap, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art. The group became one of hip-hop’s early recording acts and public representatives.
DJing: The practice of selecting and manipulating recorded music for an audience. Flash’s techniques helped establish turntable manipulation as a musical performance.
Scorpio: Edward Morris, an American rapper and founding member of the Furious Five. He was one of the group’s original MCs alongside Melle Mel.
Quick-mix theory: A DJ method for extending a break by alternating between matching passages on two records. Flash developed this approach to keep a break going beyond one record’s limits.

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