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The 15 pages that link to Grandmaster Flash, each with the reason it gives.

• Sampling (music)Related: His methods helped make precise manipulation of recorded breaks central to hip-hop.

• Hip-hopRelated: His technical innovations advanced the Bronx DJ tradition.

• Hip-hop musicRelated: His mixing techniques helped make DJ performance more precise and expressive.

• TurntablismRelated: His innovations made record manipulation faster and more controlled.

• Hip-hop productionRelated: His precise cueing and mixing methods shaped the sound and techniques of early hip-hop.

• DJ Kool HercRelated: He expanded the technical possibilities of DJing after Herc established break-centered party music.

• Hip-hop cultureRelated: His precise cueing and mixing advanced the DJ practices central to early hip-hop.

• Afrika BambaataaRelated: Flash, Bambaataa, and Herc are often grouped as hip-hop’s foundational Bronx DJs.

• East Coast hip-hopRelated: His innovations advanced the DJ-centered foundations of early New York hip-hop.

• DJingRelated: His methods helped establish the turntable as a tool for live rhythmic construction.

• New York hip-hopRelated: His innovations turned breakbeat mixing into a more controlled and technically elaborate performance.

• Rap musicRelated: His innovations helped make DJ performance and rap’s musical setting more elaborate.

• Old-school hip-hopRelated: His precise mixing and performance techniques advanced early hip-hop DJing.

• Kurtis BlowRelated: Flash’s group represented another major path from New York’s early hip-hop scene to recorded success.