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Kool Herc began experimenting with the use of two identical tracks to extend the ‘break’, or instrumental section, resulting in what was known as ‘break-beat’. Grandmaster Flash perfected this technique where he could play the break on one record while searching for the same fragment of music on the other with the aid of his headphones.
In 1981, Grandmaster Flash released The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, which was a multi-deck, live recording of one of his routines that featured Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Chic's "Good Times". The release marked the first time that scratching & turntablism were featured on a record.
Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five. Released: April 19, 1994; Label: Rhino Records — — — — 1996 The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five: More of the Best. Released: July 1, 1996; Label: Rhino Records — — — — 1997 The Greatest Mixes. Released: 1997 ...
Using that idea, Grandmaster Flash elaborated on Kool Herc's invention of break-beat DJing and came up with the quick-mix theory, in which Flash sectioned off a part of the record like a clock. [16] He described it as being "...like cutting, the backspin, and the double-back." [16]
Grandmaster Flash is in awe of how hip-hop went from a genre he and his friends pioneered by walking around with boom boxes to a Grammy-winning genre leading the entire music industry.
It was originally credited to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and as Grandmaster and Melle Mel but never to Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] "Pump Me Up" and "Beat Street Breakdown" are incorrectly credited.
Keith LeBlanc, a drummer, producer and recording artist best known for his work on pioneering early hip-hop records by Grandmaster Flash and others, died Thursday after a battle with an ...
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