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"New York New York" is a 1983 song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five off their compilation albums Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (1983) and Greatest Messages (1984). It made #17 on the R&B Singles chart, [2] #49 on the New Zealand Singles Chart [3] and #82 on the UK Singles Chart. [4]
Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (On the Strength is their official second album). It was released in January 1984, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records hit singles including "The Message". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation.
Taylor Swift once proudly declared that New York was waiting for Us.. Swift has been candid about her love for the bustling city throughout her career. Her album, 1989, was inspired by her 2014 ...
Miles Marshall Lewis, reviewing the album's 2002 British reissue in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), cited "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" as the "clincher" and "the only prime-period example of Flash's ability to set and shatter moods, with his turntables and faders running through a collage of at least 10 ...
Swift's " 1989 " era is associated with late nights in New York, her internet-breaking relationship with singer Harry Styles and the emergence of her signature girl squad, embodied by the star ...
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.
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The song was first written in 1980 by rappers Duke Bootee and Melle Mel in response to the 1980 New York City transit strike, which is mentioned in the song's lyrics. [3] "The Message" was an early prominent hip hop song to provide social commentary. The song's lyrics describe the stress of inner-city poverty.