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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five runs through 4 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Kurtis Blow, Herbie Hancock and Cybotron.
Shows where Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five appears
Rap's Radio Door: Theft or Translation?
New York City park jams, fueled by Chic and Incredible Bongo Band breaks, ignite rap's commercial explosion with The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'."
2 of 8 tracks — Superappin' · The Message
Wildstyle — Vice City's Electro Station
Mr. Magic's Wildstyle captures the 80s electro-funk and hip-hop sound, from Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" to Hashim's 808 beats, that defined NYC and Miami.
1 of 11 tracks — The Message
The Breaks: Gold Rush
Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" going gold in 1980 sparks hip-hop's leap from the South Bronx's raw energy to a commercial force, evolving its sound with pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa and Sha-Rock.
1 of 7 tracks — Superrappin'
Mixing Board as Instrument
King Tubby's dub innovations in Jamaica turned the mixing board into an instrument, birthing remix culture and shaping disco, hip-hop, and ambient sounds from Grandmaster Flash to Burial.
1 of 7 tracks — The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel