Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five: More of the Best

by Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Melle Mel & the Furious 5

Overview

Although much of Grandmaster Flash's best, biggest, and most groundbreaking work was compiled on Message From Beat Street: The Best Of, The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: More of the Best is necessary for any comprehensive rap collection. The rest of Grandmaster Flash's most important singles, many of which have not appeared on compact disc before, are corralled onto this single-disc. On the whole, the album concentrates on the group's latter-day efforts for Elektra Records, but the cream of the album is the handful of singles for Sugar Hill, including the pioneering "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel," which presents the group at its freshest and most innovative. Some of the Elektra recordings are a little rote and by-the-book, but the Sugarhill songs help make this an essential purchase. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/16/1996
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227246723

Tracks

1. Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
2. Flash to the Beat, Pt. 1
3. Jesse
4. Internationally Known
5. We Don't Work for Free
6. Sign of the Times
7. Pump Me Up
8. Girls Love the Way He Spins
9. World War III
10. Vice
11. Style (Peter Gunn Theme)
12. U Know What Time It Is

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Grandmaster Flash   Primary Artist,Vocals
Melle Mel & the Furious 5   Primary Artist
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five   Primary Artist
Melle Mel   Primary Artist
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five   Primary Artist
Mr. Ness & Cowboy   Primary Artist
Cowboy   Primary Artist
Mr. Ness   Primary Artist
Grandmaster Melle Mel   Primary Artist,Rap
Keith Wiggins   Rap
Joseph Saddler   Rap
Scorpio   Rap
Melvin Glover   Rap
Guy Williams   Rap
Nathaniel Glover   Rap

Technical Credits

Joey Robinson, Jr.   Producer
Jiggs Chase   Composer,Producer
Coco Shinomiya   Art Direction
Emmett Nixon   Composer
Daniel Hersch   Remastering
Sylvia Robinson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Tony Fisher   Composer,Composer
Edward Fletcher   Composer
Clayton Savage   Composer,Producer
Gabriel Jackson   Lyricist
Hemu Aggarwal   Photography
Henry Lee Jackson   Composer
Reginald Lamar Griffin   Lyricist
Robert Reed   Composer
Keith Wiggins   Composer
Chris Clarke   Remastering,Project Supervisor
Larry Smith   Producer
Eddie Morris   Composer,Composer
Joseph Saddler   Composer,Producer
Ronald Isley   Composer,Lyricist
Melle Mel   Composer,Producer
Melvin Glover   Composer,Lyricist
Reggie Griffin   Composer,Producer
George Jackson   Composer
Guy Williams   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five   Performer
Grandmaster Flash   Producer
Grandmaster Melle Mel   Performer
Gavin Christopher   Composer,Producer
Vinnie Castellano   Producer
David McLees   Compilation Producer
Nathaniel Glover   Composer
Gary Peterson   Project Supervisor
Leland Robinson   Composer,Producer
Sevie Bates   Design
Shannita Williams-Alleyne   Liner Notes
Clifton Chase   Composer,Lyricist
La Von Dukes   Composer