Released June 27, 2005 Length 70:40 Release date 27 June 2005 Genre Hip hop music | Recorded 1980-1984 Artist Grandmaster Flash Label Metro | |
Producer Joey Robinson Jr, Sylvia Robinson, Larry Johnson, Michael Johnson, Jiggs Chase, E. Fletcher, Melle Mel Similar Grandmaster Flash albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
Essential Cuts is a budget compilation album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released on CD in 2005. Although titled to Grandmaster Flash alone, it does not contain any tracks from Flash's later Elektra Records albums and mainly features tracks from The Message era.
Contents
The fold-out booklet contains a brief but accurate history of the band and track-by-track commentary by Ian McCann. As is common with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five compilation releases minor mistakes have been made regarding some song titles (see notes).
Track listing
- "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" - 7:10
- "Freedom" - 5:06
- "The Message" - 3:12
- "It's Nasty" - 7:50
- "New York New York" - 7:20
- "Scorpio" - 4:44
- "White Lines (Don't Do It)" - 4:28
- "Dreamin'" - 5:47
- "The Birthday Party" - 5:46
- "She's Fresh" - 4:57
- "It's a Shame (Mt Airy Groove)" - 4:57
- "Flash to the Beat (Part 1)" - 4:23
- "You Are" - 4:51
Songs
1Adventures on the Wheels of Steel7:10
2Freedom5:09
3The Message3:12
References
Essential Cuts Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA