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Greatest Messages

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Released
  
January 1, 1984

Label
  
Sugar Hill Records

Release date
  
1 January 1984

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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Greatest Messages (1984)
  
They Said It Couldn't Be Done (1985)

Artist
  
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Similar
  
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five albums, Hip hop music albums

Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash & 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. Singles from Melle Mel are also on this compilation.

Contents

The jacket, labels, and liners of this recording incorrectly pluralize the title as "Greatest Message's".

Track listing

  1. "Freedom"
  2. "The Birthday Party"
  3. "Flash To The Beat"
  4. "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)"
  5. "The Message"
  6. "Scorpio"
  7. "Message II (Survival)"
  8. "New York New York"

Tracks 4-6 appear on the 1982 album The Message

Songs

1Freedom8:17
2Birthday Party5:41
3Flash to the Beat4:27

References

Greatest Messages Wikipedia
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