In 1980, the group Sugarhill Records debut with their "Freedom", reached # 19 on the R & B charts and sold over 50,000 copies. Track "Birthday Party" later became a hit too. In 1981, Grandmaster Flash has published "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel", which is composed entirely of samples such as Queen's "Another One Bites Dust" and Chic "Good Times". It also marked the first Once the file was actually recorded in the scratch folder.
In 1982 the band released "The Message", which is produced by Clifton "Jiggs" Chase and Ed "Duke baby shoes" Fletcher, the last co-written songs with Melle Mel. It provides social and political commentaries before becoming the driving force behind hip-hop consciousness. The song peaked at # 4 on the map of R & B and No. 62 on the pop charts, selling half a million copies a month, and establish its credibility in the stream of hip- hop. In addition to Melle Mel, however, no member of the group revealed in the register.
their first album, also called the message and later became prominent achievements in the history of hip-hop.
Breakup [(1983-1986)
In 1983, Grandmaster Flash sued Sugar Hill Records for $ 5 million in unpaid royalties. This resulted in the single "White Lines (Do not Do not Do It)" is credited by the "Grandmaster Melle Mel &." However, the song was a success, reaching # 47 on Billboard's Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart. Another lawsuit has been brought up when we know that some elements of the song was stolen from the "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid, Sugar Hill Records will never recover.
royalties dispute split the group, and Melle Mel left, soon followed by Mr. Ness / Scorpio and Cowboy after "White Lines (Do not Do not Do It)" is a success, where they form a Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five and released albums and Grandmaster Melle Mel Furious Five in 1984. Meanwhile, Grandmaster Flash, Kidd Creole, Raheim and left Elektra Records and worked under the name "Grandmaster Flash" on They Said Could not complete, Source, and Ba Boom Bang-DOP. The other members of Lavon, Larry Love and the Mr. Broadway form a "Furious Five", but they could not use the name Sugar Hill Records has the right.
Grandmaster Flash and the new "Furious Five" hits have been with three albums that have reached fifty Billboard Top R & B / Hip-Hop album chart, while Melle Mel and his group fared better, especially with recording of "Beat Street Breakdown," which peaked at # 8 on the R & B chart during this period, Melle Mel obtain a higher success appeared in the Chaka Khan "I Feel For You," which won a Grammy Award for Best Female R & B Vocal Performance in 1985.
