The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats

Flash, Grandmaster

ISBN 10: 0767924754 / ISBN 13: 9780767924757

Published by Crown Archetype, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats
• Publisher: Crown Archetype
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767924754
• ISBN 13: 9780767924757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music icons both the tale of his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination.Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. Theirs was a groundbreaking union between one DJ and five rapping MCs. One of the first hip hop posses, they were responsible for such masterpieces as The Message and Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel. In the 1970s Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat DJing the process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments. Disco-era DJs spun records so that people could dance. The original turntablist, Flash took it a step further by cutting, rubbing, backspinning, and mixing records, focusing on breaks what Flash described as the short, clim

About the Author

Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) and the Furious Five was the first hip hop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Saddler hosts a weekly Sirius Satellite Radio show, DJ Grandmaster Flash, on Hot Jamz (channel 50), Saturdays 5-8 p.m. ET.

David Ritz is the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling biography Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and coauthor of the autobiographies of Smokey Robinson, Etta James, B. B. King, and Ray Charles.