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  "name": "Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five",
  "description": "Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five appears once in our Electro list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
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      "title": "The Message",
      "year": 1982,
      "label": "Sugar Hill",
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      "whyItMatters": "Not electro exactly, but made on the same machines in the same year and it changed what a rap record was permitted to be about. The synth bassline is the sound of the format arriving.",
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