# Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five — The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s The Message (1982) is No. 3 in our Electro ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1982
- **Label:** Sugar Hill
- **On one list:** Electro
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five](https://waxonia.com/artist/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five--the-message/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Electro](https://waxonia.com/genre/electro/)

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.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Grandmaster%20Flash%20%26%20The%20Furious%20Five%20The%20Message) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jwo8-IUzOuc)

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