Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop recording artist and DJ. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first hip hop act to be so honored.
Early life
Joseph Saddler's family migrated to the United States from Barbados, in the Caribbean, and he grew up in The Bronx, New York. He attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school, where he learned how to repair electronic equipment. Saddler's parents played an important role in his interest in music. His parents came from Barbados and his father was a big fan of Caribbean and black American records. As a child, Saddler was fascinated by his father's record collection. In an interview, he reflected: "My father was a very heavy record collector. He still thinks that he has the stronger collection. I used to open his closets and just watch all the records he had. I used to get into trouble for touching his records, but I'd go right back and bother them." Saddler's early interest in DJing came from this fascination with his father's record collection as well as his mother's desire for him to educate himself in electronics. After high school, he became involved in the earliest New York DJ scene, attending parties set up by early luminaries.
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ALBUMS
- The Bridge: Concept of a Culture released: 2009
- The Essential Grandmaster Flash released: 2007
- Essential Cuts released: 2005
- Mixing Bullets and Firing Joints released: 2004
- The Message: The Best Of Grandmaster Flash & The Sugarhill Gang released: 2002
- Essential Mix: Classic Edition released: 2002
- The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash released: 2002
- The Greatest Hits released: 2000
- Flash Is Back released: 1999
- Salsoul Jam 2000 - Dance Your Ass Off released: 1997
- Grandmaster Flash vs. The Sugarhill Gang released: 1997
- The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five: More of the Best released: 1996
- Message From Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five released: 1994
- Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang released: 1987
- The Source released: 1986
- They Said It Couldn't Be Done released: 1985
- White Lines & Other Messages released:
- The Message released:
The Bridge: Concept of a Culture
Released 2009- Welcome
- Shine All Day
- We Speak Hip Hop
- Here Comes My DJ
- Bounce Back
- Swagger
- What If
- Unanswered
- Tribute to the Breakdancer
- Grown & Sexy
- When I Get There
- Connection
- I Got Sumthin' to Say
- Can I Take You Higher
- Unpredictable
- Those Chix
- Bronx Bombers
- Zuka the Sound
- Oh Man
- Swagger (Grandmaster Flash Street Leak mix)
- Shine All Day (Sam Webster remix)
Mixing Bullets and Firing Joints
Released 2004- Party Intro
- Runaway (feat. Loleatta Holloway)
- Hit & Run
- High
- Love Thang
- Spring Rain
- Doctor Love
- Checkin You Out
- Make Up Your Mind
- I Got My Mind Made Up
- You're Just the Right Size
- My Love Is Free
- Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)
- Let's Celebrate
- Call Me
- Slap Slap Lickedy Lap
- Let No Man Put Usunder
- Love Sensation
- Here's to You
- Ten Percent
The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash
Released 2002- Intro: The Turntable Scientist
- "Flash Tears the Roof Off" (turntable mix)
- The Mexican
- Live at the T-Connection '79
- "Flash Got More Bounce" (turntable mix)
- Trans Europe Express
- "Females" (interview)
- Do What You Gotta Do
- "Freestyle Mix" (turntable mix)
- Live at Disco Convention '82
- Computer Games
- "Set It Off" (Interview)
- "Get Off Your Horse & Jam!" (turntable mix)
- [untitled]
Flash Is Back
Released 1999- Groove to Get Down
- Gotta Get Busy
- Whatever the Hell It's Working
- This Is the Way
- Sex on the Scratch
- Coolcuts
- Let's Have Some Action
- Brothers Be Fronting
- Flashes Theme
- Little Bit of Flash (Midfield General Skint mix)
- Flash Is Back (Danielson for Skint mix)
- Dance to the Beat (Grandmaster Flash VS Stretch & Vern)
Salsoul Jam 2000 - Dance Your Ass Off
Released 1997- Intro
- Runaway
- Hit And Run
- High
- Love Thang
- Spring Rain
- Doctor Love
- Checkin You Out
- Make Up Your Mind
- I Got My Mind Made Up
- You're Just The Right Size
- My Love Is Free
- Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
- Let's Celebrate
- Call Me
- Slap Slap Lickety Lack
- Let No Man Put Asunder
- Love Sensation
- Here's To You
- Ten Percent
Grandmaster Flash vs. The Sugarhill Gang
Released 1997- Flash to the Beat
- Freedom
- It's Nasty (Genius of Love)
- Scorpio
- Birthday Party
- The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
- The Message
- New York, New York
- Step Off, Part 1
- Pump Me Up
- Vice From Miami Vice
- White Lines (Don't Do It)
- Jesse
- Beat Street
- We Don't Work for Free
- World War III
- The Message II (Survival)
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five: More of the Best
Released 1996- The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On the Wheels of Steel
- Flash to the Beat (Part 1)
- Jesse
- Internationally Known (with Mr. Ness & Cowboy)
- We Don't Work For Free
- Sign of the Times
- Pump Me Up
- Girls Love the Way He Spins
- World War III
- Vice (from Miami Vice)
- Style (Peter Gunn Theme) (extended remixed version)
- U Know What Time It Is (extended scratch version)
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White Lines (don't Don't Do It)
by: Grandmaster FlashAaah, aaah, aaah, aaah)
Uhraah!
Bass!
Ooh White, White
Ooh White, White
Ooh White, White
(Ooh White Lines) Vision dreams of passion
(Blowin' through my mind) and all the while I think of you
(High fry) a very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends, they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothin to gain except killin' your brain
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
(Blow!)
(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Diggedy dang di-dang diggedy dang di-dang
(Pipeline) pure as the driven snow
(Connected to my mind) and now I'm havin' fun, baby!
(High fry) it's getting kinda low
(Cause it makes you feel so nice) I need some one-on-one, baby!
(Don't let it blow your mind away) Baby!
(And go into your little hideaway 'cause white lines blow away)
(Blow! )
A million magic crystals, painted pure and white
A multi-million dollars almost overnight
Twice as sweet as sugar, twice as bitter as salt
And if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
Raah! (Blow!)
(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
(Don't you get too high) don't you get too high baby!
(Turns you on) you really turn me on and on
(When you gonna come down) my temperature is risin'
(When the thrill is gone) no, I don't want you to go
A street kid gets arrested, gonna do some time
He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He's out on bail and out of jail
And that's the way it goes
Raah!
(Kane! Sugar! Kane! Sugar! Kane!)
Athletes rejected, governors corrected
Gangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided
The women get excited
Now I'm broke and it's no joke
It's hard as hell to fight it, don't buy it!
(Freeze! Haha ha ha! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
Raah! (Blow!)
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, girl!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
C'mon!
Raah!
(White Lines) Vision dreams of passion
(Blowin' through my mind) and all the while I think of you
(High Fry) a very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This aint funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose
(Hey man, you wanna cop some blow?)
(Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks?)
(I got China White, Mother of Pearl, Ivory Flake, What you need?)
(Well yeah, well let me check it out man, just let me get a freeze)
(Go ahead man, stuff I got should kill ya!)
(Yeah man th-that's that's raw, wuh)
(Freeze! Haha ha ha! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!
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