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The Message
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Sugar Hill Records, 1982
Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson was a groundbreaking singer, songwriter, producer, and record label executive. As co-founder and CEO of Sugar Hill Records, Robinson produced and released one of hip hop’s earliest commercially successful songs of sociopolitical commentary, “The Message” by Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five (1982). |