Essential Cuts

Essential Cuts
Compilation album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Released June 27, 2005
Recorded 1980-1984
Genre Hip-hop
Length 70:40
Label Union Square Music
METRCD166
Producer Joey Robinson Jr, Sylvia Robinson, Larry Johnson, Michael Johnson, Jiggs Chase, E. Fletcher, Melle Mel
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Essential Cuts is a budget compilation album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released on CD in 2005.[2] Although titled to Grandmaster Flash alone, it does not contain any tracks from Flash's later Elektra Records albums and mainly features tracks from The Message era.

The fold-out booklet contains a brief but accurate history of the band and track-by-track commentary by Ian McCann. As is common with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five compilation releases minor mistakes have been made regarding some song titles (see notes).[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" - 7:10
  2. "Freedom" - 5:06
  3. "The Message" - 3:12
  4. "It's Nasty" - 7:50
  5. "New York New York" - 7:20
  6. "Scorpio" - 4:44
  7. "White Lines (Don't Do It)" - 4:28
  8. "Dreamin'" - 5:47
  9. "The Birthday Party" - 5:46
  10. "She's Fresh" - 4:57
  11. "It's a Shame (Mt Airy Groove)" - 4:57
  12. "Flash to the Beat (Part 1)" - 4:23
  13. "You Are" - 4:51

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