The Message

E329140

single song

"The Message" is a pioneering 1982 hip-hop track by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, produced and co-written by Sylvia Robinson, renowned for its stark social commentary on urban life.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Message canonical	6
"The Message"	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	The Message self-link ⓘ
awardedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles	8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHot100	62 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotBlackSingles	4 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasBside	The Message (Instrumental) ⓘ
hasFamousLine	Don’t push me ’cause I’m close to the edge ⓘ It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme	crime ⓘ inner-city struggles ⓘ poverty ⓘ social commentary ⓘ systemic inequality ⓘ urban life ⓘ
includedIn	United States National Recording Registry ⓘ surface form: National Recording Registry
inductedIntoNationalRecordingRegistryYear	2002 ⓘ
influencedGenre	conscious hip hop ⓘ political rap ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	7:12 ⓘ
listedIn	Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
musicGenre	hip hop ⓘ
notableFor	shift from party-oriented rap to social realism ⓘ stark depiction of inner-city life ⓘ
performer	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
producer	Clifton “Jiggs” Chase ⓘ Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
rankInRollingStone2004List	51 ⓘ
rankInRollingStone2021List	59 ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the most influential hip hop songs ⓘ pioneering socially conscious hip hop track ⓘ
recordedIn	New York City ⓘ
recordLabel	Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1982-07-01 ⓘ
releaseYear	1982 ⓘ
side	A-side ⓘ
vocalist	Duke Bootee ⓘ Melle Mel ⓘ
writer	Clifton “Jiggs” Chase ⓘ Duke Bootee ⓘ Ed Fletcher ⓘ Melle Mel ⓘ Melvin Glover ⓘ Sylvia Robinson ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sylvia Robinson → notableWork → The Message ⓘ

"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" → sampling → The Message ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Message"

Alec John Such → associatedAct → The Message ⓘ

Melle Mel → notableWork → The Message ⓘ

Mother of Hip-Hop → notableWorkContext → The Message ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Message"

The Message → album → The Message self-link ⓘ

Sugar Hill Records → notableRelease → The Message ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Message"

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five → notableWork → The Message ⓘ

It Was Written → hasPart → The Message ⓘ