Is The Message by Grandmaster Flash the greatest ever hip-hop song?

Sampled by Ice Cube, Blackstreet and the musical Hamilton, it changed the direction of rap

Rap Moves On: The making of The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (An oral history)

The Message: a look at the track that launched hip-hop out of the Bronx and defined a generation

We need to thank a successful business-woman for Conscious Hip Hop: Sylvia Robinson's Message., by DJ Robin Sherman, There's a Song For That!, Sep, 2023

Message: CDs & Vinyl

Grandmaster Flash: 'Hip-hop's message was simple: we matter', Hip-hop

DISCUSSION] On this day, four decades ago, Hip Hop became serious as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five released The Message (40 Years Later) : r/hiphopheads

R.I.P. Duke Bootee, Rapper and Co-Writer of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's “The Message”

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Message (1982) - Hip Hop Golden Age Hip Hop Golden Age

The Message – Grandmaster Flash