Back To The Old School - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel [Box set, Import]

Grandmaster Flash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sequel Records UK
• ASIN: B0000255Z1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #61 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > East Coast

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Freedom

2. The Birthday Party

3. The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel

4. Showdown

5. It's Nasty (Genius Of Love)

6. Flash To The Beat (Parts 1&2)

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. White Lines (Don't Do It)

2. Jesse

3. Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five With Mr. Ness & Cowboy Beat Street

4. We Don't Work For Free

5. Step Off

6. Pump Me Up

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Trinidad Spot

2. She's Fresh

3. It's A Shame (Mt. Airy Groove)

4. Internationally Known

5. Hustlers Convention

6. The Truth

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Three disc box with 34 of the best from Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five. Includes 'It's Nasty (Genius Of Love)' (Short Version), 'The Message', 'Message II (Survival)', 'New York, New York', 'White Lines (Don't Do It)' (Long Version), 'Beat Street', 'Pump Me Up', 'She's Fresh', 'Hustler's Convention' and more. The full title is 'Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel'. Comes packaged in full color slipcase box with each disc in a separate slimline jewelcase. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars buyer beware : the release in 2000 was "beeped", December 26, 2006

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Hillbilly (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (Audio CD)

this is a very good complilation of old school rap. This is good for the soul. Classic stuff. Caveat: the 2000 release was censored. Some tracks were 'beeped' on the the curse words. Just not acceptable. All they should do is put an advisory sticker on the package and let the buyer decide. Aside from the censoring, for which I docked a star, the music is amazing.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This should be in all classrooms (and rap music collections), December 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Back To The Old School - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel (Audio CD)

This box set is the definitive collection of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's music. It has all the classics. It also has forgotten gems like "Step Off" and more recent releases like "Freestyle" and "Drug Wars." Unfortunately, it doesn't touch on Grandmaster Flash' Electra years ("Sign of the Times" and "Girls Love The Way He Spins" would have been nice additions). However, it more than makes up for this with classics missing from most compilations like "She's Fresh," "It's A Shame" and "Super Rappin'". The music of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, in their various formulations, influenced the music we listen to today more than any other group since the 1970's. Whether you're a fan of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, a fan of rap music in general, a music historian or someone who just wants to reminisce on the days when rap was still an underground culture, this is the CD collection for you. Hopefully, it will remain available for generations to come. The influence of their music definitely will.

5.0 out of 5 stars "RRRRRRRUAHH"!!, July 31, 2005

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"Old Skool" Ran-Dee ("Da' Bronx") - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back To The Old School - Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel (Audio CD)

This here is the illest, most complete GMF & Furious 5 collection available on CD, period! no other comes close! Where else would you find the 1979 trk. originally released on ENJOY rcds. "SUPERAPPIN'" at? Or trks. from the super rare, impossible to find 1989 album "PIANO"? I didn't think so! It even has cuts from the BEAT-STREET sound track!! 'nuff said, cop it!!