Essential Mix: Classic Edition

Grandmaster Flash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000065V7U
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,993 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

2. I Found Lovin' - Fatback Band

3. Before I Let Go - Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly

4. We Got The Funk - Positive Force

5. Rapture - Blondie

6. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep

7. Cavern - Liquid Liquid

8. I'll Do Anything For You - Denroy Mrogan

9. Bra - Cymande

10. Walking On Sunshine - Rockers Revenge

11. Rock Your World - Weeks & Co.

12. Love Is The Message - MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees

13. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose - James Brown

14. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch

15. You're The One For Me - D Train

16. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Debbie said "Flash is Fast, Flash is Cool", May 7, 2002

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Karl Miller "kemspeaks" (Phoenixville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Mix: Classic Edition (Audio CD)

This disc is the best old skool mix that I have heard in ages, and is essential listening for summer drives to the beach.
Flash, who has been around for 30 years has made some significant contributions as a writer, rapper and mixer, now takes on the Oakenfelds and Fat Boy SLims with a collection that moves from beginning to end. The cuts meld incredibly well into each other, and there is no reason to hit skip through this entire disc.
From the opening cut (Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait" is as fun this time around as it was twenty years ago) through some of the greatest songs of the 70's and 80's (BLondie's Rapture, a tribute to Flash himself, MFSB's "Love Is The Message", featuring some of the sweet strings that made Philadelphia International Records such a powerhouse in the mid-seventies), this set is a pure pleasure ride.
The track selection is incredible, as it mixes big hits (Afrika Bambatta's Planet Rock, which still would fit modern r&b programming, D-Train's "You're The One For Me, sounding incredible as usual) with big club tunes ("Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, I'll Do Anything For You"), all mixed by Flash with obvious love for the genre.
This is a disc that is going to stay in the player all summer long. If you are a fan of this style of music, you are going to have a great time flashing back when you hear some of these tunes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flash is the theme of my youth, July 16, 2002

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notaprofessional "notaprofessional" (san francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Mix: Classic Edition (Audio CD)

I heard an interview on public radio with Flash about this cd. Flash is someone I knew was important to the history of hiphop and related forms, but until I started hearing the tracks from this cd, I didn't realize he taught 'em all they know!

This cd is like playing back the time of my life when I wasn't hip enough for this kinda music, but heard it in the background EVERYWHERE. I was surprised that, not believing I could necessarily name a single track of the Grandmaster, I recognized just about all of them. You turn it on and you're dancing around--it's a good, happy vibe. Just about every track contains something someone since has ripped off/borrowed from Flash.

If you like Flash, get this. If you like contemporary forms of urban music and don't know much about Flash, this will surprise you as it did me--you know more than you think.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars summertime goodness, December 11, 2002

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B. Benzur (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Mix: Classic Edition (Audio CD)

This CD is such a pick-me-up! In fact, I'd say it is one of my very favorite sunshine, summertime CDs. Flash keeps the mix moving with classic sing-along tracks that are all guaranteed to make you smile.