Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
Members Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) b. 1/1/57 Melle Mel (Melvin Glover) b. 5/15/?? Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover) b. 2/19/?? Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) b. 9/20/?? d. 9/89 Rahiem (Guy Williams) b. 2/13/?? Mr. Ness aka Scorpio (Eddie Morris) b. 11/12/?? Born in Barbados, Grandmaster Flash is one of the Holy Trinity of Hip Hop. Flash learned the basic art of cutting between records from Kool Herc in the mid-70’s. Along with...
Funky 4 Plus 1
Members KK Rockwell (Kevin Smith) Keith Keith (Keith Caesar) Lil’ Rodney Cee (Rodney Stone) Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Myree) Sha Rock (Sharon Green) Forming in 1979, this was one of the first hip hop groups that contained a female emcee, Sha Rock. And unlike many female rappers today, she was not looked at as a sex object, but rather she was just another member of the group. One of the original members of the group was Rahiem who...
Fresh Gordon
Fresh Gordon began his career as a deejay. Fresh Gordon’s first vinyl appearance was on “Brooklyn Style” by The Choice MC’s on Rocky Records early in 1985. He recorded a few singles in the mid 80’s including “Feelin’ James” and “Gordy’s Groove” (originally a b-side on a Choice MC’s track called “Beat of the Street) which was a decent song that references The...
Fresh 3 MC’s
Members Mr. Bee Supreme GQ Jay Cool DJ Devine The Fresh 3 MC’s were signed to Profile records in 1982 and the single “Fresh” was released the following year. They also recorded a little played B Side called “Have Your Heart” in 1984. They were also featured on the Pumpkin 12″ called “Here Comes that Beat” as members of the Profile All-stars. This 12″ was released on Profile Records...
Freddy B and the Mighty Mic Masters
Members Freddy B Captain GeeWiz (Andrew Risper) E.S.P. EZ-L-Double E Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Freddy B and the Mighty Mic Masters were a mainstay on Aaron Fuchs’ Tuff City Label. Ahead of there time in the respect that were one of the first crews to abandon drum machines for drum loops and samples. They never came out with an album but there output was regular. Records of note include “The Main Event”,...
Force MC’s
Members T.C.D (Antoine Lundy ) deceased Stevie Dee (Steve Lundy) Mercury (Charles Nelson) deceased Trisco (Trisco Pearson) Lord K One DJ Dr. Rock deceased Dr. Shock Khalil Jessie D Formed 1979, Staten Island, New York, the Force MC’s started off by winning lots of high school talent shows. From there the crew took there sounds to the streets earning them a reputation at the time as a crew that was hard to touch when it came to...
