Without a doubt one of hip-hop's most important and influential outfits, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five unleashed several classic singles during rap's developmental period of the early 1980s. Pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash began his career spinning at Bronx block parties in the mid- to late 1970s. He recruited five emcees to form the Furious Five (Cowboy, Scorpio, Kid Creole, Rahiem, and Melle Mel), and together they released their debut album, Superrappin', in 1979....  [+]