Grandmaster Flash - The Bridge Concept Of A Culture

It brings this blogger great joy to see this icon still cuttin' up a storm on the 1's and 2's. Grandmaster Flash is your favorite DJ's favorite DJ and probably the sole reason why your favorite DJ even started spinning. Now I realize I might have a few young readers that swing through here every once in awhile and that's cool, I also realize you might callously gloss over this post in your ravenous and insatiable quest for a new 50 Cent "Pimpin' Curly" video or a link to the latest garbo mixtape filled with terrible music claiming to be Hip-Hop. If your wise and you possess an attention span longer than the average energy drink guzzling, text message typing, Skyping, Twittering and MMA watching generation Y and nexter's, let my words usher you in a different direction.

"The Bridge" will definitely introduce you to some of Flash's excellent turntablism and world renowned scratching skills. Filled with music that was mostly recorded in 07' and 08', this is Flash's first noteworthy re-emergence in some time....the master of the 'Quick Mix Theory' technique and the progenitor of the "DJ set" picks up where he left off in 05' with his "Mixing Bullets And Firing Joints" LP and "The Bridge" packs an eclectic mix of music. The one thing that many will also enjoy about this release is that it enlists quite a few Hip-Hop headliners to push Flash's resounding theme of Hip-Hop being a universal and worldwide culture/language. Featuring KRS One, Big Daddy Kane, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip and Supernatural amongst others, there is a good amount of nice emceeing to accompany Flash's production and DJing this time out.

While a lot of the efforts on "The Bridge" register as sincerely furious with me, there are a few mis-steps that will not "Tear The Roof Off". That was a joke for all you hardcore Grandmaster Flash heads....ehhh, anyway...yeah, albeit a great effort, "Those Chix" which features that sad sack of a femcee Byata of VH1 reality television fame and three other pretty "meh" females spittin over a bass track literally might be the most un-listenable joint of 09' to me so far. That foolishness and the un-inspired flow of Flash's son J-Flo on "I Got Sumthin To Say" as well as the out of place Mr. Cheeks performance "Grown And Sexy" pull down what this album could of been. I wasn't too high on "Swagger" either....I mean fuck...why does anyone still request Snoop to be on their album? He's so nonsensically bad nowadays....While Those cuts totally destroy this LP's re-playability, I still honestly can't deny this joint's authentic, carefree Hip-Hop feel at times. Something that comes largely because of Flash's un-declining skills and commitment to making music that is largely positive and rooted in the grand story that is Hip-Hop.

-BIG D O











01. Welcome (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
02. Shine All Day (Ft. Q-Tip, Jumz & Kel Spencer) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
03. We Speak Hip Hop (Ft. Afasi, Kase. O, Maccho, Abass & KRS-One) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
04. Here Comes My DJ (Ft. DJ Kool & DJ Demo) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
05. Bounce Back (Ft. Busta Rhymes) (Prod. By DJ Scratch & Grandmaster Flash)
06. Swagger (Ft. Red Cafe, Snoop Dogg & Lynda Carter) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
07. What If (Ft. KRS-One) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
08. Unanswered (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
09. Tribute To The Breakdancer (Ft. MC Supernatural) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
10. Grown & Sexy (Ft. Mr. Cheeks) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
11. When I Get There (Ft. Big Daddy Kane & Hedonis Da Amazon) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
12. Connection (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
13. I Got Sumthin To Say (Ft. Lordikim, Jay-Flo & Almighty Thor) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
14. Can I Take You Higher (Ft. Mr. Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz & Tito) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
15. Unpredictable (Ft. Big Daddy Kane & Syndee) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
16. Those Chix (Ft. Byata, Princess Superstar, Hedonis Da Amazon & Syndee) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
17. Bronx Bombers (Ft. Almighty Thor, Lordikim & Mann Child) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
18. Zuka The Sound (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)
19. Oh Man (Ft. Syndee & Natacha Atlas) (Prod. By Grandmaster Flash)

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