Essential Mix: Classic Edition
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Essential Mix: Classic Edition is an album released by Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

. It was released in 2002 and features Grandmaster Flash remixing classic club and dance tunes into a constant megamix
Megamix
A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...

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Track listing

  1. "Intro" - Grandmaster Flash
    Grandmaster Flash
    Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

     - 0:31
  2. "I Can't Wait" - Nu Shooz
    Nu Shooz
    Nu Shooz is an American Freestyle-R&B-Dance group fronted by husband-and-wife team of John Smith and Valerie Day, based in Portland, Oregon. The Shooz released four albums in the U.S...

     - 1:59
  3. "I Found Lovin'" - The Fatback Band - 4:45
  4. "Before I Let Go" - Maze
    Maze (band)
    Maze a soul / quiet storm band, also known alternately as Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and Frankie Beverly and Maze, was established in San Francisco, California in the early 1970s.-Career:...

     featuring Frankie Beverly
    Frankie Beverly
    Frankie Beverly is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer, known primarily for his recordings with the soul and funk band, Maze.-Early life and career:...

     - 4:27
  5. "We Got The Funk" - Positive Force
    Positive Force
    Positive Force DC is an activist organization founded in 1984 by members of the punk community in Washington, D.C. It has organized hundreds of benefit concerts for community and activist groups, and worked alongside Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Nation of Ulysses, Girls Against Boys, Q and Not U and other...

     - 1:00
  6. "Rapture" - Blondie
    Blondie (band)
    Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

     - 2:56
  7. "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep
    Indeep
    Indeep was a 1980s New York-based R&B/New Wave group, best known for its post-disco song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."-Career:The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland, and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early hip hop lyrics backed by two...

     - 3:24
  8. "Cavern" - Liquid Liquid
    Liquid Liquid
    Liquid Liquid is a New York City post-punk, post-disco band, originally active from 1980 to 1983. They are perhaps best known for their track, "Cavern", which was covered by the Sugar Hill Records house band as the backing track for Grandmaster + Melle Mel's old school rap classic, "White Lines "...

     - 2:45
  9. "I'll Do Anything For You" - Denroy Morgan - 6:02
  10. "Bra" - Cymande
    Cymande
    Cymande are a British funk band, who released several albums throughout the early 1970s. The group was formed in 1971 in London, England by musicians from Guyana and Jamaica...

     - 1:50
  11. "Walking On Sunshine" - Rockers Revenge
    Rockers Revenge
    Rockers Revenge was a studio musical project, assembled by producer Arthur Baker. Its initial entry on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, "Walking on Sunshine" hit #1 on the U.S. dance chart in 1982. The track reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1982...

     - 2:55
  12. "Rock Your World" - Weeks & Co. - 3:17
  13. "Love Is The Message" - MFSB
    MFSB
    MFSB was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O’Jays, the Stylistics, the...

     featuring The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...

     - 1:42
  14. "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
    Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
    "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, it was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart...

    " - James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

     - 4:57
  15. "It's Just Begun" - Jimmy Castor Bunch - 2:34
  16. "You're The One For Me" - D. Train
    D. Train
    D. Train was an American R&B duo, who scored several significant hits on both the Billboard Dance and R&B charts during the first half of the 1980s.-Overview:...

     - 4:03
  17. "Planet Rock
    Planet Rock (song)
    "Planet Rock" is a 1982 song by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force. In the background and hooks featured Marvella Murray, Yvette Murray, Melissa Johnson and Sandra Wheeler. Although it was only a minor hit in the US, Canada, and UK, it helped change the foundations of hip-hop and dance music...

    " - Afrika Bambaataa
    Afrika Bambaataa
    Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...

     & Soul Sonic Force - 7:11
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