Greatest Messages is a compilation album release by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (On The Strength

On the Strength

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is their official second album). It was released in January 1984, and it is a compilation of their Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Records (rap)

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 hit singles including "The Message". Over half of the tracks were single-only releases prior to this compilation. Singles from Melle Mel

Melle Mel

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 are also on this compilation.

Track listing

1. "Freedom"
2. "The Birthday Party"
3. "Flash To The Beat"
4. "It's Nasty (Genius of Love)"
5. "The Message"
6. "Scorpio"
7. "Message II (Survival)"
8. "New York New York"

Tracks 4-6 appear on the 1982 album The Message