Ring ring
Hello Monty? Yeah this is kettle, you're an african american
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:32, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I have in my collection
Probably 1000 or more hip hop records, admittedly from the old (read: 'good') skool era but I am a fucking expert.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:34, Reply)

I have the original 12" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious five recording of .......... the name escapes me.
The message!
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:37, Reply)

The Message?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Yup!
Just googled it.
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Whenever I hear the intro to that record
I am transported back in time to when I first heard it as a 10 (or 11) year old. Life-changing stuff - I'd never heard the like of it and was instantly hooked. It was the arguably the first 'conscious' or 'reality' rap record, prior to 'The Message' all rap records were just party or battle rhymes.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:42, Reply)

This is why I treasure it.

( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:44, Reply)

hip hop Bowie
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 10:39, Reply)