Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five vs. EPMD

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  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    Votes: 12 28.6%
  • EPMD

    Votes: 30 71.4%

  • Total voters
    42
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CSquare43

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EPMD all the way..shoutouts to Stezo..my dude got put on by them

"...just call me Stezo the fly negro..."




And this should be an easy win for EPMD.....aside from the other things that have been pointed out (classic albums, etc), you can argue that their production gave birth to G-Funk.....which Dre made a legacy off of...

EPMD all day here.....
 

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I think your bugging saying the opposite. The Message? Beatstreet Breakdown? These are some of the greatest Hip Hop songs of all time easy. EPMD don't have THAT level type songs.
You Gots To Chill is as iconic a single as there is in rap history. The reason you put them ahead is because they were pioneers and came before but sonically better I don't know how they better than EPMD. EPMD also had more longevity.

EPMD released four straight classics breh, Erick Sermon is one of the greatest and most underrated producers ever. Parrish himself is underrated on the mic, but Melle Mel is better than him. Overall, EPMD made better records that's undeniable IMO. EPMD birthed rappers like Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray, Das-EFX, etc. You know how many artists have Strictly Business as one of their favorite albums of All-Time, you know how many lines were sampled from EPMD?
 

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:russ:EPMD has 3 classics maybe 4.One of the GOAT groups in hip hop history.There's no way Grandmaster Flash and the furious five is a better group than EPMD.They might be pioneers and all that but EPMD is miles ahead of them dudes.

The songs you posted weren't even all that great:ld:.The poll should 100% to 0.
 

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You Gots To Chill is as iconic a single as there is in rap history. The reason you put them ahead is because they were pioneers and came before but sonically better I don't know how they better than EPMD. EPMD also had more longevity.

EPMD released four straight classics breh, Erick Sermon is one of the greatest and most underrated producers ever. Parrish himself is underrated on the mic, but Melle Mel is better than him. Overall, EPMD made better records that's undeniable IMO. EPMD birthed rappers like Redman, K-Solo, Keith Murray, Das-EFX, etc. You know how many artists have Strictly Business as one of their favorite albums of All-Time, you know how many lines were sampled from EPMD?

Not denying EPMD, my point is just there not what Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five were. No that's not the reason I put them first, I would take what we do have from them above what we have from EPMD. It's not always quantity it's quality, if two artists are similar that comes into play but personally to me I view Mel and them as MUCH better. It's the same reason I'd put a Biggie over a Lil Wayne, Wayne has more work and more longevity but it's quality first. That's just on records but as an MC/shows etc it's not close either toe me. I view Mel as one of the greatest of all time, a fan of the others too. You Gots To Chill isn't a The Message level record if were being honest though. If you go down that route you can say how Mel and them inspired pretty much everyone Cold Crush, PE, KRS-One, Treacherous 3, Pac, nearly every good MC in the game owes a huge amount to them.
 

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:russ:EPMD has 3 classics maybe 4.One of the GOAT groups in hip hop history.There's no way Grandmaster Flash and the furious five is a better group than EPMD.They might be pioneers and all that but EPMD is miles ahead of them dudes.

The songs you posted weren't even all that great:ld:.The poll should 100% to 0.

EPMD don't have a song to me better than The Message or Beatstreet Breakdown. Not even close.
 

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Not denying EPMD, my point is just there not what Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five were. No that's not the reason I put them first, I would take what we do have from them above what we have from EPMD. It's not always quantity it's quality, if two artists are similar that comes into play but personally to me I view Mel and them as MUCH better. It's the same reason I'd put a Biggie over a Lil Wayne, Wayne has more work and more longevity but it's quality first. That's just on records but as an MC/shows etc it's not close either toe me. I view Mel as one of the greatest of all time, a fan of the others too. You Gots To Chill isn't a The Message level record if were being honest though. If you go down that route you can say how Mel and them inspired pretty much everyone Cold Crush, PE, KRS-One, Treacherous 3, Pac, nearly every good MC in the game owes a huge amount to them.

EPMD don't have a song to me better than The Message or Beatstreet Breakdown. Not even close.
Breh name a better F5 album than Strictly Business. F5 does not have more quality music than EPMD. How can you argue this?
 

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Breh name a better F5 album than Strictly Business. F5 does not have more quality music than EPMD. How can you argue this?

I didn't ever argue albums lol. It's two different eras, what I was saying was song wise F5 have songs which are more monumental, classic, better, impactful, historic, artistic than EMPD.
 

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furious five was the oldest group that made it to the sweet 16.

thats an accomplishment in itself. they came out nearly 4 decades ago, and still made it this far on a message board in 2014. add that to their resume when discussing goat groups.

filed & sealed.
 

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Now that's just a GOT-damn lie. Throw up all of Flash's classic productions. Let's see 'em, Wacky.

You be tryin' too hard sometimes breh. :mjlol:


I was hood-winked.

I though flash was producing all that stuff.

I take back that producer comment.
 

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I was hood-winked.

I though flash was producing all that stuff.

I take back that producer comment.

yeah, the furious five been shytting on him for years about his contributions :mjlol:

@ 2: 30 Sylvia Robinson "i had The Message two years before I met them"






 

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not necessarily chitting but a lot of people kinda brushed them off.

that tribe vs run dmc thread was a lot worse.
I thought most people were showing them love :yeshrug:
Acknowledging what they did. :yeshrug:
Up the Tribe vs. Run DMC thread
Up all the old tournament threads :lolbron:
 
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