Comments on: Grandmaster Flowers – Brooklyn Park Jam 1979 / audio

By: Cmor (Africa 131)

Cmor (Africa 131) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:14:00 +0000

As a kid in Brooklyn in 70s, I remember having a Grandmaster Flowers tape. Now I wished I kept that tape. Grandmaster Flowers was part of what we now call Hip-Hop. Brooklyn stand up! Names like Grandmaster Flowers, Jazzy Jay, Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambatta and others are names we need to record in Hip-Hop history.

By: BigKev308 (Kandy /rapper)

BigKev308 (Kandy /rapper) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:35:26 +0000

RIP to the legend. All love and respect due to the brothers that set a multi-billion dollar industry in motion. Don’t forget Maboya either. Those were the names running this game at one time. I love them for creating something that gave a lot of us thirty seconds of fame and priceless memories. Tell the babies who opened those doors. Much love to the X-Clan for BEING who they said they were cause we all know…it ain’t always like that. OneLove, Big Hodge, Strong Island

By: Slinke - Originator of The Up Rock dance craze

Slinke - Originator of The Up Rock dance craze — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:55:42 +0000

Yes , Yes God rest his soul hip -hop historians I Use to carry the equipment and set it Up for ,The Grandmaster Flowers me and 5 other rock dancers also started the dancers in the clubs to start break dancing , when Flowers use to put on all the Upbeat dime pieces of music he use to play I was moon lighting from my disco dance troupe called the IND Dancers and everybody had big , big love for Flowers once Flower’s name appear on a flyer you can bet people were at the club way before he himself showed up they were like camping out waiting on The Grand Master, shout out to The Maboya Dancers The City Steppers…. Salute !

By: DJ MR. ROBERT

DJ MR. ROBERT — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:19:15 +0000

I REMEMBER WHEN FLOWERS ROCKED IN KINGSBORO PROJECTS HE WAS TIGHT WITH MY UNCLE LEROY RIDDICK AKA BINGO, GRAND MASTER FLOWERS WAS THE BADDEST DJ EVER BUT IF U WAS NOT REALLY FROM THE REAL OLD SKOOL U WOULD NOT KNOW THAT, JUST ASK DJ HOLLYWOOD HE CAN REALLY TELL YOU HE WAS THERE ! THIS IS WHY OLD SKOOL MUSIC WILL ALWAYS RULE, DJ,S NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MIX AND KEEP THE GROOVE AND STOP CHOPPING THE RECORD UP…..I LOVE UR COMMENT LESLIE G..KUDOS !

By: KOOL HERC: THE GODFATHER OF HIPHOP NEEDS HELP « THE SyNaMATIQ BLOG

KOOL HERC: THE GODFATHER OF HIPHOP NEEDS HELP « THE SyNaMATIQ BLOG — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:53:47 +0000

[...] man didn’t throw ‘em jams by Sedgwick Houses in the Bronx. Oh yeah, lets not leave out Grandmaster Flowers RIP, he doesn’t get any respect either. Yeah, I know some of you may disagree but you more [...]

By: Divine Allah

Divine Allah — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:01:04 +0000

great post up and great responses as well. brooklyn never got and will never get the props for our contributions to the origins of hip hop on all levels. djing graffiti mc’s dancing. i could list so many legendary mcs djs & crews from the brook. the truth of the matter was that by the mid 80s more hit rappers came from brooklyn queens long island. even philly had more hot rap acts than the bx. and manhattan. while the bx. would have been silent during the golden age if it wasn’t for BDP. Ditto for manhattan minus The Get Fresh Crew. All them “uptown pioneers” know the truth. i’m from BK but we can’t front Queens’ has been owner of the hip hop crown since juice crew days til now.

By: Wax Assassin

Wax Assassin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:52:00 +0000

I have been a DJ since the mid 90s and ashamed to say i never heard of flowers till just this night, thank you for posting this mix i think it is amazing, what a sad end to such an amazing human being. such a shame he did not hold in longer he may have got the respect he deserved in the world of music. truly a artifact mix tapes like this are true gems.

By: Zebulon The Griot

Zebulon The Griot — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:40:45 +0000

Thanks for this article and vintage set. Grandmaster Flowers was an uncrowned legend. He didn’t get the props he deserved in those days because he was from Brooklyn (Bronx Rule: the further south you went from the Bronx, the weaker the music was…just ask the Fatback Band….sad!) Anyhow, Flowers taught my uncle how to D.J.: Disco Tee out of Coney Island. Flowers Forever!!!!

By: stories

stories — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:44:09 +0000

great compilation

By: DJ LESLIE-G

DJ LESLIE-G — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:21:24 +0000

I USED TO WORK WITH FLOWERS ON SOME OF HIS SOUND SYSTEMS,HE HAD PLENTY OF SOUND SYSTEMS. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HOOK A SOUND SYSTEM THE RIGHT WAY. I’M DJ LESLIE-G FROM RED-HOOK BKLYN!!! R.I.P. ‘THE GRANDMASTER FLOWERS.

By: IRVING

IRVING — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:08:44 +0000

Hey Flowers was the man the system was power ful turn the parks out and as the said made the fish in the sea dance at riis beach

By: Satoshi

Satoshi — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:00:01 +0000

nice set with good music

By: conga

conga — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:05:49 +0000

kool