Fresh and Furious: Hip Hop's Beginning

Grandmaster Flash's first two albums The Message and They Said It Couldn't Be Done together in a deluxe collector's slipcase. Now standard DJ techniques like 'cutting', 'back-spinning' and 'phasing' were all part of Flash's impressive repertoire, as were 'trick' deejaying skills like mixing records behind his back. Furious Five member 'Cowboy' was also the first MC to use phrases like 'Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like ya just don't care!' and 'Everybody say, ho!'