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Beat Street / Internationally Known (Part 1) + Internationally Known (Part 2)
Beat Street / Internationally Known (Part 1) + Internationally Known (Part 2)

Beat Street / Internationally Known (Part 1) + Internationally Known (Part 2)

Performing artist Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Performing artist Scorpio
Performing artist Cowboy
Record company Sugar Hill Records
Producer Melle Mel
Producer Sylvia Robinson
Date1984
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HWD): 12 15/16 × 12 15/16 in. (32.861 × 32.861 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.395.7.A,.B
Text Entries
Released in 1984 and produced by Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson under Sugar Hill Records, Beat Street is a 1984 American drama dance film featuring New York City Hip-Hop culture of the early 1980s, breakdancing, djing, and graffiti.
12inch vinyl record with Beat Street in large letters surrounded by drawings of people dancing. Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five is printed on the right side of vinyl with the title of song, Internationally Known Part 1 + Part 2.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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We Don't Work For Free / We Don't Work For Free (Instrumental)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.55.A,.B
White Lines (Don't Do It) / Melle Mel's Groove
Melle Mel
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.797.16.A,.B
Message II (Survival) (Vocal) / Message II (Survival) (Instrumental)
Melle Mel
Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.29.A,.B
It's Nasty (Genius of Love) / It's Nasty (Genius of Love)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2000.19.7.A,.B
Freedom (Vocal) / Freedom (Instrumental)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1980
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2000.19.13.A,.B
Step Off / Step Off (Short Version)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.35.A,.B
We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) (Vocal) / We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn Party's Out) (Instrumental)
Crash Crew
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.54.A,.B
Flash It to The Beat / Fusion Beats Vol. 2
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5
Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.10.A,.B
Super Rappin' Theme / Super Rappin' No. 2
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5
Date: 1980
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.482.17.A,.B
Celebrity Boxing Showdown
Melle Mel
Date: c. 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1998.827.522