Freedom (Vocal) / Freedom (Instrumental)
Performing artist
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Record company
Sugar Hill Records
Date1980
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 5/16 × 12 3/8 in. (31.274 × 31.433 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2000.19.13.A,.B
Text EntriesGrandmaster Flash and The Furious 5 expanded the culture of hip-hop across the globe with their rapping and DJing skills. Making their debut as a group that performed for local parties in the Bronx then the world, the Furious 5 included Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler, b. 1958), Melle Mel (Melvin Glover, b.1961), his brother The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover, b.1960), Keef Cowboy (Robert Keith Wiggins, b. 1960-1989), Mr. Ness a.k.a. Scorpio (Eddie Morris, b. 1960) and Rahiem (Guy Williams, b.1963) from the Funky 4+1 more. The group is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 as the first hip-hop group to be inducted. With hits like, “Freedom”, “Birthday Party” and “The Message”, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five stood out as a unique group due to their ability to finish each other’s rhymes, mixing melodies and harmonies while also being able to keep the crowd hyped and engaged.
Sugar Hill is written in cursive red, blue, and yellow striped colored font. There is a blue skyline of a city in the middle of the cover over a light blue background.
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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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2000.19.7.A,.B
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.35.A,.B
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5
Date: 1983
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.53.A,.B
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.55.A,.B
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.27.A,.B
Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five
Date: 1984
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.395.7.A,.B
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.757.40
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.123.42
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.41
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.18
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1981
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.733.163
![Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, the Brothers Disco/Funky 4 + 1, Spoonin Gee [Spoonie Gee], Mr. Woody Wood and His Woody Wood Crew, Grand Wizard Theodore and the Fantastic 5, Mercedes Ladies, and the Disco Twins, at the Jamaica Armory, Bronx, NY, Febr](/internal/media/dispatcher/352488/postagestamp)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Date: 1980
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1999.757.53
