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#GrandmasterFlash6Music - join the DJ pioneer for a special Tweet-In and live mix

Tom Robinson welcomes turntable star Grandmaster Flash to Now Playing @6Music to create a playlist in collaboration with the 6 Music audience.

Tom Robinson welcomes turntable legend Grandmaster Flash as he creates a playlist in collaboration with the 6 Music audience.

The pioneer of scratch and cut and backspin mixing will be live on Twitter, interacting with listeners and sifting through suggestions sent in via #GrandmasterFlash6Music for the first 90 minutes of this unmissable Now Playing show.

But not only that: from 7.30-8pm Flash will deliver an exclusive live mix of tracks that he personally loves
to showcase his infamous turntable skills and end the show with a bang.

Flash - real name Joseph Saddler - is one the pioneers of hip hop DJing and mixing, first starting out in the 1970s. In 2007 his group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five became the first hip hop/rap act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in The States. Their track, 'The Message', is often hailed as one of the most important social commentary hip-hop records of all time.

So get ready to be part of creating the ultimate mixtape with a true turntable pioneer live on 6 Music.
You can pick classic tracks Flash has worked on, peers, those he's influenced, collaborations or any other interesting music connections to help create this unique made-in-the-moment playlist curate.

In addition to using the hashtag #GrandmasterFlash6Music on Twitter, track suggestions and comments are invited via the 6 Music and Now Playing Facebook pages, collaborative playlists on Spotify and Rdio, plus email and text.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Message

    • Now.
  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • Public Enemy

    Harder Than You Think

    • Public Enemy.
  • Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force

    Planet Rock

    • Universal Music TV.
  • Roy Ayers

    Running Away

    • A Shining Symbol The Ultimate Collection.
    • Polydor.
  • Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

    The Show

    • COOLTEMPO.
  • Herbie Hancock

    Rockit

    • Columbia.
  • Prince

    I Wanna Be Your Lover

    • Prince - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Tom Tom Club

    Genius Of Love

    • Island.
  • Donald Byrd

    (Fallin' Like) Dominoes

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Apache

    • Gas.
  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    Freedom

  • Roots Manuva

    Witness (1 Hope)

    • Big Dada Music.
  • Parliament

    Flash Light

    • CASABLANCA.
  • James Brown

    Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (The Reflex Re-vision)

    Remix Artist: Reflex.
    • Polydor.
  • Ray Charles

    What'd I Say

    • The Very Best Of Jazz Moods (Various).
    • Telstar.
  • Digable Planets

    Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

    • PENDULUM.
  • 顿别别别鈥怢颈迟别

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • ELektra.
  • Grandmaster flash in the mix

    • UB40

      Red Red Wine

    • James Brown

      The Payback

    • Soul II Soul

      Keep On Movin' (Club Mix)

    • Mary Jane Girls

      All Night Long

    • Barry White

      It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me

    • Suzanne Vega

      Tom's Dinner

    • Jade

      Don't Walk Away

    • Marvin Gaye

      "T" Plays It Cool

    • Daryl Hall & John Oates

      I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

    • Universal Vibrations

      No Light No Sound

    • AC/DC

      Back In Black

    • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

      Walk This Way

    • The O鈥橨ays

      For the Love of Money

    • Blondie

      Rapture

    • Nu Shooz

      I Can't Wait (Powermix)

    • Wild Cherry

      Play That Funky Music

    • Montell Jordan

      This Is How We Do It

    • Milk Inc.

      Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • The Sugarhill Gang

      Rapper's Delight

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Aug 2014 18:00