The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee’s 1982 recording of “The Message” is the earliest release on file. Duke Bootee shares the writing credit with Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson. Also recorded by Mike Peters (released 1994), Stiff Little Fingers (released 1997) and Down Low (released 2006), among 110 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Drake’s “4pm in Calabasas” (2016) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Drake's track runs on the credit of a 1982 record written by Melle Mel, Duke Bootee, Jiggs Chase and Sylvia Robinson. Play the old one first and you'll hear what he was leaning on.
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▶The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee)Credited writers: Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Duke Bootee, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.
Drake’s “4pm in Calabasas” (2016) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers1987
- Mike Peters1994
- Bass Apocalypse1997
- Stiff Little Fingers1997
- Down Low2006
- Taggy Matcher2009
- Jazzkantine2016
- Zolex presents Carat Trax II2019
- Dr. Dre2021
- Low Cut Connie2021
- Beedle The Bardcore2021
110 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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