Home / Music / Grandmaster Flash mixed with three turntablesMusic linernotes album music grandmaster-flashGrandmaster Flash mixed with three turntablesHe performed the mix using three turntables, bringing the live DJ techniques he’d developed in Bronx clubs into the studio. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSugar Hill Records said yes to Grandmaster Flash's record-with-records concept — and even Flash was surprised'Wheels of Steel' proved turntable artistry could chart'Broken glass everywhere, people pissin' on the stairs' — the unforgettable opening of Grandmaster Flash's The MessageThe Message was one of the first hip-hop records to rap about poverty and struggleGrandmaster Flash's The Message was released on Sugar Hill Records in 1982ExploreHeaux Tales was technically an EP but critics called it a concept albumI Put a Spell on You started as a gentle ballad before Hawkins transformed itIllinois was the second state in Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Project — which he later called a gimmickKid A proved an experimental album could still go number oneLianne La Havas's self-titled album made NPR and NYT's best-of-2020 listsPrevious Grandmaster Flash wove Chic, Blondie, and Queen into 'Wheels of Steel'Next Giant Steps was Coltrane's first album of entirely original compositions