welchiewelch Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 THE FURIOUS FIVE & KURTIS BLOW........Legend To Legend World Tour! Live @ The Wardrobe, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH Saturday 26th September 2009 - 9.30pm until late.... Plus support from Testament (Homecut) and DJs Kid Kanevil (First Word) and Martin Reynolds (Shoesoul) plus more tbc Tickets: £14 advance (plus booking fee) The orginal rap/hiphop "Legend To Legend" world tour rolls into Leeds for an exclusive North East/Yorkshire date at the Wardrobe! The Furious Five (Melle Mel, Rahiem, Scorpio, Kid Creole and the late Cowboy) were the devastating MCs who rocked the mic with pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash back in the mid-late 1970s at block parties around the Bronx and then went on to star on vinyl hits such "Freedom", "Superrappin", "Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel", "Its Nasty","Scorpio" and the groundbreaking social commentary of "The Message". After this, in 1983, the group split, with Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five going on to record hits such as "White Lines (Dont' Do It") and "Beat Street Anthem", as well as Mel recording with Chaka Khan and Quincy Jones. In 2007, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hiphop outfit to be given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum! Kurtis Blow was one of the first New York rappers to break into the mainstream in the late 1970s, managed by Russell Simmons (later of Def Jam Records), and backed by DJ Run (of Run-DMC fame). His first release "Christmas Rappin" was a minor hit but it was his second release "The Breaks" which reached the charts and had him appearing on US TV on "Soul Train" as well as opening shows in New York for Bob Marley and The Clash. In 1985, his track "If I Ruled The World" was used in the hiphop movie "Krush Groove", and the melody would be used later in 1996 by NAS (with Lauryn Hill) on his own multi-million selling track of the same name..... Tonight, the original legends of rap and hiphop take to the stage to rock the party with all their greatest hits plus some hiphop classics by other artists. All the Furious Five original line up except Cowboy (who sadly passed away in 1989) will be onstage - Melle Mel, Mr Ness/Scorpio, Rahiem, Kid Creole - plus the one and only Kurtis Blow...... Support from Leeds' finest MC Testament (Homecut), whose new single featuring Corinne Bailey Rae and Soweto Kinch is getting serious rave reviews and airplay! DJs on the night are the hiphop kung-fu maestro Kid Kanevil (First Word Records), and Martin Reynolds (Shoesoul), mixing up classic and old school hiphop with the funk, soul and boogie breaks! Doors: 9.30pm Tickets : £14 advance (plus booking fee) From: The Wardrobe (in the bar) - further info from http://www.thewardrobe.co.uk or 0113 383 8800 Jumbo Records (St John's Centre Leeds) - 0113 245 5570 or http://www.jumborecords.co.uk Crash Records (The Headrow Leeds) - 0113 243 6743 or http://www.crashrecords.co.uk The biggest hiphop jam to hit Leeds/Yorkshire in a longtime, come and check the real roots of rap and hiphop music......without these guys, there would be no MTV Base, Eminem, G-Unit, Dizzy Rascal and a thousand other rap crews and MC across the world!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffbag Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 OMMFGFHHH - im THERE!!!!!!! (oh my mother f******g god from hip hop heaven) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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