The Message
by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
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The Message is ranked as the best album by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.
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The Message track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Message rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | 100 Hip-Hop Essentials | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 11/55 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0101-0200* | 44/60 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 6 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/6 | 1 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 25 Music Albums of 1982 | 14/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 53 Music Albums of 1982 | 21/53 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LebowskiRams | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 45/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ObsoleteEntity | Hip-Hop Greatest 100 | 31/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 120 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 386 | |||
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The Message ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 20:30 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 14:50 | LebowskiRams | 1,470 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 23:04 | juanr1096 | 6,336 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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The Message forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller
neilgee 12/19/2025 01:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Message comments
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/16/2016 21:21 | #163944 | TOP COMMENT
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C'mon. There's some classic/great tracks on here (message,Scorpio,it's nasty) but dreamin and you are, are just horrible. Stevie wonder they were not. Singles wise they were up there with the best of the 80s, album wise no.
Cutting right to the chase: this is the best hip hop album I've heard, and it's often considered one of the best by critics.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/30/2016 21:17 | #164902 | TOP COMMENT
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1982!!! That's all I gotta say.
Well ok, I'll say more: Holy Cow... this song is from 1982... it definitely sounds old school, but WAAAY ahead of it's time. Run-DMC didn't sound this good in 87.
This is old school hip-hop in a nutshell. I can't stop dancing.
8.5/10
Fav Tracks: It's a Shame, The Message
Ground breaking songs such as "the message" are paired with poor tracks leading to an uneven album.
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