Home / Music / The Furious Five Is Live was one of hip-hop's first live albumsMusic linernotes album music grandmaster-flash-and-melle-melThe Furious Five Is Live was one of hip-hop's first live albumsOne of the first live hip-hop albums, it captures the energy of Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel’s stage performances during the genre’s early commercial era. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Furious Five Is Live captures Grandmaster Flash on stage in 1982Rakim borrowed from jazz saxophone to reshape rap flow on Paid in FullSugar Hill Records said yes to Grandmaster Flash's record-with-records concept — and even Flash was surprised'Wheels of Steel' proved turntable artistry could chartGrandmaster Flash mixed with three turntablesExplore"(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano" is Sampha's Process emotional centerpieceThe Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet Jane" cover made The Trinity Session famousNeu!'s motorik beat made monotony hypnoticBrahms sealed his Third Symphony with a personal motto in three notesBelonging pairs Jarrett's piano with Garbarek's Nordic saxophonePrevious The Jazz Messengers was Art Blakey's finishing school for jazz talentNext The Furious Five Is Live captures Grandmaster Flash on stage in 1982