''On the Strength'' is the second and final

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop music, hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. The group's members were Grandmaster Flash, Kidd Creole (not to be confused with Kid Creole), Keef Cowboy, ...

. Released in 1988, it was the full line-up's last album together. Although contributing to the album itself,

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(Keith Wiggins) was not present for the album or single photo shoots. The album was reissued in the US on CD in 2005 ( Collectors' Choice Music, CCM-585-2) but once again (see '' Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang'') omitted the bonus track (*) that was originally included on both the original CD and cassette versions of the album.

Track listing

#"Gold" – 4:25 #"Cold in Effect" – 2:28 #"Yo Baby" – 4:31 #"On the Strength" – 4:45 #"The King" – 3:19 #"Fly Girl" – 5:13 #" Magic Carpet Ride" (featuring Steppenwolf) – 4:14 #"Leave Here" – 3:50 #"This Is Where You Got It From" – 4:06 #"The Boy Is Dope" – 3:11 #"Back in the Old Days of Hip-Hop" – 4:05 (*)

Notes

*"Back in the Days of Hip-Hop" also appeared as the

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of the UK and US ''Gold'' 7-inch single and the ''Magic Carpet Ride'' 12" single.

Personnel

* Artist & Repertoire: Raoul Roach *

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American musician and DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by el ...

(Joseph Sadler) – turntables, drum programming, Flashformer transform DJ device, background vocals * The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover Jr.) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *

Keef Cowboy Robert Keith Wiggins (September 20, 1960 – September 8, 1989), known by his stage names Keef Cowboy and Cowboy was an American rapper and a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He is widely credited as having invented the term "hip ...

(Keith Wiggins) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger * Grandmaster Melle Mel (Melvin Glover) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *Scorpio (Eddie Morris) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *Guy Vaughn – keyboards, drum programming, and vocals on ''The Boy Is Dope'' *

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is a retired American DJ, rapper, and record producer. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of ...

(Kevin Donovan) – music and drum-sound consultant *Jesse Daniels Force MD's – vocals on ''Fly Girl'' *Arthur "Disco B" Hayward – additional scratches and assistant to the Grandmaster *Ray (Ray Roll) Cortez – vocals on ''The Boy Is Dope''

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by Grandmaster Flash