One of the premier funk acts of the 1970s, and one whose records have been endlessly sampled by hiphop producers, is an Ohio outfit with the ironic name of Slave.
GRAND FUNKMASTER (also note that their aliases very closely resemble the titles of KKK members.)
The original hiphop grandmaster - Grandmaster Flash (best tracks: "The Message", "White Lines", "Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel") adopted that moniker as a chess reference.
There are a few others who followed with that title, but it fell out of style in the early '80s.
Wonder what it takes to get a “MASTERS DEGREE” in RAP?
Funny you should ask. There are a number of schools that offer advanced coursework in studio production techniques associated with hiphop: mixing from variously format analogue sources, sampling, etc.
A prominent hiphop producer/DJ - professionally known as 9th Wonder (a inside reference to Grandmaster Flash's other nickname: "8th Wonder"), but with the government name of Patrick Douthit - teaches advanced-level coursework in hiphop at NCCU in Durham.
“One of the premier funk acts of the 1970s, and one whose records have been endlessly sampled by hiphop producers, is an Ohio outfit with the ironic name of Slave.”
Actually, that sounds as good as any other stylistic moniker.
Maybe they are MASTERS at their game, but most of their music sucks.
“What would it take to make you scream, Joe?”
“Play some rap music”.
Thanks for reminding me of the GRANDMASTER origination.
One of those things that I ‘knew’, but never thought about.