Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of music. They would never play a record where only two minutes of the song was all it was worth. They wouldn't buy those types of records.

Grandmaster Flash Kid Creole and Rahiem left Sugar Hill signed with Elektra Records and continued on as simply "Grandmaster Flash" while Melle Mel and the others continued on as "Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five". Joseph Saddler (born January 1 1958 in Bridgetown Barbados) better known as Grandmaster Flash is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing cutting and mixing. " The following year they signed to Sugar Hill Records and began touring and releasing numerous singles.

[by whom?] It was initially an On/Off toggle switch from an old microphone that he transformed into a left/right switch which allowed him to switch from one turntable to another thereby avoiding a break in the music. Joseph Saddler (born January 1 1958 in Bridgetown Barbados) better known as Grandmaster Flash is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing cutting and mixing.