Grandmaster Flash Classic Tops Rolling Stone's List
4:30PM ET December 5th, 2012
Contributor : Martin James
A Rocky Williform Company

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's classic 1982 single, "The Message," has been named the Greatest Hip Hop Song of All Time in a list by Rolling Stone magazine. The seminal song is described as the first track "to tell, with Hip Hop's rhythmic and vocal force, the truth about modern inner-city life in America."

The list also includes Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" (No. 2), Beastie Boys' "Paul Revere" (No. 19) Run-D.M.C.'s "Sucker M.C.'s," Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy," Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin' But A G Thang," Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" and Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" (No. 32) and many other important songs.

The full list will be featured in the upcoming issue, which has four covers featuring Eminem, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.