In 2010, Melle Mel and Scorpio appeared in an Australian commercial for the Kia Sportage in which they perform "The Message".
2007 was also the year that Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five became the first hip-hop act ever to be inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2007, the 25th anniversary of "The Message", Melle Mel changed the spelling of his first name to Mele Mel and released "M3 - The New Message" as the first single to his first ever solo album, Muscles. In the 2006 computer animated film Happy Feet, Seymour raps the chorus line from this song to impress Miss Viola and other penguin students. Collins quipped that "Rap has influenced Genesis". During live shows, his version, usually using their signature Vari-Lite technology, became a highlight of the performance. Collins thought "The laugh thing" was "Fantastic.what a great sound" and he experimented with it and incorporated it into the song. Padgham said that "At the time The Message was one of my favorite records". Genesis drummer and lead singer Phil Collins, along with Grammy Award winning producer Hugh Padgham, described in the 2001 release The Genesis Songbook how "The Message" helped shape the hook of the band's 1983 hit single " Mama". Canadian band Crystal Castles sampled parts of this song for their track titled "Magic Spells". American singer-songwriter Willy Mason also covered this song for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on February 25, 2005. The second and last verses of "The Message" are sung by Mushroomhead in the song "Born of Desire" off their XX album. This song was featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The rhythm track was sampled in various hip-hop songs, including the remix for the 1993 song " Check Yo Self" by Ice Cube and the 1997 song " Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy.
The song was written and performed by Sugar Hill session musician Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and Furious Five MC Melle Mel. Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: "Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn't actually want to do "The Message" because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that." "The Message" took rap music from the house parties of its origin, to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy, N.W.A, and Rage Against the Machine.
The chorus includes the repeated refrain "It's like a jungle sometimes / It makes me wonder how I keep from going under." Rats in the front room, roaches in the back Junkies in the alley with the baseball bat I tried to get away but I couldn't get far Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car Featuring alternating lead vocals by Melle Mel and Ed " Duke Bootee" Fletcher, the song's lyrics describe the stress of inner city poverty:
"The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a social commentary rather than the self-congratulatory boasting or party chants of earlier hip hop. It was released as a single by Sugar Hill Records on Jand was later featured on the group's first studio album, The Message. " The Message" is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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