On the Strength is the reunion (and second) album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ and five rappers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in...

. Released in 1988, it was the full line-up’s last album together. Although certainly contributing to the album itself, Cowboy (Keith Wiggins), was not present for the album or single photo shoots. According to Flash-
The album was reissued in the US on CD in 2005 (Collectors' Choice Music

Collectors' Choice Music

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, CCM-585-2) but once again (see Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang

Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang

Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang is the fifth album released by Grandmaster Flash. It was released in 1987 on Elektra records. The cassette version was titled Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang...And More and the CD version was titled Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang...And Even More - each containing bonus tracks that were not on the original...

) omitted the bonus track (*) that was originally included on both the original CD and cassette versions of the album.

Track| listing

1. "Gold" - 4:25
2. "Cold in Effect" - 2:28
3. "Yo Baby" - 4:31
4. "On the Strength" - 4:45
5. "The King" - 3:19
6. "Fly Girl" - 5:13
7. "Magic Carpet Ride" (featuring Steppenwolf
   Steppenwolf (band)
   Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
   
   ) - 4:14
8. "Leave Here" - 3:50
9. "This Is Where You Got It From" - 4:06
10. "The Boy is Dope" - 3:11
11. "Back in the Days of Hip-Hop" - 4:05 (*)

Personnel

• Grandmaster Flash
  Grandmaster Flash
  Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
  
   (Joseph Sadler) - turntables, drum programming, Flashformer transform DJ device
• Grandmaster Mele Mel (Melvin Glover) - vocals
• Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) - vocals
• Scorpio (Eddie Morris) - vocals
• Kid Creole (Nathaniel Glover) - vocals
• Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) - vocals
• Guy Vaughn - keyboards, drum programming, and vocals on The Boy is Dope
• Afrika Bambaataa
  Afrika Bambaataa
  Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
  
  (Kevin Donovan) - music and drum-sound consultant
• Jesse Daniels - 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