I always thought that James Earl Jones had the voice of god.
And yeah, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, back in 1982.
Rolling Stone ranked "The Message" #51 in its List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (the second highest placing for any song released in the 1980s, and highest ranking hip-hop song on the list). It was also voted #3 on the 100 Greatest Rap Songs[1], after I Used to Love H.E.R. and Rapper's Delight. In 2002, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, the first Hip Hop recording ever to receive this honor. - wiki