White lines dont do it long version, white lines dont do it, new york new york, step off extended mix, message ii, biography. Find grandmaster melle mel song information on allmusic. Discover all grandmaster melle mels music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. The bassline is taken from a performance of the sugar hill house band featuring bassist doug wimbish covering cavern, a single by new york city band liquid liquid. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug. May 21, 2015 grandmaster melle mel is unapologetic. Grandmaster flash, furious five, melle mel message from. The furious five meets the sugarhill gang showdown 18.
Born melvin glover, he and his brother nate aka kidd creole not the caribbean dancepopster of the same name joined up with cowboy keith wiggins in. Flash revealed in his autobiography that he heard the song while on his way to buy crack, stating that he felt like melle mel the rapper on the song, was. White lines dont do it long version by grandmaster flash. The furious five meets the sugarhill gang showdown. Grandmaster melle mel, grandmaster flash and the furious five is a cover of white lines dont dont do it by grandmaster melle mel 1983. An unofficial music video starred up and coming actor laurence fishburne and was directed by thenunknown film student spike lee. Late in 1983, sugar hill released melle mel s white lines dont dont do it, variously described as antidrugs or prodrugs, though the death of one of mel s friends, a drug dealer, a few weeks before release caused him to add the parentheses. The bassline is taken from a performance of the sugar hill house band featuring bassist doug wimbish covering cavern, a single by new york city. Grandmaster mellemel listen on deezer music streaming. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download.
Lyrical leader of the original furious five and founder of a splinter version of the group during the mid80s, melle mel wrote many of the legendary raps featured on grandmaster flash tracks. An unofficial music video starred upandcoming actor laurence fishburne and was directed by thenunknown film student spike lee. White lines dont dont do it is a hiphopfunk song by grandmaster melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records. Melvin glover, better known by his stage name melle mel and grandmaster melle mel, is an american hip hop recording artist who was the lead vocalist and song. Grandmaster mellemel listen to grandmaster mellemel on deezer.
Grandmaster melle mel and the furious five was released in 1984 by sugarhill records after the split between grandmaster flash and melle mel. Sep 23, 2005 born melvin glover, grandmaster melle mel is more than one of the pioneers of hiphop he is heralded, by those that know, as one of the finest lyricists hiphop has ever seen. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. It consists of tracks recorded by the various versions of grandmaster flash and the furious five and grandmaster melle mel. Born melvin glover, he and his brother nate aka kidd creole not the caribbean dancepopster of the same name joined up with cowboy keith wiggins in 1978 to form the three mcs, with. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Download grandmaster flash songs, singles and albums on mp3. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug smuggling, is one of melle mel s signature tracks. White lines dont dont do it is a song by grandmaster melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records. White lines dont do it long version by grandmaster.
Old school hiphopelectro grandmaster flash and the. Grandmaster melle mel, grandmaster flash and the furious five. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Later in the conversation, melle mel reiterated scorpios argument that grandmaster flash doesnt wish to work with the furious five. Dont shoot, 25 cents ep, hip hop anniversary europe tour, top tracks. Grandmaster flash, furious five, melle mel white lines music. Mel became known as grandmaster melle mel and the leader of the furious five. White lines dont dont do it is a song by melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records. Grandmaster melle mel samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug smuggling, is one of melle mels signature tracks. For this album, melle mel kept the group name the furious five although the lineup changed and used the title grandmaster. Grandmaster flash, melle mel, the furious five definitive groove. Ticket to ride white line highway tell all your friends, they can go my way pay your toll, sell your soul pound for pound costs more than gold the longer you stay the more you pay my white lines go a long way either up your nose or through your vein. A key member of grandmaster flashs furious five, and a beloved icon from raps formative years.
American rapper and hip hop musician, born 15 may 1961 in bronx, new york. Music profile for grandmaster flash, born 1 january 1958. Grandmaster melle mel lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Albums include the message, the message, and white lines dont dont do it bonus bonus break. Grandmaster melle mel news, music performances and show. Duran duran white lines extended official music video 5. A 1995 cover version of white lines featuring performances from grandmaster flash and melle mel was released as the second single from the duran duran covers album thank you.
Melle mel was born on may 15, 1961 in new york city, new york, usa as melvin. Grandmaster flash the bridge concept of a culture 01. Grandmaster flash and melle mel white lines dont dont. White lines dont do it long version, white lines dont do it, new york new york, step off extended mix, message. Melle mel discusses feud with grandmaster flash hiphopdx. Grandmaster flash and melle mel white lines dont dont do. White lines import, cd single grandmaster flash format. White lines dont do it is a song by melle mel and grandmaster. Grandmaster flash and melle mel white lines dont dont do it 3.
Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow away blow. Grandmaster melle mel and the furious five wikipedia. My beatport lets you follow your favorite djs and labels so you can find out when they release new tracks. Melvin glover was the first rapper to call himself an mc. Oct 29, 20 white lines don t dont do it is a song by grandmaster melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records. White lines don t dont do it is a song by grandmaster melle mel, released as a 12 in 1983 on sugar hill records.
The group went on to produce the antidrug song white lines dont dont do it. Grandmaster melle mel music, videos, stats, and photos. The adventures of grandmaster flash grandmaster flash pdf epub. The message, glovers biggest hit, went platinum in less than a month and would later be the first hiphop record ever to be added to the united states national. A little bio on grandmaster melle mel as taken from the all music guide and written by john bush. The consummate legend and his partnerinrhyme scorpio have waged a war of sorts on grandmaster flash, another one of. Ooh white, white ooh white, white ooh white, white ooh white lines vision dreams of passion blowin through my mind and all the while i think of you high fry a very strange reaction for us to unwind the more i see, the more i do something like a phenomenon baby. The consummate legend and his partnerinrhyme scorpio have waged a war of sorts on grandmaster flash, another one of the pillars of hiphop.
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