Grandmaster Melle Mel

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Vice 03:59 Tools
White Lines 04:28 Tools
Beat Street Breakdown 06:48 Tools
The Message 07:03 Tools
Jesse 06:12 Tools
Beat Street 07:08 Tools
That's What I Like 04:01 Tools
Beatstreet Breakdown 06:48 Tools
Rapmania 04:11 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 04:28 Tools
Step Off - Extended Mix 00:30 Tools
White Lines (Don't do It) 04:28 Tools
Pump Me Up 03:16 Tools
King Of The Streets 05:15 Tools
White Lines (Don't Do It) - Long Version 07:40 Tools
Mega-Melle Mix 05:04 Tools
Vice (From Miami Vice) 05:04 Tools
The Truth 04:15 Tools
Beat Street Breakdown - Extended Mix 07:29 Tools
Rapmania (Live) 04:10 Tools
Beat Street [from the Motion Picture Beat Street] 07:06 Tools
World War III 08:52 Tools
Trinidad Spot 00:34 Tools
Vice [From Miami Vice] 04:02 Tools
White Lines (Don’t Do It) 04:28 Tools
I'm a Star 03:32 Tools
Free Style 04:38 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Elite Force Mix) 07:36 Tools
Message II (Survival) 07:35 Tools
Don't Shoot 03:16 Tools
We Don't Work for Free 05:12 Tools
Freestyle 10:41 Tools
Step Off 07:26 Tools
At the Party 04:10 Tools
Hustlers Convention 06:12 Tools
King Of The Steets 05:12 Tools
Mega Melle Mix 04:10 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel 07:26 Tools
We Dont Work for Free 03:14 Tools
White Lines 89 07:26 Tools
Beat Street (From the Motion Picture Beat Street) 07:05 Tools
Check Yo Self 00:30 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It), Pt. 1 07:26 Tools
Message II [Survival] 04:23 Tools
Cant Keep Running Away 07:26 Tools
The Message - Re-Record 07:35 Tools
Internationally Known 00:30 Tools
The New Adventures of Gm 07:26 Tools
Yesterday 07:26 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [Elite Force Mix] 07:35 Tools
Beat Street (feat. Mr. Ness & Cowboy) - From the Motion Picture Beat Street 07:29 Tools
White Line (Don't Don't Do It) 07:35 Tools
Round By Round 04:06 Tools
White Lines '89 Part II 07:35 Tools
Drug Wars 07:35 Tools
Vice (From "Miami Vice") 07:35 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Original 12" Mix) 07:33 Tools
White Lines - 2000 Version 04:24 Tools
Jam 00:00 Tools
GRNDMZA pt. 2 00:00 Tools
White Lines (2000 Version) 04:24 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't do It) (Long version) 04:24 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
Grndmza Pt. 1 04:03 Tools
Street Walker 04:23 Tools
GRNDMZA pt. 3 07:29 Tools
Blow 04:06 Tools
Blaze 07:29 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [Long Version] 07:29 Tools
M-3 04:24 Tools
The Mayor 04:06 Tools
Muscles 04:06 Tools
New Truck 00:00 Tools
Tha Bushes 00:00 Tools
Crossfire 00:00 Tools
Another Hot Track 04:03 Tools
GRNDMZA pt. 5 07:29 Tools
The Clapper 00:00 Tools
Move 04:03 Tools
Oh! What a Night 04:03 Tools
Old School 04:03 Tools
White Lines (2000 Version) - 2000 Version 04:23 Tools
PIANO 04:23 Tools
Hit List 04:23 Tools
One More 04:23 Tools
Rapmania (Intro) - Live 07:29 Tools
Left, Right, Left 04:23 Tools
Grandmastera 04:23 Tools
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Original 12'' Mix) 04:23 Tools
White Lines (Long Version) 07:29 Tools
Cotton 04:23 Tools
White Lines (2000 Version) (2000 Version) 04:22 Tools
GRNDMZA pt. 4 07:05 Tools
White Lines (Don't Do It) (Original Long Version) 07:29 Tools
White lines (12inch) 07:29 Tools
Gangster Movie 07:29 Tools
Grandmasterb 07:29 Tools
Ghetto Life 07:29 Tools
White Lines (12'') 07:29 Tools
Jesse (Instrumental) 07:29 Tools
Ball Out 07:05 Tools
Message II (Survival) (feat. Duke Bootee) 07:29 Tools
Sellin' Those Things 07:29 Tools
Kick The Knowledge 07:29 Tools
Beat Street Breakdown (feat. The Furious Five) 07:29 Tools
White Lines (Grandtheft Remix) 07:29 Tools
Whitelines (Don't Do It) 07:05 Tools
Freedom 07:29 Tools
China White 07:29 Tools
Miami Vice 05:03 Tools
Dimelo 00:00 Tools
Message II - Survival 00:00 Tools
White Lines (Don't Do It) (Elite Force Mix) 00:00 Tools
World Family Tree (feat. Lady Gaga & Britt Beal) 00:00 Tools
Beat Street [from the Motion 07:05 Tools
Freestyle(Steinski Remix) 07:05 Tools
Whitelines 07:05 Tools
White Lines (Don't Do It) (12") 07:05 Tools
Revenge 07:05 Tools
the summer of '79 at the t-connection 07:05 Tools
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Lyrical leader of the original Furious Five and founder of a splinter version of the group during the mid-'80s, Melle Mel wrote many of the legendary raps featured on Grandmaster Flash tracks. Born Melvin Glover, he and his brother Nate (aka Kidd Creole) (not the Caribbean dance-popster of the same name) joined up with Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) in 1978 to form the Three MC's, with production handled by Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler). After Scorpio (originally Mr. Ness, aka Ed Morris) and Raheim (Guy Williams) joined up as well, the group recorded two singles (one as the Younger Generation and Flash & the Five) before they became Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and recorded the magnificent "Superappin'" for Enjoy, owned by R&B legend Bobby Robinson. One year later, the group began recording for Sugar Hill and scored on the R&B charts with the wild party jams "Freedom" and "Birthday Party." In 1982, "The Message" became an instant rap classic, one of the first glimmers of social consciousness in hip-hop, and Melle Mel was responsible for many of the cutting lyrics. The record's enormous success ended up fracturing the group, however, despite subsequent successes like "New York New York" and "The Message II (Survival)." Melle Mel wasn't happy about sharing composer credits for "The Message" (especially with Sylvia Robinson), and Flash sued Sugar Hill, citing Robinson's conflict of interest (she not only co-owned the label, but produced and managed the group). Though most of their beefs were directed at Sugar Hill and not inwards, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five split down the middle, with Flash departing for Elektra with Kidd Creole (Mel's brother) and Raheim while Melle Mel stayed put and formed his own version of the group with Cowboy and Scorpio. (After a court battle regarding rights to the name, Melle Mel was allowed the use of "Grandmaster" as well.) Late in 1983, Sugar Hill released Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)," variously described as anti-drugs or pro-drugs, though the death of one of Mel's friends, a drug dealer, a few weeks before release caused him to add the parentheses. Mel's best year came in 1984, when he rapped over Chaka Khan's platinum, Grammy-winning "I Feel for You" (the first exposure to rapping for mainstream audiences). He was also drafted for the rap film Beat Street, where Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five performed their new hit "Beat Street" (aka "Beat Street Breakdown") and appeared next to Afrika Bambaataa, the Treacherous Three, Doug E. Fresh, and Rock Steady Crew. Mel recorded a pair of LPs for Sugar Hill during the mid-'80s, then reunited with Flash and the rest of the original Furious Five for a 1988 LP titled On the Strength. It failed miserably in an atmosphere that was decidedly anti-old school, and neither of them recorded for almost ten years. A 1997 record, Right Now, paired Melle Mel with Scorpio, but also failed to sell. His new project, Die Hard, debuted in 2001 with On Lock. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.